If you could choose a "superteam" from every player who has won an AFL premiership from 2000 onwards, who would you pick? In the lead-up to this year's grand final, Fairfax Media made the job easier by looking at the stats for every player who has won a flag this century, then building an interactive so you can assemble your own team.

Champion Data provided the most relevant statistics for defenders, midfielders, forwards and rucks, and from there we came up with shortlists for each category. Forwards, for example, need to hit the scoreboard hard (scoreboard impact), kick straight (accuracy), help their teammates score (score involvements), and tackle like Cyril Rioli when the ball is in their team's forward zone (tackles inside 50). Mids need to get the ball (in contested and uncontested situations), clear it, put pressure on the opposition when they have the ball (tackles), and help the team score.

There are some rules. We have included only grand final stats; not performances from the regular season or other finals.

Also, these are players who have stepped up on the game's biggest stage to help their team win one or more premierships. So you won't find Collingwood's Nathan Buckley or St Kilda's Lenny Hayes here. Both are champions, no question, and both had blinders on grand final day, winning Norm Smith Medals in 2002 against Brisbane (Buckley) and the drawn 2010 decider against Collingwood (Hayes). But neither gets a guernsey because they have not tasted the ultimate success. If only Hayes' kick for goal with 90 seconds left on the clock had bounced left, for a goal, instead of right, for a behind, it would be a very different story.