Pick No.6 has seen more than its share of draft flops - but things are finally looking up
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A few years old. MacRae stands out though.
The pick 6 is getting better, games played wise anyway, over the last 20 years:
2001: Ashley Sampi (West Coast) – 78 games
2002: Steven Salopek (Port Adelaide) – 121 games
2003: Kepler Bradley (Essendon) – 117 games
2004: Tom Williams (Western Bulldogs) – 85 games
2005: Beau Dowler (Hawthorn) – 16 games
2006: Mitch Thorp (Hawthorn) – 2 games
2007: David Myers (Essendon) – 116 games
2008: Chris Yarran (Carlton) – 119 games
2009: Gary Rohan (Sydney) – 165 games
2010: Reece Conca (Richmond) – 149 games
2011: Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide) – 194 games
2012: Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs) – 185 games
2013: Matthew Scharenberg (Collingwood) – 31 games
2014: Caleb Marchbank (GWS) – 48 games
2015: Aaron Francis (Essendon) – 50 games
2016: Sam Petrevski-Seton (Carlton) – 94 games
2017: Jaidyn Stephenson (Collingwood) – 73 games
2018: Ben King (Gold Coast) 53 games
2019: Fisher McAsey (Adelaide Crows) 10 games
2020: Denver Grainger-Barrass (Hawthorn) 5 games
average games played by draft pick no. 6 : 120