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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 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. The medal has been awarded every year since 1924, with the exception of an intermission from 1942–1945, due to World War II.

|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 |- | 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
Noel Teasdale† || St Kilda
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 || Verdun Howell†
Bob Skilton || St Kilda
South Melbourne|| 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 || Bill Hutchison†
Roy Wright || Essendon
Richmond || 21 |- | 1951 || Bernie Smith || Geelong || 23 |- | 1950 || Allan Ruthven || Fitzroy || 21 |- | 1949 || Col Austen†
Ron Clegg || Hawthorn
South Melbourne || 23 |- | 1948 || Bill Morris
|| Richmond || 24 |- | 1947 || Bert Deacon
|| Carlton || 20 |- | 1946 || Don Cordner
|| Melbourne || 20 |- | 1941 || Norman Ware || Footscray || 23 |- | 1940 || Des Fothergill†
Herbie Matthews† || Collingwood
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 Sr
|| Fitzroy || 24 |- | 1934 || Dick Reynolds || Essendon || 19 |- | 1933 || Wilfred Smallhorn || Fitzroy || 18 |- | 1932 || Haydn Bunton Sr || Fitzroy || 23 |- | 1931 || Haydn Bunton Sr || Fitzroy || 26 |- | 1930 || Harry Collier†
Allan Hopkins†
Stan Judkins || Collingwood
Footscray
Richmond|| 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, Jr. || Geelong || 7 |} Notes:

• The medal was not awarded between 1942 and 1945, as a mark of respect to soldiers fighting overseas in World War II.
• † Indicates that medal was awarded retrospectively as a countback rule was enforced until 1980
• ‡ The voting system in 1976 and 1977 had both field umpires awarding votes, resulting in higher vote tallies than other years.

Ineligible players who polled the most votes

A player who is 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 two occasions.

Multiple winners

The following have won the Brownlow Medal on more than one occasion.

Voting systems

Since 1924, the voting system for the Brownlow has changed three times.

The lengths of the home and away season have also changed since 1924.

From 1930 to 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. From 1931 onwards, with the introduction of 3-2-1 voting, the winner was the player with the most three-vote games. In 1980, the countback system was removed – in the event of a tie since then, players are considered joint winners. In 1989, the then VFL awarded retrospective medals to all players who had tied, but lost on countback, prior to 1980.

Notes

1. Sean Miller. "What makes the Brownlow so special?". Premier Media Group. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
2. ^ "Brownlow Medal – AFL Brownlow Medal". Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
3. "1980–1989". AFL BigPond Network. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

See also

• Brownlow Medal

External links

• Brownlow winners list from AFL Tables
• Brownlow Medal Winners interactive visualization

• Brownlow Medal winners
• Australian Football League awards
• Lists of sportspeople
• Australian rules football-related lists