It's best and fairest season for the AFLW as teams start holding awards nights.

Following an exciting and impressive Season Seven in the women's competition, teams are slowly but surely unveiling who will be crowned club champion.

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

AFLW Best and Fairest 2022 winners and leaderboards

Adelaide 

Anne Hatchard

Hatchard has notched up her third best-and-fairest, surpassing Erin Phillips' pair and making history.

The midfielder just held off partner-in-crime Ebony Marinoff and Chelsea Biddell.

Hatchard was dominant in Season Seven, averaging 23.5 touched, 5.5 tackles and 4.5 clearances per game.

The 24-year-old was trailing Marinoff but an impressive preliminary final lifted her to first place.

Special. Three-time Premiership player and now a three-time Club Champ 🥰#weflyasone pic.twitter.com/4ybmAXkN8g

— Adelaide Crows AFLW (@CrowsAFLW) December 2, 2022

Players' Player: Chelsea Biddell 
Leading Goalkicker: Ashleigh Woodland 
Best Defensive Player: Chelsea Biddell 

Past winners

Brisbane 

Emily Bates

Bates has been crowned Lions best and fairest for a record fourth time.

Teammate Anderson was leading the count at the end of the home-and-away season but a strong finals series saw the midfielder storm home to take the prestigious award.

We may aswell name it the Bates & Fairest at this point! 🥇

Emily also becomes just the 8th player in our Club’s combined history (Fitzroy and Bears included) to claim four or more Best & Fairest awards 🤯

Congratulations @embatesy 🦁 pic.twitter.com/omqoYe3U3a

— Brisbane Lions AFLW (@lionsaflw) December 3, 2022

Best First Year Player: Ruby Svarc
All For One Award: Jade Ellenger
Most Relentless Player: Kate Lutkins 
Most Competitive Player: Courtney Hodder
Trademark Player Award: Bre Koenen 
Best Finals Player: Emily Bate
Fan MVP: Cathy Svarc

Past winners

Carlton 

Mimi Hill

Hill won her maiden Carlton best and fairest, pipping Abbie McKay in an enthralling count.

R̶i̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ Genuine star 🌟

The comeback queen has been crowned our season seven Best and Fairest winner. pic.twitter.com/WhJkUsvq1w

— Carlton Women's (@carltonfc_w) November 25, 2022

The 20-year-old played her first full season after suffering an ACL injury in 2021 and was a clear standout through the midfield.

Hill averaged over 23 disposals, including a career-high 33 touches against Melbourne.

Rookie of the Year: Keeley Skepper

Most Valuable Bluebagger: Mua Laloifi

Coaches Award: Lucy McEvoy

Past winners

Collingwood

Jordyn Allen

In her fifth season at the Pies, Allen was awarded with the club's best-and-fairest, pipping Jaimee Lambert and Chloe Molloy.

Debuting in 2019, the 22-year-old was impressive throughout all 10 home-and-away games in Season Seven.

Playing across multiple positions, Allen was rewarded for her versatility and consistency.

84 votes to clinch the win.

Hear from our season seven best and fairest winner, Jordy Allen:

— Collingwood AFLW (@CollingwoodAFLW) November 30, 2022

Player’s Player Award: Lauren Butler

Best First Year Player: Emily Smith

Side By Side Award: Paul Turk – Head of High Performance

Past five winners

Essendon 

Maddy Prespakis

In its first season, Prespakis took out the inaugural Essendon best and fairest.

Unstoppable.

Our inaugural best and fairest winner, @MPrespakis 🏅 pic.twitter.com/EesdtOwSxS

— Essendon FCW (@essendonfcw) November 28, 2022

Crossing from Carlton, the 22-year-old continued her stellar career and capped it off with her fourth overall club champion award.

Prespakis led from the front, playing all 10 games, gathering 24 possessions across the season.

Leading Goalkicker: Daria Bannister 
Rising Star Award: Steph Wales
Staff and Trainers Award: Federica Frew
Player Values Award: Bonnie Toogood
Best Club Person: Bonnie Toogood
Most Courageous Player: Daria Bannister 

Past winners

N/A 

Fremantle 

Kiara Bowers

Bowers has added her fourth piece of silverware to her cabinet.

She capped off a stellar season by winning comfortably in the Dockers' best-and-fairest count, taking the crown from Hayley Miller and Aine Tighe.

Our top 3️⃣!#AFLW #foreverfreo pic.twitter.com/QzDLsihWYD

— Fremantle Dockers AFLW (@freodockersAFLW) November 11, 2022

Bowers stormed home with five best-on-ground performances.

How voting works

Players are allocated zero to five votes based on their performances from five of Fremantle's coaches, meaning a player can earn a maximum of 25 votes in one game for a dominant performance. 

Player's Award: Kiara Bowers 
Best Clubwoman: Ange Stannett 
Best First-Year Player: Orlagh Lally 

Past winners

Geelong

Amy McDonald

Amy McDonald has won her third consecutive best-and-fairest at Geelong, putting her with some of the stars of AFLW.

In what was a two-player race, McDonald (127 votes) managed to just beat out gun Georgie Prespakis (123 votes).

McDonald’s finest season to date was also capped off with her first selection in the All Australian team.

The star Cat is only the second player in Geelong’s history across men’s and women’s programs to win three consecutive Club Best and Fairest awards.

Rare air 🌟 Amy McDonald went back-to-back-to-back in our Season 7 best and fairest! #SheIsFootball pic.twitter.com/sjyxGPEOpY

— Geelong Cats Womens (@catswomens) December 2, 2022

AFLW Fan MVP Award: Georgie Prespakis 
Grit Award: Georgie Prespakis 
Hoops Award: Mikayla Bowen 
Carter Family Community Champion Award: Kate Darby & Georgie Rankin 

Past winners

Gold Coast 

Charlie Rowbottom

After finishing second to Alison Drennan by one vote in S6, Rowbottom's 2022 (S7) campaign was rewarded with the Suns' club champion.

Playing all 10 games and not missing since debuting in round 1, the 19-year-old was a standout for the Queensland club.

Averaging 22.5 touches, six clearances and seven tackles, Rowbottom has shown plenty of promise for the future.

How voting works

The Club Champion is voted on by head coach Cam Joyce and his three assistants, assigning players a score from one to 10 for every game, meaning the highest score a player can receive from any one match is 40 votes.

Players' Player: Georgia Clayden
Most Professional: Bess Keaney
Coach's Award: Jac Dupuy

Past winners

GWS - Gabrielle Trainor Medal

Alyce Parker

Parker continues to re-write the record books as she claimed her fourth consecutive Gabrielle Trainor Medal.

The 22-year-old led from start to finish, leaving little doubt of her teammates catching her in the count.

Parker is the first male or female to win four best-and-fairests at the Giants and still has plenty of good footballer ahead of her.

Rising Star: Madison Brazendale 
Giants Community Award: Ally Dallaway 
Members Choice Award: Alyce Parker 
Mark of the Year: Katherine Smith 
Goal of the Year: Tarni Evans 
Defensive Moment of the Year: Katherine Smith 
Leading Goalkicker: Cora Staunton 
Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award: Georgia Garnett 
Coaches Award: Katherine Smith 

Past winners

Hawthorn 

Tilly Lucas-Rodd

Lucas-Rodd was awarded the inaugural AFLW Hawthorn best-and-fairest, pipping fancies Aileen Gilroy and Jasmine Fleming.

The Hawks' captain capped off a remarkable debut season in the brown and gold, playing all 10 games and polling in each.

First W awards. ✅💅

Find out how the Hawks went here: https://t.co/fyPqrgxFsm 🏅 pic.twitter.com/GRp8WOTvOa

— Hawthorn FC AFLW (@hawthornaflw) November 23, 2022

Best Club Person: Tamara Luke
Gold Standards Award: Aileen Gilroy (as voted by the players each week)
Most Improved: Tahlia Fellows
Rising Star: Jas Fleming

Past winners

N/A

Melbourne 

Kate Hore

Fresh off a premiership, Demon star Hore has notched up another achievement, taking out the club's best and fairest.

The classy forward slotted 17 majors for the year and registered the most score involvements for the league.

Our top three. 🔥#DemonSpirit pic.twitter.com/iZvVw9zrOm

— Melbourne AFLW (@MelbourneAFLW) December 3, 2022

Demon Spirit Award: Rhi Watt 

Past winners

How voting works: Each player receives a vote from 0-7 after each game, decided by the coaching staff as a collective

North Melbourne

Jasmine Garner

Garner has added her third North Melbourne best-and-fairest after a superb season in the blue and white.

The Kangaroos gun was also named as the All-Australian captain in Season Seven, her fifth time in the team and took out the AFLCA Champion player of the year for the second time.

Best Young Player: Erika O'Shea 
Shinboner of the Year: Jenna Bruton 
Next Level Performer: Jasmine Garner 
Best Clubwoman: Amy Smith 

Past winners

Port Adelaide

Hannah Ewings

Ewings was awarded with Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL Best and Fairest Medal following a breakout debut season.

The 18-year-old finished five votes clear of veteran Erin Phillips and Abbey Dowrick.

Ewings was taken with pick one in the 2022 AFLW Draft and was also recognised as the NAB AFLW Rising Star for her efforts in Season Seven.

Best First Year Player
Hannah Ewings

Most Improved
Ella Boag

Players’ Player
Ebony O’Dea

Past winners

N/A

Richmond

Monique Conti

Conti has claimed a history-making fourth consecutive Richmond AFLW best-and-fairest, tying with club legend Jack Dyer.

Conti's Season Seven was superb, which resulted in an entertaining count that saw her pip teammates Eilish Sheerin and Gabby Seymour.

This is the 22-year-old's fifth AFLW best-and-fairest, including the one she won at the Western Bulldogs.

Conti was also named the AFLW players' MVP and finished second in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award and AFLW Season 7 League Best and Fairest this year.

Four for our No. 4 🥇💫 pic.twitter.com/4siihOVpSa

— RichmondW (@RichmondWomens) December 2, 2022

Best First Year Player: Eilish Sheerin 
Leading Goalkicker: Courtney Wakefield 
Players' Player: Courtney Wakefield 

Past winners

St Kilda

Kate Shierlaw

Shierlaw capped off an impressive season with her maiden best-and-fairest after leading the goal kicking for the Saints.

In a tight count, the key forward managed to beat out Bianca Jakobsson and Molly McDonald and became the eldest St Kilda player to win the award (knocking legend Lenny Hayes, 32).

AFLW Crest Award: Nicola Stevens

Fan-Awarded AVJennings Sainter of the Year: Hannah Priest

AFLW Personal Excellence Career Award: Hannah Stuart

Inaugural Bernadette Sierakowski Allegiance Award: Staff member Gemma Sammut

Past winners

Sydney 

Cynthia Hamilton

Hamilton was crowned the inaugural best-and-fairest, beating Montana Ham in a close count.

The 18-year-old midfielder/forward impressed in her debut season after being taken with pick 11 in the previous draft.

How voting works

The Sydney Swans' four AFLW coaches vote 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 at the conclusion of each game. The maximum votes a player can receive each game is 20 votes. 

Player's Player: Montana Ham 
Best Club Person: Alana Woodward 

Past winners

N/A

West Coast 

Emma Swanson

Swanson has been dubbed the best Eagle yet again, taking home her second best-and-fairest.

The skipper backed up her season six with yet another impressive campaign to beat out Aisling McCarthy and Isabella Lewis.

Player Trademark Award: Isabella Lewis 
Best First Year Player: Ella Roberts 
Best Club Person: Evie Gooch 

Past winners

Western Bulldogs 

Ellie Blackburn

Blackburn has become the third AFLW player to win four club best-and-fairests following another impressive season.

The 27-year-old also became the seventh Western Bulldogs player to achieve the feat, joining stars like Marcus Bontempelli and Scott West.

In Blackburn's seven season, she has finished either first or second in a tremendous show of consistency.

“All I ever wanted to do was play footy at the highest level,"

4️⃣x Club Champ Ellie Blackburn shared her emotions on the award: https://t.co/iWqa1FSiFChttps://t.co/iWqa1FSiFC

— WesternBulldogs AFLW (@BulldogsW) December 2, 2022

Coaches' Award: Jess Fitzgerald 
Community Award: Jess Fitzgerald 
Trainers' Award: Isabella Grant 
Domestique: Katie Lynch 
Best Young Player: Isabelle Pritchard 
Most Improved: Alice Edmonds 
Leading Goalkicker: Gabby Newton 

Past winners