This is a list of individual awards won by the players and coaches of the Brisbane Lions' AFL team, the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears, and its AFL Women's and reserves teams (QAFL/NEAFL/VFL).
AFL awards and records
External awards
Brownlow Medal Jason Akermanis (2001)Brownlow Medal Honour Roll afl.com.au. Retrieved 2009-09-27. Simon Black (2002) Lachie Neale (2020, 2023)
Brownlow Medal runner-up Simon Black (2007, 2008) Lachie Neale (2022)
Norm Smith Medal Shaun Hart (2001)AFL Norm Smith Medal afl.com.au. Retrieved 2009-09-27. Simon Black (2003) Will Ashcroft (2024, 2025)
Coleman Medal Jonathan Brown (2007)Coleman Medal previous winners afl.com.au. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
Indigenous Team of the Century (2005) Chris Johnson Darryl White Michael McLeanPlayed predominantly for Footscray and the Brisbane Bears.
All-Australian team Jason Akermanis (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004) Justin Leppitsch (1999, 2002, 2003) Michael Voss (1999, 2001, 2002 – captain, 2003 – captain)Voss was also named All-Australian in 1996, but was playing for the Brisbane Bears. Simon Black (2001, 2002, 2004) Nigel Lappin (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Leigh Matthews (2001, 2002, 2003) – coach Chris Johnson (2002, 2004) Luke Power (2004) Jonathan Brown (2007 – vice-captain, 2009) Tom Rockliff (2014) Dayne Zorko (2017, 2024) Harris Andrews (2019, 2020, 2025, 2026) Charlie Cameron (2019, 2023) Lachie Neale (2019, 2020, 2022, 2024) Daniel Rich (2021) Hugh McCluggage (2025) Zac Bailey (2025, 2026) Logan Morris (2026)
Members of extended squads but not final teams Jed Adcock (2007) Nigel Lappin (2007) Simon Black (2008) Daniel Bradshaw (2008) Jonathan Brown (2008) Mitch Clark (2009) Harris Andrews (2018, 2023, 2024) Dayne Beams (2018) Hugh McCluggage (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) Dayne Zorko (2019, 2021, 2025) Charlie Cameron (2021, 2022, 2026) Jarryd Lyons (2021) Joe Daniher (2023, 2024) Lachie Neale (2023, 2026) Cameron Rayner (2024) Josh Dunkley (2025) Will Ashcroft (2026)
AFL Rising Star Daniel Rich (2009) Lewis Taylor (2014)
Nominations
Year Round Player 1997 8 1998 2 1999 1 9 17 21 2000 13 2001 1 19 2002 21 2003 4 22 2004 12 2005 6 12 15 17 2006 8 13 15 2007 2 9 2008 21 2009 1 2010 6 13 15 2012 1 8 2013 12 2014 6 9 19 2015 18 2017 5 14 17 2018 9 15 2019 20 2020 13 2021 15 2023 2 14 19 2024 10 15 2025 4 2026 16
Bold players denote winners of the Rising Star. No Brisbane Lions players were nominated in 2011, 2016 or 2022.
AFL Players Association awards
Leigh Matthews Trophy
Michael Voss (2002, 2003) Lachie Neale (2020)
Best First Year Player Award
Daniel Rich (2009)
Best Captain Award
Michael Voss (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Jonathan Brown (2007, 2009)
Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player
Michael Voss (2001) Jonathan Brown (2007, 2008, 2011) Josh Dunkley (2025)
Education and Training Excellence Award
Darcy Fort (2023) Noah Answerth (2024)
Madden Medal
Luke Power (2012)
22 Under 22 team
Jack Redden (2012) Harris Andrews (2017, 2018, 2019 – captain) Eric Hipwood (2017, 2018, 2019) Alex Witherden (2018, 2019) Hugh McCluggage (2019, 2020) Zac Bailey (2021) Brandon Starcevich (2021) Keidean Coleman (2022) Will Ashcroft (2023, 2025, 2026) Darcy Wilmot (2024, 2025, 2026) Levi Ashcroft (2025) Jaspa Fletcher (2025, 2026) Logan Morris (2025, 2026)
Members of extended squads but not final teams
Mitch Golby (2013) Jack Redden (2013) James Aish (2014) Ryan Lester (2014) Lewis Taylor (2014, 2015, 2017) Justin Clarke (2015) Marco Paparone (2015) Harris Andrews (2016) Hugh McCluggage (2018) Jarrod Berry (2019, 2020) Zac Bailey (2020) Cameron Rayner (2022) Darcy Wilmot (2023) Kai Lohmann (2024) Levi Ashcroft (2026)
Mark of the Year Jonathan Brown (2002)The AFL Mark of the Year AussieSportsinfo.com. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
Goal of the Year Jarrod Molloy (1999) Jason Akermanis (2002)The AFL Goal of the Year AussieSportsinfor.com. Retrieved 2009-09-27. Will Ashcroft (2023)
Michael Tuck Medal Daniel Rich (2013)
International Rules Australian representatives Marcus Ashcroft (1999) Craig McRae (1999) Jarrod Molloy (1999) Jason Akermanis (1999, 2000) Justin Leppitsch (1999, 2000) Luke Power (2000, 2003) Simon Black (2001) Nigel Lappin (2001) Chris Scott (2001) Darryl White (2001) Brad Scott (2002) Chris Johnson (2002, 2003, 2005) Mal Michael (2004) Justin Sherman (2006) Michael Voss (2006) Jared Brennan (2008) Todd Banfield (2010) Joel Patfull (2011) Ashley McGrath (2013) Tom Rockliff (2014, 2015) Dayne Zorko (2017)
Jim Stynes Medal Jason Akermanis (1999) Ashley McGrath (2013)
AFL Coaches Association awards
Champion Player of the Year Award
Lachie Neale (2020)
Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award
Chris Fagan (2019, 2024, 2025)
Coaching Legend Award
Leigh Matthews (2013)
Career & Education Award
Mitch Hahn (2017)
Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year
Michael Voss (2001)
Herald Sun Player of the Year
Simon Black (2001) Michael Voss (2003)
Lou Richards Medal
Michael Voss (2001) Lachie Neale (2020)
Australian Football Hall of Fame
Legends
Leigh Matthews (inducted 1996)
Inductees
Michael Voss (inducted 2011) Jason Akermanis (inducted 2015) Nigel Lappin (inducted 2016) Simon Black (inducted 2020) Jonathan Brown (inducted 2020)
AFL Queensland awards
Joe Grant Medal
Ben Robbins (2001) Claye Beams (2012) Jack Crisp (2013)
Queensland Football Team of the Century (2003)
Jason Akermanis Marcus Ashcroft Scott McIvor Mal Michael Michael Voss (captain)
Hall of Fame
Legends
Leigh Matthews Michael Voss
Inductees
Jason Akermanis Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane Lions 2001–03 (Leigh Matthews, Jason Akermanis, Marcus Ashcroft, Simon Black, Daniel Bradshaw, Jonathan Brown, Blake Caracella, Jamie Charman, Robert Copeland, Richard Hadley, Shaun Hart, Des Headland, Chris Johnson, Clark Keating, Nigel Lappin, Justin Leppitsch, Alastair Lynch, Beau McDonald, Ashley McGrath, Craig McRae, Mal Michael, Tim Notting, Martin Pike, Luke Power, Brad Scott, Chris Scott, Aaron Shattock, Michael Voss, Darryl White) Danny Dickfos Clark Keating Matthew Kennedy Steven Lawrence Scott McIvor Roger Merrett Mal Michael
NEAFL awards
Andrew Ireland Medal
Sam Michael (2012) Jesse O'Brien (2013) Ben Keays (2017) Matt Eagles (2019)
Team of the Year
Amon Buchanan (2011 – Northern Conference) James Hawksley (2012 – Northern Conference) Cheynee Stiller (2012 – Northern Conference) Stephen Wrigley (2012 – Northern Conference) Jack Crisp (2013 – Northern Conference) Patrick Karnezis (2013 – Northern Conference) Zac O'Brien (2014, 2015) Jonathan Freeman (2017) Oscar McInerney (2017) Liam Dawson (2018) Ryan Bastinac (2019) Matt Eagles (2019) Mitch Hahn (2019 – coach) Ben Keays (2019) Corey Lyons (2019)
VFL awards
J. J. Liston Trophy Jarryd Lyons (2023)
Team of the Year Rhys Mathieson (2022) Jarryd Lyons (2023, 2024) Deven Robertson (2024, 2025) Will McLachlan (2024, 2025)
Members of extended squads but not final teams Ryan Lester (2022) Kai Lohmann (2023) Jaxon Prior (2023)
Club awards
Best and fairest (Merrett–Murray Medal)
Awarded 1997–present.
1997: Matthew Clarke 1998: Chris Scott 1999: Jason Akermanis/Justin Leppitsch 2000: Michael Voss 2001: Simon Black/Michael Voss 2002: Simon Black 2003: Michael Voss 2004: Nigel Lappin 2005: Jason Akermanis 2006: Simon Black 2007: Jonathan Brown 2008: Jonathan Brown 2009: Jonathan Brown 2010: Michael Rischitelli 2011: Tom Rockliff 2012: Joel Patfull 2013: Joel Patfull 2014: Tom Rockliff 2015: Dayne Beams/Stefan Martin/Mitch Robinson/Dayne Zorko 2016: Dayne Zorko 2017: Dayne Zorko 2018: Dayne Zorko 2019: Lachie Neale 2020: Lachie Neale 2021: Dayne Zorko 2022: Lachie Neale 2023: Harris Andrews 2024: Lachie Neale 2025: Josh Dunkley
Merrett–Murray Medal runner-up
Awarded 1997–1998, 2000, 2002–2003, 2009–2014 and 2016–present, as "Runner-up Club Champion" from 1997–1998, in 2000 and from 2002–2003 and as "Nigel Lappin Trophy" from 2009–2014 and from 2016–present. An asterisk denotes that the award was not given that year, but the player placed second in the Merrett–Murray Medal vote count.
1997: Nigel Lappin 1998: Marcus Ashcroft 2000: Nigel Lappin 2002: Michael Voss 2003: Simon Black/Luke Power 2004: Luke Power* 2005: Chris Johnson* 2006: Justin Sherman* 2007: Jed Adcock* 2008: Simon Black* 2009: Simon Black 2010: Simon Black 2011: Simon Black 2012: Daniel Rich 2013: Pearce Hanley 2014: Dayne Zorko 2016: Mitch Robinson 2017: Dayne Beams 2018: Dayne Beams 2019: Dayne Zorko 2020: Jarryd Lyons 2021: Hugh McCluggage 2022: Hugh McCluggage 2023: Lachie Neale 2024: Dayne Zorko 2025: Hugh McCluggage
Merrett–Murray Medal third place
Awarded 1997–2002, 2009–2014 and 2016–present, as "Third Place Club Champion" from 1997–2002 and as "Alastair Lynch Trophy" from 2009–2014 and 2016–present. An asterisk denotes that the award was not given that year, but the player placed third in the Merrett–Murray Medal vote count.
1997: Marcus Ashcroft 1998: Matthew Kennedy 1999: Marcus Ashcroft 2000: Justin Leppitsch 2001: Nigel Lappin 2002: Marcus Ashcroft/Brad Scott 2004: Simon Black* 2005: Jed Adcock* 2006: Luke Power* 2007: Tim Notting* 2008: Luke Power* 2009: Mitch Clark 2010: Jonathan Brown 2011: Jack Redden 2012: Pearce Hanley 2013: Jack Redden 2014: Joel Patfull 2016: Stefan Martin 2017: Tom Rockliff 2018: Stefan Martin 2019: Hugh McCluggage 2020: Hugh McCluggage 2021: Jarryd Lyons 2022: Brandon Starcevich 2023: Hugh McCluggage 2024: Josh Dunkley 2025: Will Ashcroft
Team of the Decade In June 2006, to recognise ten years since the creation of the Brisbane Lions, a Team of the Decade was announced. Team of the DecadeBacks: Chris Johnson Mal Michael Darryl WhiteHalf-Backs: Marcus Ashcroft Justin Leppitsch Chris ScottMidfielders: Nigel Lappin Michael Voss (c) Brad ScottHalf-Forwards: Jason Akermanis Jonathan Brown Craig McRaeForwards: Luke Power Alastair Lynch Daniel BradshawFollowers: Clark Keating Simon Black Shaun HartInterchange: Martin Pike Tim Notting Jamie Charman Richard ChampionCoach:Leigh Matthews
Leading club goalkicker
Awarded 1997–present. Bold text denotes player won Coleman Medal by the being the AFL's leading goalkicker after the home-and-away season. Players in Italic text denotes player was the AFL's leading goalkicker after finals. 1997: Justin Leppitsch (49 goals)Brisbane Lions Goalkicking Records www.aflstats.tk. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 1998: Justin Leppitsch (26) 1999: Craig McRae (40) 2000: Alastair Lynch (61) 2001: Alastair Lynch (54) 2002: Alastair Lynch (58) 2003: Alastair Lynch (62) 2004: Jason Akermanis (40) 2005: Daniel Bradshaw (42) 2006: Daniel Bradshaw (59) 2007: Jonathan Brown (77) 2008: Daniel Bradshaw (75) 2009: Jonathan Brown (78) 2010: Jonathan Brown (53) 2011: Mitch Clark (27) 2012: Jonathan Brown (47) 2013: Jonathan Brown (28) 2014: Josh Green (33) 2015: Josh Green (25) 2016: Dayne Zorko (23) 2017: Dayne Zorko (34) 2018: Eric Hipwood (37) 2019: Charlie Cameron (57) 2020: Charlie Cameron (31) 2021: Charlie Cameron (55) 2022: Charlie Cameron (54) 2023: Joe Daniher (61) 2024: Joe Daniher (58) 2025: Logan Morris (53)
Clubman award Awarded 1997–1998 and 2005, as 'Clubman of the Year' from 1997–1998 and as 'Best Clubman' in 2005.Club Champions lions.com.au. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 1997: Jarrod Molloy 1998: Matthew Clarke 2005: Jonathan Brown/Dylan McLaren
Rookie of the Year Awarded 1997–present, as 'Best First Year Player' in 1997, 'Brian Powell Memorial Best First Year Player' in 1998, 'Brian Powell Memorial Rookie of the Year' from 1999–2001 and 'Rookie of the Year' from 2002–present. 1997: Daniel Bradshaw 1998: Simon Black 1999: Simon Black 2000: Beau McDonald 2001: Robert Copeland 2002: Jamie Charman 2003: Ashley McGrath