With the 2025 AFL season done and dusted, clubs are now honouring their best performers.

While some appear to be a mere formality, with one star player leading the pack, others look to be wide open.

Read on for all the 2025 club best and fairest winners:

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AFL Best and Fairest 2025 winners and leaderboards

Adelaide - Malcolm Blight Medal

Crows captain Jordan Dawson has won his third straight Malcolm Blight Medal - becoming the first player to achieve the honour.

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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

Reliable midfielder Josh Dunkley won a maiden Merrett-Murray Medal, taking out the coveted honour in a premiership year.

Fellow on-ballers Hugh McCluggage and Will Ashcroft were in hot pursuit in the placings.

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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

Carlton midfielder George Hewett has won the club's best and fairest ahead of Jacob Weitering and Adam Cerra.

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How voting works

The John Nicholls Medal is voted on by senior coach Michael Voss 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

Despite not polling a single vote in the Brownlow, Darcy Cameron has won Collingwood's best and fairest, ahead of Nick Daicos.

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How voting works

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

Past five winners

Essendon - Crichton Medal

Wantaway skipper Zach Merrett showed Essendon exactly what they'll miss if he does depart the club, winning a third straight Crichton Medal, his sixth all up.

Archie Roberts and Sam Durham rounded out the top three.

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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

Dockers gun Caleb Serong has become only the second player to win three Fremantle best and fairests in a row - after Matthew Pavlich between 2005-2008.

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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

The classy Max Holmes has gone back-to-back, winning a second straight Carji Greeves Medal.

The midfielder edged out new recruit Bailey Smith and star forward Jeremy Cameron.

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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

Brownlow Medal winner Matt Rowell added a maiden club B&F to his list of honours, taking out Gold Coast's Club Champion award.

Rowell won by a single vote from his best mate and club captain Noah Anderson, with Touk Miller just one more vote back in third.

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How voting works

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

Last five winners

GWS - Kevin Sheedy Medal

Inside midfielder Tom Green became a first-time Kevin Sheedy Medal winner, holding out Finn Callaghan and Connor Idun in second and third.

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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.

Last five winners

Hawthorn - Peter Crimmins Medal

After a career-best season in front of goal, Jack Gunston has won his second Peter Crimmins Medal, with Karl Amon and Dylan Moore taking the minor placings.

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How voting works

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

Last five winners

Melbourne - Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy

Dees skipper Max Gawn collected his third B&F gong, and his first since 2019, when taking out "Bluey" by a wide margin.

The ruckman finished more than 100 votes clear of Christian Petracca in second and Kysaiah Pickett in third.

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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

The 2025 Syd Barker Medal was shared, with Harry Sheezel and Tristan Xerri unable to be split at the top.

Rounding out the podium was last year's winner, Luke Davies-Uniacke.

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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

Star midfielder Zak Butters made it a third consecutive John Cahill Medal after yet another standout season.

Butters took it out from Mitch Georgiades, with skipper Connor Rozee rounding out the top three.

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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

Midfielder Tim Taranto become a two-time Jack Dyer Medal winner, when he added this year's edition to his 2023 award on the back of a vote total of 47.

Nick Vlastuin and Jacob Hopper rounded out the placings.

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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

The $2 million man Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera claimed his first Trevor Barker Award, finishing well clear of the last two winners, Callum Wilkie and Jack Sinclair, in second and third.

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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

Star mid-forward Isaac Heeney collected a second straight Bob Skilton Medal after yet another All Australian season.

Ruckman Brodie Grundy and tagger James Jordon rounded out the podium places.

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Last five winners

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.

West Coast - John Worsfold Medal

In his first year in the west, former Richmond premiership star Liam Baker took out the John Worsfold Medal for 2025.

The rebounding defender was a runaway winner from Reuben Ginbey in second and Harley Reid in third.

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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

The smooth-moving Ed Richards claimed a first Charles Sutton Medal, holding out six-time winner Marcus Bontempelli by 13 votes.

Veteran hard-nut Tom Liberatore rounded out the placings.

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How voting works

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

Last five winners