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 to the player who garners the most votes throughout the season, with 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.

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
2021
2022
2023 Caleb Serong [22] Fremantle

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  6. ↑ Herald Sun 3 September 2001 p.34
  7. ↑ Herald Sun 2 September 2002 p.30
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  9. ↑ "Herald Sun $10,000 Player of the Year". Herald Sun. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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  15. ↑ "Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett and Fremantle star Nathan Fyfe join winners of the Herald Sun Player of the Year Award". Herald Sun . 1 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  16. ↑ Herald Sun - Player Of The Year
  17. ↑ Player of the Year: Nat Fyfe wins despite not polling in last 9 rounds
  18. ↑ "Dangerfield wins Herald Sun Player of the Year". Herald Sun. 23 August 2016.
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