Opinion Is It Possible For a Tall to win the Brownlow.

[Optimistic Dog]

I do not think it is possible for a tall forward, tall backman or ruckman to ever win a Brownlow again. If anyone could do it, I think it would be a ruckman/forward like a Sam Darcy but I doubt it.

 

[Thrawn]

Cripps is pretty tall and he won it.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Cripps is pretty tall and he won it.

Yes, but he is a midfielder like Bont.

 

[RonnieRaven]

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could as a Adam Goodes like utility.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Last was Adam Goodes?

Personally think that the voting system needs reform, but even so, most years the AFLPA and AFLCA poty is a mid too

 

[Sttew]

It was possible until the umpires became hopelessly obsessed with midfielders to the exclusion of all other positions (and I am excluding rucks from midfielders).

Is it possible for a pure back man to win the Brownlow? No

 

[Juddernaut08]

Dominant backs or forwards can be to an extent taken out of the game if they're TOO dominant.

Guys like Tom Stewart get tagged or doubled.

Key forwards will get doubleteamed...or a loose man will stand in their space.

Mids get tagged, but it's still at most times a 1-1 contest.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Luke Jackson could as a Adam Goodes like utility.

Doubt it.

 

[SC_Power]

I do not think it is possible for a tall forward, tall backman or ruckman to ever win a Brownlow again. If anyone could do it, I think it would be a ruckman/forward like a Sam Darcy but I doubt it.

When you needed 20-21 votes, it was possible (7 bags of 6/7 goals could get you there)
Now 39 and 45 votes? A forward would need to kick 200 to get close.

 

[Del35196]

Luke Jackson could as an Adam Goodes like utility.

He wouldn’t be in the top 1000 big men ever to play the game, let alone win a Brownlow.

 

[RUNVS]

When you needed 20-21 votes, it was possible (7 bags of 6/7 goals could get you there)
Now 39 and 45 votes? A forward would need to kick 200 to get close.

To me a key forward should be getting votes if they kick 4 or more goals in a match. 4 goals in a match is fairly hard, and 24 points is likely a big chunk of a teams overall score. Harder to kick 4 goals than it is to get 32 disposals and 5 clearances or whatever.

 

[RonnieRaven]

He wouldn’t be in the top 1000 big men ever to play the game, let alone win a Brownlow.

He’s 24 200cm
He got 17 votes (4x3 votes) in 2025
The thread title mentions is it possible not he will.
If he matures and plays his best more often than not in a top 4 side it’s definitely possible.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

No

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Darcy could have 10 b.o.g's and it still won't be enough.

 

[RUNVS]

Darcy could have 10 b.o.g's and it still won't be enough.

Especially since in all 10 of those BOG's the 3 votes would go to some midfielder. He would be lucky to get 10 votes in total for those 10 BOG's.

 

[Clark G]

Possible but highly unlikely.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

It was possible until the umpires became hopelessly obsessed with midfielders to the exclusion of all other positions (and I am excluding rucks from midfielders).

Is it possible for a pure back man to win the Brownlow? No

It’s not the umpires that are hopelessly obsessed.

The last 21 AFLPA MVP winners have been midfielders.

20 of the last 21 AFLCA MVP winners have been midfielders (Gawn won it in 2018).

 

[Sttew]

It’s not the umpires that are hopelessly obsessed.

The last 21 AFLPA MVP winners have been midfielders.

20 of the last 21 AFLCA MVP winners have been midfielders (Gawn won it in 2018).

True, but this thread asks the question about whether someone other than a mid can win the Brownlow, which is what I addressed.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

It's a midfielders medal. Would need to kick 100 goals in the season to have a chance.

 

[KissKiss]

It’s not the umpires that are hopelessly obsessed.

The last 21 AFLPA MVP winners have been midfielders.

20 of the last 21 AFLCA MVP winners have been midfielders (Gawn won it in 2018).

And how close did Gawn go in 2018? I almost feel that ruckman should be more likely than key forwards as they are also in the umpires face. But not sure if any of the recent history has had a ruck man poll well in the brownlow

 

[Kennedy Parker]

In recent memory, the closest a tall got to the Brownlow was Buddy Franklin in 2014.

He polled 22 votes in 19 games and was the runner up.

That was a year where Ablett was running away with it until he did the shoulder that kept him out for a third of the year.

Fyfe was suspended and ineligible, and the eventual winner was Matt Priddis of all people.

 

[Jason Hyde]

Hopefully if the umpires see the stats, they will appreciate how much they have contributed to the game

 

[Cmarsh]

Luke Jackson could as a Adam Goodes like utility.

Luke Jackson is not in the same class as Adam Goodes.

 

[Sully90]

Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

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24

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199cm

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D

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1.5

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will this year.

 

[Freomaniac]

Cripps is pretty tall and he won it.

I think the op was talking about key position players.

Matthew Richardson polled well on Brownlow medal night in 2008