Awarded for | The best and fairest player of the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's |
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Country | Australia |
Presented by | Adelaide Football Club |
History | |
First award | 2017 |
First winner | Erin Phillips |
Most wins | Anne Hatchard (3 times) Ebony Marinoff (3 times) |
Most recent | Ebony Marinoff (2024) |
In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Adelaide Club Champion award is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Adelaide Football Club during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the competition's inaugural season in 2017, and Erin Phillips was the inaugural winner of the award. [1] Anne Hatchard has received the award a record three times, while Erin Phillips and Ebony Marinoff have each won twice, with Marinoff being the most recent recipient of the award. [2] [3]
^ | Denotes current player |
+ | Player won AFL Women's best and fairest in same season |
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
Season | Recipient(s) | Runner up | Ref. |
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2017# | Erin Phillips + | Chelsea Randall ^ | [4] |
2018 | Chelsea Randall ^ | Sarah Allan ^ | [5] |
2019# | Erin Phillips + (2) | Ange Foley | [6] |
2020 | Anne Hatchard ^ | Ebony Marinoff ^ | [7] |
2021 | Ebony Marinoff ^ | Anne Hatchard ^ | [8] |
2022(S6)# | Anne Hatchard ^ (2) | Ebony Marinoff ^ | [9] |
2022(S7) | Anne Hatchard ^ (3) | Ebony Marinoff ^ | [2] |
2023 | Ebony Marinoff ^ (2) | Anne Hatchard ^ | [3] |
2024 | Ebony Marinoff +^ (3) | Chelsea Randall ^ | [10] |
^ | Denotes current player |
Player | Awards | Seasons |
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Anne Hatchard ^ | 3 | 2020, 2022(S6), 2022(S7) |
Ebony Marinoff ^ | 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
Erin Phillips | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
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