Fremantle skipper Nat Fyfe has sounded an ominous warning to the rest of the competition, predicting that he's only now entering his prime and will play for another seven years.
Fyfe, who claimed his second Brownlow Medal in 2019, doesn't turn 29 until September and has plans to carry on well into his 30s.
Appearing on SEN on Tuesday, the superstar onballer said his understanding of the game improves with every season.
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"I think I've still got seven years of footy left in me if everything according goes to plan with my body and my mind sight is still in the game and all those things," Fyfe said.
"I think that as I get older, I get wiser, I work out the game more, that's my ultimate strength - my ability to adapt to changes.
"I'm not gonna get any fitter or stronger or faster, but I am going to be able to use experience to understand the game a bit better.
"I've got no intention of slowing down or taking the foot off the gas in any way and think that I'm now entering a stage where I can play my absolute premium footy over the next three to five years."
Fyfe said he takes inspiration from teammate David Mundy, who last year played his 300th game and will enter his 16th season in 2020, while he also looks at international stars for motivation.
The Western Australian listed Kelly Slater, Serena Williams and Tom Brady as athletes who have continued to excel well beyond many of their counterparts.
"They're the athletes I'm starting to profile and the consistent theme with them and people who retire late in their careers is always that it becomes a mental struggle after 30," he said.
"I'm putting in strategies already so when that idea does pop into your mind, that maybe that's enough or maybe I hang the boots up, that you've got enough motivational juice to keep giving yourself back to being as good as you can while you can, because you're retired for a very long time."
If last year's evidence is anything to go by, he certainly looks capable of remaining at the very top of the competition for some time.
Fyfe finished with 33 votes in the Brownlow, polling in 12 out of 20 matches on the back 29 disposals per game.
