Stewart was the most talented player I have ever seen play the game. Not the best - just the most talented. He had talent in excess quantities across all aspects of the game: aerial, ground, kicking, not so much handball - that skill was usually reserved for rovers and the occasional big like Polly - but he was no slouch either, courage, responding to the big moment and IQ. There are other players that I would pick ahead of him in terms of their ability to influence the outcome of games - but they still wouldn't be as talented.