Ranking Glenelg's best performed players across all eras and all career lengths is a difficult thing to do since player's careers are not linear.
In general, as juniors learning the game, players tend to have a slow start to their careers, and as age catches up with them they have a slow finish to their careers, not to mention the normal ebbs and flows during a long playing career.
So any measure of comparison between players needs to take this in to account, otherwise players who either joined Glenelg or left Glenelg whilst in their prime would have an unfair advantage
over players who spent their entire careers at Glenelg which included these lower performance periods.
In order to compensate for this, I have decided to compare player performance based on an average of three measures
-- each player’s average votes per game in their best 2 seasons, and
-- each player’s average votes per game in their best 5 seasons, and
-- each player’s average votes per game over their entire career with Glenelg,
where the votes are allocated according to Glenelg's best 3 players named in the Sunday Mail/Advertiser each week on a 3-2-1 basis.
Combining these three measures is an attempt to strike a balance between their overall performance (career votes/game), their longevity (best 5 seasons) and their brilliant best (best 2 seasons),
and hopefully reduces the bias against long term players with slow starts or ends to their Glenelg playing careers.
TABLE 1 -- RAW VOTES PER GAME
- Table 1 is a simple average of each player’s votes per game in -- their career, their best 5 seasons, and their best 2 seasons.
- Their best season’s votes are divided by the number of games the club played during those seasons.
- Their career votes have been divided by the number of SANFL games they played.
- The qualification for Table 1 is a minimum of 100 matches played and a minimum of 30 votes received.
- This table does not take into account the quality of the Glenelg Team in which they played. Obviously good teams contain better players than poor teams, and it is harder to get votes in good teams because you have more competition for votes.
- Jump to Table 2
| Ave. | Raw Votes/Game | Total | | | | BestPlyr | Games | | |
Player | Rating# | Career | 5-seas | 2-seas | Votes | 3s | 2s | 1s | Seasons | All | SANFL& | Seasons Played | Media Votes in Each Season (3-2-1) |
Handby, HH 'Jim' | 1.52 | 1.23 | 1.51 | 1.81 | 151 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 123 | 123 | 1925--32 | 17 26 8 30 23 23 16 8 |
Snook, Matthew | 1.42 | 1.03 | 1.46 | 1.78 | 214 | 46 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 207 | 207 | 2011--24 | 0 0 2 18 24 10 20 15 23 33 27 27 7 8 |
McDermott, Chris | 1.30 | 0.95 | 1.31 | 1.63 | 224 | 47 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 277 | 237 | 1981--96 | 5 1 12 12 24 36 42 43 21 15 3 10 |
Davies, Neil | 1.16 | 0.73 | 1.07 | 1.69 | 104 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 143 | 143 | 1951--63 | 8 0 31 1 0 33 19 9 0 0 0 3 0 |
Hodgeman, Kym | 1.13 | 0.87 | 1.12 | 1.41 | 188 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 244 | 216 | 1974--80, 86--90 | 5 10 24 33 37 12 24 6 10 9 18 0 |
Lloyd, John | 1.10 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 1.31 | 96 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 101 | 101 | 1924--32 | 8 16 4 15 19 9 25 0 0 |
Richens, Colin | 1.04 | 0.87 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 178 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 209 | 205 | 1957--68 | 6 16 17 18 16 19 14 20 8 28 14 2 |
Kernahan, Stephen | 1.04 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 1.32 | 108 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 136 | 119 | 1981--85 | 3 15 24 37 29 |
Cornes, Graham | 0.96 | 0.73 | 1.03 | 1.13 | 215 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 317 | 294 | 1967--82 | 0 13 0 0 22 23 19 16 8 14 18 28 14 24 5 11 |
Carey, Peter | 0.95 | 0.66 | 0.97 | 1.23 | 264 | 55 | 30 | 39 | 2 | 448 | 400 | 1971--88 | 2 12 12 10 15 12 24 15 34 18 20 13 13 14 3 12 21 14 |
Johnston, George 'Blue' | 0.95 | 0.74 | 1.03 | 1.08 | 150 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 203 | 203 | 1927--40 | 6 5 8 8 17 17 22 11 18 3 14 17 4 |
Crabb, Allan | 0.94 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 135 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 204 | 194 | 1942, 45--56 | 0 13 14 5 20 22 9 9 10 20 9 4 |
Hunt, Ray | 0.94 | 0.57 | 0.91 | 1.35 | 113 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 206 | 200 | 1936--43, 45--52 | 6 8 3 7 0 11 0 33 12 13 6 3 10 1 |
Backwell, Brett | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 1.15 | 105 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 131 | 131 | 2003--09 | 27 13 14 19 16 11 5 |
Link, Arthur | 0.92 | 0.69 | 0.93 | 1.15 | 115 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 167 | 167 | 1929--39 | 4 6 11 8 16 27 10 14 15 4 0 |
Weston, Paul | 0.91 | 0.80 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 142 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 196 | 178 | 1973--82 | 0 2 20 12 24 21 24 20 19 |
Marker, Peter | 0.87 | 0.73 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 164 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 239 | 226 | 1967--78 | 7 15 13 18 23 18 15 13 19 20 3 0 |
Sallis, Len | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.84 | 1.06 | 109 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 172 | 172 | 1924--35 | 0 4 10 10 16 7 11 20 0 10 14 7 |
Brock, Mel | 0.84 | 0.53 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 166 | 1932--42 | 0 2 1 17 16 11 2 5 19 15 |
Linke, Haydn | 0.82 | 0.69 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 95 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 137 | 137 | 1959--68 | 3 10 19 6 16 7 0 10 21 3 |
Marshall, David | 0.81 | 0.50 | 0.85 | 1.07 | 153 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 354 | 304 | 1978--93 | 0 2 3 5 9 24 23 4 4 17 11 12 24 7 8 |
McGuinness, Tony | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.98 | 77 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 99 | 1981--85, 98 | 0 26 21 14 16 0 |
Keane, Ron | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 1.03 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 12 | | 124 | 88 | 1938--46 | 3 10 4 6 20 15 |
Kane, Ben | 0.77 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.98 | 72 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 110 | 2007--11 | 12 6 17 12 25 |
Chigwidden, Nick | 0.71 | 0.51 | 0.75 | 0.86 | 136 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 293 | 266 | 1987--2000 | 0 0 3 0 20 21 17 13 12 10 6 12 15 7 |
Long, Doug | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.80 | 87 | 18 | 12 | 9 | | 135 | 135 | 1962--69 | 13 6 17 12 16 10 9 4 |
Hewett, Don | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.78 | 74 | 13 | 14 | 7 | | 118 | 118 | 1954--62 | 0 4 13 9 7 14 10 1 16 |
Mansell, Darren | 0.69 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.95 | 68 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 151 | 126 | 1987--95 | 0 0 1 0 15 30 5 17 0 |
Bradley, Andrew | 0.68 | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.92 | 89 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 201 | 201 | 2010--22 | 0 3 9 20 10 15 8 9 0 4 4 3 4 |
Curran, Chris | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 0.92 | 71 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 160 | 2011--21, 24 | 0 0 9 0 1 0 3 23 8 8 12 7 |
Owens, Jack | 0.66 | 0.49 | 0.68 | 0.82 | 86 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 177 | 177 | 1924--35 | 9 5 5 16 3 3 11 8 8 12 6 0 |
Voigt, Rex | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 257 | 240 | 1967--79 | 1 7 3 22 15 12 12 2 6 2 11 0 |
Wright, Brian | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 111 | 111 | 1950--57 | 1 17 0 7 3 4 7 15 |
Phillis, Wayne | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 102 | 18 | 18 | 12 | | 218 | 205 | 1967--77 | 0 2 7 17 8 13 10 12 16 10 7 |
Allen, Ty | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.87 | 66 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 160 | 2003--14 | 0 0 0 1 2 19 11 20 3 9 0 1 |
McBean, Liam | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 71 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 133 | 133 | 2017, 19--24 | 6 9 4 12 10 17 13 |
Moore, Ben | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 64 | 8 | 15 | 10 | | 123 | 123 | 1995, 2000--07 | 1 0 2 4 14 9 9 13 12 |
Hele, Simon | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.75 | 73 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 197 | 172 | 1991--2002 | 7 1 3 11 6 15 15 5 6 2 2 |
Kernahan, Harry | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.55 | 0.69 | 71 | 11 | 12 | 14 | | 176 | 176 | 1959--65, 69--71 | 0 3 5 9 13 5 10 17 9 0 |
Burke, Alistair | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.70 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 108 | 108 | 1996--2001 | 8 18 6 4 10 2 |
Fraser, Graham | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 5 | | 109 | 109 | 1957--63 | 13 10 10 0 4 6 7 |
Colbey, Brian | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 86 | 14 | 18 | 8 | | 210 | 200 | 1966--76 | 3 0 7 8 10 11 11 11 17 8 0 |
Robjent, Ted | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.68 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 10 | | 150 | 119 | 1938--50 | 0 0 1 5 1 5 12 9 11 0 |
Hill, Clem | 0.48 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.74 | 39 | 4 | 10 | 7 | | 130 | 130 | 1925--34 | 5 0 2 1 2 2 12 13 2 0 |
Maynard, Peter | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.57 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | | 196 | 163 | 1982--90 | 10 3 0 10 19 8 10 4 1 |
Copping, Stephen | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 82 | 14 | 12 | 16 | | 246 | 220 | 1974--81, 84--86 | 2 5 6 5 9 5 8 19 3 10 10 |
Cranston, Trevor | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.69 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 9 | | 154 | 154 | 2003--11 | 0 0 3 1 0 18 13 7 3 |
Holst, David | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.62 | 56 | 9 | 10 | 9 | | 190 | 168 | 1975--85 | 0 0 4 4 16 3 13 13 0 3 0 |
Churchett, Colin | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 7 | | 186 | 132 | 1943, 46--54 | 0 8 11 3 7 8 3 7 0 |
Hamilton, Kerry | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.65 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 120 | 116 | 1967--75 | 0 2 7 4 0 23 4 0 |
Gibbs, Ross | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 70 | 10 | 12 | 16 | | 253 | 209 | 1984--94 | 7 17 8 13 7 0 6 3 6 3 0 |
Hunt, Chris | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.61 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 6 | | 136 | 133 | 1960--65, 69--71 | 0 9 7 15 0 4 4 4 0 |
Rosewarne, Laurie | 0.44 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 54 | 5 | 16 | 7 | | 169 | 159 | 1965--73 | 1 2 10 4 9 14 7 7 0 |
Button, Ray | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.56 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 10 | | 135 | 133 | 1963--72 | 4 9 14 8 3 0 5 1 2 |
Symonds, Tony | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 69 | 9 | 12 | 18 | | 225 | 183 | 1981--92 | 1 2 8 12 12 10 5 2 9 8 0 |
Agnew, Brad | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 13 | | 155 | 155 | 2011--17, 19--21 | 1 10 0 6 5 4 8 10 7 1 |
Hall, Tony | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.58 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 5 | | 103 | 85 | 1983--87, 95 | 3 0 0 22 2 7 |
Bailey, Darcy | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 7 | | 149 | 149 | 2013--24 | 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 13 9 7 |
Wickham, Stan | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | 101 | 101 | 1950--56 | 0 5 7 0 10 9 0 |
Panozzo, Luke | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 167 | 167 | 2002--11 | 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 17 6 0 |
Proud, Max | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 12 | | 191 | 191 | 2012--24 | 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 7 0 2 9 11 8 |
West, Jim | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 186 | 163 | 1985--89, 92--96 | 0 0 0 3 1 0 18 3 7 6 |
Abley, Kevin | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 173 | 173 | 1954--64 | 0 1 3 2 4 2 10 11 2 0 4 |
Stringer, Alan | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 6 | | 145 | 121 | 1983--89 | 0 8 8 7 0 17 0 |
Laffin, Don | 0.37 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | 136 | 136 | 1946--55 | 0 0 0 10 6 1 8 0 3 4 |
McCully, Stewart | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 1 | | 125 | 113 | 1990--98 | 0 3 0 11 11 2 6 0 0 |
Phillis, DK 'Fred' | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 67 | 14 | 6 | 13 | | 280 | 266 | 1966--78, 81 | 4 6 9 8 5 9 0 2 7 9 5 0 3 0 |
Reubenicht, Grant | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 6 | | 104 | 100 | 1991--99 | 1 4 6 8 5 10 0 0 |
Griffiths, Len | 0.36 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 8 | | 145 | 145 | 1929--38 | 9 3 0 5 1 4 3 8 0 1 |
Sherwood, Paul | 0.35 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 7 | | 190 | 190 | 1999--2008 | 4 5 3 0 9 11 2 1 2 5 |
Kretschmer, Dwaine | 0.33 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 10 | | 140 | 128 | 1991--99 | 0 7 3 0 0 1 10 9 1 |
Caldwell, Neville | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 64 | 10 | 12 | 10 | | 265 | 247 | 1970--81 | 7 4 6 5 8 5 4 6 3 0 12 4 |
Kirkby, Ruory | 0.33 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 4 | | 168 | 168 | 2006--16 | 3 8 0 6 10 7 4 0 3 0 0 |
Cook, Sudjai | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 7 | | 122 | 122 | 1999--2005 | 8 2 7 0 8 6 3 |
McInerney, Peter | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 13 | | 153 | 139 | 1975--83 | 8 13 5 2 3 5 0 0 |
Seebohm, John | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 5 | | 319 | 269 | 1978--92 | 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 12 5 4 5 |
Mules, Ben | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 52 | 4 | 15 | 10 | | 212 | 212 | 2002--13 | 3 4 3 5 3 5 5 4 9 5 4 2 |
Salisbury, Scott | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 7 | | 241 | 199 | 1983--92 | 1 4 0 5 7 8 4 1 9 3 |
MacFarlane, John | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.43 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 306 | 268 | 1971--87 | 0 0 3 18 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 |
- #Ave.Rating is an average of their raw votes per game in their career, their best 5 seasons, and their best 2 seasons.
- &An aproximation of SANFL games played by that player by subtracting non-SANFL games such as games with West-Glenelg during WWII, NFL mathches, and other pre-season or mid-season tournaments from their total games played.
- Pre-Kerley era players in Blue background. Kerley to Crows era players in Green background. Post-Crows era players in Yellow background. Current Players in White background.
- Table includes media votes from 98.4% of Glenelg’s matches (1980 out of 2012) where Glenelg did not lose by 100 points or more.
TABLE 2 -- WEIGHTED VOTES PER GAME
- Table 2 is an attempt to include players who have played less than 100 games into the comparison, and to make adjustments to account for the varying standard of Glenelg teams over the years.
- Players are ranked by an average of their weighted votes per game over their career, their best 5 seasons, and their best 2 seasons.
- To place more emphasis on player performances in better performed teams, each player’s votes are weighted according to the finishing position of the team in each season.
Votes received in seasons where Glenelg won the premiership are given 100% weighting, seasons where they finished 2nd are given a 97% waiting. etc etc, down to votes received in wooden spoon seasons, where votes are given about a 50% weighting.
- The cut off for Table 2 is a minimum of 30 media votes received during a player’s career -- Top 60 Players.
- Jump back to Table 1, Jump to Table 2b
| Ave. | Weighted* Votes/Game | Total | | | | BestPlyr | Games | | |
Player | Rating# | Career | 5-seas | 2-seas | Votes | 3s | 2s | 1s | Seasons | All | SANFL& | Seasons Played | Raw Media Votes in Each Season (3-2-1) |
McDermott, Chris | 1.24 | 0.88 | 1.25 | 1.58 | 224 | 47 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 277 | 237 | 1981--96 | 5 1 12 12 24 36 42 43 21 15 3 10 |
Snook, Matthew | 1.22 | 0.84 | 1.25 | 1.56 | 214 | 46 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 207 | 207 | 2011--24 | 0 0 2 18 24 10 20 15 23 33 27 27 7 8 |
Hodgeman, Kym | 1.04 | 0.79 | 1.02 | 1.30 | 188 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 244 | 216 | 1974--80, 86--90 | 5 10 24 33 37 12 24 6 10 9 18 0 |
Partington, Luke | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 1.15 | 87 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 88 | 88 | 2019--23 | 29 16 19 13 10 |
Kernahan, Stephen | 0.97 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 1.27 | 108 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 136 | 119 | 1981--85 | 3 15 24 37 29 |
Handby, HH 'Jim' | 0.95 | 0.77 | 0.94 | 1.15 | 151 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 123 | 123 | 1925--32 | 17 26 8 30 23 23 16 8 |
Fisher, Adam | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 1.06 | 108 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 94 | 94 | 2005--09 | 22 17 28 24 17 |
Davies, Neil | 0.91 | 0.56 | 0.82 | 1.37 | 104 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 143 | 143 | 1951--63 | 8 0 31 1 0 33 19 9 0 0 0 3 0 |
Cornes, Graham | 0.84 | 0.65 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 215 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 317 | 294 | 1967--82 | 0 13 0 0 22 23 19 16 8 14 18 28 14 24 5 11 |
Carey, Peter | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 264 | 55 | 30 | 39 | 2 | 448 | 400 | 1971--88 | 2 12 12 10 15 12 24 15 34 18 20 13 13 14 3 12 21 14 |
Taylor, Don | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.60 | 1.11 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 77 | 75 | 1942, 50--54 | 19 10 28 7 0 |
Weston, Paul | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.89 | 142 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 196 | 178 | 1973--82 | 0 2 20 12 24 21 24 20 19 |
Marker, Peter | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 164 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 239 | 226 | 1967--78 | 7 15 13 18 23 18 15 13 19 20 3 0 |
Hanley, Jack | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 77 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 54 | 1921--24 | 27 30 14 6 |
Wilson, Billy | 0.74 | 0.93 | 0.42 | 0.88 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 1955--57 | 34 8 9 |
Crabb, Allan | 0.74 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.99 | 135 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 204 | 194 | 1942, 45--56 | 0 13 14 5 20 22 9 9 10 20 9 4 |
Boyall, Marcus | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.44 | 0.92 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 44 | 1940--43, 48 | 19 30 8 |
Link, Arthur | 0.73 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 1.02 | 115 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 167 | 167 | 1929--39 | 4 6 11 8 16 27 10 14 15 4 0 |
Allen, Matthew | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.99 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 98 | 98 | 2020--24 | 0 11 9 15 27 |
Richens, Colin | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 178 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 209 | 205 | 1957--68 | 6 16 17 18 16 19 14 20 8 28 14 2 |
Marshall, David | 0.71 | 0.46 | 0.75 | 0.93 | 153 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 354 | 304 | 1978--93 | 0 2 3 5 9 24 23 4 4 17 11 12 24 7 8 |
Johnston, George 'Blue' | 0.71 | 0.48 | 0.73 | 0.91 | 150 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 203 | 203 | 1927--40 | 6 5 8 8 17 17 22 11 18 3 14 17 4 |
McGuinness, Tony | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 0.84 | 77 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 99 | 1981--85, 98 | 0 26 21 14 16 0 |
Lloyd, John | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.82 | 96 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 101 | 101 | 1924--32 | 8 16 4 15 19 9 25 0 0 |
Kane, Ben | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.85 | 72 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 110 | 2007--11 | 12 6 17 12 25 |
Backwell, Brett | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 105 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 131 | 131 | 2003--09 | 27 13 14 19 16 11 5 |
McGowan, Brian | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.39 | 0.84 | 53 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 58 | 1964--66 | 21 20 12 |
Mansell, Darren | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.86 | 68 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 151 | 126 | 1987--95 | 0 0 1 0 15 30 5 17 0 |
Lyons, Corey | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.38 | 0.79 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 60 | 2022--24 | 7 17 16 |
Sallis, Len | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 109 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 172 | 172 | 1924--35 | 0 4 10 10 16 7 11 20 0 10 14 7 |
McBean, Liam | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.72 | 71 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 133 | 133 | 2017, 19--24 | 6 9 4 12 10 17 13 |
Chigwidden, Nick | 0.59 | 0.39 | 0.64 | 0.74 | 136 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 293 | 266 | 1987--2000 | 0 0 3 0 20 21 17 13 12 10 6 12 15 7 |
Linke, Haydn | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.76 | 95 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 137 | 137 | 1959--68 | 3 10 19 6 16 7 0 10 21 3 |
Phillis, Wayne | 0.58 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 102 | 18 | 18 | 12 | | 218 | 205 | 1967--77 | 0 2 7 17 8 13 10 12 16 10 7 |
Hunt, Ray | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.58 | 0.77 | 113 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 206 | 200 | 1936--43, 45--52 | 6 8 3 7 0 11 0 33 12 13 6 3 10 1 |
Curran, Chris | 0.57 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.78 | 71 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 160 | 2011--21, 24 | 0 0 9 0 1 0 3 23 8 8 12 7 |
Voigt, Rex | 0.56 | 0.35 | 0.58 | 0.75 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 257 | 240 | 1967--79 | 1 7 3 22 15 12 12 2 6 2 11 0 |
Herron, Bill | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 64 | 1959--62 | 16 16 19 4 |
Allen, Ty | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.79 | 66 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 160 | 2003--14 | 0 0 0 1 2 19 11 20 3 9 0 1 |
Bailey, Alf | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 69 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 93 | 1951--56 | 8 10 13 22 13 3 |
Long, Doug | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 87 | 18 | 12 | 9 | | 135 | 135 | 1962--69 | 13 6 17 12 16 10 9 4 |
McGuinness, Phil | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.39 | 0.64 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 76 | 1991--95 | 0 3 18 16 18 |
Hewett, Don | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.65 | 74 | 13 | 14 | 7 | | 118 | 118 | 1954--62 | 0 4 13 9 7 14 10 1 16 |
Culpitt, Heath | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.33 | 0.66 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 2003--05 | 10 25 15 |
Fidge, John | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.58 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 4 | | 69 | 53 | 1989--93 | 3 18 5 11 2 |
Burt, Frank | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 54 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 86 | 62 | 1939--46 | 13 12 2 27 0 |
Hoft, Cyril | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.59 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1924--27 | 19 14 8 12 |
Brock, Mel | 0.48 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 166 | 1932--42 | 0 2 1 17 16 11 2 5 19 15 |
Kerley, Neil | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 | | 55 | 52 | 1967--69 | 18 7 9 |
Wright, Brian | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 111 | 111 | 1950--57 | 1 17 0 7 3 4 7 15 |
Neely, William | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.64 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 6 | | 58 | 58 | 2003--05 | 19 20 6 |
Colbey, Brian | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 86 | 14 | 18 | 8 | | 210 | 200 | 1966--76 | 3 0 7 8 10 11 11 11 17 8 0 |
Maynard, Peter | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | | 196 | 163 | 1982--90 | 10 3 0 10 19 8 10 4 1 |
Copping, Stephen | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 82 | 14 | 12 | 16 | | 246 | 220 | 1974--81, 84--86 | 2 5 6 5 9 5 8 19 3 10 10 |
Kernahan, Harry | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 71 | 11 | 12 | 14 | | 176 | 176 | 1959--65, 69--71 | 0 3 5 9 13 5 10 17 9 0 |
Keane, Ron | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 12 | | 124 | 88 | 1938--46 | 3 10 4 6 20 15 |
Byrne, James | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 6 | | 52 | 52 | 1999--2002 | 16 12 9 12 |
Hamilton, Kerry | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.65 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 120 | 116 | 1967--75 | 0 2 7 4 0 23 4 0 |
Owens, Jack | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 86 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 177 | 177 | 1924--35 | 9 5 5 16 3 3 11 8 8 12 6 0 |
Gibbs, Ross | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 0.58 | 70 | 10 | 12 | 16 | | 253 | 209 | 1984--94 | 7 17 8 13 7 0 6 3 6 3 0 |
Sawford, Ben | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 43 | 2016--18 | 12 13 5 |
Bode, Matthew | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 62 | 12 | 8 | 10 | | 87 | 87 | 1998--2010 | 12 11 3 8 5 3 0 10 10 |
Cranston, Trevor | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 9 | | 154 | 154 | 2003--11 | 0 0 3 1 0 18 13 7 3 |
Lyons, Jarryd | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.21 | 0.49 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 2011--13 | 1 17 14 |
Halliday, Richard | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.58 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 48 | 1937--41 | 17 22 2 0 0 |
Moore, Ben | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 64 | 8 | 15 | 10 | | 123 | 123 | 1995, 2000--07 | 1 0 2 4 14 9 9 13 12 |
McConnell, Justin | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.58 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 2006--09 | 22 8 4 0 |
Colyer, Roy | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.54 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 4 | | 63 | 63 | 1930--36 | 0 0 4 15 2 15 3 |
Symonds, Tony | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 69 | 9 | 12 | 18 | | 225 | 183 | 1981--92 | 1 2 8 12 12 10 5 2 9 8 0 |
Window, Clarrie | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 72 | 72 | 1940, 46--50 | 0 1 0 16 6 9 |
- #Ave.Rating is an average of their career weighted votes per game, their weighted votes per game in their best 5 seasons and their weighted votes per game in their best 2 seasons.
- *Weighted votes per game is a player's votes per game weighted by the team's finishing position each season - the lower the team finished on the ladder in a given season the less weighting votes recieved in that season will be given.
- &An aproximation of SANFL games played by that player by subtracting non-SANFL games such as games with West-Glenelg during WWII, NFL mathches, and other pre-season or mid-season tournaments from their total games played.
- Pre-Kerley era players in Blue background. Kerley to Crows era players in Green background. Post-Crows era players in Yellow background. Current Players in White background.
- Table includes media votes from 98.4% of Glenelg’s matches (1980 out of 2012) where Glenelg did not lose by 100 points or more.
TABLE 2b -- WEIGHTED VOTES PER GAME WITH POST CROWS ERA DISCOUNT
- Table 2b is identical to Table 2, except that it also makes an adjustment for the fact that when the Adelaide Crows joined the AFL in 1991, the SANFL became a second tier competiton.
To reflect this change in status, weighted votes per game since 1991 are reduced by 25%.
- The cut off for Table 2 is a minimum of 30 media votes received during a player’s career -- Top 60 Players.
- Jump back to Table 2, Jump to Tables 3—6
| Ave. | Weighted* Votes/Game | Total | | | | BestPlyr | Games | | |
Player | Rating# | Career | 5-seas | 2-seas | Votes | 3s | 2s | 1s | Seasons | All | SANFL& | Seasons Played | Raw Media Votes in Each Season (3-2-1) |
McDermott, Chris | 1.24 | 0.87 | 1.25 | 1.58 | 224 | 47 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 277 | 237 | 1981--96 | 5 1 12 12 24 36 42 43 21 15 3 10 |
Hodgeman, Kym | 1.04 | 0.79 | 1.02 | 1.30 | 188 | 35 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 244 | 216 | 1974--80, 86--90 | 5 10 24 33 37 12 24 6 10 9 18 0 |
Kernahan, Stephen | 0.97 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 1.27 | 108 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 136 | 119 | 1981--85 | 3 15 24 37 29 |
Handby, HH 'Jim' | 0.95 | 0.77 | 0.94 | 1.15 | 151 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 123 | 123 | 1925--32 | 17 26 8 30 23 23 16 8 |
Davies, Neil | 0.91 | 0.56 | 0.82 | 1.37 | 104 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 143 | 143 | 1951--63 | 8 0 31 1 0 33 19 9 0 0 0 3 0 |
Snook, Matthew | 0.91 | 0.63 | 0.94 | 1.17 | 214 | 46 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 207 | 207 | 2011--24 | 0 0 2 18 24 10 20 15 23 33 27 27 7 8 |
Cornes, Graham | 0.84 | 0.65 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 215 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 317 | 294 | 1967--82 | 0 13 0 0 22 23 19 16 8 14 18 28 14 24 5 11 |
Carey, Peter | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 264 | 55 | 30 | 39 | 2 | 448 | 400 | 1971--88 | 2 12 12 10 15 12 24 15 34 18 20 13 13 14 3 12 21 14 |
Taylor, Don | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.60 | 1.11 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 77 | 75 | 1942, 50--54 | 19 10 28 7 0 |
Weston, Paul | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.89 | 142 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 196 | 178 | 1973--82 | 0 2 20 12 24 21 24 20 19 |
Marker, Peter | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 164 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 239 | 226 | 1967--78 | 7 15 13 18 23 18 15 13 19 20 3 0 |
Hanley, Jack | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 77 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 54 | 1921--24 | 27 30 14 6 |
Wilson, Billy | 0.74 | 0.93 | 0.42 | 0.88 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 1955--57 | 34 8 9 |
Crabb, Allan | 0.74 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.99 | 135 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 204 | 194 | 1942, 45--56 | 0 13 14 5 20 22 9 9 10 20 9 4 |
Partington, Luke | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.86 | 87 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 88 | 88 | 2019--23 | 29 16 19 13 10 |
Boyall, Marcus | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.44 | 0.92 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 44 | 1940--43, 48 | 19 30 8 |
Link, Arthur | 0.73 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 1.02 | 115 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 167 | 167 | 1929--39 | 4 6 11 8 16 27 10 14 15 4 0 |
Richens, Colin | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 178 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 209 | 205 | 1957--68 | 6 16 17 18 16 19 14 20 8 28 14 2 |
Fisher, Adam | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 108 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 94 | 94 | 2005--09 | 22 17 28 24 17 |
Marshall, David | 0.71 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.93 | 153 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 354 | 304 | 1978--93 | 0 2 3 5 9 24 23 4 4 17 11 12 24 7 8 |
Johnston, George 'Blue' | 0.71 | 0.48 | 0.73 | 0.91 | 150 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 203 | 203 | 1927--40 | 6 5 8 8 17 17 22 11 18 3 14 17 4 |
McGuinness, Tony | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 0.84 | 77 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 99 | 1981--85, 98 | 0 26 21 14 16 0 |
Lloyd, John | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.82 | 96 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 101 | 101 | 1924--32 | 8 16 4 15 19 9 25 0 0 |
McGowan, Brian | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.39 | 0.84 | 53 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 58 | 1964--66 | 21 20 12 |
Sallis, Len | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 109 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 172 | 172 | 1924--35 | 0 4 10 10 16 7 11 20 0 10 14 7 |
Linke, Haydn | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.76 | 95 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 137 | 137 | 1959--68 | 3 10 19 6 16 7 0 10 21 3 |
Phillis, Wayne | 0.58 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 102 | 18 | 18 | 12 | | 218 | 205 | 1967--77 | 0 2 7 17 8 13 10 12 16 10 7 |
Hunt, Ray | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.58 | 0.77 | 113 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 206 | 200 | 1936--43, 45--52 | 6 8 3 7 0 11 0 33 12 13 6 3 10 1 |
Voigt, Rex | 0.56 | 0.35 | 0.58 | 0.75 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 257 | 240 | 1967--79 | 1 7 3 22 15 12 12 2 6 2 11 0 |
Herron, Bill | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 64 | 1959--62 | 16 16 19 4 |
Bailey, Alf | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 69 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 93 | 1951--56 | 8 10 13 22 13 3 |
Allen, Matthew | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.74 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 98 | 98 | 2020--24 | 0 11 9 15 27 |
Long, Doug | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 87 | 18 | 12 | 9 | | 135 | 135 | 1962--69 | 13 6 17 12 16 10 9 4 |
Hewett, Don | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.65 | 74 | 13 | 14 | 7 | | 118 | 118 | 1954--62 | 0 4 13 9 7 14 10 1 16 |
Burt, Frank | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 54 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 86 | 62 | 1939--46 | 13 12 2 27 0 |
Hoft, Cyril | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.59 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 1924--27 | 19 14 8 12 |
Kane, Ben | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.63 | 72 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 110 | 2007--11 | 12 6 17 12 25 |
Backwell, Brett | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 105 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 131 | 131 | 2003--09 | 27 13 14 19 16 11 5 |
Brock, Mel | 0.48 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 166 | 1932--42 | 0 2 1 17 16 11 2 5 19 15 |
Kerley, Neil | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 | | 55 | 52 | 1967--69 | 18 7 9 |
Wright, Brian | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 111 | 111 | 1950--57 | 1 17 0 7 3 4 7 15 |
Colbey, Brian | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 86 | 14 | 18 | 8 | | 210 | 200 | 1966--76 | 3 0 7 8 10 11 11 11 17 8 0 |
Fidge, John | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 4 | | 69 | 53 | 1989--93 | 3 18 5 11 2 |
Maynard, Peter | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 65 | 11 | 11 | 10 | | 196 | 163 | 1982--90 | 10 3 0 10 19 8 10 4 1 |
Mansell, Darren | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.64 | 68 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 151 | 126 | 1987--95 | 0 0 1 0 15 30 5 17 0 |
Lyons, Corey | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 0.59 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 60 | 2022--24 | 7 17 16 |
McBean, Liam | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 71 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 133 | 133 | 2017, 19--24 | 6 9 4 12 10 17 13 |
Copping, Stephen | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 82 | 14 | 12 | 16 | | 246 | 220 | 1974--81, 84--86 | 2 5 6 5 9 5 8 19 3 10 10 |
Kernahan, Harry | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 71 | 11 | 12 | 14 | | 176 | 176 | 1959--65, 69--71 | 0 3 5 9 13 5 10 17 9 0 |
Keane, Ron | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 12 | | 124 | 88 | 1938--46 | 3 10 4 6 20 15 |
- #Ave.Rating is an average of their career weighted votes per game, their weighted votes per game in their best 5 seasons and their weighted votes per game in their best 2 seasons.
- *Weighted votes per game is a player's votes per game weighted by the team's finishing position each season, as well as being reduced by 25% since the 1991 season.
- &An aproximation of SANFL games played by that player by subtracting non-SANFL games such as games with West-Glenelg during WWII, NFL mathches, and other pre-season or mid-season tournaments from their total games played.
- Pre-Kerley era players in Blue background. Kerley to Crows era players in Green background. Post-Crows era players in Yellow background. Current Players in White background.
- Table includes media votes from 98.4% of Glenelg’s matches (1980 out of 2012) where Glenelg did not lose by 100 points or more.