Amongst St Kilda fans, debate will always rage about the club’s greatest player. Who’s the best Saints’ player to ever pull on a jumper? What about the greatest player of the last 20 years? Who, of the current players, has the most impressive career so far?

Picking just one player for each of these categories is a near impossible task, so we’ve decided to create a new player altogether. By the end of the week, with your help, SAINTS.com.au will have created the ultimate Saint.

Yesterday we put it to a vote to decide the best right and left feet to put on the ultimate Saint and today we are moving up the body to determine the speediest and most agile player.

Among the options to pick from include a winner of the Grand Final sprint, an AFL Draft camp record holder and a former professional sprinter.

Make sure to check back in tomorrow to vote for the next component in SAINTS.com.au’s ultimate Saint!

Ultimate Saint's Speed?

Austinn Jones A St Kilda fan favourite, Jones was one of the lighter AFL players of his time but more than made up for it with his blistering pace around the ground. A five-bounce goal in the 1997 Grand Final remains the main highlight of what was a stellar career.
Ahmed Saad Saad was snapped up by the Saints shortly after he blitzed the 20m sprint at the 2011 AFL Draft combine with a time of 2.81. Since then he has gone on to become one of St Kilda’s best small forwards.
Rhys Stanley Ask any football fan to name any Grand Final sprint winner and odds are Rhys Stanley will be the only one they remember. The 200cm ruck/forward surprised many when he took to the starters blocks at half-time of the Saints’ 2009 Grand Final clash with Geelong and was first past the post ahead of Gold Coast’s Trent McKenzie.
Nicky Winmar Winmar’s sublime skills with the ball were matched only by his exquisite pace. Unlike some who struggle to adapt their pace to their football, Winmar knew how to nuse his main assets to his advantage, scorching opponents up the wings and the half-forward flank throughout his 230 games with the Saints.
Neil Besanko Two years into his 149-game career with St Kilda, Besanko ran second in the 1970 Bendigo 2000 – a prominent sprint at the time. Besanko combined his football with his pro-sprinting career and was a member of the 1971 St Kilda Grand Final team.

Ultimate Saint's Agility?

Robert Harvey One of the most agile players of the modern era, Harvey could seemingly move side to side as quickly as he could move straight ahead. His ability to change direction at any given time often threw his opponent.
Ian Stewart Wasn’t overly blessed with pace, but he had a knack of finding space and using his peripheral vision to his advantage made him one of the greatest midfielders of all time with three Brownlow medals to show for it.
Nick Dal Santo Nicknamed “The Matrix” early in his career for his ability to seemingly make everything around him move in slow motion, Dal Santo’s turn of foot is still as impressive as it has ever been and has been a key reason why he was compared to Ian Stewart early in his career.
Nicky Winmar Falls into both categories of having both elite speed and elite agility which gives a fair indication as to why he proudly sits in the Team of the Century and the club’s Hall of Fame.
David Armitage Another not overly blessed with pace but Armitage’s agility has been a key reason behind his rise up the St Kilda midfield ranks. He recorded a time of 7.88 seconds in the 2006 Draft camp agility test which was the best of the crop and the fourth-highest mark in the history of the draft camp.

Vote now!