Brownlow Medal winners table
The Brownlow Medal was first awarded in 1924 and is still given to the player adjudged by the best and fairest in the AFL, the professional Aussie Rules competition in Australia. Our Brownlow Medal winners list highlights their vote tally, where their club finished; and each Brownlow runner up and their vote count.
Brownlow Medal Winners List 1924-2023:
| Year | Player (club) | Votes | Club’s finishing position | Runner-up (club) | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lachie Neale (Brisbane) | 31 | 2nd | Marcus Bontempelli (WB) | 29 |
| 2022 | Patrick Cripps (Carlton) | 29 | 9th | Lachie Neale (Brisbane) | 28 |
| 2021 | Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) | 36 | 2nd | Marcus Bontempelli (WB) | 33 |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale (Brisbane) | 31 | 2nd | Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) | 21 |
| 2019 | Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) | 33 | 13th | Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) | 27 |
| 2018 | Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn) | 28 | 4th | Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood) | 24 |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin (Richmond) | 36 | 3rd* | Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) | 33 |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) | 35 | 2nd | Luke Parker (Sydney) | 26 |
| 2015 | Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) | 31 | 1st | Matt Priddis (West Coast) | 28 |
| 2014 | Matt Priddis (West Coast) | 26 | 9th | Gary Ablett Jnr (Gold Coast), Lance Franklin (Sydney) | 22 |
| 2013 | Gary Ablett Jnr (Gold Coast) | 28 | 14th | Joel Selwood (Geelong) | 27 |
| ***2012 | Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) | 26 | 12th, 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2011 | Dane Swan (Collingwood) | 34 | 1st | Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) | 30 |
| 2010 | Chris Judd (Carlton) | 29 | 8th | Gary Ablett Jnr (Geelong) | 26 |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett Jnr (Geelong) | 30 | 2nd* | Chris Judd (Carlton) | 22 |
| 2008 | Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs) | 24 | 3rd | Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) | 23 |
| 2007 | Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) | 29 | 1st* | Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) | 22 |
| 2006 | Adam Goodes (Sydney) | 26 | 4th | Scott West (Western Bulldogs) | 23 |
| 2005 | Ben Cousins (West Coast) | 20 | 2nd | Daniel Kerr (West Coast) | 19 |
| 2004 | Chris Judd (West Coast) | 30 | 7th | Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) | 23 |
| 2003 | Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide), Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Adam Goodes (Sydney) | 22 | 6th, 2nd, 4th | n/a | n/a |
| 2002 | Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) | 25 | 2nd* | Josh Francou (Port Adelaide) | 21 |
| 2001 | Jason Akermanis (Brisbane Lions) | 23 | 2nd* | Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) | 21 |
| 2000 | Shane Woewodin (Melbourne) | 24 | 3rd | Scott West (Western Bulldogs) | 22 |
| 1999 | Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) | 28 | 9th | Mark Mercuri (Essendon) | 22 |
| 1998 | Robert Harvey (St Kilda) | 32 | 6th | Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) | 24 |
| **1997 | Robert Harvey (St Kilda) | 26 | 1st | Paul Kelly (Sydney), Peter Matera (West Coast) | 21 |
| **1996 | Michael Voss (Brisbane Bears) 21, James Hird (Essendon) | 21 | 3rd, 6th | n/a | n/a |
| 1995 | Paul Kelly (Sydney) | 21 | 12th | Darren Jarman (Hawthorn) | 18 |
| 1994 | Greg Williams (Carlton) | 30 | 2nd | Peter Matera (West Coast) | 28 |
| 1993 | Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon) | 18 | 1st* | Garry Hocking (Geelong), Greg Williams (Carlton) | 17 |
| 1992 | Scott Wynd (Footscray) | 20 | 2nd | Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) | 18 |
| 1991 | Jim Stynes (Melbourne) | 25 | 5th | Craig Turley (West Coast) | 20 |
| 1990 | Tony Liberatore (Footscray) | 18 | 7th | Graham Wright (Collingwood) | 17 |
| 1989 | Paul Couch (Geelong) | 22 | 3rd | John Platten (Hawthorn) | 20 |
| 1988 | Gerard Healy (Sydney) | 20 | 7th | Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn), Simon Madden (Essendon) | 16 |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett (St Kilda), John Platten (Hawthorn) | 20 | 10th, 2nd | n/a | n/a |
| 1986 | Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn), Greg Williams (Sydney) | 17 | 1st*, 2nd | n/a | n/a |
| 1985 | Brad Hardie (Footscray) | 22 | 2nd | Justin Madden (Carlton) | 21 |
| 1984 | Peter Moore (Melbourne) | 24 | 9th | David Cloke (Collingwood) | 21 |
| 1983 | Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) | 24 | 1st | Maurice Rioli (Richmond) | 23 |
| 1982 | Brian Wilson (Melbourne) | 23 | 8th | Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) | 18 |
| 1981 | Bernie Quinlan (Fitzroy), Barry Round (South Melbourne) | 22 | 5th, 9th | n/a | n/a |
| 1980 | Kelvin Templeton (Footscray) | 23 | 10th | Merv Neagle (Essendon) | 20 |
| 1979 | Peter Moore (Collingwood) | 22 | 3rd | Garry Wilson (Fitzroy) | 21 |
| 1978 | Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne) | 22 | 1st | Peter Knights (Hawthorn) | 21 |
| 1977 | Graham Teasdale (South Melbourne) | 59 | 5th | Kevin Bartlett (Richmond) | 45 |
| 1976 | Graham Moss (Essendon) | 48 | 10th | Peter Knights (Hawthorn) | 45 |
| 1975 | Gary Dempsey (Footscray) | 20 | 7th | Stan Alves (Melbourne) | 19 |
| 1974 | Keith Greig (North Melbourne) | 27 | 2nd | Gary Hardeman (Melbourne) | 23 |
| 1973 | Keith Greig (North Melbourne) | 27 | 6th | Graham Moss (Essendon) | 25 |
| 1972 | Len Thompson (Collingwood) | 25 | 3rd | Greg Wells (Melbourne) | 22 |
| 1971 | Ian Stewart (Richmond) | 21 | 3rd | Barry Davis (Essendon), Peter Hudson (Hawthorn), John McIntosh (St Kilda) | 18 |
| 1970 | Peter Bedford (South Melbourne) | 25 | 4th | Gary Dempsey (Footscray) | 21 |
| 1969 | Kevin Murray (Fitzroy) | 19 | 10th | Barry Davis (Essendon), George Bisset (Footscray) | 18 |
| 1968 | Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) | 24 | 9th | Denis Marshall (Geelong) | 21 |
| 1967 | Ross Smith (St Kilda) | 24 | 5th | Laurie Dwyer (North Melbourne) | 17 |
| 1966 | Ian Stewart (St Kilda) | 21 | 2nd* | John Nicholls (Carlton) | 17 |
| 1965 | Ian Stewart (St Kilda), Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne) | 20 | 1st, 9th | n/a | n/a |
| 1964 | Gordon Collis (Carlton) | 27 | 10th | Phil Hay (Hawthorn), Ken Fraser (Essendon) | 19 |
| 1963 | Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) | 20 | 11th | Graham Farmer (Geelong), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda) | 17 |
| 1962 | Alistair Lord (Geelong) | 28 | 2nd | Ken Fraser (Essendon), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Ron Branton (Richmond) | 19 |
| 1961 | John James (Carlton) | 21 | 8th | Laurie Dwyer (North Melbourne) | 19 |
| 1960 | John Schultz (Footscray) | 20 | 10th | Kevin Murray (Fitzroy) | 19 |
| 1959 | Bob Skilton (South Melbourne), Verdun Howell (St Kilda) | 20 | 9th, 8th | n/a | n/a |
| 1958 | Neil Roberts (St Kilda) | 24 | 8th | Brendan Edwards (Hawthorn) | 22 |
| 1957 | Brian Gleeson (St Kilda) | 24 | 9th | Roy Wright (Richmond) | 20 |
| 1956 | Peter Box (Footscray) | 22 | 4th | Peter Pianto (Geelong) | 16 |
| 1955 | Fred Goldsmith (South Melbourne) | 21 | 10th | Bill Hutchison (Essendon) | 20 |
| 1954 | Roy Wright (Richmond) | 29 | 5th | Neil Mann (Collingwood) | 19 |
| 1953 | Bill Hutchison (Essendon) | 26 | 4th | Bob Rose (Collingwood) | 22 |
| 1952 | Roy Wright (Richmond), Bill Hutchison (Essendon) | 21 | 9th, 8th | n/a | n/a |
| 1951 | Bernie Smith (Geelong) | 23 | 1st* | Ron Clegg (South Melbourne) | 20 |
| 1950 | Alan Ruthven (Fitzroy) | 21 | 5th | Fred Flanagan (Geelong) | 18 |
| 1949 | Ron Clegg (South Melbourne), Col Austen (Hawthorn) | 23 | 10th, 12th | n/a | n/a |
| 1948 | Bill Morris (Richmond) | 24 | 5th | Ollie Grieve (Carlton) | 21 |
| 1947 | Bert Deacon (Carlton) | 23 | 1st* | Harold Bray (St Kilda) | 21 |
| 1946 | Don Cordner (Melbourne) | 20 | 4th | Jack Howell (Carlton), Bill Morris (Richmond) | 19 |
| 1941 | Norman Ware (Footscray) | 23 | 6th | Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne) | 22 |
| 1940 | Des Fothergill (Collingwood), Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne) | 32 | 8th, 10th | n/a | n/a |
| 1939 | Marcus Whelan (Collingwood) | 23 | 2nd | Harry Hickey (Footscray) | 20 |
| 1938 | Dick Reynolds (Essendon) | 18 | 7th | Stan Spinks (Hawthorn) | 17 |
| 1937 | Dick Reynolds (Essendon) | 27 | 10th | Herbie Matthews (South Melbourne) | 23 |
| 1936 | Denis Ryan (Fitzroy) | 26 | 12th | Reg Hickey (Geelong) | 21 |
| 1935 | Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy) | 24 | 7th | Keith Forbes (Essendon) | 17 |
| 1934 | Dick Reynolds (Essendon) | 19 | 10th | Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy) | 18 |
| 1933 | Wilfred Smallhorn (Fitzroy) | 18 | 5th | Bill Lowenthal (Essendon) | 17 |
| 1932 | Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy) | 23 | 10th | George Moloney (Geelong), Bill Faul (South Melbourne) | 16 |
| 1931 | Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy) | 26 | 10th | Alan Hopkins (Footscray) | 25 |
| 1930 | Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray), Henry Collier (Collingwood) | 4 | 4th, 11th, 1st* | n/a | n/a |
| 1929 | Albert Collier (Collingwood) | 6 | 1st* | Arthur Batchelor (Fitzroy), Alan Hopkins (Footscray), Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne) | 4 |
| 1928 | Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne) | 8 | 3rd | Edward Greeves (Geelong) | 5 |
| 1927 | Syd Coventry (Collingwood) | 7 | 1st* | Alex Duncan (Carlton) | 6 |
| 1926 | Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne) | 9 | 3rd* | Edward Greeves (Geelong), Bob Johnson (Melbourne), Allan Geddes (Richmond) | 5 |
| 1925 | Colin Watson (St Kilda) | 9 | 6th | Edward Greeves (Geelong) | 7 |
| 1924 | Edward Greeves (Geelong) | 7 | 5th | George Shorten (Essendon), Bert Chadwick (Melbourne) | 6 |
* Premiers
** In 1996, Corey McKernan (North Melbourne) polled 21 votes but was ineligible due to suspension; In 1997 Chris Grant polled 27 votes but was ineligible due to suspension.
*** In 2012, Jobe Watson (Essendon) polled 30 votes and was awarded the medal but later had it withdrawn due to his club’s involvement in an illegal supplements program.
Scoring system
From 1924-1930 one vote was awarded per match.
From 1931-present six votes awarded per game on a 3-2-1 bases, except in 1976-77 when 12 votes were awarded per game: 3-2-1 from each of the two umpires.
Can you bet on the Brownlow Medal winner?
The AFL is big business in Australia, and as a professional sport, there is extensive betting available on it. AFL betting is available at both Australian bookmakers and International betting sites, although the amount of markets can vary greatly. Brownlow Medal betting is one of the favourite markets at most bookies, with the night a long-winded black tie affair held on the Monday before the Grand Final.