1938 Brownlow Medal
The 1938 Brownlow Medal was the 15th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League home-and-away season. Dick Reynolds of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling eighteen votes during the 1938 VFL season.
Leading votegetters
| Player | Votes | |
| 1st | Dick Reynolds | 18 |
| 2nd | Stan Spinks | 17 |
| =3rd | Marcus Boyall | 15 |
| =3rd | Wilfred Smallhorn | 15 |
| =3rd | Alby Morrison | 15 |
| 6th | Jock Cordner | 14 |
| =7th | Norman Ware | 13 |
| =7th | Jack Collins | 13 |
| =9th | Jim Park | 12 |
| =9th | Des Fothergill | 12 |
| =9th | Marcus Whelan | 12 |
| =9th | Gordon Jones | 12 |