To mark the 30th year of the national draft, Fairfax Media compiled an all-time draft list by the numbers.
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It began at pick No. 80 and counted down to No. 1, taking in the first year of the draft in 1986 up to the most recent in 2015.
The list was not compiled of the best 80 players drafted; rather, the best player taken from each of the 80 selections – for instance, the best No.1 pick, the best No.2 pick, and so on.
Then, we opened the voting up to you. Who did you think were the best ever top 20 draft picks? The results are in, and you can click through them in our interactive below.
Thanks for taking part!
You can go back and check out each of our own selections from 80-1, as well.
THE BEST 22
Matt Murnane picks his team from the top 80
FB: Gavin Wanganeen Matthew Scarlett Sam Mitchell
HB: Jimmy Bartel Brian Lake Luke Hodge
C: Simon Black Gary Ablett Jr Peter Matera
HF: James Hird Jonathan Brown Brad Johnson
FF: Brent Harvey Lance Franklin Barry Hall
Foll: Adam Goodes Chris Judd Shane Crawford
Interchange
Dane Swan Steve Johnson Darren Jarman Joel Selwood
