A swag of midfielders are hunting the leader of Sporting News' Brownlow Medal predictor - Taylor Walker - as the race for AFL's greatest individual honour heats up.
Votes to engine room stars Travis Boak, Clayton Oliver and Rory Laird saw them join Dustin Martin in striking distance of the lead.
Sporting News' AFL experts have combined to produce a Brownlow predictor that will help with your betting at season's end.
Round 3 votes
| Game/Votes | Game/Votes | Game/Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney v Essendon | Port Adelaide v Richmond | Western Bulldogs v Brisbane |
| 3. Luke Parker (Sydney) | 3. Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) | 3. Tim English (Bulldogs) |
| 2. Chad Warner (Sydney) | 2. Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) | 2. Adam Treloar (Bulldogs) |
| 1. Zach Merrett (Essendon) | 1. Zak Butters (Port Adelaide) | 1. Jack Macrae (Bulldogs) |
| St Kilda v West Coast | Gold Coast v Carlton | Collingwood v GWS |
| 3. Jack Billings (St Kilda) | 3. Ed Curnow (Carlton) | 3. Toby Greene (GWS) |
| 2. Jack Steele (St Kilda) | 2. Hugh Greenwood (Gold Coast) | 2. Callan Ward (GWS) |
| 1. Brad Crouch (St Kilda) | 1. Liam Jones (Carlton) | 1. Tim Taranto (GWS) |
| North Melbourne v Adelaide | Melbourne v Geelong | Fremantle v Hawthorn |
| 3. Rory Laird (Adelaide) | 3. Christian Petracca (Melbourne) | 3. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) |
| 2. Lachlan Sholl (Adelaide) | 2. Jack Viney (Melbourne) | 2. David Mundy (Fremantle) |
| 1. Aaron Hall (North Melbourne) | 1. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) | 1. Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn) |
AFL Brownlow 2021 Prediction Leaderboard
| Name | Team | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 8 |
| Dustin Martin | Richmond | 6 |
| Clayton Oliver | Melbourne | 6 |
| Travis Boak | Port Adelaide | 6 |
| Rory Laird | Adelaide | 6 |
| Callum Mills | Sydney | 5 |
| Marcus Bontempelli | Western Bulldogs | 5 |
| Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 5 |
| Christian Petracca | Melbourne | 5 |
| David Mundy | Essendon | 5 |
