The top 100 draft picks of 2015

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 JB

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

Jarv
February 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm

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
  
  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
    
    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
      
      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

Great article JB

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