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John Worsfold Medal

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The John Worsfold Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the West Coast Eagles throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season.

Sixteen individual players have won the West Coast best and fairest since the award was introduced for West Coast's inaugural 1987 season. The record of the most Club Champion Awards by an individual player is four which is held by Glen Jakovich and Ben Cousins. Both players also share the record for the most consecutive best and fairests, having both won three consecutive awards.

The Club Champion Award was renamed the John Worsfold Medal in 2013,[1] after former premiership-winning captain and coach John Worsfold.

Voting procedure

Various procedures have been used by the match committee to determine the club champion:

  • 1987: unknown
  • 1988: unknown
  • 1989–2001: The match committee collectively award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player and one vote to the third-best player in each match.
  • 2002–04: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of five votes for each match.
  • 2005–13: Each member of the match committee rates every player on a 5–4–3–2–1 basis for each match.
  • 2014–present: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of three votes for each match.[2]

Recipients

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John Worsfold, the namesake of the award, won in 1988.
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Guy McKenna won in 1989 and 1999.
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Chris Judd won the 2004 Brownlow Medal in the same year he won the John Worsfold Medal.
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Mark LeCras won in 2010.
^ Denotes current player
+ Won Brownlow in that same year
More information Year, Winner(s) ...
YearWinner(s)VotesRunner(s) upVotesThird placeVotesRef.
1987Steve Malaxos229Ross Glendinning170Chris Mainwaring166[3]
1988John Worsfold111Guy McKenna101Chris Mainwaring74[4]
1989Guy McKenna36Chris Mainwaring30Chris Lewis26[5]
1990Chris Lewis39Michael Brennan36N/a[6]
Dwayne Lamb
1991Craig Turley43Guy McKenna42Peter Matera41[3]
1992Dean Kemp46Chris Mainwaring38Glen Jakovich37[7]
1993Glen Jakovich34Peter Matera31N/a[8][9]
Don Pyke Peter Wilson
1994Glen Jakovich (2)45Don Pyke39Guy McKenna38[8]
1995Glen Jakovich (3)36Dean Kemp33N/a[8]
Mitchell White
1996Drew Banfield36Chris Mainwaring35Guy McKenna34[10]
1997Peter Matera37Dean Kemp35Chad Morrison33[11]
Paul Symmons
1998Ashley McIntosh39Ben Cousins37Fraser Gehrig30[12]
Chris Waterman
1999Guy McKenna (2)36Drew Banfield35N/a[5]
Michael Braun
Ben Cousins
2000Glen Jakovich (4)27Dean Kemp23Chad Morrison21[8]
2001Ben Cousins30Michael Collica17Chad Fletcher16[13]
Rowan Jones
2002Ben Cousins (2)341Daniel Kerr295Chris Judd242[14]
2003Ben Cousins (3)303Chris Judd269Chad Fletcher257[13]
2004Chris Judd+355Chad Fletcher319Dean Cox271[15]
2005Ben Cousins+ (4)477Chris Judd416Dean Cox411[16]
2006Chris Judd (2)452Darren Glass440Ben Cousins429[15]
2007Darren Glass405Adam Hunter369Adam Selwood367[17]
2008Dean Cox450Quinten Lynch360Adam Selwood316[18]
2009Darren Glass (2)340Shannon Hurn329Mark LeCras328[19]
2010Mark LeCras294Matt Priddis286Beau Waters281[20]
2011Darren Glass (3)398Matt Priddis398Dean Cox397[21]
2012Scott Selwood403Dean Cox400Shannon Hurn396[22]
2013Matt Priddis373Eric Mackenzie363Josh Kennedy363[23]
2014Eric Mackenzie201Matt Priddis+190Luke Shuey148[24]
2015Andrew Gaff210Matt Priddis206Josh Kennedy183[25]
2016Luke Shuey157Josh Kennedy146Andrew Gaff140[26]
2017Elliot Yeo^197Jeremy McGovern191Luke Shuey180[27]
2018Elliot Yeo^ (2)273Jack Redden231Shannon Hurn222[28]
2019Luke Shuey (2)258Elliot Yeo^239Brad Sheppard234[29]
2020Nic Naitanui194Andrew Gaff^192Brad Sheppard163[30]
2021Nic Naitanui (2)200Dom Sheed160Andrew Gaff149[31]
2022Tom Barrass182Shannon Hurn149Tim Kelly^131 [32]
2023Tim Kelly^200Oscar Allen^163Liam Duggan^158 [33]
2024Jeremy McGovern184Elliot Yeo^177Jake Waterman^155 [34]
2025Liam Baker^338Reuben Ginbey^286Harley Reid^267 [35]
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Multiple winners

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Elliot Yeo is one of eight players to have won multiple times.
^ Denotes current player
More information Player, Medals ...
Player Medals Seasons
Ben Cousins42001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Glen Jakovich41993, 1994, 1995, 2000
Darren Glass32007, 2009, 2011
Chris Judd22004, 2006
Guy McKenna21989, 1999
Nic Naitanui22020, 2021
Luke Shuey22016, 2019
Elliot Yeo^22017, 2018
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References

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