Matthew Lloyd has rated Eddie Betts the best small forward he’s seen in the past 20 years.

The Essendon champ was asked to list the seven best small forwards he’d seen in the past two decades following last week’s retirement of Cyril Rioli.

Midfielder/forwards such as Steve Johnson and Robbie Gray were excluded from consideration.

1. Eddie Betts.
2. Stephen Milne.
3. Cyril Rioli.
4. Jeff Farmer.
5. Luke Breust.
6. Phil Matera.
7. Michael Walters.

Click PLAY below to hear Lloydy explain his list