2018 best & fairest winners

[radiojake]

The capt a shining light this season..

did you notice that of all the players who finished ahead of him, only Sloane played less games?

he didn't have a great season but he only played 14 games

 

[Shane Heard]

did you notice that of all the players who finished ahead of him, only Sloane played less games?

he didn't have a great season but he only played 14 games

Thanks for that. I’m sure you feel better about everything.

 

[radiojake]

I feel better about everything indeed

the constant Tex bashing is a bit much, though -

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Melbourne have held theirs Ron The Bear

 

[Ron The Bear]

Melbourne

Rank|Player|Votes|Season|Career|Age Last|Top 10
\1st|Gawn, Max|657|25|99|26y266d|2
\2nd|Oliver, Clayton|595|25|60|21y62d|2
\3rd|Harmes, James|468|25|69|22y352d|1
\4th|Jones, Nathan|449|25|264|30y245d|10
\5th|McDonald, Tom|433|20|146|26y4d|7
\6th|Brayshaw, Angus|429|22|58|22y256d|1
\7th|Melksham, Jake|428|23|156|27y24d|3
\8th|Salem, Christian|403|24|70|23y69d|1
\9th|Jetta, Neville|383|25|141|28y222d|4
\10th|Lewis, Jordan|366|24|307|32y151d|9
\11th|Hogan, Jesse|365|20|71|23y222d|2
\12th|McDonald, Oscar|346|25|62|22y188d|
\13th|Neal-Bullen, Alex|322|25|59|22y256d|
\14th|Hibberd, Michael|317|21|123|28y262d|4
\15th|Petracca, Christian|268|24|63|22y261d|1
\16th|Fritsch, Bayley|261|23|23|21y290d|
\17th|Viney, Jack|244|10|98|24y162d|3
\18th|Spargo, Charlie|209|18|18|18y301d|
\19th|Hannan, Mitchell|182|15|35|24y197d|
\20th|Frost, Sam|174|13|69|25y25d|
\21st|Vince, Bernie|171|17|229|32y355d|5
\22nd|Lever, Jake|149|11|67|22y201d|
\=23rd|Tyson, Dom|125|17|107|25y106d|3
\=23rd|van den Berg, Aaron|125|7|35|26y203d|
\25th|Garlett, Jeff|105|11|178|29y50d|4
\26th|Weideman, Sam|100|10|20|21y88d|
\27th|Smith, Joel|71|8|11|22y209d|
\28th|Wagner, Josh|63|5|28|24y90d|
\29th|Kennedy-Harris, Jay|61|6|34|23y185d|
\30th|Kent, Dean|55|5|63|24y210d|1
\31st|Smith, Tim|40|4|6|27y214d|
\32nd|Bugg, Tomas|39|3|96|25y170d|1
\33rd|Stretch, Billy|21|2|38|22y14d|
\34th|Hunt, Jayden|16|6|47|23y172d|
\35th|Pedersen, Cameron|10|4|80|31y189d|
\36th|Maynard, Corey|7|1|2|26y350d|
\37th|Petty, Harrison|0|1|1|18y314d|

 

[radiojake]

Hey Ron

The career top 10 finishes - is that for each club or career? I.e did Bernie finish top 10 in every season for Melbourne besides this one? Or are they including Adelaide seasons (which then seems quite small)

 

[MJG14]

Interesting that Brayshaw comes 3rd in the Brownlow yet only places 6th in the Melbourne B&F.

 

[Jibroni]

Congrats to big Max, an amazing season.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Interesting that Brayshaw comes 3rd in the Brownlow yet only places 6th in the Melbourne B&F.

Not really. Completely different voting system

 

[Quinz]

Ron The Bear is it possible to find a quirky stat for me? The Eagles have had 8 different B&F winners in the last 8 years, and if Redden or Hurn win this year will be 9 in 9. Do you know if any other team has had that happen before?

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Ron The Bear is it possible to find a quirky stat for me? The Eagles have had 8 different B&F winners in the last 8 years, and if Redden or Hurn win this year will be 9 in 9. Do you know if any other team has had that happen before?

Adelaide Crows had a different B&F in each of their first 10 seasons, 1991-2000.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Ron The Bear is it possible to find a quirky stat for me? The Eagles have had 8 different B&F winners in the last 8 years, and if Redden or Hurn win this year will be 9 in 9. Do you know if any other team has had that happen before?

8 in 8 has happened suprisingly often, e.g. West Coast's first 8 winners. The only clubs where it hasn't happened are Richmond (6), Port Adelaide (7), Gold Coast (3) & GWS (6).

The record is 13 different winners in 13 years, North Melbourne 1936-48.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Hey Ron

The career top 10 finishes - is that for each club or career? I.e did Bernie finish top 10 in every season for Melbourne besides this one? Or are they including Adelaide seasons (which then seems quite small)

Whole career, including other clubs. Vince had a 1st and a 7th at Adelaide, and a 1st/3rd/7th at Melbourne.

 

[radiojake]

i would've thought he'd finished top 10 at Adel more often... well there you go

 

[Ron The Bear]

Richmond

Rank|Player|Votes|Season|Career|Age Last|Top 10
\1st|Riewoldt, Jack|81|24|249|29y325d|10
\2nd|Lambert, Kane|68|22|74|26y299d|2
\3rd|Martin, Dustin|66|23|201|27y87d|9
\4th|Edwards, Shane|65|24|231|29y331d|4
\5th|Grimes, Dylan|64|23|127|27y67d|4
\6th|Rance, Alex|63|24|199|28y347d|8
\7th|Cotchin, Trent|58|22|220|28y167d|9
\8th|Vlastuin, Nick|51|21|117|24y155d|3
\9th|Short, Jayden|47|24|56|22y240d|1
\10th|Caddy, Josh|45|22|139|25y358d|2
\11th|Prestia, Dion|43|13|130|25y344d|5
\12th|Astbury, David|42|22|107|27y207d|
\13th|Nankervis, Toby|40|23|59|24y40d|
\=14th|Castagna, Jason|39|22|52|22y71d|
\=14th|McIntosh, Kamdyn|39|21|74|24y171d|
\16th|Higgins, Jack|38|20|20|19y186d|
\17th|Grigg, Shaun|36|22|214|30y155d|6
\18th|Butler, Dan|33|15|38|22y110d|1
\19th|Broad, Nathan|31|18|30|25y159d|
\=20th|Conca, Reece|28|18|104|26y40d|
\=20th|Rioli, Daniel|28|12|55|21y158d|
\|Ellis, Brandon||18|153|25y49d|2
\|Graham, Jack||18|23|20y208d|
\|Houli, Bachar||15|185|30y132d|6
\|Townsend, Jacob||10|47|25y93d|
\|Lloyd, Sam||7|57|28y202d|
\|Moore, Callum||6|8|22y18d|
\|Menadue, Connor||5|33|22y2d|
\|Ellis, Corey||4|27|21y347d|
\|Bolton, Shai||3|9|19y287d|
\|Baker, Liam||3|3|20y237d|
\|Garthwaite, Ryan||2|2|20y83d|
\|Soldo, Ivan||1|8|22y160d|
\|Miles, Anthony||1|71|26y205d|2

 

[Back One Out]

Rank|Player|Votes|Season|Career|Age Last|Top 10
\1st|Riewoldt, Jack|81|24|249|29y325d|10
\2nd|Lambert, Kane|68|22|74|26y299d|2

That's the second high placing in as many years for Kane Lambert. (Dimma's lovechild?)
He flies under the radar. He'd have to be one of the more underrated players in the AFL

 

[FRUMPY]

Interesting that Brayshaw comes 3rd in the Brownlow yet only places 6th in the Melbourne B&F.

If you play 10 blinders and 12 shockers you could end up on 30 votes in the brownlow and outside the top 10 in club B&F. B&F reward consistency. More likely to win a B&F getting votes in each game than only polling in half the games. Plus Brayshaw missed 2 or 3 games, that damages chances of winning B&F's

 

[Draft Pick]

Lachie Hunter wins Dogs B and F.

Jack McRae 2nd, Bont 3rd.

Aaron Noughton 4th in his first year.

 

[Tasfut]

Still shocked Beams didnt win the lions b&f

 

[Bulldog1954]

Lachie Hunter wins Dogs B and F.

Jack McRae 2nd, Bont 3rd.

Aaron Noughton 4th in his first year.

Every player in the top ten was 25 or under. Wonder if this has ever happened before?

 

[kranky al]

Interesting tally board for the Lions this year.

Daniel Rich is surely one of the league's bigger underachievers.
Also surprising to see that Hipwood's efforts weren't all that highly recognised.

Slow player with low ceiling has knee reco....

 

[kranky al]

If you play 10 blinders and 12 shockers you could end up on 30 votes in the brownlow and outside the top 10 in club B&F. B&F reward consistency. More likely to win a B&F getting votes in each game than only polling in half the games. Plus Brayshaw missed 2 or 3 games, that damages chances of winning B&F's

+ b and f rewards players for doing their job.

Backman nullifies buddy to 2k, 1 hb - whilst getting 2k, 1hb himself .... brownlow ignores - f and b goes nuts.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Western Bulldogs

Rank|Player|Votes|Season|Career|Age Last|Top 10
\1st|Hunter, Lachie|191|21|105|23y255d|3
\2nd|Macrae, Jackson|190|19|118|24y22d|5
\3rd|Bontempelli, Marcus|154|19|104|22y274d|4
\4th|Naughton, Aaron|120|18|18|18y268d|1
\=5th|Daniel, Caleb|110|20|74|22y49d|3
\=5th|Dunkley, Josh|110|19|43|21y228d|1
\7th|Johannisen, Jason|109|22|106|25y290d|4
\8th|Crozier, Hayden|98|17|86|24y244d|1
\9th|McLean, Toby|91|22|60|22y206d|1
\10th|Williams, Bailey|86|14|32|20y319d|1
\|Richards, Ed||21|21|19y53d|
\|Gowers, Billy||20|20|22y76d|
\|Cordy, Zaine||18|48|21y302d|1
\|Wallis, Mitch||18|123|25y305d|4
\|Dahlhaus, Luke||17|154|26y4d|5
\|Lipinski, Patrick||17|18|20y39d|
\|Trengove, Jackson||16|169|27y296d|2
\|Honeychurch, Mitch||13|35|23y176d|
\|Schache, Josh||13|40|21y4d|
\|Boyd, Thomas||12|61|23y3d|
\|Wood, Easton||12|137|28y355d|2
\|Roughead, Jordan||12|138|27y295d|1
\|Suckling, Matt||11|152|30y31d|1
\|Morris, Dale||11|252|35y239d|9
\|Jong, Lin||10|61|25y82d|
\|Dale, Bailey||10|40|22y34d|
\|Smith, Roarke||10|12|21y348d|
\|Lynch, Brad||9|9|21y45d|
\|Dickson, Tory||8|96|30y333d|
\|English, Timothy||7|9|21y15d|
\|Adams, Marcus||6|27|25y56d|
\|Biggs, Shane||5|63|27y20d|1
\|Webb, Lukas||5|24|22y174d|
\|Greene, Fergus||5|5|20y248d|
\|Roberts, Fletcher||2|49|25y83d|
\|Redpath, Jack||2|36|27y255d|
\|Young, Lewis||2|9|19y248d|
\|Liberatore, Tom||1|117|26y101d|4

 

[Ron The Bear]

Every player in the top ten was 25 or under. Wonder if this has ever happened before?

I've only got patchy data before 1996, but GWS 2013 & Richmond 2011 also had this demographic.

 

[Bulldog1954]

I've only got patchy data before 1996, but GWS 2013 & Richmond 2011 also had this demographic.

Thanks According to someone on twitter, it's the second youngest top ten of the last decade behind the Giants of 2013 who were obviously in infancy and won one game.