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ORAL ABSTRACTS - SATURDAY, 23 MAY 2015Aim: This study determined the expected performance value of players in the Australian FootballLeague (AFL) based on draft selection number.Methods: Draft selection data from the 1990-2013 AFL seasons were analysed with the relationshipto career success explored (number of career games played, Champion Data® rank and Brownlowvotes). Draft selection data was delimited to include players recruited in the National Draft atselections 1-80 (n=1717). Selections were grouped into blocks of 5 for analysis. A one-way analysisof variance for repeated measures was used to test the differences in career games played,Champion Data® rank and Brownlow votes between draft selections. The mean number of careergames played, Champion Data® rank and Brownlow votes were determined for each draftselection.Results: The mean (±SD) number of career games played by draft selections were 59±75. MeanChampion Data® rank for the season was 871±663 while mean Brownlow votes for the seasonwere 5.5±5.3. Selections 1-5 played more career games and accumulated more Champion Data®rank points for the season than all other groups (p