AFL Women's best and fairest

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AFL Women's best and fairest
Awarded forThe best and fairest player in the AFL Women's
Location Crown Melbourne
CountryAustralia
Presented by AFLW
First awarded 2017
Currently held by Monique Conti ( ‹See Tfd› Richmond)
Website Best & Fairest Trophy

The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFLW. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football.

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Criteria

Voting procedure

Erin Phillips was the inaugural winner of the award in 2017, and won it again in 2019. 2017 AFL Grand Final parade - Erin Phillips.jpg
Erin Phillips was the inaugural winner of the award in 2017, and won it again in 2019.

To determine the best player, the three field umpires (not the goal umpires or boundary umpires) confer after each home-and-away 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. On the awards night, the votes from each match are tallied, and the player or players with the highest number of votes is awarded the trophy (subject to eligibility – see below). [1]

The current voting system, which is the same as that of the Australian Football League (AFL)'s Brownlow Medal, has been used since the award's inception. If two or more eligible players score the equal highest number of votes, each wins a trophy.

Ineligibility

The fairest component of the trophy is achieved by making ineligible any player who is suspended by the AFL Tribunal during the home-and-away season. An ineligible player cannot win the award, regardless of the number of votes she has received. [1]

A player remains eligible for the award under the following circumstances:

Umpires cast their votes for each game independent of eligibility criteria of the players; i.e. umpires can cast votes for players who have already been suspended during that season if they perceive them to be amongst the best on the ground.

Award ceremony

The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded during the W Awards, the official AFL Women's awards ceremony. [1] [2]

Winners

Records

Most medals by player

Most medals by club

Most votes in a season

Youngest winner

Oldest winner

Winners who also won a premiership in same season

See also

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References

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