JOEL Selwood's win-loss record is remarkable enough.
Since arriving at Geelong, he has played 141 games, emerging victorious from 117 of them, which equates to a winning percentage of 83.
When you also take into account that Selwood has been a member of three premiership teams, has a won a best and fairest and been selected in the All Australian team twice, it is clear that he has already achieved an extraordinary amount.
And he's only 24.
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Now the Official AFL Player Ratings, brought to you by Vero,have recognised Selwood as the second-best player in the competition.
Champion Data's statistics show that since the start of the2011 season Selwood ranks second in the competition for inside-50s per game andthird for score assists.
In addition, Selwood’s kicking efficiency forward of centreis the best of the top-50 ball-winners and he has laid the third-most tacklesof the top-20 ball-winners.
"Not that many people would know that he's one of thefittest players in the AFL, so he's got the ability to run all day and burn youoff, even in the last quarter," Carlton star Andrew Carrazzo told AFL.com.au.
The Official AFL Player Ratings will be launched on Thursday, May 9.
The ratings are the result of the most sophisticated, detailed andwide-ranging statistical system ever devised for AFL footy. Official AFLPlayer ratings will allow fans to determine where more than 650 listedplayers rank against each other.
A player's most recent 40 matches are used in the calculation of his rating.
If you are keen to find out exactly how the ratings work, you can read the initial FAQ here.
Inthe meantime, we are counting down to launch with a series of exclusivevideos in which the top-rated players are discussed and analysed bythose with a unique insight into their genius – their opponents.
Last Monday Carlton midfielder Chris Judd was revealed as No.10, then on Tuesday Sydney Swans dynamo Josh Kennedy was unveiled as No.9.
Blues skipper Marc Murphy was next up at No.8, then Lance Franklin was No.7, Jobe Watson was No.6, Cyril Rioli was No. 5 and Dane Swan was No.4.
Swan's Collingwood teammate Scott Pendlebury came in at No.3, and now Selwood has been unveiled as No. 2.
"I've never played against a bloke who's more courageousor desperate," Hawthorn midfielder Sam Mitchell said.
"He's probably the toughest player in the comp,"added Greater Western Sydney co-captain Callan Ward.
Make sure you log on to AFL.com.au later on Thursday to find out who is the No.1 ratedplayer in the competition.
*The top 10 that we are counting down in the lead-up to the launch ofthe Official AFL Player Ratings, brought to you by Vero, is how it stoodafter round four of this season.
