Luke Hodge has ranked the top 5 captains in the AFL so far in 2023.
The Hawthorn premiership captain has run the rule over each of the skippers and ranked them based on their 2023 form as well as the leadership shown.
See Hodge’s current list below, counting down from 5 to 1:
5 – Max Gawn (Melbourne)
“This is a bloke who has selflessly played a different role this year – Maxy Gawn,” Hodge said on SEN’s Whateley.
“He put the team before himself, offered to play a role that was not natural to him and he’s been the All-Australian captain in the past. He’s been a dominant person, a premiership captain.
“Then when the business season has come around, he’s gone back into the ruck, it has put some questions in and around Melbourne, but they’ve been winning games and he’s dominating. He won the game against Brisbane off his own back, his third…