A total of 16 Sydney Swans players are set to be in the running for the 2020 AFL Rising Star award.

The AFL Rising Star award was established in 1993 to recognise and encourage talented young players in the league.

One player is nominated at the completion of every home-and-away round and a panel of experts selects the winner at the end of the season.

The winner must be under the age of 21 at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 senior games by the start of the season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or state-league tribunals during the season.

In 2007, the Rising Star award was named in memory of former AFL Commission chairman Ron Evans, and the winner has since received the Ron Evans Medal.

Nathan Buckley won the inaugural AFL Rising Star award in 1993 and three Swans have claimed the honour: Adam Goodes in 1999, Dan Hannebery in 2010 and Callum Mills in 2016.

Check out below the list of Sydney players eligible for the 2020 AFL Rising Star award (in alphabetical order).

Joel Amartey

Drafted: 2017 (Sandringham Dragons)

AFL games: 0

Role: Key forward/ruckman

James Bell

Drafted: 2017 (QBE Sydney Swans Academy)

AFL games: two

Role: Midfielder

Zac Foot

Drafted: 2018 (Dandenong Stingrays)

AFL games: 0

Role: Forward/winger

Will Gould

Drafted: 2019 (Glenelg)

AFL games: 0

Role: Defender

Matt Ling

Drafted: 2017 (Geelong Falcons)

AFL games: 0

Role: Defender

Jack Maibaum

Drafted: 2016 (Eastern Ranges)

AFL games: 0

Role: Key defender

Justin McInerney

Drafted: 2018 (Northern Knights)

AFL games: 1

Position: Winger

Hayden McLean

Recruited: 2019 (pre-season supplementary list rules)

AFL games: 4

Position: Key forward/ruckman

Barry O’Connor

Drafted: 2019 (Wexford, GAA)

AFL games: 0

Position: Key defender

Harry Reynolds

Drafted: 2018 (Sandringham Dragons)

AFL games: 0

Position: Defender

Brady Rowles

Drafted: 2019 (Bendigo Pioneers)

AFL games: 0

Position: Midfielder

Dylan Stephens

Drafted: 2019 (Norwood)

AFL games: 0

Position: Midfielder

Ryley Stoddart

Drafted: 2017 (Eastern Ranges)

AFL games: 4

Position: Defender

Elijah Taylor

Drafted: 2019 (Perth Football Club)

AFL games: 0

Position: Forward

Chad Warner

Drafted: 2019 (East Fremantle)

AFL games: 0

Position: Midfielder

Sam Wicks

Drafted: 2018 (QBE Sydney Swans Academy)

AFL games: 0

Position: Small forward