Back to the Record Books

Brownlow Medal winners by year

The VFL/AFL's fairest and best, as voted by the field umpires, every year since 1924. No medal was awarded from 1942 to 1945.

Where a count ended level, every medallist from that year is listed, including the 1930 count settled retrospectively in 1989 and the 2012 medal reallocated in 2016. Older club names appear where the table has them: Footscray, South Melbourne, the Brisbane Bears of 1996.

98 years listed, 1924 to 2025. That is 112 medals in all, because some years have more than one.

Earliest year listed: Edward Greeves (1924).

Latest year listed: Matt Rowell (2025).

91 different player names appear on the list, 1924 to 2025.

Every Brownlow Medal winner since 1924, year by year

Brownlow Medal winners in the 2020s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

2025

Matt Rowell

Gold Coast

39

2024

Patrick Cripps

Carlton

45

2023

Lachie Neale

Brisbane Lions

31

2022

Patrick Cripps

Carlton

29

2021

Ollie Wines

Port Adelaide

36

2020

Lachie Neale

Brisbane Lions

31

Brownlow Medal winners in the 2010s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

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

Gold Coast

28

2012

Sam Mitchell

Hawthorn

26

2012

Trent Cotchin

Richmond

26

2011

Dane Swan

Collingwood

34

2010

Chris Judd

Carlton

30

Brownlow Medal winners in the 2000s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

2009

Gary Ablett

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

Adam Goodes

Sydney

22

2003

Mark Ricciuto

Adelaide

22

2003

Nathan Buckley

Collingwood

22

2002

Simon Black

Brisbane Lions

25

2001

Jason Akermanis

Brisbane Lions

23

2000

Shane Woewodin

Melbourne

24

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1990s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

1999

Shane Crawford

Hawthorn

28

1998

Robert Harvey

St Kilda

32

1997

Robert Harvey

St Kilda

26

1996

James Hird

Essendon

21

1996

Michael Voss

Brisbane Bears

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

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1980s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

1989

Paul Couch

Geelong

22

1988

Gerard Healy

Sydney

20

1987

John Platten

Hawthorn

20

1987

Tony Lockett

St Kilda

20

1986

Greg Williams

Sydney

17

1986

Robert DiPierdomenico

Hawthorn

17

1985

Brad Hardie

Footscray

22

1984

Peter Moore

Melbourne

24

1983

Ross Glendinning

North Melbourne

24

1982

Brian Wilson

Melbourne

23

1981

Barry Round

South Melbourne

22

1981

Bernie Quinlan

Fitzroy

22

1980

Kelvin Templeton

Footscray

23

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1970s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

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

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1960s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

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

1965

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

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1950s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

1959

Bob Skilton

South Melbourne

20

1959

Verdun Howell

St Kilda

20

1958

Neil Roberts

St Kilda

24

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

Essendon

21

1952

Roy Wright

Richmond

21

1951

Bernie Smith

Geelong

23

1950

Allan Ruthven

Fitzroy

21

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1940s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

1949

Col Austen

Hawthorn

23

1949

Ron Clegg

South Melbourne

23

1948

Bill Morris

Richmond

24

1947

Bert Deacon

Carlton

23

1946

Don Cordner

Melbourne

20

1941

Norm Ware

Footscray

23

1940

Des Fothergill

Collingwood

32

1940

Herbie Matthews

South Melbourne

32

Brownlow Medal winners in the 1930s

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

1939

Marcus Whelan

Collingwood

23

1938

Dick Reynolds

Essendon

18

1937

Dick Reynolds

Essendon

27

1936

Denis Ryan

Fitzroy

26

1935

Haydn Bunton

Fitzroy

25

1934

Dick Reynolds

Essendon

19

1933

Wilfred Smallhorn

Fitzroy

18

1932

Haydn Bunton

Fitzroy

23

1931

Haydn Bunton

Fitzroy

26

1930

Allan Hopkins

Footscray

4

1930

Harry Collier

Collingwood

4

1930

Stan Judkins

Richmond

4

Brownlow Medal winners from 1924 to 1929

Year

Medallist

Club

Votes

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

Most Brownlow Medals since 1924

How we counted: each line in the year by year tables counts for the player name exactly as the table writes it, so a player the table writes two ways counts separately under each. 1930, 1940, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1965, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1996, 2003 and 2012 have more than one line, and every player named in those years gets one medal. Nothing is listed for 1942 to 1945, so no medal is counted for those years.

Out in front: Bob Skilton, Dick Reynolds, Haydn Bunton and Ian Stewart, 3 medals each.

Player

Medals under this name

Years

Bob Skilton

3

1959, 1963, 1968

Dick Reynolds

3

1934, 1937, 1938

Haydn Bunton

3

1931, 1932, 1935

Ian Stewart

3

1965, 1966, 1971

Adam Goodes

2

2003, 2006

Bill Hutchison

2

1952, 1953

Chris Judd

2

2004, 2010

Gary Ablett

2

2009, 2013

Greg Williams

2

1986, 1994

Ivor Warne-Smith

2

1926, 1928

Keith Greig

2

1973, 1974

Lachie Neale

2

2020, 2023

Nat Fyfe

2

2015, 2019

Patrick Cripps

2

2022, 2024

Peter Moore

2

1979, 1984

Robert Harvey

2

1997, 1998

Roy Wright

2

1952, 1954

74 more player names appear once.

Play with this history

Name Them All

Champ or Not

AFL Higher or Lower

Where this comes from

Each table was verified against at least two independent sources, and the checks run on every build: winner lists are audited answer by answer, split titles and vacated seasons are pinned so they can never quietly change, and a blank cell means the detail was never verified rather than papered over. Spot something that looks wrong anyway? The Report a bug button below lands straight in our inbox.

More record books

Super Bowl winners since 1967, year by year

NBA champions since 1947, year by year

World Series winners since 1903, year by year

Stanley Cup winners since 1915, year by year

WNBA champions since 1997, year by year

College football national champions since 1981, year by year

Men's NCAA basketball champions since 1939, year by year

English football champions since 1889, year by year

VFL/AFL premiers since 1897, year by year

Dally M Medal winners since 1979, year by year

NRL/NSWRL premiers since 1908, year by year

The Record Books, with the latest seasons of every competition