Best & Fairest winners
Senior Men The A Grade honour roll, from 1922 to today.
Best & Fairest winners by team
How the awards changed
Two eras of club awards
1973 – today
Six awards each season
- Best & Fairest
- Runner-up
- Third
- Coaches Award
- Most competition votes
- Leading goal kicker
There was no season in 2020 because of COVID-19.
1922 – 1972
Up to seven awards each season
- Best & Fairest
- Runner-up
- Most Determined
- Most Consistent
- Best Teamman
- Best Utility
- Most Improved
There were no seasons during WWII (1941 to 1945).
Club awards
Two awards go to the best player across a whole part of the club, not just one team.
| Year | John Smith Award (whole men’s club) | Brett Sinclair Award (whole women’s club) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jason McCormick Declan Ayres | Marlo Gardam |
| 2025 | Colm Culligan | |
| 2024 | Declan Ayres | |
| 2023 | Jesse Donaldson | |
| 2022 | Jye Lorey |
Multiple winners
Most Best & Fairests
- ×7 Anthony Devine 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958–1961
- ×4 Gavan Connelly 2009–2011, 2016
- ×4 Mark Minney 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006
- ×3 Brent Macaffer 2018, 2019, 2021
- ×3 Lachie Richardson 2000, 2002, 2012
- ×2 11 players Adam Contessa, Alexander “Sandy” Hyslop, Andrew Dale, Anthony McFarlane, Barry Sullivan, Cameron Walker, Cliff Stewart, Daryl Megna, Declan Ayres, Rodney Bray, Tom Butherway
1973 – today
| Year | Best & Fairest | Runner-up | Third | Coaches Award | Most Competition Votes | Leading Goal Kicker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jason McCormick | Declan Ayres | David Evans | Declan Ayres | David Evans | David Evans |
| 2025 | Declan Ayres | Alex Jacobs | Colm Culligan | Colm Culligan | David Evans | David Evans |
| 2024 | Declan Ayres | Alex Belchambers | Jason McCormick | Alex Belchambers | Jesse Donaldson | Sebastian Molloy |
| 2023 | Jesse Donaldson | Thomas Goodwin | Declan Ayres | Declan Ayres | Thomas Goodwin | Jason McCormick |
| 2022 | Ben Montanaro | Daniel Horsfield | Bronson Glasgow | Mikael Avramov | Daniel Horsfield | Daniel Owen |
| 2021 | Brent Macaffer | Ben Montanaro | Jackson Weatherald | Kyle O’Sullivan | Brent Macaffer | Daniel Jarvis |
| 2020 | No season (COVID-19) | |||||
| 2019 | Brent Macaffer | Anton Woods | Michael Still | Bronson Glasgow | Brent Macaffer League winner (equal) | Michael Still |
| 2018 | Brent Macaffer | Lewis Glasgow | Tim Currie | Ben Montanaro | Brent Macaffer | Brandon Freeman |
| 2017 | Anton Woods | Lewis Glasgow | Bradyn Taglieri | Mikael Avramov | Anton Woods | Brandon Freeman |
| 2016 | Gavan Connelly | Billy Glasgow | Eamon Gilbert | Sean Brazalle | Anton Woods | Joshua Merkel |
| 2015 | Bradyn Taglieri | Billy Glasgow | Anton Woods | Lewis Glasgow | Anton Woods | James Kroussoratis |
| 2014 | Billy Glasgow | Daniel Coffield | James Kroussoratis | Harry Burns | Tom Rogers | James Kroussoratis |
| 2013 | Brad Perry | Gavan Connelly | Andrew Sturgess | Andrew Sturgess | Tom Rogers | James Kroussoratis |
| 2012 | Lachie Richardson | Paul Currie | Brendan O'Sullivan | Brendan O'Sullivan | Chris Varsamakis | Paul Currie |
| 2011 | Gavan Connelly | Bradyn Taglieri | Brad Perry | Brendan O'Sullivan | Gavan Connelly Ryan Hocking | Chris Burton |
| 2010 | Gavan Connelly | Chris Varsamakis | Paul Currie | Jackson Weatherald | Tom Rogers | Paul Currie |
| 2009 | Gavan Connelly | Ryan Hocking | Paul Currie | Tom Rogers | Gavan Connelly | Paul Currie |
| 2008 | Chris Varsamakis | Josh Merkel | Lachie Richardson | James Tantsis Hall | Chris Varsamakis | Nick Sandy |
| 2007 | Jai Audley | Chris Brincat | Adam Contessa | Mark Minney | ||
| 2006 | Mark Minney | Adam Contessa | Tom Richardson | Adrian Robertson | Adam Contessa | Ryan Bongetti |
| 2005 | Adam Contessa | Lachie Richardson | Michael Martin | Lachie Richardson | Michael Martin | Ashley Dickson |
| 2004 | Adam Contessa | Simon Cox | Lachie Richardson | Ben Spoor | Adam Contessa | Marcus Pappa |
| 2003 | Mark Minney | Adam Contessa | Michael Martin | David Brown | Mark Minney | Gavan Neville Chris Moyle |
| 2002 | Lachie Richardson | Steven Kilby | Lloyd Mash | Craig McKay | Lachie Richardson | Luke Kennell |
| 2001 | Mark Minney | Lachie Richardson | Marcus Dean | Andy McHugh | Brett Grant David Brown | Jimmy Stirton |
| 2000 | Lachie Richardson | Steven Kilby | Mark Minney | Chris Mintern | Mark Minney | Lucas Paul |
| 1999 | Mark Minney | Lucas Paul | Tom Richardson | Simon Nixon | Mark Minney | Mark Minney John Garrard |
| 1998 | Lucas Paul | Steven Kilby | Ashley Dickson | Steven Kilby | Mark Minney Chris Moyle Ashley Dickson Brett Grant | Mark Minney |
| 1997 | Garry Ramsay | David Brown | Darren Jansen | Matthew Weisheit | David Brown | Greg Wilson |
| 1996 | David Brown | Mark Minney | Daniel Howse | Dean Philpots | Daniel Howse | Ashley Dickson |
| 1995 | Darren Jansen | David Brown | Garry Ramsay | Eddie Almatrah | David Brown | Scott Gathercole |
| 1994 | Shane Gardam | David Brown | Robert Owen | David Bode | David Streat | Brett Shea |
| 1993 | Steve Russell | Darren Sinclair | David Brown | Robert Owen | Darren Sinclair | Ashley Dickson |
| 1992 | Daryl Megna | Alexander “Sandy” Hyslop | Jamie Stickland | Daryl Megna | Craig Johnson | |
| 1991 | Alexander “Sandy” Hyslop | Garry Ramsay | Travis Walker | Travis Walker | Michael Doherty | |
| 1990 | Andrew Dale | Alexander “Sandy” Hyslop | Robert Solar Cameron Walker | Andrew Dale | Sammy Oldfield | |
| 1989 | Cameron Walker | Andrew Russell | Sammy Oldfield | Paul Bradford | Cameron Walker | Jamie Stickland |
| 1988 | Cameron Walker | Jamie Stickland | Daryl Megna | Daryl Megna | Darren McLaine | |
| 1987 | Andrew Dale | Warren Deards | Robert Solar | Robert Solar | Ron Wilson | |
| 1986 | Daryl Megna | Jayson Schembri | ||||
| 1985 | Darren Sinclair | |||||
| 1984 | Greg Jenkins | |||||
| 1983 | Alexander “Sandy” Hyslop | |||||
| 1982 | Anthony McFarlane | Anthony McFarlaneLeague winner (equal) Glenn Irving League winner (equal) | ||||
| 1981 | Anthony McFarlane | Anthony McFarlane | ||||
| 1980 | Andrew Russell | Andrew Dale | Maurie Simpson | |||
| 1979 | Ken Rowbotham | Peter Headen | Jack Green | |||
| 1978 | Frank Traczewski | William Hunt | Peter Lowe | |||
| 1977 | Maurie Gale | Maurie Gale | Peter Lowe | |||
| 1976 | Barry Sullivan | Barry Sullivan | John Potter | |||
| 1975 | Barry Sullivan | |||||
| 1974 | Rodney Bray | |||||
| 1973 | Peter Lempriere |
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