THE 25 is back for another year.

Every month throughout 2026, AFL.com.au will rank the best 25 players in the AFL competition, based both on recent form and a body of work across previous seasons.

The initial list of 25 for this year will be published on Sunday night, where our team of experts will follow a simple criteria – if every player in the competition was fully fit and lined up against a wall right now, who would you pick first?

There were big changes throughout 2025 as the likes of Patrick Cripps, Zach Merrett and Christian Petracca dropped out, while rising stars Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Noah Anderson and Sam Darcy finished the year in the top 10 having started out of The 25 altogether. So who will be the big movers this year?

Return to AFL.com.au at 6pm AEDT on Sunday to see our initial drop of The 25 for this year.