List of AFL/VFL Brownlow Medal Winners
The Brownlow Medal is awarded to the 'fairest and best' player in the AFL during the regular season. Here is a list of winners since the Brownlow was first awarded in 1924.
| Year | Player | Club | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Patrick Cripps | Carlton | 45 |
| 2023 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane | 31 |
| 2022 | Patrick Cripps | Carlton | 29 |
| 2021 | Oliver Wines | Port Adelaide | 36 |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane | 31 |
| 2019 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 33 |
| 2018 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 28 |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin | Richmond | 36 |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 35 |
| 2015 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 31 |
| 2014 | Matt Priddis | West Coast | 26 |
| 2013 | Gary Ablett Jnr | Gold Coast | 28 |
| 2012 | |||
| Trent Cotchin | Richmond | 26 | |
| Sam Mitchell | Hawthorn | 26 | |
| 2011 | Dane Swan | Collingwood | 34 |
| 2010 | Chris Judd | Carlton | 29 |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett Jnr | Geelong | 30 |
| 2008 | Adam Cooney | Western Bulldogs | 24 |
| 2007 | Jimmy Bartel | Geelong | 29 |
| 2006 | Adam Goodes | Sydney | 26 |
| 2005 | Ben Cousins | West Coast | 20 |
| 2004 | Chris Judd | West Coast | 30 |
| 2003 | Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide | 22 |
| Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 22 | |
| Adam Goodes | Sydney | 22 | |
| 2002 | Simon Black | Brisbane Lions | 25 |
| 2001 | Jason Akermanis | Brisbane Lions | 23 |
| 2000 | Shane Woewodin | Melbourne | 24 |
| 1999 | Shane Crawford | Hawthorn | 28 |
| 1998 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda | 32 |
| 1997 | Robert Harvey | St Kilda | 26 |
| 1996 | Michael Voss | Brisbane Bears | 21 |
| James Hird | Essendon | 21 | |
| 1995 | Paul Kelly | Sydney | 21 |
| 1994 | Greg Williams | Carlton | 30 |
| 1993 | Gavin Wanganeen | Essendon | 18 |
| 1992 | Scott Wynd | Footscray | 20 |
| 1991 | Jim Stynes | Melbourne | 25 |
| 1990 | Tony Liberatore | Footscray | 18 |
| 1989 | Paul Couch | Geelong | 22 |
| 1988 | Gerard Healy | Sydney | 20 |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 20 |
| John Platten | Hawthorn | 20 | |
| 1986 | Robert DiPierdomenico | Hawthorn | 17 |
| Greg Williams | Sydney | 17 | |
| 1985 | Brad Hardie | Footscray | 22 |
| 1984 | Peter Moore | Melbourne | 24 |
| 1983 | Ross Glendinning | North Melbourne | 24 |
| 1982 | Brian Wilson | Melbourne | 23 |
| 1981 | Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 22 |
| Barry Round | South Melbourne | 22 | |
| 1980 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 23 |
| 1979 | Peter Moore | Collingwood | 22 |
| 1978 | Malcolm Blight | North Melbourne | 22 |
| 1977 | Graham Teasdale | South Melbourne | 59 |
| 1976 | Graham Moss | Essendon | 48 |
| 1975 | Gary Dempsey | Footscray | 20 |
| 1974 | Keith Greig | North Melbourne | 27 |
| 1973 | Keith Greig | North Melbourne | 27 |
| 1972 | Len Thompson | Collingwood | 25 |
| 1971 | Ian Stewart | Richmond | 21 |
| 1970 | Peter Bedford | South Melbourne | 25 |
| 1969 | Kevin Murray | Fitzroy | 19 |
| 1968 | Bob Skilton | South Melbourne | 24 |
| 1967 | Ross Smith | St Kilda | 24 |
| 1966 | Ian Stewart | St Kilda | 21 |
| 1965 | Ian Stewart | St Kilda | 20 |
| Noel Teasdale | North Melbourne | 20 | |
| 1964 | Gordon Collis | Carlton | 27 |
| 1963 | Bob Skilton | South Melbourne | 20 |
| 1962 | Alistair Lord | Geelong | 28 |
| 1961 | John James | Carlton | 21 |
| 1960 | John Schultz | Footscray | 20 |
| 1959 | Bob Skilton | South Melbourne | 20 |
| Verdun Howell | St Kilda | 20 | |
| 1958 | Neil Roberts | St Kilda | 20 |
| 1957 | Brian Gleeson | St Kilda | 24 |
| 1956 | Peter Box | Footscray | 22 |
| 1955 | Fred Goldsmith | South Melbourne | 21 |
| 1954 | Roy Wright | Richmond | 29 |
| 1953 | Bill Hutchison | Essendon | 26 |
| 1952 | Roy Wright | Richmond | 21 |
| Bill Hutchison | Essendon | 21 | |
| 1951 | Bernie Smith | Geelong | 23 |
| 1950 | Alan Ruthven | Fitzroy | 21 |
| 1949 | Ron Clegg | South Melbourne | 23 |
| Col Austen | Hawthorn | 23 | |
| 1948 | Bill Morris | Richmond | 24 |
| 1947 | Bert Deacon | Carlton | 20 |
| 1946 | Don Cordner | Melbourne | 20 |
| 1941 | Norman Ware | Footscray | 23 |
| 1940 | Des Fothergill | Collingwood | 32 |
| Herbie Matthews | South Melbourne | 32 | |
| 1939 | Marcus Whelan | Collingwood | 23 |
| 1938 | Dick Reynolds | Essendon | 18 |
| 1937 | Dick Reynolds | Essendon | 27 |
| 1936 | Denis Ryan | Fitzroy | 26 |
| 1935 | Haydn Bunton | Fitzroy | 24 |
| 1934 | Dick Reynolds | Essendon | 19 |
| 1933 | Wilfred Smallhorn | Fitzroy | 18 |
| 1932 | Haydn Bunton | Fitzroy | 23 |
| 1931 | Haydn Bunton | Fitzroy | 26 |
| 1930 | Stan Judkins | Richmond | 4 |
| Allan Hopkins | Footscray | 4 | |
| Henry Collier | Collingwood | 4 | |
| 1929 | Albert Collier | Collingwood | 6 |
| 1928 | Ivor Warne-Smith | Melbourne | 8 |
| 1927 | Syd Coventry | Collingwood | 7 |
| 1926 | Ivor Warne-Smith | Melbourne | 9 |
| 1925 | Colin Watson | St Kilda | 9 |
| 1924 | Edward Greeves | Geelong | 7 |
* Jobe Watson was stripped of his medal due to a doping violation.
Related Pages
- About the Brownlow Medal
- Grand Finalists
- Wooden Spoon winners
- Other AFL awards
- Dally M Award Winners (for Rugby League)
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