List of Brownlow Medal winners

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 (AFL) 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 1942–1945 due to World War II. As of 2025, the Brownlow Medal has been awarded 112 times to 91 different players in 97 medal counts.

Winners by season

thumb|200px|[[Edward Greeves Jr., also known as Carji Greeves, the inaugural Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Dick Reynolds, 1934, 1937, and 1938 Brownlow Medallist.]]

thumb|200px|[[Gerard Healy, 1988 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey, 1997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Adam Goodes, 2003 and 2006 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Chris Judd, 2004 and 2010 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Jimmy Bartel, 2007 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Gary Ablett Jr., 2009 and 2013 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Patrick Dangerfield, 2016 Brownlow Medallist]]

thumb|200px|[[Lachie Neale, 2020 and 2023 Brownlow Medallist]]

Voting systems:

1924–1930 – Single umpire awards 1 vote to best on ground only
1931–1975 – Single umpire awards 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground
1976–1977 – Two umpires separately award 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground
1978–present – Umpiring team collectively awards 3–2–1 votes to best three on ground

Until 1980, a countback system was used to determine the winner in the event of a tie. In 1930, Judkins was awarded the medal because he had played in the fewest games; and from 1931 to 1980, the winner was the player with the most three-vote games.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Player

!Team

!Votes

|1924

|16

|1925

|17

|1926

| (1/2)

| rowspan="3" |18

|1927

|1928

| (2/2)

|1929

|16

| rowspan="3" |1930

| rowspan="15" | 18

|1931

| (1/3)

|26

|1932

| (2/3)

|23

|1933

|18

|1934

| (1/3)

|19

|1935

| (3/3)

|24

|1936

|26

|1937

| (2/3)

|27

|1938

| (3/3)

|18

|1939

|23

| rowspan="2" |1940

|32

|1941

|23

|1942

| colspan="4" rowspan="4" |No medal awarded due to World War II

|1943

|1944

|1945

|1946

|20

| rowspan="5" |19

|1947

|20

|1948

|24

| rowspan="2" |1949

|23

|1950

|21

| rowspan="2" |18

|1951

|23

| rowspan="2" |1952

| (1/2)

|21

|rowspan="2" |19

| (1/2)

|21

|1953

| (2/2)

|26

| rowspan="17" |18

|1954

| (2/2)

|29

|1955

|21

|1956

|22

|1957

|24

|1958

|20

| rowspan="2" |1959

|20

| (1/3)

|20

|1960

|20

|1961

|21

|1962

|28

|1963

| (2/3)

|20

|1964

|27

| rowspan="2" |1965

|20

| (1/3)

|20

|1966

| (2/3)

|21

|1967

|24

|1968

| (3/3)

|24

| rowspan="2" |20

|1969

|19

|1970

|25

| rowspan="26" |22

|1971

| (3/3)

|21

|1972

|25

|1973

| (1/2)

|27

|1974

| (2/2)

|27

|1975

|20

|1976

|48

|1977

|59

|1978

|22

|1979

| (1/2)

|22

|1980

|23

| rowspan="2" |1981

|22

|1982

|23

|1983

|24

|1984

| (2/2)

|24

|1985

|22

| rowspan="2" |1986

|17

| (1/2)

|17

| rowspan="2" |1987

|20

|1988

|20

|1989

|22

|1990

|18

|1991

|25

|1992

|20

|1993

|18

|20

|1994

| (2/2)

|30

| rowspan="30" |22

|1995

|21

| rowspan="2" |1996

|21

|1997

| (1/2)

|26

|1998

| (2/2)

|32

|1999

|28

|2000

|24

|2001

|23

|2002

|25

| rowspan="3" |2003

|22

| (1/2)

|22

|2004

| (1/2)

|30

|2005

|20

|2006

| (2/2)

|26

|2007

|29

|2008

|24

|2009

| (1/2)

|30

|2010

| (2/2)

|30

|2011

|34

| rowspan="2" |2012

|26

|2013

| (2/2)

|28

|2014

|26

|2015

| (1/2)

|31

|2016

|35

|2017

|36

|2018

|28

|2019

| (2/2)

|33

|2020

| (1/2)

|31

|17

|2021

|36

| rowspan="2" |22

|2022

| (1/2)

|Carlton

|29

|2023

| (2/2)

|31

| rowspan="3" |23

|2024

| (2/2)

|Carlton

|45

|2025

|39

thumb|200px|[[Nat Fyfe, 2015 and 2019 Brownlow Medallist]]

alt=Ollie Wines running in 2018|thumb|300x300px|[[Ollie Wines, 2021 Brownlow Medallist]]

;Notes

As a mark of respect to soldiers fighting overseas in World War II, the medal was not awarded during 1942–1945.

Ineligible players who polled the most votes

A player 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 three occasions. In the third of those cases, Jobe Watson, who won in 2012, was later found guilty of breaching WADA's anti-doping code in the 2012 season, and was retrospectively ruled ineligible by the AFL Commission in November 2016.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Player !! Team !! Year !! Votes !! Outcome

|||||1996||21||Suspended; would have been joint winner with Hird and Voss.

|||||1997||27||Suspended; would have won outright, beating Harvey by one vote.

|||||2012||30||Awarded the medal in 2012, beating Mitchell and Cotchin by four votes. In 2016 he was retrospectively ruled ineligible because of his involvement in the Essendon supplements saga.

Multiple winners

thumb|200px|[[Haydn Bunton Sr.|Haydn Bunton Sr, seen here representing Victoria (circa 1930), was the first of four three-time Brownlow Medal winners. This feat has not been replicated since Ian Stewart more than half a century ago.]]

The following players have won the Brownlow Medal multiple times.

{| class="wikitable"

! Medals !! Player !! Team !! Seasons

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|3

| Haydn Bunton Sr. || Fitzroy || 1931, 1932, 1935

| Dick Reynolds || Essendon || 1934, 1937, 1938

| Bob Skilton || South Melbourne || 1959, 1963, 1968

| Ian Stewart||St Kilda / Richmond || 1965, 1966, 1971

| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;" |2

| Ivor Warne-Smith || Melbourne || 1926, 1928

| Bill Hutchison || Essendon || 1952, 1953

| Roy Wright || Richmond || 1952, 1954

| Keith Greig || North 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

| Gary Ablett Jr. || Geelong / Gold Coast|| 2009, 2013

| Nat Fyfe || Fremantle || 2015, 2019

| Lachie Neale || Brisbane Lions || 2020, 2023

|Patrick Cripps

|Carlton

|2022, 2024

Brownlow wins by clubs

{| class="wikitable"

!Team

!Wins

!Years won

|South Melbourne/Sydney

|14

|1940, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1968,

1970, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1995

2003, 2006

|Footscray/Western Bulldogs

|10

|1930, 1941, 1956, 1960, 1975, 1980,

1985, 1990, 1992, 2008

|St Kilda

|10

|1925, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1966,

1967, 1987, 1997, 1998

|Collingwood

|1927, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1972

1979, 2003, 2011

|Fitzroy

|1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1950

1969, 1981

|Essendon

|1934, 1937, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1976

1993, 1996

|Richmond

|1930, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1971, 2012,

2017

|Melbourne

|1926, 1928, 1946, 1982, 1984, 1991,

2000

|Geelong

|1924, 1951, 1962, 1989, 2007, 2009,

2016

|Carlton

|1947, 1961, 1964, 1994, 2010, 2022, 2024

|Hawthorn

|1949, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2012, 2018

|North Melbourne

|1965, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1983

|Brisbane Lions

|2001, 2002, 2020, 2023

|West Coast

|2004, 2005, 2014

|Fremantle

|2015, 2019

|Gold Coast

|2013, 2025

|Brisbane Bears

|1996

|Adelaide

|2003

|Port Adelaide

|2021

Notes

External links

Brownlow winners list from AFL Tables
Brownlow Medal Winners interactive visualization

Winners by season

Ineligible players who polled the most votes

Multiple winners

Brownlow wins by clubs

See also

Notes

External links