Brownlow 2025 Brownlow Count

[Dogs_r_barking]

There’s edgy and then there’s looking like a cheap flog.

And then there’s looking like a pimp.

 

[Chicago1]

Every time they announce the Brownlow winner and play the music from the film, The Untouchables, I think of Tony Liberatore

Tony Liberatore

Age

60

Ht

163cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.1

5star

K

10.5

4star

HB

9.6

5star

M

1.5

2star

T

4.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.0

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.0

1star

's win in 1990 and him walking up to the podium. After what had almost happened the year before, that music seemed so triumphant.

 

[Bulldogs85]

LOL even Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

34

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

was Laughing

 

[dergert]

Tonight says everything you need to know about the Brownlow farce.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

The blonde lady on channel 7 ‘were all
Hoping for that’ when Dangerfield said
‘hopefully a cats flag’

No we aren’t, no we are not.

She is a Cats fan.

 

[dogwatch]

Just checked it myself. I reckon it gets surpassed tonight, but not by Bont. Danger a big danger. Neale a near cert. Asterisk means still playing in 2025:

55 - G Ablett Jr
54 - Dangerfield*
52 - Neale*
46 - Judd
46 - Bontempelli*
45 - Dempsey
45 - Sam Mitchell
45 - R Harvey
42 - D Martin
42 - Fyfe*

Only when you go lower than 42 do you find any players without at least one Brownlow to their name, other than Bont. Boomer Harvey with 41 then Pendles with 38.

FWIW (not much) here's the updated table of all time 3-votes after the 2025 Brownlow Count

56 - Dangerfield*
55 - G Ablett Jr
54 - Neale *
52 - Bontempelli *
46 - Judd
45 - Dempsey
45 - Sam Mitchell
45 - R Harvey
42 - D Martin
42 - Fyfe

It's possible Bont may get to the top of that table briefly but Daicos will surge past them a few years from now, as long as he stays fit. He's on 26 BoGs after recording 9 this year.

Dempsey is the obvious exception in that list. He was a ruckman not a midfielder, but that was a different era. Couldn't happen now.

 

[VL3OJ]

Tonight says everything you need to know about the Brownlow farce.

Really good to see the Melbourne group also accept that three votes for Viney was a cluster and take it the right way whilst respecting NWM

 

[Libbaaaa]

That's genuinely unbelievable. Man single-handed won the game.

Viney got the 3 and he was the one single handed off responsible for going walkabout in the centre square.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

FWIW (not much) here's the updated table of all time 3-votes after the 2025 Brownlow Count

56 - Dangerfield*
55 - G Ablett Jr
54 - Neale *
52 - Bontempelli *
46 - Judd
45 - Dempsey
45 - Sam Mitchell
45 - R Harvey
42 - D Martin
42 - Fyfe

It's possible Bont may get to the top of that table briefly but Daicos will surge past them a few years from now, as long as he stays fit. He's on 26 BoGs after recording 9 this year.

Dempsey is the obvious exception in that list. He was a ruckman not a midfielder, but that was a different era. Couldn't happen now.

A real lottery with the rucks tonight

I'd say five best rucks of the year in no particular order were Gawn, Grundy, Xerri, Jackson and Cameron. 23 votes for Gawn, only 6 for Grundy, 7 for Xerri, 17 for Jackson (he is the most midfielder of all the rucks) and a big fat zero for Darcy Cameron

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

All votes for the Dogs

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How many has Kennedy had before tonight?

 

[Snarls Barkley]

How many has Kennedy had before tonight?

7. Most in a year, 4

Had never polled 3 in a game previously

 

[TheSportingEyes]

Brownlow is cooked. Time for a refresh to adjust to modern times.

 

[BillyElliott]

As a Pies supporter, we all know how you feel about Bont not winning a Brownlow.

Another one who has been a victim to the farce the Brownlow has become.

 

[weltschmerz]

As a Pies supporter, we all know how you feel about Bont not winning a Brownlow.

Another one who has been a victim to the farce the Brownlow has become.

 

[Bulldogs85]

As a Pies supporter, we all know how you feel about Bont not winning a Brownlow.

Another one who has been a victim to the farce the Brownlow has become.

Still holding onto Hope that Bont will win a Brownlow one day

 

[dogwatch]

Another Brownlow milestone for Bont is that he moves into the top 10 all time vote getters. At his current rate he may well move into the top 5 next year:

262 - G Ablett Jr (332 eligible games, avg 0.79 votes per game)
259 - *Dangerfield (329, 0.79)
227 - Sam Mitchell (303, 0.75)
225 - *Neale (269, 0.84)
225 - *Pendlebury (392, 0.57)
218.5 - Dempsey (319, 0.68)
215 - R Harvey (366, 0.59)
214 - Selwood (315, 0.68)
213 - *Bontempelli (245, 0.87)
213 - D Martin (286, 0.74)

He has the highest average votes per game of any of these top ten. In fact he is the sixth highest in average votes of all time (min 50 votes).

However the modern skewing of votes toward midfielders is pretty obvious here - Nick Daicos tops that list (1.18) and Cripps is 4th (0.91). So it's pretty hard to infer too much from these rankings or compare them to the likes of Hayden Bunton from a different era.

 

[goodcop badcop]

I didn't watch a second of the telecast as I knew it would be a joke. Just looking at the status of Gold Coast game tells me all i need to know. Libba was playing on Rowell and clearly beat him I remember it well. Libba had 35 disposals to Rowell's 20 disposals. Ranking points 140 to 56 Libba's way yet Rowell gets the 3 votes and Libba gets no votes. How the heck does this make any sense? Lol

 

[Dogs Rule]

I didn't watch a second of the telecast as I knew it would be a joke. Just looking at the status of Gold Coast game tells me all i need to know. Libba was playing on Rowell and clearly beat him I remember it well. Libba had 35 disposals to Rowell's 20 disposals. Ranking points 140 to 56 Libba's way yet Rowell gets the 3 votes and Libba gets no votes. How the heck does this make any sense? Lol

It doesn't. None of it makes sense.

Happy for Rowell, but too often they go on quantity rather than quality. Whoever is right under their noses gets the votes and never the 3 possession three goal type who might just win the game.

On another note, Hamish McLachlan and Rebecca Maddern are just pure cringe.

 

[Doggy]

I didn't watch a second of the telecast as I knew it would be a joke. Just looking at the status of Gold Coast game tells me all i need to know. Libba was playing on Rowell and clearly beat him I remember it well. Libba had 35 disposals to Rowell's 20 disposals. Ranking points 140 to 56 Libba's way yet Rowell gets the 3 votes and Libba gets no votes. How the heck does this make any sense? Lol

The nepo babies are the AFL's love child.

First 6 rounds, GC has 2 byes and Rowell had 4 x best on grounds

 

[spindles11]

Do you reckon sniff thought he was gonna win? Explains the look at me sunnies inside. Holmes is infinitely the better player

 

[Libbaaaa]

Do you reckon sniff thought he was gonna win? Explains the look at me sunnies inside. Holmes is infinitely the better player

He’s had a real good season, slightly above his 2022 output overall with similar impact. Definitely stronger in the tackle. Holmes/Miers/Jezza a tier above though.

 

[Foxman98]

Really we jumped the shark 11 years ago with Priddis thankfully they steadied the ship very quickly after

All 5 since 2021 been farcical and keep getting worse (Extra game sure but Rowell had 3 more votes then 2017 prime Dustin Martin)

 

[Mutt]

Really we jumped the shark 11 years ago with Priddis thankfully they steadied the ship very quickly after

All 5 since 2021 been farcical and keep getting worse (Extra game sure but Rowell had 3 more votes then 2017 prime Dustin Martin)

Hold my beer and watch this...

 

[Bulldogs85]

Hold my beer and watch this...

Did you really have to remind us Mutt

 

[X_box_X]

Fairly or unfairly, Jeff Dalgleish is the senior umpire who umpired in the St. Kilda v Melbourne match where NWM didn't poll three votes. He's an unfashionable umpire who hasn't yet been put on the map, but this could easily shape him and he could be remembered for all the wrong reasons.