List of Brownlow Medal winners

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The Brownlow Medal (formally the Charles Brownlow Trophy) is an individual award given to the player judged fairest and best in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the regular season. Determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game, it is considered the highest honour for individual players in the AFL.<ref name=FoxSports>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=AFL>Template:Cite web</ref>

The medal has been awarded every year since 1924, with the exception of an intermission from 1942–1945 due to World War II. As of 2024, the Brownlow Medal has been awarded 111 times to 90 different players in 96 medal counts.

Winners by season

File:Carji Greeves.jpg
Edward Greeves Jr., also known as Carji Greeves, the inaugural Brownlow Medallist
File:Dick reynolds.jpg
Dick Reynolds, 1934, 1937, and 1938 Brownlow Medallist.
File:Gerard Healy 2018.1.jpg
Gerard Healy, 1988 Brownlow Medallist
File:Robert Harvey's final match.JPG
Robert Harvey, 1997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist
File:Adam Goodes 2012.jpg
Adam Goodes, 2003 and 2006 Brownlow Medallist
File:Chris Judd.jpg
Chris Judd, 2004 and 2010 Brownlow Medallist
File:Jimmy Bartel playing for Geelong.JPG
Jimmy Bartel, 2007 Brownlow Medallist
File:Gary Ablett 2017.1.jpg
Gary Ablett Jr., 2009 and 2013 Brownlow Medallist
File:Patrick Dangerfield 2019.2.jpg
Patrick Dangerfield, 2016 Brownlow Medallist
File:Lachie Neale 28.02.20.jpg
Lachie Neale, 2020 and 2023 Brownlow Medallist

Voting systems:

  • 1924–1930 – Single umpire awards 1 vote to best on ground only
  • 1931–1975 – Single umpire awards 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground
  • 1976–1977 – Two umpires separately award 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground
  • 1978–pres – Umpiring team collectively awards 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground

Until 1980, a countback system was used to determine the winner in the event of a tie. In 1930, Judkins was awarded the medal as he had played in the fewest games; and from 1931 to 1980, the winner was the player with the most three-vote games.<ref name=AFL/> In 1980, the countback system was removed, and in the event of a tie, players have been considered joint winners.<ref name = AFL/> In 1989, the countback was retroactively removed from all previous counts, and all players who had previously lost on countback were considered joint winners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Year Player Team Votes Template:Tooltip
1924 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 7 16
1925 Template:Sortname Template:AFL StK 9 17
1926 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Mel 9 18
1927 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 7
1928 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Mel 8
1929 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 6 16
1930 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL Col 4 18
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL Foo 4
Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ric 4
1931 Template:Sortname (1/3) Template:AFL Fit 26
1932 Template:Sortname (2/3) Template:AFL Fit 23
1933 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Fit 18
1934 Template:Sortname (1/3) Template:AFL Ess 19
1935 Template:Sortname (3/3) Template:AFL Fit 24
1936 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Fit 26
1937 Template:Sortname (2/3) Template:AFL Ess 27
1938 Template:Sortname (3/3) Template:AFL Ess 18
1939 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 23
1940 Template:Efn-lr Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL Col 32
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL SM 32
1941 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 23
1942 No medal awarded due to World War II
1943
1944
1945
1946 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Mel 20 19
1947 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Car 20
1948 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ric 24
1949 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL Haw 23
Template:Sortname Template:AFL SM 23
1950 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Fit 21 18
1951 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 23
1952 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Ric 21 19
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr (1/2) Template:AFL Ess 21
1953 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Ess 26 18
1954 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Ric 29
1955 Template:Sortname Template:AFL SM 21
1956 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 22
1957 Template:Sortname Template:AFL StK 24
1958 Template:Sortname Template:AFL StK 20
1959 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL StK 20
Template:Sortname (1/3) Template:AFL SM 20
1960 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 20
1961 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Car 21
1962 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 28
1963 Template:Sortname (2/3) Template:AFL SM 20
1964 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Car 27
1965 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Template:AFL NM 20
Template:Sortname (1/3) Template:AFL StK 20
1966 Template:Sortname (2/3) Template:AFL StK 21
1967 Template:Sortname Template:AFL StK 24
1968 Template:Sortname (3/3) Template:AFL SM 24 20
1969 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Fit 19
1970 Template:Sortname Template:AFL SM 25 22
1971 Template:Sortname (3/3) Template:AFL Ric 21
1972 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 25
1973 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL NM 27
1974 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL NM 27
1975 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 20
1976 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ess 48Template:Efn-lr
1977 Template:Sortname Template:AFL SM 59Template:Efn-lr
1978 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 22
1979 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Col 22
1980 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 23
1981 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Fit 22
Template:Sortname Template:AFL SM 22
1982 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Mel 23
1983 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 24
1984 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Mel 24
1985 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 22
1986 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Haw 17
Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Syd 17
1987 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Haw 20
Template:Sortname Template:AFL StK 20
1988 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Syd 20
1989 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 22
1990 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 18
1991 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Mel 25
1992 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Foo 20
1993 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ess 18 20
1994 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Car 30 22
1995 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Syd 21
1996 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ess 21
Template:Sortname Template:AFL BB 21
1997 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL StK 26
1998 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL StK 32
1999 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Haw 28
2000 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Mel 24
2001 Template:Sortname Template:AFL BL 23
2002 Template:Sortname Template:AFL BL 25
2003 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ade 22
Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 22
Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Syd 22
2004 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL WC 30
2005 Template:Sortname Template:AFL WC 20
2006 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Syd 26
2007 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 29
2008 Template:Sortname Template:AFL WB 24
2009 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Gee 30
2010 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Car 30
2011 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Col 34
2012 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Haw 26Template:Efn-lr
Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ric 26Template:Efn-lr
2013 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL GC 28
2014 Template:Sortname Template:AFL WC 26
2015 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL Fre 31
2016 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Gee 35
2017 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ric 36
2018 Template:Sortname Template:AFL Haw 28
2019 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL Fre 33
2020 Template:Sortname (1/2) Template:AFL BL 31 17
2021 Template:Sortname Template:AFL PA 36 22
2022 Template:Sortname (1/2) Carlton 29
2023 Template:Sortname (2/2) Template:AFL BL 31 23
2024 Template:Sortname (2/2) Carlton 45
2025 Template:Sortname Template:AFL GC 39
File:Nathan-Fyfe-Rd-9-2014.jpg
Nat Fyfe, 2015 and 2019 Brownlow Medallist
Ollie Wines running in 2018
Ollie Wines, 2021 Brownlow Medallist

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As a mark of respect to soldiers fighting overseas in World War II, the medal was not awarded during 1942–1945.

Ineligible players who polled the most votes

A player guilty of an offence deemed worthy of a suspension by the AFL's disciplinary tribunal for serious on-field offences is ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal. Suspended players have tallied the highest number of votes for the award on three occasions. In the third of those cases, Jobe Watson, who won in 2012, was later found guilty of breaching WADA's anti-doping code in the 2012 season, and was retrospectively ruled ineligible by the AFL Commission in November 2016.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Player Team Year Votes Outcome
Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 1996 21 Suspended; would have been joint winner with Hird and Voss.
Template:Sortname Template:AFL WB 1997 27 Suspended; would have won outright, beating Harvey by one vote.
Template:Sortname Template:AFL Ess 2012 30 Awarded the medal in 2012, beating Mitchell and Cotchin by four votes. In 2016 he was retrospectively ruled ineligible because of his involvement in the Essendon supplements saga.

Multiple winners

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Haydn Bunton Sr, seen here representing Victoria (circa 1930), was the first of four three-time Brownlow Medal winners. This feat has not been replicated since Ian Stewart more than half a century ago.

The following players have won the Brownlow Medal multiple times.

Medals Player Team Seasons
3 Haydn Bunton Sr. Fitzroy 1931, 1932, 1935
Dick Reynolds Essendon 1934, 1937, 1938
Bob Skilton South Melbourne 1959, 1963, 1968
Ian Stewart St Kilda / Richmond 1965, 1966, 1971
2 Ivor Warne-Smith Melbourne 1926, 1928
Bill Hutchison Essendon 1952, 1953
Roy Wright Richmond 1952, 1954
Keith Greig North Melbourne 1973, 1974
Peter Moore Collingwood / Melbourne 1979, 1984
Greg Williams Sydney / Carlton 1986, 1994
Robert Harvey St Kilda 1997, 1998
Adam Goodes Sydney 2003, 2006
Chris Judd West Coast / Carlton 2004, 2010
Gary Ablett Jr. Geelong / Gold Coast 2009, 2013
Nat Fyfe Fremantle 2015, 2019
Lachie Neale Brisbane Lions 2020, 2023
Patrick Cripps Carlton 2022, 2024

Brownlow wins by clubs

Team Wins Years Won
South Melbourne/Sydney 14 1940, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1968,

1970, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1995

2003, 2006

Footscray/Western Bulldogs 10 1930, 1941, 1956, 1960, 1975, 1980,

1985, 1990, 1992, 2008

St Kilda 10 1925, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1966,

1967, 1987, 1997, 1998

Collingwood 9 1927, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1972

1979, 2003, 2011

Fitzroy 8 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1950

1969, 1981

Essendon 8 1934, 1937, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1976

1993, 1996

Richmond 7 1930, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1971, 2012,

2017

Melbourne 7 1926, 1928, 1946, 1982, 1984, 1991,

2000

Geelong 7 1924, 1951, 1962, 1989, 2007, 2009,

2016

Carlton 7 1947, 1961, 1964, 1994, 2010, 2022, 2024
Hawthorn 6 1949, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2012, 2018
North Melbourne 5 1965, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1983
Brisbane Lions 4 2001, 2002, 2020, 2023
West Coast 3 2004, 2005, 2014
Fremantle 2 2015, 2019
Gold Coast 2 2013, 2025
Brisbane Bears 1 1996
Adelaide 1 2003
Port Adelaide 1 2021

See also

Notes

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