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The 25 best AFL players since 2000
Who are the best AFL players to have pulled on the boots since 2000? To mark 25 years since the turn of the century, ESPN has attempted rank the 25 best players of the last 25 years.
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WAY-TOO-EARLY AFL TIERS
Teams whose stocks we're buying and selling for 2025
Contenders? Thereabouts? Or is your team kidding itself about its finals aspirations? With the trade and draft periods done, Jake Michaels has ranked every club four months out from the start of the 2025 AFL season.
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PLEASE, SANTA
What every AFL club wants for Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and time is running out for AFL teams to get their last-minute requests for 2025 to Santa. Here's what our writers believe each club wants for Christmas.
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END-OF-YEAR REVIEW
The 20 biggest storylines of the 2024 AFL season
From Brisbane saluting in the Grand Final to Patrick Cripps' astonishing 45 Brownlow votes, there was no shortage of monster storylines in 2024. Here are the 20 biggest from another enthralling season.
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AUSTRALIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ATHLETES
Bont? Daicos? Cripps? Who tops ESPN's 2024 Aussie Power Rankings?
It's that time of year again! Who are Australia's biggest, best, and most influential athletes for 2024? Taking into account onfield and offield influence, star power, potential, longevity, and talent, we've whittled the list down to a top 25.
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ESPN's 2025 crystal ball predictions for all major Australian codes
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How Monique Conti transitions from Aussie Rules to basketball
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Horse has bolted: Longmire leaves Swans with an enviable legacy
THE NEXT DRAFT CLASS
Way-too-early AFL Draft Power Rankings: The top 10 in 2025
The 2024 AFL Draft may be over, but the draft watch never stops. Jasper Chellappah shares his way-too-early top 10 Power Rankings for 2024's draft class.
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Top Headlines
- Unlucky Tigers star Lynch concussed at training
- Tigers star to be sentenced over border assault
- Bulldogs hopeful on Jamarra's return
- 'I'm shattered': Roos rally behind injured midfielder
- Double-dipper: AFL great's son jailed for fraud
- Injured Hawthorn star Day resumes full training
- Blues defender bullish ahead of 2025 AFL season
- Coniglio eyes opening-round return for Giants
- Neale Daniher named 2025 Australian of the Year
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AFL player record holders, statistical leaders, and more
Who has played the most AFL games? Who has kicked the most AFL goals? Here are the league leaders in history for all the stats that matter.
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Pass or fail: How every club fared with their pass marks in 2024
Before the 2024 AFL season kicked off, ESPN's footy writers put their heads together to come up with every club's pass mark for the upcoming year. How did your team fare?
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Listen to the ESPN Footy Podcast
Join ESPN's footy team for some of the best AFL and AFLW analysis and insight on the ESPN Footy Podcast.
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AFL trade and free agency grades - Every club's report card from a wild 2024 transfer period
And just like that the 2024 AFL trade and free agency period is over. Some teams improved, some stagnated, and others, well, got worse. Here's how every team fared over the last two weeks:
