2025 Brownlow Medal
The 2025 Brownlow Medal was the 98th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League home-and-away season. The count took place on Monday 22 September in Melbourne at the Crown Palladium, five days before the grand final. Matt Rowell of won the medal with 39 votes.
West Coast, who finished 18th with a 1–22 record, polled only 12 votes across all of their players combined, the lowest-ever tally for any club under the 3–2–1 voting system in a season of any length.
Voting procedure and eligibility
The four field umpires confer after each 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. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.Any suspension throughout the home-and-away season renders a player ineligible to win the award. However, umpires must still award votes to any player they deem worthy, and all votes are tallied regardless of ineligibility.
In the event of an ineligible player receiving the most votes, the next eligible player is awarded the Brownlow Medal.
There is no countback if there is a tie on votes, with joint winners awarded.