2021 Gavin Brown Medal count

[David]

On to the Robert Harvey era ...

Round 15 vs Fremantle

5. Taylor Adams / Brayden Maynard (tied)
3. Brodie Grundy
2. Scott Pendlebury
1. Jack Crisp

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 36
Scott Pendlebury 24
Brayden Maynard 23
Brodie Grundy 19
Darcy Moore 19
Jordan De Goey 12
Taylor Adams 10
Josh Daicos 10
Isaac Quaynor 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Jack Madgen 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1

[David]

Round 16 vs St Kilda

5. Scott Pendlebury
4. Jack Crisp
3. Taylor Adams
2. Isaac Quaynor
1. Jordan De Goey

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 40
Scott Pendlebury 29
Brayden Maynard 23
Brodie Grundy 19
Darcy Moore 19
Taylor Adams 13
Jordan De Goey 13
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Jack Madgen 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1

[David]

Round 17 vs Richmond

5. Taylor Adams
4. Jack Crisp
3. Brayden Maynard
2. Brodie Grundy
1. Scott Pendlebury

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 44
Scott Pendlebury 30
Brayden Maynard 26
Brodie Grundy 21
Darcy Moore 19
Taylor Adams 18
Jordan De Goey 13
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Jack Madgen 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1

[David]

Round 18 vs Carlton

5. John Noble
4. Chris Mayne
3. Jordan De Goey
2. Oliver Henry
1. Trey Ruscoe

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 44
Scott Pendlebury 30
Brayden Maynard 26
Brodie Grundy 21
Darcy Moore 19
Taylor Adams 18
Jordan De Goey 16
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
John Noble 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Chris Mayne 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Jack Madgen 3
Mason Cox 2
Oliver Henry 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

[David]

Round 19 vs Port Adelaide

5. Jack Crisp
4. Brodie Grundy
3. Jack Madgen
2. Oliver Henry
1. Brayden Maynard

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 49
Scott Pendlebury 30
Brayden Maynard 27
Brodie Grundy 25
Darcy Moore 19
Taylor Adams 18
Jordan De Goey 16
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jack Madgen 6
John Noble 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Oliver Henry 4
Chris Mayne 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

… and, with four matches still to come, we already have our winner! (Only Pendlebury could still catch him mathematically, and he missed the last four games of the year.) Congratulations to Jack Crisp, winner of the 2021 Gavin Brown Medal.

Will be interesting to see who comes second now – that seems like a much tighter race.

[David]

Round 20 vs West Coast

5. Jordan De Goey
4. Jack Crisp
3. Steele Sidebottom
2. Brodie Grundy
1. Taylor Adams

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 53
Scott Pendlebury 30
Brodie Grundy 27
Brayden Maynard 27
Jordan De Goey 21
Taylor Adams 19
Darcy Moore 19
Steele Sidebottom 13
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jack Madgen 6
John Noble 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Oliver Henry 4
Chris Mayne 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

[David]

Round 21 vs Hawthorn

5. Jordan De Goey
4. Brayden Maynard
3. Brodie Grundy
2. Taylor Adams
1. Jack Crisp

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 54
Brayden Maynard 31
Brodie Grundy 30
Scott Pendlebury 30
Jordan De Goey 26
Taylor Adams 21
Darcy Moore 19
Steele Sidebottom 13
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Jordan Roughead 7
Darcy Cameron 6
Jack Madgen 6
John Noble 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Oliver Henry 4
Chris Mayne 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

Maynard jumps into second over Pendlebury, but Grundy and De Goey (who’s making a big late run with two straight BOGs) aren’t far behind.

[David]

Round 22 vs Brisbane (yes, people could actually be bothered to submit votes for this one!)

5. Jack Crisp
4. Jordan De Goey
3. Steele Sidebottom
2. Jordan Roughead
1. Taylor Adams

Leaderboard

Jack Crisp 59
Brayden Maynard 31
Jordan De Goey 30
Brodie Grundy 30
Scott Pendlebury 30
Taylor Adams 22
Darcy Moore 19
Steele Sidebottom 16
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Jordan Roughead 9
Darcy Cameron 6
Jack Madgen 6
John Noble 6
Jamie Elliott 5
Brody Mihocek 5
Oliver Henry 4
Chris Mayne 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

Only one point separating second from fifth! And only one match to come…

[David]

And here are the final votes for 2021…

Round 23 vs Essendon

5. Jamie Elliott
4. Jordan De Goey
3. Taylor Adams
2. Jack Crisp
1. Chris Mayne

Final leaderboard

Jack Crisp 61
Jordan De Goey 34
Brayden Maynard 31
Brodie Grundy 30
Scott Pendlebury 30
Taylor Adams 25
Darcy Moore 19
Steele Sidebottom 16
Isaac Quaynor 12
Josh Daicos 10
Jamie Elliott 10
Jordan Roughead 9
Darcy Cameron 6
Jack Madgen 6
John Noble 6
Chris Mayne 5
Brodie Mihocek 5
Oliver Henry 4
Trent Bianco 3
Will Hoskin-Elliott 3
Jeremy Howe 3
Mason Cox 2
Beau McCreery 1
John Noble 1
Caleb Poulter 1
Trey Ruscoe 1

Congratulations again to Jack Crisp, winner of his first ever Gavin Brown Medal! The 27-point difference between him and the nearest runner-up also makes this the biggest win in the history of the award, and the third-highest score ever recorded by a player in a season (behind only Brodie Grundy’s 78 points in 2018 and Dayne Beams’ 64 in 2012).

Meanwhile, this is Jordan De Goey’s first ever second-place finish, surpassing his fourth place in 2018. He had an extraordinarily good last month, receiving eighteen out of a possible twenty votes and jumping from 7th to 2nd.

It’s also Brayden Maynard’s first ever third-place finish, surpassing his fourth place in 2020.

It’s the first time in thirteen years and only the third time in his sixteen-year career that Scott Pendlebury hasn’t finished in the top three, although he was well on track to before his injury in round 19.

For Brodie Grundy, who tied with Pendlebury for fourth, it’s his sixth straight top 5 finish.

Jack Madgen, Trey Ruscoe and first-year players Oliver Henry, Trent Bianco, Beau McCreery and Caleb Poulter polled their first ever Gavin Brown Medal votes this year. Oliver Henry is the best first-year player with 4 (and the only one of the four to poll across multiple games)

It’s nice to see Jordan Roughead get a few votes after Nick’s BB voters seemingly forgot he existed last year. This year’s Donut King award for most matches without a single vote goes to perennial Nick’s BB whipping boy Josh Thomas, who played 20 games without any love.

Thanks to everyone who voted this year, and I think you’ll all agree we’ve picked a very worthy winner.

[Haff]

Well done David and congrats Crispy. Only ever going to get it in a rotten year.

[Donny]

Thanks, David. Excellent work.

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

Thanks David, take a lot of work i know

Congrats Crispy, never in doubt and will be a worthy Copeland winner too.

Injuries notwithstanding, Shame there is such a stark gap between our best and the next tier

Pleasing to see 5 of our 9 debutants get votes

The fact that nobody forward of the ball polled significant votes underlines the key issues facing us as a team

[qldmagpie67]

Thanks David excellent work
No real surprise with the winner he’s been our most consistent player this season
Think the Copeland will go close to the same lines
Only changes I see i Elliott likely to be higher up and likewise Moore who’s first half of the season was AA standard

[Big T]

Great job David.

Hoping to see a total change next year with the youngsters at the bottom rising to the top.

[think better]

Well done David - lots of work in getting this together

Good to see Crisp getting the gong - best steak knives ever!

Maynard is the real deal - solid in defence and takes the game on

JDG is going well and the next couple of years are full of promise

Pendles is pendles - super consistent at the highest level

IQ polled well - could well be a Copeland contender in a year or two - has all the goods.

Grundy is very consistent and can dominate games