The Brownlow Medal is a prestigious award in Australian sports given to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League (AFL). It’s been awarded since 1924 and the winner announced at the AFL Awards Night.
The Chas Brownlow Trophy is better known as the Brownlow Medal or simply as the Brownlow. This award is given to a player judged to be the “fairest and best” in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the regular season.
This prestigious award is considered to be the highest honour an individual player may receive in the AFL. The Brownlow winner is determined by votes cast after each game by the officiating umpires.
2016 to 1971 1970 to 1924
| Year | Player | Team | Votes |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 35 |
| 2015 | Nathan Fyfe | Fremantle | 31 |
| 2014 | Matt Priddis | West Coast | 26 |
| 2013 | Gary Ablett Jr | Gold Coast | 28 |
| 2012 | Jobe Watson | Essendon | 30 |
| 2011 | Dane Swan | Collingwood | 34 |
| 2010 | Chris Judd | Carlton | 30 |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett Jr | 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 Nathan Buckley Adam Goodes | Adelaide Collingwood 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 James Hird | Brisbane Bears 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 | John Platten Tony Lockett | Hawthorn St Kilda | 20 |
| 1986 | Robert DiPierdomenico Greg Williams | Hawthorn 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 Barry Round | Fitzroy 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 |
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Brownlow Sold at Auction
The very first Brownlow Medal (awarded in 1924) was sold at auction in 2011 for $170,000 ($203,600 including commission). The Brownlow Medal was created and named in honour of the Charles Brownlow (1861-1924), a Geelong footballer and club secretary.
Three-time Brownlow Medal Winners
Haydn Bunton, Sr
Fitzroy – 1931, 1932, 1935
Dick Reynolds
Essendon – 1934, 1937, 1938
Bob Skilton
S Melbourne – 1959, 1963, 1968
Ian Stewart
St Kilda / Richmond
1965, 1966, 1971
Two-timeBrownlow Medal Winners
Ivor Warne-Smith
Melbourne – 1926, 1928
Bill Hutchison
Essendon – 1952, 1953
Roy Wright
Richmond – 1952, 1954
Keith Greig
N 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
