Herald Sun Player of the Year

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The Herald SunPlayer of the Year award is a media award for the Australian Football League (AFL) given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun . It has been awarded annually since 1991. In each game throughout the season, a selected Herald Sun journalist awarding five votes to the player they judge to be the "best on ground", four votes to the second-best player, three votes to the third-best player, two votes to the fourth-best player and one vote for the fifth best player. The player who garners the most votes throughout the season is the winner.

Winners

YearPlayerClub
1991 Jim Stynes Melbourne
1992 Scott Wynd [1] Footscray
1993 Greg Williams Carlton
1994 Greg Williams [2] Carlton
1995 Nicky Winmar [3] St Kilda
1996 Nathan Burke St Kilda
1997 Robert Harvey St Kilda
1998 Nathan Buckley Collingwood
1999 Shane Crawford [4] Hawthorn
2000 Anthony Koutoufides [5] Carlton
2001 Simon Black [6] Brisbane Lions
2002 Luke Darcy [7] Western Bulldogs
2003 Michael Voss Brisbane Lions
2004 Warren Tredrea Port Adelaide
2005 Ben Cousins [8] West Coast
2006 Adam Goodes Sydney
2007 Gary Ablett, Jr. [9] Geelong
2008 Brent Harvey [10] North Melbourne
2009 Dane Swan [11] Collingwood
2010 Dane Swan [12] Collingwood
2011 Sam Mitchell [13] Hawthorn
2012 Gary Ablett Jr. [14] Gold Coast
2013 Gary Ablett Jr.
Nat Fyfe [15]
Gold Coast
Fremantle
2014 Joel Selwood [16] Geelong
2015 Nat Fyfe [17] Fremantle
2016 Patrick Dangerfield [18] Geelong
2017 Dustin Martin [19] Richmond
2018 Brodie Grundy [20] Collingwood
2019 Marcus Bontempelli [21] Western Bulldogs
2020 Lachie Neale [22] Brisbane Lions
2021 Ollie Wines [23] Port Adelaide
2022 Lachie Neale [24] Brisbane Lions
2023 Caleb Serong [25] Fremantle
2024 Patrick Cripps [26] Carlton

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