With the 2026 AFL home and away season clubs, clubs are now hosting their end-of-season awards.

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Who will get the honours at your AFL club?

See all the 2026 AFL club best and fairest winners:

AFL Best and Fairest 2026 winners and leaderboards

Adelaide — Malcolm Blight Medal — 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

Brisbane — Merrett-Murray Medal — Thursday, October 1

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

Carlton — John Nicholls Medal — Sunday October 4

How voting works

The John Nicholls Medal is voted on by the senior coach 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

Collingwood — E. W. Copeland Trophy — Friday, October 2

How voting works

The five-member coaching panel award each player votes from 0-4 after every game.

Past five winners

Essendon — Crichton Medal — Thursday, October 1

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

Fremantle — Doig Medal — 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

Geelong — Carji Greeves Medal — Thursday, October 1

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

Gold Coast — Club Champion — TBC

How voting works

The Suns match committee rates every player from 0-5 after each game.

Last five winners

GWS — Kevin Sheedy Medal 

Lachie Ash has won the Kevin Sheedy Medal, shading Connor Idun and Clayton Oliver.

Leaderboard

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.

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Last five winners

Hawthorn — Peter Crimmins Medal — TBC

How voting works

Six coaches confer to award players up to 12 votes per match.

Last five winners

Melbourne — Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Trophy — Friday, October 2

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

North Melbourne — Syd Barker Medal — Wednesday, September 30

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

Port Adelaide — John Cahill Medal

Jason Horne-Francis has won his first Port Adelaide best and fairest, pipping the departing Zak Butters.

Leaderboard

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

Richmond — Jack Dyer Medal — Tuesday, September 29

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

St Kilda — Trevor Barker Award — Monday, October 5

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

Sydney — Bob Skilton Medal — Thursday, October 1

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.

Last five winners

West Coast — John Worsfold Medal

Harley Reid has won West Coast’s best and fairest award in his third season at the club.

Leaderboard

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

Western Bulldogs — Charles Sutton Medal — Wednesday, September 30

How voting works

Each member of the five-person match committee rates every player on a scale of 0-5 after each match.

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Last five winners