List Mgmt. GWS AFL Ratings comparison 2013-2014

[Mullayo]

Here is a chart I made comparing last year's official AFL Rankings with this years final results.
Obviously rankings don't tell the whole story but I do believe it's valuable to compare with your players with their cohort.

Easy to see who improved and who stalled and who had a bad year through injury through the middle column arrows which relate to the name on the left. Big improvers/disappointments got a double arrows. I bolded top 100 players and also italicised and bolded big movers.

Some interesting observations. While we have improved overall and in terms of having 5 players in the top 100 from only 2, we have the same amount under 200 and actually have less total players (16 to 17) inside the top 300.
300 is important for me because it approximates to the total amount of starters for all 18 teams (324). So you could argue we have 16 starter level players.
Less if we lose Giles and Hunt. I underlined the so far expected losses.

2013 Rank -Name--Pos--Pts-- ↑↓ -----2014---Name---Rank

29 Callan Ward Midfielder 475 ↑ Callan Ward 22

55 Heath Shaw 444 ↓ Adam Treloar 61

124 Dylan Shiel Midfielder 374 --- Devon Smith 86

149 Shane Mumford Ruck 357 ↑ Shane Mumford 94

151 Jonathan Giles Ruck 354 ↓ Heath Shaw 99

160 Jeremy Cameron Forward 349 ↓ Dylan Shiel 122

164 Adam Treloar Midfielder347 ↑↑ Tom Scully 153

188 Tom Scully Midfielder 322 ↑ Jeremy Cameron 182

---------------------200 rank cut-off point---------------------

215 Toby Greene Midfielder 308 --- Jonathan Giles 215

218 Josh Hunt Defender 305 ↓ Toby Greene 219

231 Devon Smith Midfielder 296 ↑↑ Lachlan Whitfield 262

276 Tim Mohr Defender 265 ↓ Stephen Coniglio 265

287 Phil Davis Defender 256 ↓↓ Rhys Palmer 303

-------------------300 (roughly) rank cut-off point-------------------

322 Stephen Coniglio Midfielder 226 ↑ Tim Mohr 306

356 Rhys Palmer Midfielder 197 ↑ Josh Hunt 310

366 Curtly Hampton Defender 188 ↑ Will Hoskin-Elliott 312

371 Adam Kennedy Defender 186 ↑ Adam Kennedy 331

375 Tomas Bugg Defender 181 ↓ Curtly Hampton 333

379 Dylan Addison Defender 179 ↓ Adam Tomlinson 362

2013 400 rank cut-off point-------------------------

401 Lachie Whitfield Midfielder 162 ↑↑ Phil Davis 383

427 Stephen Gilham Defender 143 ↓ Jonathon Patton 391

441 Adam Tomlinson Forward 133 ↑ Tomas Bugg 400


----------------------------2014 400 rank cut-off point

451 Will Hoskin-Elliott Midfielder 124 ↑↑ Nick Haynes 414

494 Nicholas Haynes Midfielder 99 ↑ Zac Williams 422

510 Zachary Williams Midfielder 89 ↑ Joshua Kelly 436

529 Matthew Buntine Defender 79 ↑ Sam Frost 451

553 Jed Lamb ↑ Stephen Gilham 476

554 Jonathon Patton Key Forward ↑↑ Jed Lamb 478


2014 only players rankings after here:

Matt Buntine 481
Lachie Plowman 485
Dylan Addison 494
Aidan Corr 526
Nathan Wilson 572
Jacob Townsend 573
Tom Boyd 581
Mark Whiley 608
Kristian Jaksch 609
Liam Sumner 612
Jono O'Rourke 631
James Stewart 664

 

[The Giant]

While these rankings are great, I believe they work on a two year rolling total - and don't factor in any time off.

For a lot of our young kids, they've either got hurt or only played half of a season in their first year, so guys like Whitfield and WHE look like "subpar" players when we know they're out and out guns.

While it's definitely a good insight into how the boys are going, like any "ranking" system, it has its flaws. That being said, it's nice to see Cal so far up the list, and Dev Smith moving into the upper echelon of small forwards

 

[_GT_]

While these rankings are great, I believe they work on a two year rolling total - and don't factor in any time off.

For a lot of our young kids, they've either got hurt or only played half of a season in their first year, so guys like Whitfield and WHE look like "subpar" players when we know they're out and out guns.

While it's definitely a good insight into how the boys are going, like any "ranking" system, it has its flaws. That being said, it's nice to see Cal so far up the list, and Dev Smith moving into the upper echelon of small forwards

Cal rated 22nd? Well where is the AA honour??
Dev beginning to prove he can match it in the mid field too.

 

[Mullayo]

While these rankings are great, I believe they work on a two year rolling total - and don't factor in any time off.

For a lot of our young kids, they've either got hurt or only played half of a season in their first year, so guys like Whitfield and WHE look like "subpar" players when we know they're out and out guns.

Yeah they do but you can tell by the double arrows who really made strides. Three of those you mentioned (Whitfield, WHE, Devon Smith) and Patton so it does reflect what our eyes tell us.
Although it's also telling me while the cream is rising to the top, some players rise higher than others and some have stalled.
It shows which ones are keepers too. I wouldn't let Giles go for example without getting something. Hunt declined. Davis was injured. Greene was played out of position all year.

Also if they're third year players and haven't made the mythical 300 level, probably need to look at why.