List of Brownlow Medal winners

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This is a list of winners of the Brownlow Medal awarded by the Australian Football League to the "best and fairest" player.

1 Winners
2 Voting systems
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Winners

Year	Player	Team	Votes
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	Tony Lockett John Platten	St Kilda Hawthorn	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	Bob Skilton Verdun Howell	South Melbourne St Kilda	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	Roy Wright Bill Hutchison	Richmond Essendon	21
1951	Bernie Smith	Geelong	23
1950	Alan Ruthven	Fitzroy	21
1949	Ron Clegg Col Austen	South Melbourne Hawthorn	23
1948	Bill Morris	Richmond	24
1947	Bert Deacon	Carlton	20
1946	Don Cordner	Melbourne	20
1942-5	World War II	no awards
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	Stan Judkins Allan Hopkins Henry Collier	Richmond Footscray Collingwood	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	Geelong	7

* Chris Grant polled the most votes but was ineligible due to suspension.
# Corey McKernan also polled 21 votes but was ineligible due to suspension.

[edit] Voting systems

1924-1930: One vote per game.
1931-present: Six votes per game: 3,2,1 (except 1976-77:12 votes per game:3,2,1 from each of two field umpires).

Note that from:
1924-1967 there were 18 rounds of the home and away season
1968-1969 there were 20 rounds of the home and away season
1970-present there are 22 rounds of the home and away season