The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL Women's. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football.
The award has been awarded every year since 2017. Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club was the inaugural winner of the award.
List of winners
Season Player Team Other accolades won during the same season Votes 2017 2017 AFL Women's premiership (c)2017 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground2017 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team2017 Adelaide Club Champion2017 AFL Women's Goal of the Year 14 2018 2018 AFL Women's premiership2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team2018 Western Bulldogs best and fairest 14 2019 (2) 2019 AFL Women's premiership (c)2019 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground2019 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player2019 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team (c)2019 Adelaide Club Champion 19 2020 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team2020 Carlton best and fairest 15 2021 2021 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team2021 Fremantle fairest and best 15 2021 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team (c)2021 Collingwood best and fairest 2022 (S6) 2022 season 6 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player2022 season 6 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team2022 season 6 Brisbane best and fairest 21 2022 (S7) 21 2023 2023 AFL Women's All-Australian team2023 Richmond best and fairest 23 2024 2024 AFLPA AFLW most valuable player2024 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team2024 AFLPA AFLW best captain2024 Adelaide Club Champion 23 2025 2025 AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year2025 AFL Women's All-Australian team 23
Voting system
The voting system for the award has remained the same since its inception in 2017, and is the same as that which has been used for the Australian Football League (AFL)'s Brownlow Medal from 1931–1975 and 1978–present. In this system, the three field umpires confer after each home-and-away match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively.
References
External links
AFLW Awards