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2024 Brownlow Medal

2024 Brownlow Medal
2024 Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Cripps
DateMonday, 23 September 2024
LocationCrown Palladium
Hosted byHamish McLachlan and Rebecca Maddern
WinnerPatrick Cripps (Carlton)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSeven Network
Telstra
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The 2024 Brownlow Medal was the 97th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. The count took place on Monday 23 September in Melbourne at the Crown Palladium, five days before the grand final. Patrick Cripps of Carlton won the medal with 45 votes; it was his second medal, having previously won the medal in 2022.

Cripps tally of 45 votes broke by a considerable margin the previous record for most votes in a Brownlow Medal count under the 3–2–1 voting system, which was 36 votes held by Dustin Martin (2017) and Ollie Wines (2021); 2024 runner-up Nick Daicos also exceeded the prior record, polling 38 votes. Cripps also set a new record by polling 1.96 votes per game across the season, breaking Lachie Neale's 2020 record of 1.82.[1]

Leading vote-getters

Overall

Player Club Votes
1st Patrick Cripps Carlton 45
2nd Nick Daicos Collingwood 38
3rd Zak Butters Port Adelaide 29
4th Caleb Serong Fremantle 28
N/A Isaac Heeney Sydney 28*
5th Tom Green Greater Western Sydney 27
6th Adam Treloar Western Bulldogs 26
=7th Errol Gulden Sydney 25
Matt Rowell Gold Coast
9th Jai Newcombe Hawthorn 24
10th Chad Warner Sydney 23
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

Most votes per club

Overall rank[2] Club rank Player Club Votes
1st 1st Patrick Cripps Carlton 45
2nd 2nd Nick Daicos Collingwood 38
3rd 3rd Zak Butters Port Adelaide 29
4th 4th Caleb Serong Fremantle 28
4th* 4th* Isaac Heeney Sydney 28*
6th 6th Tom Green Greater Western Sydney 27
7th 7th Adam Treloar Western Bulldogs 26
8th 8th Matt Rowell Gold Coast 25
9th 10th Jai Newcombe Hawthorn 24
10th 12th Lachie Neale Brisbane Lions 22
11th 16th Luke Davies-Uniacke North Melbourne 18
Zach Merrett Essendon
Jordan Dawson Adelaide
14th 19th Christian Petracca Melbourne 16
Jeremy Cameron Geelong
Rowan Marshall St Kilda
17th 45th Elliot Yeo West Coast 8
18th 67th Tim Taranto Richmond 5
Shai Bolton
* *Ineligible due to suspension.

Team totals

Ranking[2] Club Total votes
1st Sydney 103
2nd Western Bulldogs 91
3rd Fremantle 87
Carlton 87
5th Greater Western Sydney 85
6th Port Adelaide 84
7th Brisbane Lions 82
Hawthorn 82
9th Geelong 68
Collingwood 68
11th Melbourne 67
Essendon 67
13th Gold Coast 64
St Kilda 64
15th Adelaide 52
16th North Melbourne 42
17th West Coast 30
18th Richmond 19

Voting procedure and eligibility

The four field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.[3]

Any suspension throughout the home-and-away season renders a player ineligible to win the award. However, umpires must still award votes to any player they deem worthy and all votes are tallied regardless of ineligibility.

In the event of an ineligible player receiving the most votes, the next eligible player is awarded the Brownlow Medal.

There is no countback if there is a tie on votes, with joint winners awarded.[4]


References

  1. ^ "Brownlow Medal Winners". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "AFL Tables - 2024 Brownlow Medal". afltables.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Australian Football League Regulations-Brownlow Medal" (PDF). afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 September 2024.