AFL national and international talent manager Kevin Sheehan has named Matthew Pavlich, Nat Fyfe and Hayden Ballantyne in his top 30 best-ever draft picks.

Sheehan revealed the list in the lead up to Tuesday’s NAB AFL Draft in Adelaide.

He said Matthew Pavlich as the best-ever number four draft pick.

Pavlich was taken in the 1999 draft and has since played 335 games for 669 goals.

Sheehan said Brownlow Medallist Nat Fyfe was the best-ever number 20 pick, after he was taken in the 2009 draft.

While Hayden Ballantyne was the best-ever pick 21, after he was drafted in 2008 and since become an All Australian.

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt (2000) earned the converted best-ever number one draft pick, pipping Hawthorn captain and four-time premiership player Luke Hodge (2001).

 

Kevin Sheehan’s top 30

Best No.1: Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda, 2000)

Best No.2: Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn, 2004)

Best No.3: Chris Judd (West Coast, 2001)

Best No.4: Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle, 1999)

Best No.5: Lance Franklin (Hawthorn, 2004)

Best No.6: Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide, 2011)

Best No.7: Joel Selwood (Geelong, 2006)

Best No.8: Jimmy Bartel (Geelong, 2001)

Best No.9: Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide, 1997)

Best No.10: Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide, 2007)

Best No.11: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs, 1993)

Best No.12: Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide, 2000)

Best No.13: Shane Crawford (Hawthorn, 1991)

Best No.14: Adam Simpson (North Melbourne, 1993)

Best No.15: Brady Rawlings (North Melbourne, 1998)

Best No.16: Scott Thompson (Melbourne, 2000)

Best No.17: James Kelly (Geelong, 2001)

Best No.18: Anthony Stevens (North Melbourne, 1988)

Best No.19: Barry Hall (St Kilda, 1995)

Best No.20: Nat Fyfe (Fremantle, 2009)

Best No.21: Hayden Ballantyne (Fremantle, 2008)

Best No.22: Scott Selwood (West Coast, 2007)

Best No.23: Michael Long (Essendon, 1988)

Best No.24: Steve Johnson (Geelong, 2001)

Best No.25: John Barker (Fitzroy, 1992)

Best No.26: Darrin Pritchard (Hawthorn, 1986)

Best No.27: Ted Richards (Essendon, 2000)

Best No.28: Jason Johnson (Essendon, 1996)

Best No.29: Wayne Campbell (Richmond, 1989)

Best No.30: Jonathan Brown (Brisbane, 1999)