\n Get all the key information for the 2026 Brownlow Medal Count, including details of AFL.com.au’s live Brownlow Tracker\n <\/p>\n
A closer look at the Brownlow Medal. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
THE AFL’S night of nights is back for another year and it’s set to be another entertaining count. Here’s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n
Key details<\/p>\n
The 2026 Brownlow Medal count will be held on Monday, September 21 at Crown Melbourne.<\/p>\n
How to watch and live stream<\/p>\n
The 2026 Brownlow Medal will be broadcast live and free in Australia on Channel Seven, 7mate and live streamed on 7plus from 7.30pm AEST (see full city-by-city details at the bottom of the page).<\/p>\n
The night starts with the Red Carpet arrivals before the count gets underway at 8pm AEST.<\/p>\n
To watch the count from overseas, sign up for\u00a0watchafl.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n LIVE TRACKER Follow all the votes as they happen<\/a> How to follow online<\/p>\n Instead of just watching the broadcast, fire up your second screen and follow every vote for every player with our live\u00a0Brownlow Tracker.<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0live Brownlow leaderboard<\/a> will update regularly, and you can ‘pin’ your favourite players to the top to see how they are going compared to the frontrunners. You can also filter the Brownlow Tracker by club to see how players from your team are faring.<\/p>\n The Tracker also integrates our Brownlow Predictor, so you can see which players are expected to poll in the latter stages of the count, and who is expected to fall away. Just toggle on ‘Show Predicted’ in the Tracker to activate this feature.<\/p>\n And in case you miss anything, the ‘Round by Round’ tab is a quick and easy way to look back on the votes for every game during the season.<\/p>\n AFL.com.au\u00a0and the AFL Live Official App will also have a live blog of all the action from the red carpet right until the winner is announced.<\/p>\n Get our full Brownlow coverage in our\u00a0Brownlow Hub<\/a><\/p>\n Who’s expected to win?<\/p>\n AFL.com.au’s Brownlow Predictor<\/a> is tipping Collingwood star Nick Daicos to be a runaway winner of the award. He is tipped to claim 47 votes and finish well clear of Bailey Smith (34) and Marcus Bontempelli (32).<\/p>\n AFL.com.au’s final Brownlow Predictor<\/p>\n 47 Nick Daicos (Coll) What other awards will be announced?<\/p>\n The Virgin Australia AFL Mark of the Year and Coles AFL Goal of the Year will be awarded on the night. The Mark of the Year finalists can be found here<\/a>, and Goal of the Year finalists here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
BROWNLOW PREDICTOR\u00a0Who will take home Charlie?<\/a>
CLUB-BY-CLUB GUIDE Every team’s best Brownlow chance, top three<\/a><\/p>\n
34 Bailey Smith (Geel)
32 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
27 Will Ashcroft (BL)
25 Max Gawn (Melb)
25 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (St K)<\/p>\n