Maybe I should have qualified the question as 'is MDB the best player, out of all the players, we've chucked away? " (ie delisted for nothing)
So...going back through "the list of delisted players that went on to play for other clubs" ....I make it :
Pre 2000 ...( we were sorting out a club in the 1st 6 years so anything is excusable , i reckon...)
M.Burton 77 games NM
2000 - 2012/13 ...(we didn't do much delisting of players who then went onto replay for others in this era.)
N Carrol 71 games Melb
T Carrol 45 games WC
Josh Carr (2 more seasons at PA)
2012/13 to now ...(we've done a lot of delisting of players who went onto play for other clubs)
D Roberton 91 games SK
S Menagola 65 games Geelong
R Crowley 8 games Ess
A Silvagni 7 games Carlton
M Barlow 15 games GC
T Mzungu a couple for GWS
M De boar 50 games GWS
S Collins 13 games GC
Z. Clarke 9 games Ess
J. Deluca 6 games Carlton
C. Sutcliffe a couple PA
T. Sheriden a couple GWS
B. Grey maybe 1 WC
H. Bennell 2 games Melborne
So, MDB's only real 'competitor ' in that period of time is perhaps Sam Menagola, I'd reckon.....although Spider, NCarrol and Roberton are noted.
In general, we've actually got most of them 'right'...but would have been nice to get something for any of them....
