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The top 100 draft picks of 2015

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Top 100

Have you ever wanted to be the fly on the wall of another draft to find out how others rank certain players?

Well now you can as we list the top 100 draft picks based on averages across all competitions.

You can use this as a guide to see whether you got a bargain in your personal competition or whether you jumped the gun on the rest of the pack.

The average pick number itself is a little deceiving, but gives us a great guide in terms of the order. You have to remember that some competitions will pick kickers last and others might be keeper leagues who pick their keepers last.

After a huge season in 2014 as the top NRL point scorer and the top NRLCEO scorer (including goals) it’s definitely no surprise to see Jonathan Thurston top the list. In my personal league with increased try assist points for halves from 2 to 3 and also added 1 point for line break assists where every other position can’t get line break assists. He went at #3 behind James Graham and Robbie Farah but I expect he will be the top scorer for our points system.

The first really interesting name is George Burgess. He had a very good season last year in the shadow of his brother and many expect him to step outside that shadow this year. Not only scoring regular workhorses but also nabbing tries too. He went at #27 in my draft.

Over the past two seasons Ben Barba has dropped and dropped down the list. The former first round draft pick candidate is now 50th most popular pick this year. In fact in the original NRLCEO League run by the site creators he is known as the “curse” and they refuse to pick him as he drags down any team he is in. He went at #59 in my competition.

Rabbitoh Glenn Stewart just sneaks into the top 100

Player Name Average Pick
#1 Johnathan Thurston 8
#2 Cameron Smith 12
#3 James Graham 12
#4 Robbie Farah 13
#5 Josh McGuire 21
#6 Greg Inglis 22
#7 James Segeyaro 23
#8 Aaron Woods 24
#9 Andrew McCullough 25
#10 Ben Hunt 27
#11 Shaun Johnson 27
#12 Shaun Fensom 28
#13 Andrew Fifita 28
#14 Anthony Milford 29
#15 Adam Reynolds 29
#16 James Maloney 29
#17 Corey Parker 29
#18 Aiden Tolman 30
#19 Paul Gallen 30
#20 Josh Jackson 30
#21 Jesse Bromwich 31
#22 Trent Merrin 31
#23 George Burgess 31
#24 Boyd Cordner 32
#25 Jake Friend 36
#26 Billy Slater 37
#27 Matt Gillett 39
#28 Cooper Cronk 39
#29 Anthony Watmough 43
#30 Issac Luke 44
#31 Matt Ballin 45
#32 Sam  Tomkins 45
#33 Aidan Guerra 45
#34 Alex Johnston 46
#35 Matthew Scott 46
#36 Nate Myles 46
#37 Matthew Moylan 47
#38 Daly Cherry-Evans 47
#39 Simon Mannering 48
#40 Elijah Taylor 48
#41 Dylan Walker 50
#42 Brett Stewart 51
#43 Jamie Buhrer 51
#44 Michael Jennings 51
#45 Sam Thaiday 52
#46 Nathan Peats 53
#47 Tariq Sims 56
#48 Mitchell Pearce 57
#49 Brenton Lawrence 57
#50 Ben Barba 58
#51 Nathan Friend 59
#52 Konrad Hurrell 59
#53 Semi Radradra 59
#54 Brett Morris 61
#55 Gavin Cooper 62
#56 Wade Graham 64
#57 Ben Hannant 64
#58 Peter Hiku 65
#59 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 66
#60 Jarrod Croker 68
#61 Jason Taumalolo 69
#62 Blake Ferguson 69
#63 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 70
#64 Jamie Soward 70
#65 Manu Vatuvei 70
#66 Josh Mansour 71
#67 Joseph Leilua 72
#68 Josh Dugan 73
#69 Michael Morgan 74
#70 Trent Hodkinson 75
#71 Steve Matai 76
#72 Dale Copley 77
#73 Benji Marshall 78
#74 Michael Ennis 78
#75 Mitch Rein 79
#76 Ryan Hinchcliffe 80
#77 Ryan Hoffman 81
#78 Antonio Winterstein 82
#79 Joseph Paulo 82
#80 Jack Wighton 82
#81 Kieran Foran 83
#82 James Tedesco 84
#83 Daniel Tupou 85
#84 William Hopoate 85
#85 Tim Lafai 87
#86 Adam Blair 88
#87 Sione Mata’utia 88
#88 Gareth Widdop 88
#89 Jamie Lyon 88
#90 Sisa Waqa 90
#91 Akuila Uate 90
#92 Ben Creagh 90
#93 Kevin Proctor 91
#94 Jason Nightingale 91
#95 Will Chambers 91
#96 Sam Moa 92
#97 Luke Brooks 92
#98 Josh Morris 93
#99 Glenn Stewart 94
#100 Chris Houston 97
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A Founder of NRLCEO. Jamie spends far more time on running the site than his own team and is therefore a perennial struggler, much to the delight of his mates. He is a former Bears, now Raiders tragic. A rangy lock who avoided running the ball at all costs, he once tackled (flopped on) John Hopoate. Web geek by day, web geek by night.
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JB

A Founder of NRLCEO. Jamie spends far more time on running the site than his own team and is therefore a perennial struggler, much to the delight of his mates. He is a former Bears, now Raiders tragic. A rangy lock who avoided running the ball at all costs, he once tackled (flopped on) John Hopoate. Web geek by day, web geek by night.

5 thoughts on “The top 100 draft picks of 2015”

  • Jarv
    February 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm
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    Hey JB, is there anywhere on the site to see a draft analysis (who picked someone when)? Be good in retrospect to see when a player was taken.

    Thanks,
    Jarv

    • JBPost author
      February 20, 2015 at 1:18 pm
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      Hi Jarv. There certainly is! If you click the drop down menu at the top right and then click (Competition Name) Settings then you should be presented with a page with a list of options in the menu on the left. At the bottom left under the Reports Heading you should see “Draft Logs”. Click that and you can download an Excel Spreadsheet with the list.

      • Jarv
        February 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm
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        I’m not seeing that option at all. Click the top right menu it only shows;
        My Profile
        {Competition Name}
        Logout

        Is it only the league runner that has that access?

        Thanks,
        Jarv

        • JBPost author
          February 26, 2015 at 3:56 pm
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          It must just be the Competition Admin then. Are you friends with your Comp Admin to ask them? If you would like us to help email us at nrlceo@y7mail.com

  • Mick
    February 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
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    Great article JB

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