As the 2025 AFL season draws to a close, clubs will soon be honouring their best performers.
While some appear to be a mere formality, with one star player leading the pack, others are up in the air.
Read on for all the 2025 club best and fairest winners:
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AFL Best and Fairest 2025 winners and leaderboards
Adelaide - Malcolm Blight Medal
Date: TBC
How voting works
Adelaide’s Club Champion Award is calculated by coaches rating every player with a score from 1-10 after every game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Jordan Dawson (2)/Ben Keays |
| 2023 | Jordan Dawson |
| 2022 | Rory Laird (3) |
| 2021 | Rory Laird (2) |
| 2020 | Reilly O'Brien |
Brisbane - Merrett-Murray Medal
Date: TBC
How voting works
The Brisbane coaching staff assess a player's overall performance, influence on the game, team contribution and compliance with team values, with a maximum score of 12.
Past five winners
| 2024 | Lachie Neale (4) |
| 2023 | Harris Andrews |
| 2022 | Lachie Neale (3) |
| 2021 | Dayne Zorko (5) |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale (2) |
Carlton - John Nicholls Medal
Date: Sunday, October 5
How voting works
The John Nicholls Medal is voted on by senior coach Michael Voss and three assistants giving each player up to four votes at the end of every round, meaning a maximum of 16 votes is awarded to any single player per round.
Past five winners
| 2024 | Patrick Cripps (5) |
| 2023 | Jacob Weitering (2) |
| 2022 | Patrick Cripps (4) |
| 2021 | Sam Walsh |
| 2020 | Jacob Weitering |
Collingwood - E. W. Copeland Trophy
Date: TBC
How voting works
The five-member coaching panel award up to 22 votes per game, with no specific distribution or maximum number a single player can be awarded.
Past five winners
| 2024 | Nick Daicos |
| 2023 | Josh Daicos |
| 2022 | Jack Crisp (2) |
| 2021 | Jack Crisp |
| 2020 | Taylor Adams |
Essendon - Crichton Medal
Date: Thursday, October 2
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
| 2024 | Zach Merrett (5) |
| 2023 | Zach Merrett (4) |
| 2022 | Peter Wright |
| 2021 | Zach Merrett (3) |
| 2020 | Jordan Ridley |
Fremantle - Doig Medal
Date: TBC
How voting works
From Fremantle in 2022, "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
| 2024 | Caleb Serong (2) |
| 2023 | Caleb Serong |
| 2022 | Andrew Brayshaw |
| 2021 | Sean Darcy |
| 2020 | Luke Ryan |
Geelong - Carji Greeves Medal
Date: Thursday, October 2
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 player's 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
| 2024 | Max Holmes |
| 2023 | Tom Stewart (2) |
| 2022 | Cameron Guthrie (2)/Jeremy Cameron |
| 2021 | Tom Stewart |
| 2020 | Cameron Guthrie |
Gold Coast - Club Champion
Date: TBC
How voting works
The Suns match committee rates every player from 0-5 after each game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Sam Collins (2) |
| 2023 | Noah Anderson |
| 2022 | Touk Miller (2) |
| 2021 | Touk Miller |
| 2020 | Sam Collins |
GWS - Kevin Sheedy Medal
Date: TBC
How voting works
Per GWS Giants: Under a new voting system this season, line coaches rated their respective players after each game from a pre-determined performance scale.
All line coaches then met to determine an overall rating for each player before submitting to head coach Adam Kingsley who allocated up to six (6) votes for each player.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Jesse Hogan |
| 2023 | Toby Greene (2) |
| 2022 | Sam Taylor |
| 2021 | Josh Kelly (2) |
| 2020 | Lachie Whitfield (2)/Nick Haynes |
Hawthorn - Peter Crimmins Medal
Date: Saturday, October 4
How voting works
Six coaches confer to award players up to 12 votes per match.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Jai Newcombe |
| 2023 | Will Day |
| 2022 | James Sicily |
| 2021 | Tom Mitchell (3) |
| 2020 | Jack Gunston |
Melbourne - Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
Date: Tuesday, September 9
How voting works
Four members of the match committee each give every player a rating out of 10, meaning a maximum score of 40 is available in a single game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Jack Viney (2) |
| 2023 | Christian Petracca (2) |
| 2022 | Clayton Oliver (4) |
| 2021 | Clayton Oliver (3) |
| 2020 | Christian Petracca |
North Melbourne - Syd Barker Medal
Date: Saturday, September 13
How voting works
Five coaches rate each player's performance on a 4-3-2-1 system, meaning a player can poll a maximum of 20 votes in a single game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Luke Davies-Uniacke |
| 2023 | Harry Sheezel |
| 2022 | Jy Simpkin (2) |
| 2021 | Jy Simpkin |
| 2020 | Luke McDonald |
Port Adelaide - John Cahill Medal
Star midfielder Zak Butters made it a third consecutive John Cahill Medal after yet another standout season.
Butters took it out from Mitch Georgiades, with skipper Connor Rozee rounding out the top three.
Leaderboard
| Ranking | Player | Votes |
| 1 | Zak Butters | 134 |
| 2 | Mitch Georgiades | 118 |
| 3 | Connor Rozee | 117 |
| 4 | Joe Richards | 84 |
| 5 | Aliir Aliir | 73 |
| 6 | Miles Bergman | 67 |
| 7 | Darcy Byrne-Jones | 64 |
| 8 | Lachie Jones | 58 |
| 9 | Esava Ratugolea | 57 |
| 10 | Jason Horne-Francis Ollie Wines | 56 |
How voting works
Following the completion of each game, a three-person panel cast their votes. Each player’s performance is rated between 0-5, with a maximum of 15 and minimum of zero votes awarded per player, per game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Zak Butters (2) |
| 2023 | Zak Butters |
| 2022 | Connor Rozee |
| 2021 | Ollie Wines |
| 2020 | Darcy Byrne-Jones |
Richmond - Jack Dyer Medal
Date: TBC
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
| 2024 | Daniel Rioli |
| 2023 | Tim Taranto |
| 2022 | Tom Lynch |
| 2021 | Dylan Grimes |
| 2020 | Jayden Short |
St Kilda - Trevor Barker Award
Date: Monday, September 29
How voting works
Five coaches give a score from one to four after each match, with players being able to receive a maximum of 20 votes per game.
Last five winners
| 2024 | Callum Wilkie |
| 2023 | Jack Sinclair (2) |
| 2022 | Jack Sinclair |
| 2021 | Jack Steele (2) |
| 2020 | Jack Steele |
Sydney - Bob Skilton Medal
Date: Thursday, October 2
Last five winners
| 2024 | Isaac Heeney |
| 2023 | Errol Gulden |
| 2022 | Callum Mills |
| 2021 | Luke Parker (3) |
| 2020 | Jake Lloyd (2) |
How voting works
Club Champion votes are awarded by the 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
Date: TBC
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
| 2024 | Jeremy McGovern |
| 2023 | Tim Kelly |
| 2022 | Tom Barrass |
| 2021 | Nic Naitanui (2) |
| 2020 | Nic Naitanui |
Western Bulldogs - Charles Sutton Medal
Date: Wednesday, October 1
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
| 2024 | Marcus Bontempelli (6) |
| 2023 | Marcus Bontempelli (5) |
| 2022 | Josh Dunkley |
| 2021 | Marcus Bontempelli (4) |
| 2020 | Caleb Daniel |