List of Brisbane Lions individual awards and records
This is a list of individual awards won by the players and coaches of the Brisbane Lions' AFL team, the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears, and its AFL Women's and reserves teams.
AFL awards and records
External awards
[All-Australian team]
Members of extended squads but not final teams
[AFL Rising Star]
Nominations
| Year | Round | Player |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 9 | |
| 1999 | 17 | |
| 1999 | 21 | |
| 2000 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 19 | |
| 2002 | 21 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 22 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 1 | ' |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | ' |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
- Bold players denote winners of the Rising Star. No Brisbane Lions players were nominated in 2011, 2016 or 2022.
[AFL [Players Association awards]]
[Leigh Matthews Trophy]
Best First Year Player Award">AFL Players Association awards">Best First Year Player Award
Best Captain Award">AFL Players Association awards">Best Captain Award
Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player">AFL Players Association awards">Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player
Education and Training Excellence Award">AFL Players Association awards">Education and Training Excellence Award
Madden Medal
[22 Under 22 team]
Members of extended squads but not final teams
[AFL Coaches Association awards]
[AFL Coaches Association awards[Player of the Year Award|Champion Player of the Year Award]]
[AFL Coaches Association awards[Coach of the Year Award|Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award]]
Coaching Legend Award">AFL Coaches Association awards">Coaching Legend Award
Career & Education Award">AFL Coaches Association awards">Career & Education Award
Australian Football Hall of Fame
Legends
Inductees
AFL Queensland awards
Joe Grant Medal
Queensland Football Team of the Century (2003)
Hall of Fame
Legends
Inductees
NEAFL awards
Andrew Ireland Medal
Team of the Year
VFL awards
[J. J. Liston Trophy]
Team of the Year
Members of extended squads but not final teams
Club awards
[Best and fairest] (Merrett–Murray Medal)
''Awarded 1997–present.''Merrett–Murray Medal runner-up
''Awarded 1997–1998, 2000, 2002–2003, 2009–2014 and 2016–present, as "Runner-up Club Champion" from 1997–1998, in 2000 and from 2002–2003 and as "Nigel Lappin Trophy" from 2009–2014 and from 2016–present. An asterisk denotes that the award was not given that year, but the player placed second in the Merrett–Murray Medal vote count.''Merrett–Murray Medal third place
''Awarded 1997–2002, 2009–2014 and 2016–present, as "Third Place Club Champion" from 1997–2002 and as "Alastair Lynch Trophy" from 2009–2014 and 2016–present. An asterisk denotes that the award was not given that year, but the player placed third in the Merrett–Murray Medal vote count.''Team of the Decade
In June 2006, to recognise ten years since the creation of the Brisbane Lions, a Team of the Decade was announced.Leading club goalkicker
Awarded 1997–present. Bold text denotes player won Coleman Medal by the being the AFL's leading goalkicker after the home-and-away season. Players in Italic text'' denotes player was the AFL's leading goalkicker after finals.''Clubman award
''Awarded 1997–1998 and 2005, as 'Clubman of the Year' from 1997–1998 and as 'Best Clubman' in 2005.''Rookie of the Year
''Awarded 1997–present, as 'Best First Year Player' in 1997, 'Brian Powell Memorial Best First Year Player' in 1998, 'Brian Powell Memorial Rookie of the Year' from 1999–2001 and 'Rookie of the Year' from 2002–present.''Most professional player
''Awarded 1997–present, as 'Don Smith Most Professional Player' from 1997–2003, as 'Most Professional Player' from 2004–2008 and as 'Marcus Ashcroft Most Professional Player' from 2009–present.''Most improved player
''Awarded 1999–2008.''Tackling award
''Awarded 1997–2008, as 'Bill Cavanagh Memorial Player of the Year' from 1997–1998, as 'Bill Cavanagh Memorial Attitude Barometer Award' from 1999–2004, as 'Best Tackler' in 2005, as 'Most Effective Player' in 2006, and as 'Most Effective Tackler' from 2007–2008''Best Finals Player
''Awarded 1999–2004, 2009 and 2019–present.''Best Midfielder
''Awarded 2006–2008.''Best Defender
''Awarded 2006–2008.''Best Forward
''Awarded 2006–2008.''Most Competitive Player
''Awarded 2006–present, as 'Most Courageous Player' from 2006–2008, as 'Shaun Hart Most Courageous Player' from 2009–2013, as 'Shaun Hart Most Competitive Player' from 2014–2016, and as 'Shaun Hart Trademark Player of the Year' from 2017–present.''Members' Player of the Year
''Fan-voted awards presented from 2006–2018 and from 2022–present, as 'Members' Player of the Year' from 2006–2015, as 'Hyundai Club Player of the Year' from 2016–2018 and as 'Game Changer' from 2022–present.''Players' Player of the Year
''Awarded 2009–present.''''The Courier-Mail'' Player of the Year
''Awarded 2007–2010.''Lions Club Player of the Year
''Awarded 1998.''Reserves Player of the Year
''Awarded 2014–2019 and 2021–present, as 'Reserves Player of the Year' in 2014 and as 'Neville Fallon Brisbane Lions Reserves Best & Fairest' from 2015–2019 and 2021–present.''Leading club votegetter in Brownlow Medal
''Bold text denotes player won Brownlow Medal''Hall of Fame
Legends
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| 2019 | 2023 |
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Kings of the Pride
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Club records
''Updated to end of 2025.''AFL Women's awards and records
External awards
All-Australian team">AFL Women's All-Australian team">All-Australian team
Members of extended squads but not final teams
AFLW Rising Star
Nominations
| Year | Round | Player |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 (S6) | 3 | |
| 2023 | 9 |
- No Brisbane players were nominated in 2022.