Best No 21 - Tom Mitchell (Sydney 2011/Hawthorn)
He may have missed the entire season with injury but what he has achieved in just 111 games is special making Mitchell the best-ever draftee taken at that number despite the fact his outstanding performances have been at the club he was traded to. A Brownlow Medal win after being runner up the previous year along with back-to-back, best and fairest awards and dual Virgin Australia AFL All Australian selection he picks himself. Fremantle’s recently retired small forward Hayden Ballantyne had an excellent career kicking 254 goals in 171 matches including winning Virgin Australia AFL All Australian honours in 2014 was a great return but Mitchell gets the nod.

Best No 22 - Scott Selwood (West Coast Eagles 2007/Geelong)
Another recently retired star hampered by injury in the back half of his career, Selwood is the only player chosen at selection 22 to win a club best and fairest award which he did for the West Coast Eagles in 2012. Finished his career with Geelong, having played 169 games across 11 years. Emerging Brisbane Lions Defender Darcy Gardiner’s consistency across 106 games since being drafted from the Geelong Falcons in 2013 may see him considered at this number in the years to come.

Best No 23 - Michael Long (Essendon 1988)
An inspired selection by Essendon after being awarded AFL All Australian honours playing for the Northern Territory in the 1988 Australian National Championships. Long became a trailblazer for indigenous players in his 190 games for the Bombers winning the Norm Smith Medal in 1993, being twice both a premiership player and Virgin Australia AFL All Australian in the same year.
Former North Melbourne and West Coast Eagles big man Drew Petrie (332 games) was another star of the game taken at choice 23.

Best No 24 - Steve Johnson (Geelong 2001/GWS Giants)
A key reason why the 2001 NAB AFL Draft has been dubbed the Super Draft was the emergence of the prodigiously talented Stevie J at selection 24. After 293 games, 516 goals, three-time Virgin Australia AFL All Australian and a triple premiership player, winning a Norm Smith Medal in the process, he is considered one of the great entertainers as a mercurial forward. A teammate of Johnson taken at this same number by Geelong in 1998, David Wojcinski (203 games and three premierships) was another great success story for Geelong in the draft.

Best No 25 - Seb Ross (St Kilda 2011)
Now a dual best and fairest winner with the Saints in his 124 games over seven seasons, Ross is now one of the most prolific ball winners in the game. He wins the nomination in a close call over an ultra-consistent midfielder from the West Coast Eagles having previously played with the Brisbane Lions in Jack Redden now with over 200 matches at AFL level and a premiership with the Eagles.