Champion Data released their list of elite players for the 2019 season with some names raising plenty of eyebrows among the football public.
Paul Seedsman (Adelaide), Daniel Rich (Brisbane), Adam Saad (Essendon), Aaron Hall (North Melbourne), Trent Dumont (North Melbourne) and Matthew Suckling (Western Bulldogs) were all rated in the elite bracket.
Richmond and Adelaide shared the joint-most elite categorised players with six each.
CRIPPS, SELWOOD, MITCHELL NOT AMONG CHAMPION DATA 'ELITE' PLAYERS
There were a number of glaring omissions from the final list, so we’ve assembled 20 additional names who should be considered in elite company.
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See the players 20 players below:
Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
Dayne Beams (Collingwood)
Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)
Adam Treloar (Collingwood)
Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Josh Kelly (GWS)
Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Shaun Higgins (North Melbourne)
Ben Brown (North Melbourne)
Dylan Grimes (Richmond)
Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
Luke Parker (Sydney)
Elliot Yeo (West Coast)
Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
Luke Shuey (West Coast)
Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Jackson Macrae (Western Bulldogs)