Welcome to the Guardian’s top 25 players of the Six Nations era. We asked our panel of seven rugby experts to choose their 25 best performers and rank them in order from 1-25. We then collated their votes to produce our overall list. Starting with No1 in the top left, click on individual players to read more about their achievements.

Follow our Creative Data hub to find out more about the data behind the Six Nations. Official player data delivered by Accenture.

Judges: Accenture Analytics, Robert Kitson, Eddie Butler, Paul Rees, Mike Averis, Michael Aylwin, Ian Malin. Words: Michael Aylwin