Top 100 draft picks of 2016!
By now pretty much all of you have drafted.
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 and 2015 as the second top NRL point scorer and the second top NRLCEO scorer (including goals) it’s definitely no surprise to see Jonathan Thurston top the list. He topped this list last year too. 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 #1.
Sam Burgess returns to NRLCEO after a year holiday in rugby union and still went high! If he gets his position upgrade to front row after three weeks he becomes even more valuable!
Semi Radradra is probably the most interesting of all! He killed it last year after being the #53 ranked pick, but this year jumped 50 places to be the third most popular overall!!!
Interestingly only Shaun Johnson, Ben Hunt, Curtis Rona and Antonion Winterstein (?!?!) were drafted in 100% of leagues.
Enjoy!
# | Name | Average Pick | % Drafted by |
1 | Johnathan Thurston | 7 | 98% |
2 | Sam Burgess | 11 | 93% |
3 | Semi Radradra | 13 | 95% |
4 | Andrew McCullough | 16 | 93% |
5 | Shaun Fensom | 16 | 95% |
6 | Shaun Johnson | 17 | 100% |
7 | Cameron Smith | 19 | 92% |
8 | James Graham | 21 | 93% |
9 | Paul Gallen | 21 | 95% |
10 | Andrew Fifita | 22 | 93% |
11 | Simon Mannering | 23 | 92% |
12 | Jesse Bromwich | 23 | 92% |
13 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | 23 | 97% |
14 | James Maloney | 25 | 97% |
15 | Anthony Milford | 25 | 97% |
16 | James Tedesco | 26 | 98% |
17 | James Segeyaro | 26 | 89% |
18 | Aiden Tolman | 27 | 92% |
19 | Aaron Woods | 30 | 95% |
20 | Nathan Peats | 33 | 93% |
21 | Jarrod Croker | 33 | 92% |
22 | Greg Inglis | 34 | 93% |
23 | Bodene Thompson | 38 | 90% |
24 | James Roberts | 38 | 97% |
25 | Adam Reynolds | 38 | 67% |
26 | Gavin Cooper | 39 | 90% |
27 | Ben Hunt | 39 | 100% |
28 | Matt Gillett | 39 | 95% |
29 | Curtis Rona | 40 | 100% |
30 | Josh Jackson | 41 | 90% |
31 | Michael Lichaa | 41 | 95% |
32 | Jake Friend | 42 | 89% |
33 | Kade Snowden | 42 | 90% |
34 | Corey Parker | 45 | 93% |
35 | Trent Merrin | 46 | 92% |
36 | Tohu Harris | 46 | 90% |
37 | Daly Cherry-Evans | 49 | 97% |
38 | Jake Granville | 49 | 95% |
39 | Valentine Holmes | 49 | 93% |
40 | Josh McGuire | 50 | 90% |
41 | Issac Luke | 51 | 92% |
42 | Ethan Lowe | 51 | 89% |
43 | Michael Morgan | 51 | 92% |
44 | Alex Johnston | 51 | 90% |
45 | Jack De Belin | 53 | 93% |
46 | Elijah Taylor | 54 | 90% |
47 | Blake Austin | 56 | 97% |
48 | Blake Ferguson | 57 | 93% |
49 | George Burgess | 57 | 92% |
50 | Michael Jennings | 61 | 93% |
51 | Wade Graham | 63 | 95% |
52 | Mike Cooper | 66 | 89% |
53 | Dylan Walker | 68 | 95% |
54 | Cooper Cronk | 68 | 95% |
55 | Marika Koroibete | 69 | 92% |
56 | Ben Matulino | 70 | 93% |
57 | Brett Stewart | 70 | 97% |
58 | Iosia Soliola | 70 | 95% |
59 | Aidan Guerra | 70 | 93% |
60 | Matthew Moylan | 72 | 92% |
61 | Sam Thaiday | 73 | 98% |
62 | Jake Trbojevic | 73 | 90% |
63 | Daniel Tupou | 74 | 98% |
64 | Josh Dugan | 75 | 93% |
65 | Luke Douglas | 77 | 87% |
66 | Billy Slater | 78 | 93% |
67 | Tyson Frizell | 79 | 92% |
68 | Jack Bird | 80 | 97% |
69 | Gareth Widdop | 81 | 59% |
70 | Matthew Scott | 81 | 92% |
71 | Michael Ennis | 81 | 89% |
72 | Manu Vatuvei | 85 | 93% |
73 | Josh Papalii | 85 | 92% |
74 | Jamie Lyon | 85 | 44% |
75 | Tom Trbojevic | 85 | 93% |
76 | Luke Brooks | 86 | 90% |
77 | James Tamou | 86 | 95% |
78 | Bryce Cartwright | 87 | 97% |
79 | Brett Morris | 87 | 93% |
80 | Kieran Foran | 88 | 89% |
81 | Josh Morris | 90 | 98% |
82 | Tuimoala Lolohea | 91 | 92% |
83 | Robbie Farah | 91 | 89% |
84 | Alex Glenn | 92 | 97% |
85 | Lachlan Coote | 92 | 95% |
86 | Kevin Proctor | 93 | 90% |
87 | Will Chambers | 94 | 98% |
88 | Nate Myles | 95 | 90% |
89 | Mitch Rein | 95 | 84% |
90 | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | 95 | 95% |
91 | Michael Gordon | 96 | 56% |
92 | Aidan Sezer | 96 | 84% |
93 | Akuila Uate | 96 | 89% |
94 | Dale Finucane | 96 | 95% |
95 | Boyd Cordner | 97 | 89% |
96 | Solomone Kata | 97 | 95% |
97 | Antonio Winterstein | 97 | 100% |
98 | Luke Lewis | 98 | 93% |
99 | Dane Gagai | 98 | 90% |
100 | Josh Hodgson | 98 | 80% |
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