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AN ULTRA-consistent season in which he featured in his side's best players in nine of the 10 games he played has earned Eaglehawk midfielder Billy Evans the No.1 position in this year's Addy BFNL player rankings.
Former Brisbane Lion Evans was one of the competition's marquee recruits, and although lockdown restrictions for Melbourne-based players prevented him from playing two games, the 24-year-old didn't disappoint.
Evans topped the 2021 rankings with 92.0 points, with Gisborne on-baller Brad Bernacki (80.0), Sandhurst defender and best and fairest Lachlan Ross (80.0), South Bendigo ball magnet and best and fairest Cooper Leon (79.5) and Gisborne full-forward Pat McKenna (77.0) rounding out the top five.
The ranking points aim to reflect both performing consistently and playing key roles in helping teams to win games and are based off the weekly best players named by clubs after each game.
How the points work:
Winning team - 1st best (16.0 points); 2nd best (13.5); 3rd best (11.0); 4th best (8.5); 5th best (6.0); 6th best (3.5).
Losing team - 1st best (7.0); 2nd best (6.0); 3rd best (5.0); 4th best (4.0); 5th best (3.0); 6th best (2.0).
Drawn game (both teams) - 1st best (10.0); 2nd best (8.5); 3rd best (7.0); 4th best (5.5); 5th best (4.0); 6th best (2.5).
"I really enjoyed the year at Eaglehawk. I found the club really good and accommodating for myself and a few other boys travelling back from Melbourne," Evans said at the weekend.
"The season didn't go the way we wanted it to (the Hawks finished sixth), but I think that was because we had a lot of new guys this year who were learning how to play footy together.
"The interrupted season didn't help us either, but I think we'll be better for it next year."
Of the nine games where Evans was named among the Hawks' best players, seven times he was rated among their top three players.
"I was able to be reasonably consistent throughout the year, which is always good," said Evans, who played seven AFL games with Brisbane across 2015-16.
Evans, who will continue with the Hawks next season, was picked in the centre in the Addy's BFNL Team of the Year.
Gisborne, Golden Square and Sandhurst each had the most players in the top 50 list with eight apiece, followed by big improvers South Bendigo with six, while top team Strathfieldsaye had five.
THE TOP 50:
1 - Billy Evans
(Eaglehawk)
Rank points: 92.0
Times in best: 9
No.1: 2 Top 3: 7
Games played: 10
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2 - Brad Bernacki
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 80.0
Times in best: 9
No.1: 3 Top 3: 5
Games played: 11
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3 - Lachlan Ross
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 80.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 2 Top 3: 6
Games played: 12
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4 - Cooper Leon
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 79.5
Times in best: 8
No.1: 3 Top 3: 5
Games played: 10
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5 - Pat McKenna
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 77.0
Times in best: 7
No.1: 1 Top 3: 5
Games played: 10
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6 - Brody Haddow
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 75.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 3 Top 3: 5
Games played: 12
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7 - Daniel Clohesy
(Strathfieldsaye)
Rank points: 74.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 0 Top 3: 5
Games played: 8
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8 - Jack Geary
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 70.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 2 Top 3: 5
Games played: 11
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9 - Callum McCarty
(Strathfieldsaye)
Rank points: 70.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 3 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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10 - Ryan Hartley
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 69.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 0 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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11 - Noah Wheeler
(Eaglehawk)
Rank points: 66.0
Times in best: 7
No.1: 2 Top 3: 5
Games played: 10
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12 - Jayden Burke
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 66.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 11
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13 - Jake Moorhead
(Strathfieldsaye)
Rank points: 66.0
Times in best: 5
No.1: 3 Top 3: 5
Games played: 8
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14 - Liam Wilkinson
(Castlemaine)
Rank points: 64.0
Times in best: 11
No.1: 5 Top 3: 9
Games played: 12
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15 - Chris Down
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 64.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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16 - Lee Coghlan
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 63.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 2 Top 3: 3
Games played: 10
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17 - Bailey Edwards
(Maryborough)
Rank points: 61.5
Times in best: 10
No.1: 1 Top 3: 9
Games played: 12
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18 - Matt Compston
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 60.0
Times in best: 5
No.1: 2 Top 3: 5
Games played: 12
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19 - Kaiden Antonowicz
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 59.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 2 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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20 - Nick Stagg
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 53.5
Times in best: 5
No.1: 2 Top 3: 4
Games played: 10
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21 - Jordan Mangan
(Kyneton)
Rank points: 52.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 2 Top 3: 4
Games played: 11
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22 - Noah Walsh
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 52.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 1 Top 3: 2
Games played: 12
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23 - Hamish Morcom
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 49.0
Times in best: 4
No.1: 2 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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24 - Joel Brett
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 48.5
Times in best: 5
No.1: 2 Top 3: 3
Games played: 10
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25 - Jayden Hooper
(Maryborough)
Rank points: 48.0
Times in best: 10
No.1: 1 Top 3: 5
Games played: 11
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26 - Flynn Lakey
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 47.5
Times in best: 5
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 7
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27 - Matt Bilton
(Maryborough)
Rank points: 47.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 4 Top 3: 5
Games played: 10
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28 - Jack Reaper
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 47.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 2 Top 3: 2
Games played: 10
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29 - Zac Hare
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 47.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 1 Top 3: 2
Games played: 12
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30 - Lachlan Ratcliffe
(Strathfieldsaye)
Rank points: 46.5
Times in best: 4
No.1: 0 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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31 - Braydan Torpey
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 45.0
Times in best: 5
No.1: 0 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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32 - James Coghlan
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 45.0
Times in best: 4
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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33 - Kyle Symons
(Kangaroo Flat)
Rank points: 44.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 1 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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34 - Scott Walsh
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 44.5
Times in best: 6
No.1: 1 Top 3: 2
Games played: 10
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35 - Jarrad Lynch
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 41.5
Times in best: 5
No.1: 0 Top 3: 5
Games played: 10
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36 - John Watson
(Castlemaine)
Rank points: 41.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 2 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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37 - Jake O'Brien
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 40.0
Times in best: 5
No.1: 1 Top 3: 1
Games played: 12
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38 - Declan Slingo
(Castlemaine)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 9
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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39 - Jake Hywood
(Kangaroo Flat)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 0 Top 3: 5
Games played: 11
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40 - Michael Herlihy
(South Bendigo)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 6
No.1: 0 Top 3: 1
Games played: 12
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41 - Terry Reeves
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 5
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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42 - Jon Coe
(Golden Square)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 4
No.1: 0 Top 3: 3
Games played: 9
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43 - Joel Wharton
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 39.0
Times in best: 4
No.1: 0 Top 3: 3
Games played: 12
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44 - Koby Hommelhoff
(Eaglehawk)
Rank points: 38.5
Times in best: 4
No.1: 3 Top 3: 3
Games played: 11
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45 - Mitch Trewhella
(Kangaroo Flat)
Rank points: 38.0
Times in best: 8
No.1: 2 Top 3: 5
Games played: 12
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46 - Jack Scanlon
(Gisborne)
Rank points: 38.0
Times in best: 4
No.1: 0 Top 3: 3
Games played: 11
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47 - Bailey Henderson
(Strathfieldsaye)
Rank points: 38.0
Times in best: 3
No.1: 1 Top 3: 3
Games played: 4
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48 - Sam Harper
(Eaglehawk)
Rank points: 36.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 0 Top 3: 1
Games played: 12
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49 - James Mittell
(Sandhurst)
Rank points: 36.5
Times in best: 4
No.1: 1 Top 3: 2
Games played: 10
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50 - Nick Lang
(Kangaroo Flat)
Rank points: 35.5
Times in best: 7
No.1: 2 Top 3: 4
Games played: 12
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PLAYERS IN THE TOP 50:
Gisborne - 8
Golden Square - 8
Sandhurst - 8
South Bendigo - 6
Strathfieldsaye - 5
Eaglehawk - 4
Kangaroo Flat - 4
Castlemaine - 3
Maryborough - 3
Kyneton - 1
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