Todd Goldstein has been named at number 44 in Mike Sheahan’s annual top 50.

Sheahan announced his list on SEN, with the North ruckman alongside the lines of Heath Shaw, Lachie Neale and Dayne Beams just outside the top 40.  

Meanwhile at the Herald Sun, Mark Robinson has selected the ruckman a few places higher, at number 40.

In the recent AFL Players’ survey, Goldstein was almost 20 slots further up the list; his peers rating him as the 23rd best player in the competition.

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Mike Sheahan’s Top 50

Mark Robinson’s Top 50

1. Lance Franklin (Sydney)

2. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)

3. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

4. Alex Rance (Richmond)

5. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

6. Joel Selwood (Geelong)

7. Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans)

8. Tom Lynch (Gold Coast)

9. Eddie Betts (Adelaide)

10. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)

11. Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)

12. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

13. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)

14. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)

15. Dustin Martin (Richmond)

16. Rory Sloane (Adelaide)

17. Sam Mitchell (West Coast)

18. Luke Parker (Sydney Swans)

19. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)

20. Max Gawn (Melbourne)

21. Jobe Watson (Essendon)

22. Dan Hannebery (Sydney Swans)

23. Josh Kennedy (West Coast)

24. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

25. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)

26. Callan Ward (GWS Giants)

27. Zach Merrett (Essendon)

28. Jack Steven (St Kilda)

29. Josh Kelly (GWS Giants)

30. Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

31. Jeremy Cameron (GWS Giants)

32. Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

33. Dylan Shiel (GWS Giants)

34. Luke Shueyy (West Coast)

35. Jonathon Patton (GWS Giants)

36. Adam Treloar (Collingwood)

37. Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

38. Rory Lobb (GWS Giants)

39. Taylor Walker (Adelaide)

40. Dayne Beams (Brisbane Lions)

41. Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)

42. Lachie Neale (Fremantle)

43. Liam Picken (Western Bulldogs)

44. Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)

45. Heath Shaw (GWS Giants)

46. Steven May (Gold Coast)

47. Darcy Moore (Collingwood)

48. Jack Viney (Melbourne)

49. Toby Greene (GWS Giants)

50. Christian Petracca (Melbourne)

1. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

2. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)

3. Lance Franklin (Sydney)

4. Tom Lynch (Gold Coast)

5. Alex Rance (Richmond)

6. Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

7. Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

8. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

9. Josh Kennedy (West Coast)

10. Max Gawn (Melbourne)

11. Sam Mitchell (West Coast)

12. Eddie Betts (Adelaide)

13. Dan Hannebery (Sydney)

14. Joel Selwood (Geelong)

15. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)

16. Rory Sloane (Adelaide)

17. Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)

18. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)

19. Luke Parker (Sydney)

20. Dustin Martin (Richmond)

21. Callan Ward (GWS Giants)

22. Heath Shaw (GWS Giants)

23. Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

24. Josh Kelly (GWS Giants)

25. Dylan Shiel (GWS Giants)

26. Luke Dahlhaus (Western Bulldogs)

27. Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)

28. Luke Shuey (West Coast)

29. Adam Treloar (Collingwood)

30. Zach Merrett (Essendon)

31. Toby Greene (GWS Giants)

32. Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

33. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)

34. Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)

35. Jack Steven (St Kilda)

36. Daniel Talia (Adelaide)

37. Andrew Gaff (West Coast)

38. Trent Cotchin (Richmond)

39. Jason Johannisen (Western Bulldogs)

40. Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)

41. Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)

42. Lachie Neale (Fremantle)

43. Dane Rampe (Sydney)

44. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)

45. Stephen Coniglio (GWS Giants)

46. Isaac Heeney (Sydney)

47. Michael Hurley (Essendon)

48. Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)

49. Liam Picken (Western Bulldogs)

50. Steven May (Gold Coast)