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List of AFL Women's best and fairest winners

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The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL Women's. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football.

Erin Phillips was the inaugural winner of the award in 2017, and won it again in 2019.

The award has been awarded every year since 2017. Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club was the inaugural winner of the award.[1]

List of winners

From left to right, top to bottom: 2018 winner Emma Kearney, 2020 winner Maddy Prespakis, 2021 joint winners Kiara Bowers and Brianna Davey, season 6 winner Emily Bates, season 7 winner Ally Anderson, 2023 winner Monique Conti, 2024 winner Ebony Marinoff, and 2025 winner Ash Riddell
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Season Player Team Other accolades won during the same season Votes Ref.
2017Erin PhillipsAdelaide2017 AFL Women's premiership (c)
2017 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground
2017 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player
2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2017 Adelaide Club Champion
2017 AFL Women's Goal of the Year		14[2]
2018Emma KearneyWestern Bulldogs2018 AFL Women's premiership
2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2018 Western Bulldogs best and fairest		14[3]
2019Erin Phillips (2)Adelaide2019 AFL Women's premiership (c)
2019 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground
2019 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player
2019 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year
2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team (c)
2019 Adelaide Club Champion		19[4]
2020Maddy PrespakisCarlton2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2020 Carlton best and fairest		15[5]
2021Kiara BowersFremantle2021 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year
2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2021 Fremantle fairest and best		15[6]
Brianna DaveyCollingwood2021 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player
2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team (c)
2021 Collingwood best and fairest
2022 (S6)Emily BatesBrisbane2022 season 6 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player
2022 season 6 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year
2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team
2022 season 6 Brisbane best and fairest		21[7]
2022 (S7)Ally AndersonBrisbane21[8]
2023Monique ContiRichmond2023 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2023 Richmond best and fairest		23[9]
2024Ebony MarinoffAdelaide2024 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player
2024 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year
2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2024 AFLPA AFLW best captain
2024 Adelaide Club Champion		23[10]
2025Ash RiddellNorth Melbourne2025 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year
2025 AFL Women's All-Australian team		23[11]
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Voting system

Main article: AFL Women's best and fairest § Voting procedure

The voting system for the award has remained the same since its inception in 2017, and is the same as that which has been used for the Australian Football League (AFL)'s Brownlow Medal from 1931–1975 and 1978–present. In this system, the three field umpires confer after each home-and-away 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.[12]

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