Norm Smith Medal
The Norm Smith Medal is an award given to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the AFL Grand Final. The medal is named after Norm Smith. It has been awarded since 1979.
In 2017, Dustin Martin became the first player in VFL/AFL history to win a premiership, the Brownlow Medal and the Norm Smith Medal in the same season. He is also the only player to win the Norm Smith Medal three times. Gary Ayres, Andrew McLeod, and Luke Hodge have won it twice each.
Four times players from the losing Grand Final team have won the award: Maurice Rioli (1982), Gary Ablett Sr. (1989), Nathan Buckley (2002) and Chris Judd (2005).
| Year | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bobby Hill | Collingwood |
| 2022 | Isaac Smith | Geelong |
| 2021 | Christian Petracca | Melbourne |
| 2020 | Dustin Martin | Richmond |
| 2019 | Dustin Martin | Richmond |
| 2018 | Luke Shuey | West Coast |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin | Richmond |
| 2016 | Jason Johannisen | Western Bulldogs |
| 2015 | Cyril Rioli | Hawthorn |
| 2014 | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn |
| 2013 | Brian Lake | Hawthorn |
| 2012 | Ryan O'Keefe | Sydney |
| 2011 | Jimmy Bartel | Geelong |
| 2010 (R) | Scott Pendlebury | Collingwood |
| 2010 | Lenny Hayes | St Kilda |
| 2009 | Paul Chapman | Geelong |
| 2008 | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn |
| 2007 | Steve Johnson | Geelong |
| 2006 | Andrew Embley | West Coast |
| 2005 | Chris Judd | West Coast |
| 2004 | Byron Pickett | Port Adelaide |
| 2003 | Simon Black | Brisbane Lions |
| 2002 | Nathan Buckley | Collingwood |
| 2001 | Shaun Hart | Brisbane Lions |
| 2000 | James Hird | Essendon |
| 1999 | Shannon Grant | North Melbourne |
| 1998 | Andrew McLeod | Adelaide |
| 1997 | Andrew McLeod | Adelaide |
| 1996 | Glenn Archer | North Melbourne |
| 1995 | Greg Williams | Carlton |
| 1994 | Dean Kemp | West Coast |
| 1993 | Michael Long | Essendon |
| 1992 | Peter Matera | West Coast |
| 1991 | Paul Dear | Hawthorn |
| 1990 | Tony Shaw | Collingwood |
| 1989 | Gary Ablett Sr. | Geelong |
| 1988 | Gary Ayres | Hawthorn |
| 1987 | David Rhys-Jones | Carlton |
| 1986 | Gary Ayres | Hawthorn |
| 1985 | Simon Madden | Essendon |
| 1984 | Billy Duckworth | Essendon |
| 1983 | Colin Robertson | Hawthorn |
| 1982 | Maurice Rioli | Richmond |
| 1981 | Bruce Doull | Carlton |
| 1980 | Kevin Bartlett | Richmond |
| 1979 | Wayne Harmes | Carlton |
Related Pages
- More AFL Awards
- Coleman Medal for the top goal scorer.
- About the AFL player Norm Smith
- About the Brownlow Medal
- AFL Grand Finalists
- Wooden Spoon winners
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