Club lists have been finalised for 2017 and a number of trends and anomalies have emerged.

AFL.com.au crunched the numbers across nine categories to paint a picture of how your club's list compares to the opposition.

The Western Bulldogs defied history in their push to win the premiership from seventh, and 17 clubs will have analysed their list structure since.

That the Dogs won the flag with a team that still ranks 10th for average age and eighth for average games will have their main rivals miffed.

Then there is Greater Western Sydney, which has quietly become the second-oldest team in the AFL, while North Melbourne has gone the other way.

So is your club rebuilding or readying for a finals charge in 2017? We'll let the numbers tell the story.

Average age of your team

Add a pair of 34-year-olds to your playing list (Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie) and hey, presto, you become the oldest team in the competition. Congratulations, West Coast! Also noteworthy is that the allegedly fledgling Greater Western Sydney has the second-oldest list and the reigning premier Western Bulldogs are only mid-range. At the other end, the Lions are the youngest team by almost a year.

* Ages calculated at round one, 2017

Brett Deledio's arrival further boosts the Giants' average age. Picture: AFL Photos

Average experience of your team

West Coast is the most experienced side after bringing in Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie, both of whom have played more than 300 games. Greater Western Sydney ranked third after trading for Brett Deledio and drafting Matt de Boer and Tendai Mzungu, while Sydney (14th oldest) and Adelaide (16th) should improve as their younger players become more exposed to the elite level.

Former Docker Tendai Mzungu adds to GWS' experienced contingent. Picture: AFL Photos

Average goals per player on your list

Coleman medallist Josh Kennedy (450 career goals) leads an experienced Eagles forward line, while North Melbourne recruit Drew Petrie (428) adds depth. Ty Vickery (158) joins a host of veterans including Jarryd Roughead (491), Cyril Rioli (268) and Luke Hodge (192) as regular goalkickers at second-ranked Hawthorn. At the other end of the table, the Lions have to rely on their young forwards, led by Josh Schache, to kick a winning score.

Finals experience

No surprises at the top here, with the leading five clubs being perennial finalists over the past 6-8 years. The Bulldogs are starting to close the gap, given a large majority of their premiership team played four finals each last year, while power Victorian clubs Carlton, Essendon and Richmond are among the bottom seven for total finals after a long stretch without success. The Brisbane Lions are placed last in this category, with 12 of their combined 35 finals attributed to Dayne Beams in his time at Collingwood. Similarly, Melbourne would be equal-last with the Lions if not for Jordan Lewis' 23 finals with his former club Hawthorn.  

Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis have played a combined 47 finals. Picture: AFL Photos

Players yet to debut

In moving on Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo and Michael Firrito, the Kangaroos are clearly turning their attention to the future. That means they are changing the profile of the list and therefore are set to blood more youngsters. The premiership-winning Bulldogs have found a good balance between handing inexperienced players their debuts, if they earned them, and maintaining a core squad capable of competing week after week.

Josh Dunkley was among the debutant Dogs to help the club to its flag. Picture: AFL Photos

Teenagers

Clubs' recruiting across the past two NAB AFL Drafts is reflected in how many teenagers are on their lists. The Brisbane Lions brought seven teenagers into the club through the drafting period this year, while St Kilda recruited just three across the national and rookie drafts. Carlton has had an aggressive youth policy as it rebuilds under Brendon Bolton. 

Jarrod Berry and Hugh McCluggage are among the Lions' 11 teenagers. Picture: AFL Photos

Players from other clubs

Carlton's plundering of Greater Western Sydney sees the Blues with a remarkable 16 players boasting experience at another club. Just as eye-popping is the fact that defending premiers, the Western Bulldogs, have just five players with experience at another club. Three players from another club played in the Bulldogs' flag but Joel Hamling departed to Fremantle as Travis Cloke arrived from Collingwood. Three of 2016's four preliminary finalists are among the bottom four in this category, but a player from another club won both Geelong and Sydney's best and fairest awards.   

Caleb Marchbank is one of several ex-Giants at the Blues. Picture: AFL Photos

The old blokes: 30 and over

Freo veterans Matthew Pavlich and Tendai Mzungu are no longer at the club but the Dockers still head this category. The suddenly experienced Giants' tally includes the retired Joel Patfull, who is now on their rookie list for contractual reasons, while Heritier Lumumba has been counted although he might well have played his last game for Melbourne. Hawthorn's stocks have thinned with the departures of Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis, while Collingwood's only player over 30 is ex-Kangaroo Daniel Wells, whose former club lost six elder statesmen. The Eagles' figure was boosted by the recruitment of Mitchell and ex-Roo Drew Petrie.

Players with 100 or more games

It's no great surprise to see West Coast, Hawthorn – despite losing Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis – and North Melbourne at the top of this list, but Collingwood's inclusion in equal third may turn some heads for a club that has been regenerating the past few years. At the other end of the table, the two Queensland clubs continue to lag in the experience department.

The Suns' raft of first-round draftees has boosted their inexperience. Picture: AFL Photos