2000 Brownlow Medal
The 2000 Brownlow Medal was the 73rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League home-and-away season. Shane Woewodin of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2000 AFL season.
The Essendon Football Club set a record for the highest number of votes collected as a team, with 116 out of a possible 132 votes. The club polled at least one vote in every game, including all six votes in 14 games.
Leading vote-getters
| Player | Votes | |
| 1st | Shane Woewodin | 24 |
| 2nd | Scott West | 22 |
| 3rd | Andrew McLeod | 20 |
| 4th | Anthony Koutoufides | 19 |
| =5th | Nathan Buckley | 18 |
| =5th | Brett Ratten | 18 |
| =7th | Michael O'Loughlin | 16 |
| =7th | Michael Voss | 16 |
| =7th | James Hird | 16 |
| =10th | Wayne Carey | 14 |
| =10th | Nick Holland | 14 |
| =10th | Adem Yze | 14 |
| =10th | Brent Harvey | 14 |
| =10th | Tony Liberatore | 14 |
| =10th | Matthew Lloyd | 14 |