Top 10 Sydney Swans Players of the 21st Century

During the late 1990s, AFL clubs across the country turned their focus to the past, with selectors, historians, and superstars coming together to name their Teams of the 20th Century.

Now, as we approach the quarter mark of the 21st century, it seems like the perfect time to assess which players might earn a place when future selectors gather decades from now.

While every club boasts an impressive lineup of legends, the team at Zero Hanger applied the following selection criteria:

• Only statistics and achievements from the beginning of the 2000 AFL season onward were considered.
• Players’ accomplishments must have been earned while representing the club in question.
• Selected players must have played a minimum of 100 senior games for their club since the 2000 AFL season.

Here’s the list

10. Leo Barry (2000–2009)

• Accolades:
  • 2× All-Australian (2004, 2005)
  • 1× Premiership player (2005)
• Stats:
  • 188 games, 5.4 marks per game

9. Jude Bolton (2000–2013)

• Accolades:
  • 2× Premiership player (2005, 2012)
• Stats:
  • 316 games, 18.1 disposals per game, 4.7 tackles per game, 89 Brownlow votes

8. Dan Hannebery (2009–2018)

• Accolades:
  • 3× All-Australian (2013, 2015, 2016)
  • Ron Evans Medal (2010)
  • 1× Premiership player (2012)
• Stats:
  • 208 games, 24.4 disposals per game, 106 Brownlow votes

7. Brett Kirk (2000–2010)

• Accolades:
  • 2× Best and Fairest (2005, 2007)
  • 1× All-Australian (2004)
  • 1× Premiership player (2005)
• Stats:
  • 236 games, 18.6 disposals per game, 81 Brownlow votes

6. Jarrad McVeigh (2003–2019)

• Accolades:
  • 2× Best and Fairest (2008, 2013)
  • 1× All-Australian (2013)
  • 1× Premiership player (2012)
• Stats:
  • 325 games, 19.3 disposals per game

5. Barry Hall (2002–2009)

• Accolades:
  • 1× Best and Fairest (2004)
  • 7× Leading Goalkicker (2002–2008)
  • 4× All-Australian (2004, 2005, 2006, 2010)
  • 1× Premiership player (2005)
• Stats:
  • 162 games, 467 goals

4. Luke Parker (2011–Present)

• Accolades:
  • 3× Best and Fairest (2014, 2017, 2021)
  • 1× All-Australian (2016)
  • 1× Premiership player (2012)
• Stats:
  • 283 games, 23.5 disposals per game, 152 Brownlow votes

3. Josh P. Kennedy (2010–2022)

• Accolades:
  • 3× Best and Fairest (2012, 2015, 2016)
  • 3× All-Australian (2012, 2014, 2016)
  • 1× Premiership player (2012)
• Stats:
  • 277 games, 25.8 disposals per game, 146 Brownlow votes

2. Lance Franklin (2014–2023)

• Accolades:
  • 2× Coleman Medal (2014, 2017)
  • 7× Leading Goalkicker (2014–2018, 2021, 2022)
  • 4× All-Australian (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
• Stats:
  • 172 games, 486 goals, 99 Brownlow votes

1. Adam Goodes (2000–2015)

• Accolades:
  • 2× Brownlow Medal (2003, 2006)
  • 3× Best and Fairest (2003, 2006, 2011)
  • 3× Leading Goalkicker (2009–2011)
  • 4× All-Australian (2003, 2006, 2009, 2011)
  • 2× Premiership player (2005, 2012)
• Stats:
  • 352 games, 17.4 disposals per game, 445 goals, 162 Brownlow votes