The AFL’s night of nights is set for its first uninterrupted evening since 2019.
In between COVID-19 and the Queen’s funeral, the Brownlow Medal count has had a different look.
However, this year’s edition looks set to return to its traditional form.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Brownlow Medal.
When is the 2023 Brownlow Medal?
The Brownlow Medal will return to the traditional slot of the Monday before the Grand Final, after moving in 2022 due to the Queen’s funeral.
It will be held on Monday September 25.
Broadcasting usually begins 7:00pm (AEST), with the time yet to be confirmed.
Where is the Brownlow Medal ceremony?
The Brownlow Medal venue is yet to be confirmed but has been hosted at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne’s CBD in the past.
How to watch the Brownlow Medal in 2023
The Seven network usually broadcast the Brownlow Medal ceremony LIVE from 7:00pm (AEST), with the time yet to be confirmed.
Channel 7 has aired the Brownlow in previous years in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, with 7mate broadcasting the night for Sydney and Brisbane viewers.
The hosts have yet to be confirmed.
2023 Brownlow Medal Odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Nick Daicos (Collingwood) | $3 |
| Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) | $5 |
| Christian Petracca (Melbourne) | $9 |
| Jordan Dawson (Adelaide) | $11 |
| Zak Butters (Port Adelaide) | $12 |
| Lachie Neale (Brisbane) | $13 |
| Jordan De Goey (Collingwood) | $21 |
| Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide) | $34 |
| Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) | $34 |
| Tim Taranto (Richmond) | $34 |
Odds via Bluebet (22/5)
Which players are ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal?
Any player suspended for a week or more is ineligible for the Brownlow Medal.
Adelaide: Shane McAdam (Round 1), Luke Pedlar (Round 3)
Brisbane:
Carlton: Blake Acres (Round 3), Jesse Motlop (Round 6)
Collingwood: Taylor Adams (Round 5)
Essendon: Zach Merrett (Round 5), Sam Durham (Round 7)
Fremantle: Matthew Johnson (Round 7)
Geelong: Gary Rohan (Round 4), Brad Close (Round 8)
Gold Coast:
GWS: Tom Green (Round 5), Callan Ward (Round 6)
Hawthorn: Will Day (Round 4), Tyler Brockman (Round 8)
Melbourne: Kysaiah Pickett (Round 1), Tom Sparrow (Round 9)
North Melbourne: Jy Simpkin (Round 2), Griffin Logue (Round 3), Aiden Corr (Round 9)
Port Adelaide: Ryan Burton (Round 2), Tom Jonas (Round 6), Junior Rioli (Round 8)
Richmond: Nathan Broad (Round 2)
St Kilda: Anthony Caminiti (Round 5)
Sydney: Lance Franklin (Round 1)
West Coast: Sam Petrevski-Seton (Round 7)
Western Bulldogs:
Brownlow Medal History
The Brownlow Medal, or ‘The Charles Brownlow Trophy’, is awarded to the AFL’s best and fairest player.
It was first awarded in 1924 and has been awarded every season since, barring 1942-45 because of World War II.
The medal is named after Charles Brownlow, a former Geelong Football Club footballer (1880-1891), club secretary (1885-1923), and VFL president (1918-19), who died in January 1924 after an extended illness.
Cats player Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves won the inaugural medal on a total of seven votes, with just a single vote given from each game to the player the umpire thought was best on ground.
The lowest winning tally has been four which secured Richmond’s Stan Judkins the medal in 1930 (later shared with Allan Hopkins of Footscray and Collingwood’s Harry Collier on countback), while Dustin Martin (2017) and Ollie Wine’s (2021) 36 votes is the record highest total under the current system.
Four players have won the medal three times: Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy 1931, ’32, ’35), Dick Reynolds (Essendon 1934, ’37, ’38), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne 1959, ’63, ’68) and Ian Stewart (St Kilda 1965, ’66, Richmond 1971).
Nat Fyfe is the only current player to have won it more than once.
HOW DOES BROWNLOW MEDAL VOTING WORK?
At the end of each game in the home-and-away season, the umpires award three votes to the best player, two to the second-best player, and one to the third-best player.
The votes are tallied and revealed on the night of the ceremony, with the player with the most votes receiving the Brownlow Medal (subject to eligibility).
The fairest component of the medal is achieved by making any player ineligible who is suspended by the AFL Tribunal during the home-and-away season.
An ineligible player can’t win the Brownlow Medal, regardless of the number of votes he has received.
This came into play in 1996, 1997 and 2012, when Corey McKernan, Chris Grant and Jobe Watson were all ineligible to win the Brownlow.
Previous Brownlow Medal Winners
Here are the winners from 2000, with a large portion coming from elite midfielders of the competition.
| Year | Player | Club | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Patrick Cripps | Carlton | 29 |
| 2021 | Ollie Wines | Port Adelaide | 36 |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale | Brisbane | 31 |
| 2019 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 33 |
| 2018 | Tom Mitchell | Hawthorn | 28 |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin | Richmond | 36 |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield | Geelong | 35 |
| 2015 | Nat Fyfe | Fremantle | 31 |
| 2014 | Matt Priddis | West Coast | 28 |
| 2013 | Gary Ablett Jnr. | Gold Coast | 28 |
| 2012* | Trent Cotchin/Sam Mitchell | Richmond/Hawthorn | 26 |
| 2011 | Dane Swan | Collingwood | 34 |
| 2010 | Chris Judd | Carlton | 30 |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett Jnr. | Geelong | 30 |
| 2008 | Adam Cooney | Western Bulldogs | 24 |
| 2007 | Jimmy Bartel | Geelong | 29 |
| 2006 | Adam Goodes | Sydney | 26 |
| 2005 | Ben Cousins | West Coast | 20 |
| 2004 | Chris Judd | West Coast | 30 |
| 2003 | Mark Riccuto/Nathan Buckley/Adam Goodes | Adelaide/Collingwood/Sydney | 22 |
| 2002 | Simon Black | Brisbane | 25 |
| 2001 | Jason Akermanis | Brisbane | 23 |
| 2000 | Shane Woewodin | Melbourne | 24 |
* Jobe Watson was stripped of the 2012 Brownlow Medal due to the Essendon drug saga.