It’s recently been argued that Ben Cunnington deserves more recognition after winning North’s best and fairest award last season, and now the accolades are finally arriving.

The 23-year-old has been named in the Herald Sun’s Top 50 players of the competition, coming in at number 45.

“Sneaking up on the competition as a hard-ball and clearance master. Won North's B&F in a team with some talent and by season's end should be known - by sight - by everyone following the sport. Just a small dig there, but he really is unobtrusive how he goes about it,” Mark Robinson said.

Robinson also named Todd Goldstein at 33 – North’s highest ranking on the list. His spot one below Adelaide’s Sam Jacobs.

“Hitout to advantage specialists and while he's no Speedy Gonzales, he covers the ground OK. Yes, I can't separate them.”

Veteran Brent Harvey is no stranger to the top 50 and finds himself back on the list in 36th.

“How he missed All-Australian last year was a joke,” Robinson claimed.

“Anyway, he's not thinking about that now, he's thinking premierships. As a high half-forward, which allows him to go up and down the ground, there are few more damaging. Incredible really.”

Mark Robinson's Top 50
1 Lance Franklin
2 Gary Ablett
3 Joel Selwood
4 Nathan Fyfe
5 Patrick Dangerfield
6 Scott Pendlebury
7 Robbie Gray
8 Jarryd Roughead
9 Tom Hawkins
10 Luke Hodge
11 Travis Boak
12 Sam Mitchell
13 Jobe Watson
14 Josh Kennedy
15 Dyson Heppell
16 Dayne Beams
17 Josh Gibson
18 Harry Taylor
19 Rory Sloane
20 Trent Cotchin
21 Steve Johnson
22 Luke Parker
23 Nick Riewoldt
24 Aaron Sandilands
25 Tom Rockliff
26 Matthew Priddis
27 Jordan Lewis
28 David Mundy
29 Shane Mumford
30 Callan Ward
31 Chris Judd
32 Sam Jacobs
33 Todd Goldstein
34 Ryan Griffen
35 Marc Murphy
36 Brent Harvey
37 Shaun Burgoyne
38 Dustin Martin
39 Daniel Talia
40 Grant Birchall
41 Jarrad McVeigh
42 Nathan Jones
43 Bryce Gibbs
44 Brendon Goddard
45 Ben Cunnington
46 Nick Malceski
47 James Bartel
48 Luke Breust
49 Chad Wingard
50 Cyril Rioli