Doig Medal

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The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL.

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It was renamed in 2000 [1] after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who have had over 17 members play league football for East Fremantle or South Fremantle in the WAFL. The most famous is George Doig who has been inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. [2]

Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003. [3] Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of six medals in total. [4] Nat Fyfe became the third player to win multiple Doig medals when he won consecutive medals in 2013 and 2014. [5]

The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game. [6]

Recipients

^Denotes current player
+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
SeasonWinnerRunner upThirdFourthFifthRef.
1995 Peter Mann Dale Kickett Ben Allan Scott Chisholm Stephen O'Reilly [7]
1996 Stephen O'Reilly Dale Kickett Scott Chisholm Peter Mann Craig Callaghan [8]
1997 Dale Kickett Shane Parker Craig Callaghan Andrew Wills Greg Harding [1]
1998 Jason Norrish Adrian Fletcher Craig Callaghan Chris Bond Shane Parker [1]
1999 Adrian Fletcher Tony Modra Daniel Bandy Dale Kickett Clive Waterhouse [1]
2000 Troy Cook Paul Hasleby Clive Waterhouse Daniel Bandy Adrian Fletcher [9]
2001 Peter Bell Heath Black Matthew Carr Matthew Pavlich Troy Cook [10]
2002 Matthew Pavlich Peter Bell Shane Parker Paul Hasleby Troy Simmonds [11]
2003 Peter Bell (2) Matthew Pavlich Paul Hasleby Robbie Haddrill Shaun McManus [10]
2004 Peter Bell (3) Paul Hasleby Matthew Pavlich Justin Longmuir Luke McPharlin [12]
Matthew Pavlich (2) Peter Bell Heath Black Paul Hasleby [11]
Shane Parker
Matthew Pavlich (3) Peter Bell Shane Parker Josh Carr [11]
Michael Johnson
Matthew Pavlich (4) Antoni Grover Luke McPharlin Peter Bell [11]
Josh Carr
Roger Hayden
Dean Solomon
2008 Matthew Pavlich (5) Aaron Sandilands Luke McPharlin Rhys Palmer Michael Johnson [13]
Aaron Sandilands Matthew Pavlich Chris Tarrant Paul Duffield Paul Hasleby
David Mundy
2010 David Mundy Aaron Sandilands Matthew Pavlich Stephen Hill Greg Broughton [15]
2011 Matthew Pavlich (6) Nat Fyfe ^ Greg Broughton Luke McPharlin David Mundy [16]
2012 Ryan Crowley Chris Mayne Michael Johnson Matthew Pavlich Luke McPharlin [17]
2013 Nat Fyfe ^ David Mundy Michael Johnson Ryan Crowley Lee Spurr [18]
2014 Nat Fyfe ^ (2) Aaron Sandilands Stephen Hill David Mundy Hayden Ballantyne [19]
2015 Aaron Sandilands (2) David Mundy Stephen Hill Nat Fyfe +^ Michael Walters ^ [20]
2016 Lachie Neale Stephen Hill Michael Walters ^ Matthew Pavlich Lee Spurr [21]
2017 Bradley Hill Lachie Neale Nat Fyfe ^ David Mundy Michael Walters ^ [22]
2018 Lachie Neale (2) David Mundy Nat Fyfe ^ Ed Langdon Luke Ryan ^ [23]
2019 Nat Fyfe +^ (3) Michael Walters ^ Bradley Hill David Mundy Ed Langdon [24]
2020 Luke Ryan ^ Nat Fyfe ^ Adam Cerra Andrew Brayshaw ^ David Mundy [25]
2021 Sean Darcy ^ David Mundy Andrew Brayshaw ^ Caleb Serong ^ Adam Cerra [26]
2022 Andrew Brayshaw ^ Brennan Cox ^ Caleb Serong ^ Lachie Schultz [27]
Alex Pearce ^
2023 Caleb Serong^ Andrew Brayshaw^ Luke Ryan^ Luke Jackson^ Hayden Young^ [28]
2024 Caleb Serong^ (2) Andrew Brayshaw^ Hayden Young^ Josh Treacy^ Sam Switkowski^ [29]
Jordan Clark^

Multiple winners

^Denotes current player
PlayerMedalsSeasons
Matthew Pavlich 62002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Peter Bell 32001, 2003, 2004
Nat Fyfe ^32013, 2014, 2019
Aaron Sandilands 22009, 2015
Lachie Neale 22016, 2018
Caleb Serong ^22023, 2024

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