Opinion Rank these players in order from 1-6: Gary Ablett Jnr, Nathan Buckley,James Hird, Chris Judd, Dustin Martin, Michael Voss

[Shane Heard]

Nathan Ablett better than all of them.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Nathan Ablett better than all of them.

imo, more skilled than Jnr, he just didn't have the desire for it.

 

[tenderwarrior]

1-6: Ablett, Judd, Martin, Hird, Voss, Buckley

 

[theasian]

theasian hope you don't mind, I already had the first 7 pages of these tallied anyway.

Number 1 = 6 points, number 2 = 5 points etc.

89 people handed in complete lists. Posts were ignored that simple said "GAJ/Dusty the best...who cares about the rest" etc. And there were a few for both of these players in particular like that.

The .5's are where people ranked players on the same level e.g Ablett and Judd tied for first, as these were still parts of 1-6 lists.

	Ablett	Judd	Voss	Martin	Buckley	Hird
Total	480​	364.5​	318.5​	241.5​	224.5​	219​
Median	6​	4.5​	4​	2​	2​	2​
Mean	5.5​	4.1​	3.6​	2.7​	2.6​	2.5​

Ablett the definitive number 1. Judd edging out Voss in the tier below. Martin, Buckley and Hird in the group below that, with Martin marginally ahead of Buckley who is marginally ahead of Hird.

It's a good thing you tallied it

That's a perfectly fair result.

 

[Wolfgang West]

Adam Goodes, Simon Black, Sam Mitchell, Scott Pendlebury, Mark Riccuito, Robert Harvey and Joel Selwood are wondering what happened to their invitations?

Great call. All sit comfortably with 2-6. Ablett the 1.

 

[Caligo]

imo, more skilled than Jnr, he just didn't have the desire for it.

Junior coaches at the time said so too. Best young key forward in years.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Junior coaches at the time said so too. Best young key forward in years.

195cm tall, if his old man was that tall there would never be a debate about the GOAT.

 

[Caligo]

195cm tall, if his old man was that tall there would never be a debate about the GOAT.

I thought he was well over 195.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

I thought he was well over 195.

Nah, same height as Mooney which was about as tall as key forwards were in that era.

 

[Shane Heard]

imo, more skilled than Jnr, he just didn't have the desire for it.

An unheralded freak …

 

[Shane Heard]

1-6: Ablett, Judd, Martin, Hird, Voss, Buckley

Pretty much ..and Mark Mercuri following..

 

[Smoocher]

1. Wayne Carey.

Then Daylight to any of the players nominated in the OP.

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[Sewer de Lance]

GAJ jr is clearly number 1, the others are all great footballers in their own right.

A big shout out to Wayne Carey (no DH policy probably kept him out of the conversation).

The other is Kouta. Maybe not as consistent as the others, but probably had one of the greatest individual seasons I’ve ever seen in 2000 before his knee gave out. Incredible player in his prime.

 

[Arr0w]

GAJ
Judd
Voss
Martin
Hird
Buckley

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

1- GAJ
2- Voss
3 - Hird
4- Judd
5- Martin
6- Buckley

If I was allowed to pick him, Ben Cousins would be 3rd.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Buckley the only one with the ability to have 43 and 3 goals in the middle, kick 6 up forward and tear Carey in his prime apart at CHB.

Also the only one without a flag

 

[South of the Yarra]

Also the only one without a flag

And?

 

[Worm4]

Judd
Voss
GAJ
Buckley
Hird
Martin

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

lol at this thread. I have Goodes easily in front of all except for GAjnr.

 

[M Malice]

For something different I'll go with at their absolute best for a one off game >

Chris Judd
Dustin Martin
Michael Voss
Gary Ablett Jnr
James Hird
Nathan Buckley
____________________
For individual performances over an entire career it's obviously Ablett Jnr.

 

[Cleansweep17]

For something different I'll go with at their absolute best for a one off game >

Chris Judd
Dustin Martin
Michael Voss
Gary Ablett Jnr
James Hird
Nathan Buckley
____________________
For individual performances over an entire career it's obviously Ablett Jnr.

I agree, Judd and Martin are clearly the top 2 at their peak.

 

[Philth]

1- GAJ
2- Voss
3 - Hird
4- Judd
5- Martin
6- Buckley

If I was allowed to pick him, Ben Cousins would be 3rd.

100% agree.

Cousins was an absolute gun.

 

[Mr Meow]

Cleansweep17 I believe you asked for an update on this:

There have been 92 votes ranking these players 1-6.

Average scores, organised into three tiers:

1. Ablett (5.46)
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2. Judd (4.17)
3. Voss (3.64)
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4. Martin (2.71)
5. Hird (2.50)
6. Buckley (2.47)

Hird has edged ahead of Buckley. It seems harsh for Bucks to be in last place but I guess somebody has to be.

 

[Fadge]

Cleansweep17 I believe you asked for an update on this:

There have been 92 votes ranking these players 1-6.

Average scores, organised into three tiers:

1. Ablett (5.46)
-
-
2. Judd (4.17)
3. Voss (3.64)
-
4. Martin (2.71)
5. Hird (2.50)
6. Buckley (2.47)

Hird has edged ahead of Buckley. It seems harsh for Bucks to be in last place but I guess somebody has to be.

Recency bias is the only reason Martin is above either Hird or Buckley.

Martin shouldn't even be in this poll.

 

[Cleansweep17]

Cleansweep17 I believe you asked for an update on this:

There have been 92 votes ranking these players 1-6.

Average scores, organised into three tiers:

1. Ablett (5.46)
-
-
2. Judd (4.17)
3. Voss (3.64)
-
4. Martin (2.71)
5. Hird (2.50)
6. Buckley (2.47)

Hird has edged ahead of Buckley. It seems harsh for Bucks to be in last place but I guess somebody has to be.

I don’t think did ask for this. But Martin 4 is looking good considering he’s still playing. Should be number 1 a few years after he retires with the nostalgia goggles on and the younger Dusty fans become adults. Ablett looked doomed tbh. Dustys peak is already considered better to pretty much everybody.