Caleb Serong, Jack Gunston and Isaac Heeney. Pictures: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
JORDAN Dawson made history with a third consecutive best-and-fairest win, Zach Merrett made it six Crichton Medals while Harry Sheezel and Tristan Xerri couldn’t be split at North Melbourne.<\/p>\n
These are just some of the talking points from this year’s best-and-fairest awards, which were completed over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Check out the top 10 of every club’s best and fairest award below.<\/p>\n
2025 Malcolm Blight Medal<\/p>\n
1. Jordan Dawson \u2013 149 votes\u00a0<\/a> How they vote: The award is calculated by coaches rating every player with a score from 1-10 after every game, including finals.<\/p>\n 2025\u00a0Merrett-Murray Medal\u00a0<\/p>\n 1. Josh Dunkley – 79 votes<\/a> How they vote: The senior coach and his assistant coaches allocate up to four votes each for an individual performance, meaning the maximum a player can receive for one match is 24 votes.<\/p>\n 2025 John Nicholls Medal<\/p>\n 1. George Hewett \u2013 160 votes<\/a> How they vote: Carlton’s best and fairest is decided by the senior coach and three assistants giving as many players as they choose between 0-4 votes per game. The most votes any player can poll in a single match is 16.<\/p>\n 2025 E.W. Copeland Trophy<\/p>\n 1. Darcy Cameron \u2013 328 votes<\/a> How they vote: Craig McRae and four assistants are asked to vote on every player. Each player can receive votes between 0-4 on their overall impact on the game. The maximum number of votes a player can receive per round is 20 votes.<\/p>\n 2025 Crichton Medal <\/p>\n 1. Zach Merrett \u2013 217 votes<\/a> How they vote: All players are given an overall score out of five for their performance and also given a rating out of five for key Bomber attributes that when combined give them a maximum of 25 votes a game.<\/p>\n 2025 Doig Medal<\/p>\n 1. Caleb Serong \u2013 213 votes<\/a> How they vote: Senior coach Justin Longmuir, along with assistant coaches Jaymie Graham, Jade Rawlings and Joel Corey each award players 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 votes after an AFL match \u2013 including finals. The maximum a player can poll in one match is 20 votes.<\/p>\n 2025 Carji Greeves Medal<\/p>\n 1. Max Holmes \u2013 175 votes<\/a> How the voting works: After each game, the senior and assistant coaches review and rate each players performance on a scale of 0 to 10. Votes are only polled in games where a player\u2019s performance has been deemed of a high quality by the coaching group.\u00a0All matches are counted towards their final total.<\/p>\n 2025 Club Champion Award<\/p>\n 1. Matt Rowell – 72 votes<\/a> How they vote: Players are assessed on their performance by Gold Coast’s match committee, with all players receiving a rating from 0-5 for each game they play. The match committee makes a joint decision on each player, meaning the maximum votes a player can receive in any match is five.<\/p>\n 2025 Kevin Sheedy Medal\u00a0<\/p>\n 1. Tom Green \u2013 91 votes<\/a> How they vote:\u00a0The Kevin Sheedy Medal is voted on by each line coach rating their respective players from a pre-determined performance scale, submitting their rating to coach Adam Kingsley who then allocates up to six votes per player.<\/p>\n 2025 Peter Crimmins Medal<\/p>\n 1. Jack Gunston \u2013 157 votes<\/a> How they vote: Coaches gave one vote to players who played their role or beat their opponent, two votes for those who had a significant influence on the game, three votes to the best player or players on the ground and, on rare occasions, a player or players might receive four votes for an exceptional game.<\/p>\n 2025 Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Memorial Trophy<\/p>\n 1. Max Gawn \u2013 592 votes<\/a> How they vote: The senior coach and his three assistant coaches awarded players up to a maximum of 40 votes for each match.<\/p>\n 2025 Syd Barker Medal<\/p>\n =1. Harry Sheezel \u2013 207 votes<\/a> How they vote: Coaches vote individually after each round via a 4-3-2-1 voting system. The votes can be applied to every player but don\u2019t have to be awarded if a player is not deserving. Five coaches vote each week, with a player able to receive a maximum of 20 votes in any one game. If two players finish on the same number of votes, a countback is applicable for all minor placings.<\/p>\n 2025 John Cahill Medal<\/p>\n 1.\u202fZak Butters – 134 votes<\/a> How they vote: Following the completion of each game, a three-person panel, made up of Senior Coach Ken Hinkley, each player\u2019s respective line coach and GM \u2013 Football Chris Davies cast their votes. Each player’s performance is rated between zero and five, with a maximum of 15 and minimum of zero votes awarded per player, per game.<\/p>\n John Cahill Medal winner Zak Butters (C) with Connor Rozee (L) and Mitch Georgiades. Picture: Matt Sampson\/PAFC<\/p>\n 2025 Jack Dyer Medal<\/p>\n 1. Tim Taranto – 47 votes<\/a> How they vote: All players receive a rating from 0-5 based on their overall performance. The 0-5 rating is given as a joint match committee decision. Votes are not allocated for what the match committee deems a below-average performance.<\/p>\n 2025 Trevor Barker Award <\/p>\n 1. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera \u2013 313 votes<\/a> How they vote:\u00a0The Trevor Barker Award sees coaches independently award votes between zero and four to players throughout the season to determine the best and fairest. Votes are attracted through not only solo on-field contributions, but also how best an individual plays their role, assists their teammates and represents the team agreed upon Saints brand of football.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2025 Bob Skilton Medal<\/p>\n 1. Isaac Heeney \u2013 253 votes<\/a> How they vote: The Bob Skilton Medal is determined by the Swans match committee, who each award up to five votes to players based on their performance in each game. There is no restriction on the number of players who can be awarded votes in any given round.<\/p>\n 2025 John Worsfold Medal\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Riley Thilthorpe \u2013 143\u00a0
3. Josh Worrell \u2013 138
4. Ben Keays \u2013 137
5. Alex Neal-Bullen \u2013 135
6. Izak Rankine \u2013 133\u00a0
7. Mark Keane \u2013 133\u00a0
8. Rory Laird \u2013 117\u00a0
9. Jake Soligo \u2013 116\u00a0
10. Reilly O’Brien \u2013 115<\/p>\n
2. Hugh McCluggage – 75
3. Will Ashcroft – 71
4. Harris Andrews – 70
=5. Jaspa Fletcher – 64
=5. Darcy Wilmot – 64
=7. Dayne Zorko – 61
=7. Zac Bailey – 61
9. Cam Rayner – 60
10. Jarrod Berry – 54<\/p>\n
2. Jacob Weitering \u2013 147
3. Adam Cerra \u2013 129
4. Nick Haynes \u2013 126
5. Patrick Cripps \u2013 125
6. Tom De Koning \u2013 117
7. Ollie Hollands \u2013 99
8. Sam Walsh \u2013 93
=9. Zac Williams \u2013 86
=9. Adam Saad \u2013 86
=9. Jack Silvagni \u2013 86<\/p>\n
2. Nick Daicos \u2013 315
3. Isaac Quaynor \u2013 303
4. Jamie Elliott \u2013 298
5. Harry Perryman \u2013 292
6. Josh Daicos \u2013 288
7. Steele Sidebottom \u2013 265
8. Scott Pendlebury \u2013 253
9. Ned Long \u2013 238
10. Jack Crisp \u2013 228<\/p>\n
2. Archie Roberts \u2013 186
3. Sam Durham \u2013 175\u00a0
4. Andrew McGrath \u2013 171\u00a0
5. Nic Martin \u2013 116\u00a0
6. Mason Redman \u2013 114\u00a0
7. Xavier Duursma \u2013 111\u00a0
8. Jye Caldwell \u2013 101\u00a0
9. Jaxon Prior \u2013 95\u00a0
10. Peter Wright \u2013 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Andrew Brayshaw \u2013 195
3. Josh Treacy \u2013 187
4. Luke Jackson \u2013 179
5. Jordan Clark \u2013 156
6. Brennan Cox \u2013 152
7. Michael Frederick \u2013 133
8. Sam Switkowki \u2013 125
9. Pat Voss \u2013 122
10. Heath Chapman \u2013 122<\/p>\n
2. Bailey Smith \u2013 155
3. Jeremy Cameron \u2013 145
4. Tom Atkins \u2013 141
5. Mark Blicavs \u2013 122
6. Gryan Miers \u2013 121
7. Ollie Dempsey \u2013 116
8. Zach Guthrie \u2013 111
9. Shaun Mannagh \u2013 110
10. Patrick Dangerfield \u2013 109<\/p>\n
2. Noah Anderson – 71
3. Touk Miller – 70
4. Bailey Humphrey – 61
5. Sam Collins – 59
=6. Jarrod Witts – 58
=6. Ben Long – 58
8. John Noble – 49
9. Wil Powell – 48
10. Ben King – 47<\/p>\n
2. Finn Callaghan \u2013 83
3. Connor Idun \u2013 82
4. Lachie Ash \u2013 76
5. Toby Greene \u2013 69
6. Lachie Whitfield \u2013 68
7. Sam Taylor \u2013 60
8. Harry Himmelberg \u2013 50
9. Jack Buckley \u2013 49
10. Aaron Cadman \u2013 48<\/p>\n
2. Karl Amon \u2013 140
3. Dylan Moore \u2013 136
4. Jai Newcombe \u2013 126
=5. Blake Hardwick \u2013 120
=5. Jack Ginnivan \u2013 120
7. Josh Battle \u2013 119
8. Jarman Impey \u2013 108
9. Nick Watson \u2013 102
=10. Lloyd Meek \u2013 99
=10. Mabior Chol \u2013 99<\/p>\n
2. Christian Petracca \u2013 479
3. Kysaiah Pickett \u2013 467
4. Jake Bowey \u2013 459
5. Christian Salem \u2013 404
6. Kade Chandler \u2013 376
7. Clayton Oliver \u2013 353
8. Ed Langdon \u2013 333
9. Harvey Langford \u2013 318
10. Jack Viney \u2013 313<\/p>\n
=1. Tristan Xerri \u2013 207\u00a0<\/a>
3. Luke Davies-Uniacke \u2013 187
4. Luke Parker \u2013 167
5. Jy Simpkin \u2013 164
6. Caleb Daniel \u2013 162
7. Colby McKercher \u2013 159
8. Tom Powell \u2013 158
9. Cam Zurhaar \u2013 145
10. Paul Curtis \u2013 136<\/p>\n
2. Mitch Georgiades – 118
3.\u202fConnor Rozee – 117
4. Joe Richards – 84\u00a0
5. Aliir Aliir – 73 \u00a0
6. Miles Bergman – 67
7. Darcy Byrne-Jones – 64
8. Lachie Jones – 58
9. Esava Ratugolea – 57
=10. Jason Horne-Francis – 56
=10. Ollie Wines – 56<\/p>\n
2. Nick Vlastuin – 44
3. Jacob Hopper – 40\u00a0
4. Ben Miller – 33\u00a0
=5. Seth Campbell – 32
=5. Toby Nankervis – 32\u00a0
7. Sam Banks – 30
=8. Nathan Broad – 28
=8. Jack Ross – 28
10. Dion Prestia – 26<\/p>\n
2. Cal Wilkie \u2013 238
3. Jack Sinclair \u2013 223
4. Max Hall \u2013 169
5. Marcus Windhager \u2013 158
6. Rowan Marshall \u2013 155
7. Jack Higgins \u2013 154
8. Cooper Sharman \u2013 146
9. Mitch Owens \u2013 132
10. Jack Macrae \u2013 124<\/p>\n
2. Brodie Grundy \u2013 238
3. James Jordon \u2013 188
4. Chad Warner \u2013 186
5. Tom McCartin \u2013 169
6. Sam Wicks \u2013 165
7. Nick Blakey \u2013 162
8. James Rowbottom \u2013 151
9. Justin McInerney \u2013 146
10. Jake Lloyd \u2013 138<\/p>\n