According to the AFL’s captains, the Cats will remain up the top of the ladder in 2015.

In the annual survey of the 18 club captains, all but one predict the Cats to figure in the 2015 top eight.

Cats leader Joel Selwood will be the 2015 Brownlow medallist according to two of his contemporaries whilst teammate Tom Hawkins also was picked by two captains to be this year’s Coleman medallist.

And in recognition of his cintilating preseason campaign, Nakia Cockatoo has been picked by four club captains as the likely 2015 NAB Rising Star.

See the full results below.


Which seven other clubs do you think can make this year's top eight? (18 times seven selections. In 2014, the captains correctly nominated the Sydney Swans, Hawthorn, Fremantle, the Geelong Cats, North Melbourne and Richmond, but missed Port Adelaide and Essendon.)
Hawthorn (17), Port Adelaide (17), Sydney Swans (17), Fremantle (16), Geelong Cats (16), North Melbourne (14), Gold Coast Suns (12), Richmond (8), Essendon (4), Adelaide Crows (3), Collingwood (1), West Coast (1)
 
Which other club is most likely to reach the Grand Final? (10 Captains picked eventual premier Hawthorn in 2014, while five more captains also nominated the Sydney Swans to make the Grand Final.)
Hawthorn (11), Sydney Swans (4), Port Adelaide (3).
 
Who do you think will win the 2015 Brownlow Medal? (No captain correctly nominated Matt Priddis in 2014).
Nat Fyfe (Fremantle, four votes), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast Suns, two votes), Travis Boak (Port Adelaide, two votes), Joel Selwood (Geelong Cats, two votes), Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide Crows, two votes), Dayne Beams (Brisbane Lions, one vote), Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide, one vote), Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans, one vote), Dustin Martin (Richmond, one vote), Matt Priddis (West Coast, one vote), Daniel Wells (North Melbourne, one vote).
 
Who do you think will win the 2015 Coleman Medal? (Three captains correctly nominated Lance Franklin in 2014).
Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn, seven votes), Lance Franklin (Sydney Swans, three votes), Tom Hawkins (Geelong Cats, two votes), Jack Riewoldt (Richmond, two votes), Jeremy Cameron (GWS Giants, one vote), Josh Kennedy (West Coast, one vote), Kurt Tippett (Sydney Swans, one vote), T Walker (Adelaide Crows, one vote).
 
Who do you think will win the 2015 NAB AFL Rising Star? (No captain correctly nominated Lewis Taylor in 2014).
Nakia Cockatoo (Geelong, four votes), Isaac Heeney (Sydney Swans, three votes), Jed Anderson (Hawthorn, two votes), Angus Brayshaw (Melbourne, one vote), Patrick Cripps (Carlton, one vote), Matt Crouch (Adelaide Crows, one vote), Jordan De Goey (Collingwood, one vote), Jarrod Garlett (Gold Coats Suns, one vote), Patrick McCartin (St Kilda, one vote), Jaden McGrath (Brisbane Lions, one vote), Matt Scharenburg (Collingwood, one vote), Kayne Turner (North Melbourne, one vote).