Herald Sun Player of the Year

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The Herald Sun Player of the Year award is a media award for 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

Year Player Club
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

References

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  2. ^ "1994review.HTML". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ^ "1995review.HTML". Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ "1999review.HTML". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ Herald Sun 7 August 2000 p.34
  6. ^ Herald Sun 3 September 2001 p.34
  7. ^ Herald Sun 2 September 2002 p.30
  8. ^ "2005review.HTML". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Herald Sun $10,000 Player of the Year". Herald Sun. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Boomer takes the prize". Herald Sun. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  11. ^ Edmund, Sam (31 August 2009). "Dean [sic] Swan takes top prize". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  12. ^ Evans, Heath (29 November 2010). "AFL Players Association MVP Awards". AFL Players' Association. Retrieved 20 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Horan, Michael (5 September 2011). "Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell wins the Herald Sun award". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  14. ^ Paton, Al (3 September 2012). "Gary Ablett, Jobe Watson share SuperFooty Player Rater award". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  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.
  19. ^ Wood, Lauren (30 August 2017). "Alex Rance named All-Australian captain at full-back, Paddy Ryder wins ruck battle". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  20. ^ Herald Sun Sport [@heraldsunsport] (26 August 2018). "Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy has stormed home to win this year's @theheraldsun player of the year award" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ @superfooty (27 August 2019). "2019 Coaches MVP, Herald Sun Player of the Year, Brownlow ?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Serong earns All Australian honours!". fremantlefc.com.au. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.