SuperCoach Draft experts reveal their Top 50 January rankings for forwards

Our SuperCoach Draft experts have dropped their January rankings and today, they rank their Top 50 forwards.

Lachie Whitfield of the Giants is ranked No. 1 in the experts’ January Draft Drankings

We haven’t just randomly assorted a collection of defender names and put them in a list from 1-50. No, draft rankings are a two-part formula. They are part projection and part ranking.

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The former is how our team of experts project a player’s season to unfold with their ability to score and impact your SuperCoach Draft team. The latter is how we rank them based off exposed form and other mitigating factors such as their role in their team and whether or not they are returning from a lay-off that may have them projected lower than where they’d be drafted if at full fitness.

JANUARY EXPERT DRAFT RANKINGS

> RUCKS

> MIDFIELDERS

> DEFENDERS

Draft rankings ultimately come down to personal preference, but it’s important not to let your heart get in the way of your head. Sure you might be a Geelong supporter and think Gary Ablett is currently the best forward in SuperCoach but based off stats and past history, others would be ahead of him.

For instance, Greater Western Sydney’s Lachie Whitfield sits comfortably atop the forward rankings for all of our experts. Over the last two seasons, the Collingwood big man has pumped out more than 500 possessions or more for each season.

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Last season he was ranked the No. 1 SuperCoach scorer and it’s with obvious reason. Grundy despite being a ruckmen, plays more like a midfielder. Not only did he have the most hit-outs to advantage in 2019, but he also ranked elite for contested possessions, clearances and score involvements. He is so dynamic, he could find himself the No. 1 pick in many SuperCoach drafts.

Our rankings will be updated twice more; once in February and once in March, which will reflect preseason form, injuries and new player projections.

Rank	Paige's Ranks	Steve's Ranks	Jono's Ranks
1	Lachie Whitfield [MID]	Lachie Whitfield [MID]	Lachie Whitfield [MID]
2	Dustin Martin [MID]	Dustin Martin [MID]	Dustin Martin [MID]
3	Toby Greene	Isaac Heeney [MID]	Michael Walters [MID]
4	Michael Walters [MID]	Michael Walters [MID]	Isaac Heeney [MID]
5	Isaac Heeney [MID]	Jeremy Cameron	Toby Greene
6	Devon Smith [MID]	Toby Greene	Jeremy Cameron
7	Jeremy Cameron	Gary Ablett	Tom J. Lynch
8	Gary Ablett	Jack Steven [MID]	Jack Ziebell [MID]
9	Jordan De Goey	Darcy Parish,[MID]	Chad Wingard [MID]
10	Jack Steven [MID]	Tom J. Lynch	Jack Steven [MID]
11	Jack Ziebell [MID]	Jack Ziebell [MID]	Devon Smith [MID]
12	Kane Lambert [MID]	Kane Lambert [MID]	Hugh Greenwood [MID]
13	Tom J. Lynch	Devon Smith [MID]	Kane Lambert [MID]
14	Pat Lipinksi [MID]	Jack Darling	Gary Ablett
15	Chad Wingard [MID]	Jack Martin [MID]	Jordan De Goey
16	Hugh Greenwood [MID]	Chad Wingard [MID]	Tom Hawkins
17	Robbie Gray [MID]	Jordan Dawson [DEF]	Jack Darling
18	Tom Hawkins	Jordan De Goey	Jack Gunston
19	Christian Petracca	Hugh Greenwood [MID]	Jordan Dawson [DEF]
20	Jordan Dawson [DEF]	Robbie Gray [MID]	Darcy Parish [MID]
21	Brandan Parfitt [MID]	Christian Petracca	Darcy Macpherson [MID]
22	Jack Darling	Conor Rozee	Tom T. Lynch
23	Darcy Parish [MID]	Tom Hawkins	Luke Dahlhaus
24	Brad Ebert	Brad Ebert	Jack Martin [MID]
25	Luke Dahlhaus	Tom T. Lynch	Brad Ebert
26	Tom T. Lynch	Brandan Parfitt [MID]	Christian Petracca
27	Jack Gunston	Andrew Brayshaw [MID]	Robbie Gray [MID]
28	Darcy Macpherson [MID]	Luke Dahlhaus	Jeremy Finalyson
29	Charlie Cameron	Jonathon Ceglar [RUC]	Conor Rozee
30	Justin Westhoff [MID]	Jack Riewoldt	Andrew Brayshaw [MID]
31	Jaidyn Stephenson	Jade Gresham [MID]	Lance Franklin
32	Jade Gresham [MID]	Jack Gunston	Justin Westhoff [MID]
33	Conor Rozee	Patrick Lipinkski [MID]	Jesse Hogan
34	Jeremy Finalyson	Darcy Macpherson [MID]	Tom McDonald
35	Lance Franklin	Paddy Ryder [RUC]	Jack Riewoldt
36	Josh Caddy [MID]	Lance Franklin	Mitch Wallis [MID]
37	Jack Martin [MID]	Blake Acres [MID]	Jade Gresham [MID]
38	Harrison Himmelberg	Josh J. Kennedy	Paddy Ryder [RUC]
39	Blake Acres [MID]	Aaron Naughton	Jaidyn Stephenson
40	Mitch Wallis [MID]	Stephen Hill [DEF]	Harrison Himmelberg
41	Tom McDonald	Jy Simpkin [MID]	Brandan Parfitt [MID]
42	Jack Riewoldt	Josh Caddy [MID]	Blake Acres [MID]
43	Bailey Smith [MID]	Harry Himmelberg	Charlie Cameron
44	Jy Simpkin [MID]	Bailey Smith [MID]	Tom Papley
45	Jake Stringer	Jeremy Finlayson	Mitch Lewis
46	Aaron Naughton	Tom McDonald	Jonathon Ceglar [RUC]
47	Josh J. Kennedy	Jaidyn Stephenson	Harry McKay
48	Mitch Lewis	Mitch Wallis [MID]	Pat Lipinksi [MID]
49	Jesse Hogan	Josh Jenkins	Aaron Naughton
50	Sam Powell-Pepper [MID]	Jesse Hogan	Josh J. Kennedy

Originally published as SuperCoach Draft experts reveal their Top 50 January rankings for forwards