It's best and fairest season for the AFL as teams start holding awards nights to reveal their club champion.

The process begins with clubs who have missed the finals, while teams in the finals will hold theirs after their campaign concludes.

The Sporting News reveals every best and fairest winner and leaderboards for each club.

AFL Best and Fairest 2022 winners and leaderboards

Adelaide - Malcolm Blight Medal

Rory Laird

The Crows star was dominant in Adelaide’s midfield and finished second in the League for disposals per game (33).

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Rory Laird	118
2.	Jordan Dawson	114
3.	Ben Keays	88
4.	Taylor Walker	82
5.	Brodie Smith	72
6.	Darcy Fogarty	71
7.	Shane McAdam	66
8.	Tom Doedee	66
9.	Sam Berry	64
10.	Jake Soligo	61

 

 

 

 

 

 

How voting works

Adelaide’s Club Champion Award is calculated by coaches rating every player with a score from 1-10 after every game this season.

Last five winners

2021	Rory Laird
2020	Reilly O'Brien
2019	Brad Crouch
2018	Rory Laird
2017	Matt Crouch

Brisbane - Merrett-Murray Medal

Lachie Neale

Neale was crowned his third Lions best-and-fairest since joining the club in 2019.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Lachie Neale	66
2.	Hugh McCluggage	59
3.	Brandon Starcevich	51
4.	Harris Andrews	46
5.	Charlie Cameron	46
6.	Jarrod Berry	43
7.	Daniel Rich	41
8.	Lincoln McCarthy	40
9.	Oscar McInerney	39
10.	Zac Bailey	38

How voting works

N/A

Past five winners

2021	Dayne Zorko
2020	Lachie Neale
2019	Lachie Neale
2018	Dayne Zorko
2017	Dayne Zorko

Carlton - John Nicholls Medal

Patrick Cripps

Cripps capped off a perfect 2022 season with a Brownlow Medal and his fourth best-and-fairest, one off the famous John Nicholls (5) himself.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Patrick Cripps	181
2.	Sam Docherty	173
3.	Sam Walsh	163
4.	Charlie Curnow	149
5.	George Hewett	125
6.	Adam Saad	124
7.	Harry McKay	123
8.	Zac Fisher	117
9.	Matt Kennedy	111
10.	Adam Cerra	105

How voting works

N/A

Past five winners

2021	Sam Walsh
2020	Jacob Weitering
2019	Patrick Cripps
2018	Patrick Cripps
2017	Marc Murphy

Collingwood - Copeland Trophy

Jack Crisp

The former Lion goes back-to-back Collingwood best-and-fairests as one of the underrated players in the competition.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Jack Crisp	291
2.	Scott Pendlebury	276
3.	Darcy Moore	269
4.	Jeremy Howe	266
5.	Steele Sidebottom	265
6.	Patrick Lipinski	259
7.	Nick Daicos	258
8.	Josh Daicos	249
9.	Brayden Maynard	249
10.	Jordan De Goey	231

How voting works

N/A

Past five winners

2021	Jack Crisp
2020	Taylor Adams
2019	Brodie Grundy
2018	Brodie Grundy/Steel Sidebottom
2017	Steele Sidebottom

Essendon - Crichton Medal

Peter Wright

Claiming his maiden Crichton Medal, Wright was rewarded for his 53 goal season, pipping Zach Merrett and Matt Guelfi.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Peter Wright	242
2.	Zach Merrett	230
3.	Matt Guelfi	211
4.	Mason Redman	209
5.	Jordan Ridley	191
6.	Jayden Laverde	180
7.	Jake Kelly	179
8.	Nic Martin	164
9.	Darcy Parish, Dylan Shiel, Nick Hind	155
10.	Andrew McGrath	141

How voting works

The voting system consists of five coaches, giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game

Past five winners

2021	Zach Merrett
2020	Jordan Ridley
2019	Zach Merrett
2018	Devon Smith
2017	Joe Daniher

Fremantle - Doig Medal

Andrew Brayshaw

The youngster added the Doig Medal to his 2022 season, which also resulted in an All-Australian jacket and a fourth placing in the Brownlow Medal.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Andrew Brayshaw	273
2.	Brennan Cox	200
3.	Caleb Serong	197
4.	Alex Pearce	197
5.	Lachie Shultz	192
6.	Griffin Logue	183
7.	Michael Walters	175
8.	Hayden Young	164
9.	Jordan Clark	163
10.	Rory Lobb	161

How voting works

From Fremantle, "Following each game, Senior Coach Justin Longmuir and four coaches – Josh Carr, Matthew Boyd, Jaymie Graham and Joel Corey – allocated up to five votes to each player based on how they performed their role, meaning a player can receive up to 25 votes in a game for an elite performance."

Past five winners

2021	Sean Darcy
2020	Luke Ryan
2019	Nat Fyfe
2018	Lachie Neale
2017	Bradley Hill

Geelong - Carji Greeves Medal

Jeremy Cameron and Cameron Guthrie

It’s only the second time in Geelong history, the award has been shared, the last time also coming in a Premiership year when Gary Ablett Jnr and Corey Enright tied in 2009.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Jeremy Cameron and Cameron Guthrie	113
Runner-up	Mark Blicavs	104
3.	Tom Hawkins	98
4.	Tyson Stengle	97
5.	Tom Atkins	94
6.	Zach Tuohy	93
7.	Brad Close	79
8.	Sam De Koning	77
9.	Tom Stewart	76

How voting works

After each game, the Senior and assistant coaches review and rate each players performance out of 10. Votes are polled in games where a players performance has been deemed of a high quality by the coaching group. And unlike previous seasons, all matches are counted towards their final total.

Past five winners

2021	Tom Stewart
2020	Cameron Guthrie
2019	Patrick Dangerfield
2018	Mark Blicavs
2017	Patrick Dangerfield

Gold Coast - Club Champion

Touk Miller

Suns midfielder Touk Miller won his second best-and-fairest for the club on August 26 after snaring last year's award as well.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Touk Miller	566
2.	Noah Anderson	504
3.	David Swallow	479
4.	Jarrod Witts	474
5.	Sam Collins	440
6.	Matt Rowell	429
7.	Ben Ainsworth	428
8.	Brandon Ellis	364
9.	Nick Holman	349
10.	Izak Rankine	331

How voting works

Voting is conducted by Gold Coast's four-man match committee.

An unlimited number of players can receive votes, but a player can only be given a maximum of 10 from each voting member, meaning they can get a maximum of 40 for a match.

Last five winners

2021	Touk Miller
2020	Sam Collins
2019	Jarrod Witts
2018	Jarrod Harbrow
2017	Gary Ablett Jr.

GWS - Kevin Sheedy Medal

Sam Taylor

Key defender Sam Taylor capped off a brilliant season by taking home his first Kevin Sheedy Medal.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Sam Taylor	156
2.	Stephen Coniglio	108
3.	Tom Green	104
4.	Harry Himmelberg	99
5.	Jesse Hogan	93
6.	Harry Perryman	91
7.	Toby Greene	90
8.	Josh Kelly	89
9.	Isaac Cumming	86
10.	Callan Ward	79

How voting works

Per GWS Giants: After every game, each coach awards votes to as many players as they see fit on a scale of one to four with four being the highest possible score per player. A coach can award votes to every player, or no players, for any given game.  
 
The votes across the season are then tallied up with the player with the most votes awarded the Kevin Sheedy Medal. 

Last five winners

2021	Josh Kelly
2020	Nick Haynes and Lachie Whitfield
2019	Tim Taranto
2018	Lachie Whitfield
2017	Josh Kelly

Hawthorn - Peter Crimmins Medal

James Sicily

Sicily was awarded with his first Peter Crimmins Medal in a year where he was ranked among the elite defenders of 2022, polling in all but three games.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	James Sicily	123
2.	Jai Newcombe	115
3.	Dylan Moore	113
4.	Blake Hardwick	82
5.	Tom Mitchell	79
6.	Mitch Lewis	74
7.	Jaeger O'Meara	65
8.	Finn Maginness	61
9.	Harry Morrison	59
10.	Jack Scrimshaw	59

How voting works

From Hawthorn: Votes for the 2022 Peter Crimmins Medal were awarded by three groups after each home-and-away match; Senior Coach Sam Mitchell, one card between Line Coaches David Hale, Robert Harvey, Chris Newman and one card between Senior Assistant Adrian Hickmott and Head of Development Andrew Collins.  

A maximum of 12 votes can be accumulated by a player after the four voting cards are submitted using the following grading system: three votes to the best player/s, two votes for a significant influence on the game, one vote to player/s who played their role or beat their opponent. On rare occasions a player/s may receive four votes for an exceptional game.

Last five winners

2021	Tom Mitchell
2020	Jack Gunston
2019	James Worpel
2018	Tom Mitchell
2017	Tom Mitchell

Melbourne - Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy

Clayton Oliver

The Melbourne gun has recorded his fourth Keith Truscott trophy equalling the great Jim Stynes and Allan La Fontaine.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Clayton Oliver	608
2.	Christian Petracca	553
3.	Steven May	473
4.	Jack Viney	471
5.	Angus Brayshaw	446
6.	Max Gawn	430
7.	Bayley Fritsch	395
8.	Kysaiah Pickett	391
9.	Alex Neal-Bullen	384
10.	Ed Langdon	367

How voting works

N/A

Last five winners

2021	Clayton Oliver
2020	Christian Petracca
2019	Clayton Oliver/Max Gawn
2018	Max Gawn
2017	Clayton Oliver

North Melbourne - Syd Barker Medal

Jy Simpkin

Kangaroos midfielder Jy Simpkin won his second consecutive best and fairest.

While North struggled to a wooden spoon, Simpkin was among the shining lights for the club.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Jy Simpkin	130
2.	Luke Davies-Uniacke	108
3.	Bailey Scott	98
4.	Todd Goldstein	93
5.	Luke McDonald	88
6.	Nick Larkey	79
7.	Cameron Zurhaar	66
8.	Aidan Corr	59
9.	Hugh Greenwood	51
10.	Lachie Young	50

How voting works

Per North Melbourne: The voting system consists of each player earning up to 20 votes in a match, with votes from all home and away games counting towards the final total. The senior and assistant coaches provide separate votes for each player per round, ranging from 0-10. One vote means a player played their role, and 10 votes denotes an exceptional performance.

Last five winners

2021	Jy Simpkin
2020	Luke McDonald
2019	Ben Cunnington
2018	Shaun Higgins
2017	Shaun Higgins

Port Adelaide - John Cahill Medal

Connor Rozee

Rozee was awarded with his maiden John Cahill Meal in what was a breakout year for the youngster.

Entrusted with more midfield minutes in 2022, the 22-year-old smashed veteran Travis Boak and Dan Houston in the count to win by 30.

Rozee's consistency and year was reflected by his polling in every game bar two, albeit the first two rounds.

The classy midfielder was also awarded with his first All-Australian blazer as well as the Coaches' Award as the most improved player.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Connor Rozee	132
2.	Travis Boak	102
3.	Dan Houston	100
4.	Ollie Wines	93
5.	Sam Powell-Pepper	91
6.	Todd Marshall	84
7.	Zak Butters	83
8.	Karl Amon	82
9.	Ryan Burton	80
10.	Jeremy Finlayson	77

How voting works

Voting system: N/A

Last five winners

2021	Ollie Wines
2020	Darcy Byrne-Jones
2019	Travis Boak
2018	Justin Westhoff
2017	Paddy Ryder

Richmond - Jack Dyer Medal

Tom Lynch

One of the dominant key forwards in 2022, Lynch missed four games and was subbed off on another two times but that didn't stop the former Sun kicking 63 goals (avg. 3.32 per game).

Unlucky to miss the All-Australian team, the Richmond gun proved to be tough to handle up forward, including a rare patch up of form in the last month of football, resulting in 24 majors in the last five weeks.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Tom Lynch	60
2.	Daniel Rioli	59
3.	Dion Prestia	56
4.	Liam Baker	53
4.	Shai Bolton	53
6.	Trent Cotchin	52
6.	Jayden Short	52
8.	Toby Nankervis	47
8.	Marlion Pickett	47
10.	Nathan Broad	46

How voting works

Voting system: the match committee gives players a rating from 0-5 based on their overall match performance, taking into account offensive, defensive and contest impacts.

Last five winners

2021	Dylan Grimes
2020	Jayden Short
2019	Dion Prestia
2018	Jack Riewoldt
2017	Dustin Martin

St Kilda - Trevor Barker Award

Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair's 2022 season was rewarded with his first Trevor Barker Award, following his maiden All-Australian jacket also.

Sinclair led the count from start to finish, according to St Kilda and ended up winning by 21 votes to Callum Wilkie.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Jack Sinclair	174
2.	Callum Wilkie	153
3.	Jack Steele	124
4.	Tim Membrey	103
5.	Seb Ross	102
6.	Brad Crouch	93
7.	Jade Gresham	91
7.	Brad Hill	91
7.	Max King	91
10.	Josh Battle	68

How voting works

Five coaches give a ranking from one to four after each match, with players being able to receive a maximum of 20 votes per game.

Last five winners

2021	Jack Steele
2020	Jack Steele
2019	Seb Ross
2018	Jack Steven
2017	Seb Ross

Sydney - Bob Skilton Medal

Callum Mills

Mills played in all 25 games, averaging 25 disposals and six tackles per game, and was also rewarded for his fantastic season with his first All Australian selection.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Callum Mills	662
2.	Chad Warner	606
3.	James Rowbottom	544
4.	Luke Parker	530
5.	Isaac Heeney	529
6.	Tom McCartin	493
7.	Errol Gulden	492
8.	Jake Lloyd	489
9.	Dane Rampe	462
10.	Oliver Florent	447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last five winners

2021	Luke Parker
2020	Jake Llyod
2019	Dane Rampe
2018	Jake Lloyd
2017	Luke Parker

How voting works

Club Champion votes are awarded by coaching staff. A player can be awarded a maximum of 50 votes per game, and coaches can allocate up to 10 votes for as many or as few players as they deem appropriate, per match.

West Coast - John Worsfold Medal

Tom Barrass

Tall defender Tom Barrass claimed his first John Worsfold Medal after a standout season in a difficult year for the Eagles.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Tom Barrass	182
2.	Shannon Hurn	149
3.	Tim Kelly	131
4.	Jack Darling	120
5.	Liam Duggan	118
6.	Jack Redden	112
7.	Luke Shuey	105
8.	Jamie Cripps	96
9.	Jamaine Jones	84
10.	Liam Ryan	77

How voting works

Each member of the five-person match committee rates every player on a scale of 0-3 after each match.

Last five winners

2021	Nic Naitanui
2020	Nic Naitanui
2019	Luke Shuey
2018	Elliot Yeo
2017	Elliot Yeo

Western Bulldogs - Charles Sutton Medal

Josh Dunkley

The midfielder, who looks set to depart the Kennel this off-season, Dunkley claimed his first Dogs B&F.

Position	Player	Votes
1.	Josh Dunkley	231
2.	Tom Liberatore	211
3.	Aaron Naughton	180
4.	Marcus Bontempelli	174
5.	Jack Macrae	170
6.	Caleb Daniel	158
7.	Ryan Gardner	151
8.	Adam Treloar	150
9.	Bailey Dale	146
10.	Ed Richards	144

How voting works

Each member of the five-person match committee rates every player on a scale of 0-5 after each match.

Last five winners

2021	Marcus Bontempelli
2020	Caleb Daniel
2019	Marcus Bontempelli
2018	Lachie Hunter
2017	Marcus Bontempelli