John Worsfold Medal

The John Worsfold Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the West Coast Eagles throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season.

For the equivalent AFL Women's award, see West Coast Club Champion (AFL Women's).

Sixteen individual players have won the West Coast best and fairest since the award was introduced for West Coast's inaugural 1987 season. The record of the most Club Champion Awards by an individual player is four which is held by Glen Jakovich and Ben Cousins. Both players also share the record for the most consecutive best and fairests, having both won three consecutive awards.

The Club Champion Award was renamed the John Worsfold Medal in 2013,[1] after former premiership-winning captain and coach John Worsfold.

Voting procedure

Various procedures have been used by the match committee to determine the club champion:

  • 1987: unknown
  • 1988: unknown
  • 1989–2001: The match committee collectively award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player and one vote to the third-best player in each match.
  • 2002–04: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of five votes for each match.
  • 2005–13: Each member of the match committee rates every player on a 5–4–3–2–1 basis for each match.
  • 2014–present: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of three votes for each match.[2]

Recipients
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John Worsfold, the namesake of the award, won in 1988.
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Guy McKenna won in 1989 and 1999.
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Chris Judd won the 2004 Brownlow Medal in the same year he won the John Worsfold Medal.
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Mark LeCras won in 2010.
^ Denotes current player
+ Won Brownlow in that same year
YearWinner(s)VotesRunner(s) upVotesThird placeVotesRef.
1987Steve Malaxos229Ross Glendinning170Chris Mainwaring166[3]
1988John Worsfold111Guy McKenna101Chris Mainwaring74[4]
1989Guy McKenna36Chris Mainwaring30Chris Lewis26[5]
1990Chris Lewis39Michael Brennan36—[6]
Dwayne Lamb
1991Craig Turley43Guy McKenna42Peter Matera41[3]
1992Dean Kemp46Chris Mainwaring38Glen Jakovich37[7]
1993Glen Jakovich34Peter Matera31—[8][9]
Don Pyke Peter Wilson
1994Glen Jakovich (2)45Don Pyke39Guy McKenna38[8]
1995Glen Jakovich (3)36Dean Kemp33—[8]
Mitchell White
1996Drew Banfield36Chris Mainwaring35Guy McKenna34[10]
1997Peter Matera37Dean Kemp35Chad Morrison33[11]
Paul Symmons
1998Ashley McIntosh39Ben Cousins37Fraser Gehrig30[12]
Chris Waterman
1999Guy McKenna (2)36Drew Banfield35—[5]
Michael Braun
Ben Cousins
2000Glen Jakovich (4)27Dean Kemp23Chad Morrison21[8]
2001Ben Cousins30Michael Collica17Chad Fletcher16[13]
Rowan Jones
2002Ben Cousins (2)341Daniel Kerr295Chris Judd242[14]
2003Ben Cousins (3)303Chris Judd269Chad Fletcher257[13]
2004Chris Judd+355Chad Fletcher319Dean Cox271[15]
2005Ben Cousins+ (4)477Chris Judd416Dean Cox411[16]
2006Chris Judd (2)452Darren Glass440Ben Cousins429[15]
2007Darren Glass405Adam Hunter369Adam Selwood367[17]
2008Dean Cox450Quinten Lynch360Adam Selwood316[18]
2009Darren Glass (2)340Shannon Hurn329Mark LeCras328[19]
2010Mark LeCras294Matt Priddis286Beau Waters281[20]
2011Darren Glass (3)398Matt Priddis398Dean Cox397[21]
2012Scott Selwood403Dean Cox400Shannon Hurn396[22]
2013Matt Priddis373Eric Mackenzie363Josh Kennedy363[23]
2014Eric Mackenzie201Matt Priddis+190Luke Shuey148[24]
2015Andrew Gaff^210Matt Priddis206Josh Kennedy183[25]
2016Luke Shuey157Josh Kennedy146Andrew Gaff^140[26]
2017Elliot Yeo^197Jeremy McGovern^191Luke Shuey180[27]
2018Elliot Yeo^ (2)273Jack Redden231Shannon Hurn222[28]
2019Luke Shuey (2)258Elliot Yeo^239Brad Sheppard234[29]
2020Nic Naitanui194Andrew Gaff^192Brad Sheppard163[30]
2021Nic Naitanui (2)200Dom Sheed^160Andrew Gaff^149[31]
2022Tom Barrass^182Shannon Hurn149Tim Kelly^131 [32]
2023Tim Kelly^200Oscar Allen^163Liam Duggan^158 [33]

Multiple winners
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Elliot Yeo is one of eight players to have won multiple times.
^ Denotes current player
Player Medals Seasons
Ben Cousins42001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Glen Jakovich41993, 1994, 1995, 2000
Darren Glass32007, 2009, 2011
Chris Judd22004, 2006
Guy McKenna21989, 1999
Luke Shuey22016, 2019
Elliot Yeo^22017, 2018
Nic Naitanui22020, 2021

References
General
  • "Honour Roll". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  • "West Coast Eagles Club Champion Award". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Specific
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  2. "Eric Mackenzie: 2014 John Worsfold Medallist". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. Robinson, Chris (2 October 2014). "West Coast Eagles standouts Matt Priddis and Eric Mackenzie clear favourites for John Worsfold Medal". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. White, Simon (10 June 2011). "Not happy, John: Worsfold again denied Hall of Fame honour". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. "Guy McKenna". AFL Coaches Association. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. "Chris Lewis". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  7. Sapienza, Joseph (5 August 2011). "Our West Coast Hall of Fame inductees". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. "Hall of Fame an honour for Jakovich". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  9. Rucci, Michelangelo (19 March 2016). "Don Pyke's vision for his first job as an AFL senior coach is to be very much in the background". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  10. Lavell, Steven (24 June 2016). "Fitting swan song for old favourite". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  11. Washbourne, Michael (1 July 2008). "The 10 greatest players in West Coast Eagles history". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  12. "Ashely McIntosh". westcoasteagles.com.au. Bigpond. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  13. "Ben Cousins, controversial West Coast and Richmond star, retires from AFL". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  14. "How the best was won". The Age. Fairfax Media. 7 October 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  15. "The Chris Judd file: everything you need to know about star midfielder's career". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  16. "Cousins awarded Eagles' best and fairest". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  17. Cowley, Michael (15 May 2009). "How Sydney dealt Glass to the West Coast". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  18. Schmook, Nathan (4 October 2008). "Cox wins Eagles best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  19. Clarke, Tim (12 September 2009). "Eagles champion: Glass more than half full". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  20. Chadwick, Justin (11 September 2010). "West Coast sharpshooter Mark LeCras wins West Coast's best and fairest". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  21. Leitch, Chris (9 October 2011). "Glass edges out Priddis to win Eagles B&F". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  22. Schmook, Nathan (5 October 2012). "Young Selwood is best Eagle". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  23. Malcolm, Alex (30 November 2013). "Priddis wins first West Coast best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  24. Hagdorn, Kim (4 October 2014). "West Coast Eagles defender Eric Mackenzie awarded John Worsfold Medal for best player". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  25. Quartermaine, Ben (10 October 2015). "Andrew Gaff upsets Matt Priddis to win West Coast's best-and-fairest". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  26. Quartermane, Braden (6 October 2016). "West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey caps his finest season by winning his first John Worsfold Medal". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  27. King, Travis (7 October 2017). "Former Lion flies high as Eagles' best". Australian Football League. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  28. King, Travis (6 October 2018). "Eagle joins greats with back-to-back B&Fs". afl.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  29. Stocks, Gary (4 October 2018). "Second gong for Shuey". westcoasteagles.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  30. Stocks, Gary (20 October 2020). "SNaitanui claims maiden John Worsfold Medal". westcoasteagles.com.au. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  31. Stocks, Gary (16 September 2021). "SNaitanui goes back-to-back". westcoasteagles.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  32. "Barrass joins Eagles elite". westcoasteagles.com.au. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  33. "Kelly joins Eagles elite". westcoasteagles.com.au. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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