It’s official: Collingwood’s playing list for 2016 is locked in.

The forty-six man group charged with helping lift the club back up the ladder takes on all shapes, sizes and stories.

Collingwood Media examines the numbers behind the names.

257 – Games played by Dane Swan, making him the most experienced Magpie of the current crop

211cm – Mason Cox, the tallest man on Collingwood’s list

174cm – Jarryd Blair, the smallest man on Collingwood’s list

46 – Players on Collingwood's 2016 list

31 – The age of the oldest player on Collingwood’s list, Dane Swan (31 years and 250 days as of 2 November 2015). Swan was born on 25 February 1984

26 – Players originally drafted from Victoria

20 – Players with 50 or more games of senior experience to their name

17 – The age of the youngest player on Collingwood’s list, Brayden Sier (17 years, 11 months and 21 days as of 3 December 2015). Sier was born on 12 December 1997, by which date his coach, Nathan Buckley, had won two Copeland Trophies. There must be something about the name ‘Brayden’, for it was Brayden Maynard who was the club’s youngest player in 2015

12 – Players who began their AFL careers as first-round draft selections

12 – Players with 100 or more senior games to their name

11 – Players born during the 1980s remain on the senior list

9 – Players acquired via other AFL clubs

9 – Players with between 50 and 100 senior games to their name

8 – Players currently weighing 100 or more kilograms

8 – Players yet to make their senior AFL debuts

7 – Players currently on Collingwood’s rookie list

7 – Players to have kicked 100 or more goals in their senior careers

7 – Senior listed players who began their careers on the rookie list

6 – Players originally drafted from South Australia

6 – Players originally drafted from Western Australia

5 – Players who stand 200cm or taller

5 – Players originally drafted from Queensland

4 – Players who featured in all 22 of Collingwood’s senior home and away games in 2015

3 – Players with 200 games or more to their name

1 – Players originally drafted from New South Wales

1 – Players originally drafted from Tasmania

1 – Players originally drafted from the United States

But that’s not all…

9 – Coaches are charged with overseeing the team’s fortunes in 2016

4 – Coaches work in development (Dale Tapping, Anthony Rocca, Tarkyn Lockyer and Jared Rivers)

3 – Coaches work in divisions (Ben Hart - backline, Scott Burns - midfield and Steve Grace - forward line)

1 – Senior assistant coach (Robert Harvey)

1 – Senior coach (Nathan Buckley)

The list

Key defenders: Nathan Brown, Jack Frost, Lachie Keeffe*, Jonathon Marsh, Ben Reid
Medium-small defenders: Tim Golds*, Tom Langdon, Brayden Maynard, Adam Oxley, Jackson Ramsay, Matt Scharenberg, Ben Sinclair, Alan Toovey, Marley Williams
Key forwards: Travis Cloke, Corey Gault*, Darcy Moore, Jesse White, Darrean Wyatt
Medium-small forwards: Jarryd Blair, Tim Broomhead, Ben Crocker, Jamie Elliott, Alex Fasolo, Jeremy Howe
Midfielders: Taylor Adams, James Aish, Jack Crisp, Jordan De Goey, Matthew Goodyear, Levi Greenwood, Brent Macaffer, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Phillips, Steele Sidebottom, Brayden Sier, Josh Smith*, Dane Swan, Josh Thomas*, Adam Treloar, Travis Varcoe, Rupert Wills
Rucks: Mason Cox*, Brodie Grundy, Jarrod Witts
Utilities: Tyson Goldsack
*Denotes rookies.