Gary Ablett Jr holds the all time record for the most Brownlow votes. Dangerfield, Selwood and Pendlebury are top 10.

[Matchu]

Most Brownlow votes of all time

1. Gary Dempsey - 246
2. Gary Ablett Jr - 234
3. Sam Mitchell - 227
4. Robert Harvey - 215
5. Chris Judd - 210
6. Leigh Matthew - 202
7. Brent Harvey - 191
8. Dane Swan - 186
9. Simon Black - 184
10. Joel Selwood - 181

Will the Son of God break the all time record before he retires?

 

[mike123]

Will be tough getting Votes off Dangerfield and Selwood.

Playing mainly forward might help him in this regard as kicking goals might be a point of difference whilst still getting midfield time to rack up a few extra touches.

But the big if is on his body and if it holds up I reckon he will.

 

[Topkent]

Joel selwood 10th of all time
Please.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Would have thought James Hird would have been inside the top 10

 

[ferrisb]

Hird was a mercurial utility that could win a game from just about anywhere on the field.

Those with big brownlow tallies are full-time midfield accumulators. Top 10 is filled with the most brilliant, consistent (and mostly modern) engine room superstars.

 

[Kwality]

Haydn Bunton Senior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr.

 

[HairyO]

In the good old days the umpires fairly judged the performance and impact of all players, except defenders.

These days they rely on media hype to determine which midfielder should win it.

A once good award now basically crap.

 

[Hamingja]

Joel selwood 10th of all time
Please.

I didn't see Dempsey play but aside from him, Selwood is the equal or better player than everyone bar GAJ, Judd and Matthews on that list.

 

[Drewie11]

Will have it by round 4

 

[HairyO]

I didn't see Dempsey play but aside from him, Selwood is the equal or better player than everyone bar GAJ, Judd and Matthews on that list.

Better than Mitchell. Good one.

 

[scaryness]

Would have thought James Hird would have been inside the top 10

Looking back at the winning amount of votes - in Hird's days if you broke 20 votes you were pretty much home and hosed.

These days you need 30 to even be a chance. No surprise guys like Selwood are already in the top 10 and guys like Fyfe hve the highest votes per game average.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

I didn't see Dempsey play but aside from him, Selwood is the equal or better player than everyone bar GAJ, Judd and Matthews on that list.

I’ll give you B Harvey.

Lol at the rest.

 

[Milanista28]

He will only need around 10-12 games to do it.

 

[Topkent]

I didn't see Dempsey play but aside from him, Selwood is the equal or better player than everyone bar GAJ, Judd and Matthews on that list.

Haha bullshit. Not a single non geelong supporter would come close to agreeing with you.

Brent Harvey and Dane Swan are the only 2 you could argue. However Swan at his best was unstoppable and put up 40+ disposal games with goals.

Selwood doesn't even deserve to be mentioned alongside Sam Mitchell Simon Black Rob Harvey.

Judd was the best in the game for a few seasons. Selwood has arguably never been top 10 in his career for a single season

 

[Roddy]

Joel selwood 10th of all time
Please.

Is going to finish his career as the most free-kicked played in the history of the game too, I wonder if there's any correlation there?

 

[Xtreme]

Will have it by round 4

Especially if the umpires hand out 3 votes like its going out of style!!

 

[Benny78]

Selwoods had the better career than your Pendlebury, Fyfe, Martins etc. Even when you disregard all his accolades he's played at the top more consistently than any of those players. He's the ultimate professional. Second to only Gaz. And the only player in the league that draws comparisons to Leigh Matthews.

To describe it better the other "top 5 mids" are bunch of cheap chinese mig welders. Whilst all Richmond fans may argue Martin is 150A and Selwood is only 135A. Martin has a duty cycle of only 10% and the amount of seasons in his career he wasn't a top 5 player you could count on two hands.

 

[zucchini]

Dempsey is a false reading, played some seasons when both umpires gave votes.

 

[Cmarsh]

It's funny because of all the players on that top 10 list, the no.1 Gary Dempsey is easily the least recognisable name there.

 

[Cmarsh]

Selwoods had the better career than your Pendlebury, Fyfe, Martins etc. Even when you disregard all his accolades he's played at the top more consistently than any of those players. He's the ultimate professional. Second to only Gaz. And the only player in the league that draws comparisons to Leigh Matthews.

To describe it better the other "top 5 mids" are bunch of cheap chinese mig welders. Whilst all Richmond fans may argue Martin is 150A and Selwood is only 135A. Martin has a duty cycle of only 10% and the amount of seasons in his career he wasn't a top 5 player you could count on two hands.

Must say that's the first time of heard or read AFL players compared to mig welding equipment.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

It's funny because of all the players on that top 10 list, the no.1 Gary Dempsey is easily the least recognisable name there.

Time (oldest player there with Lethal by far) and perhaps the fact that, with Harvey, the only two on the list not to win a flag. Still, gun:

• Brownlow Medal (1975)
• 6× Charles Sutton Medal (1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
• Syd Barker Medal (1979)
• Footscray captain (1971–1972, 1977–1978)
• Footscray Team of the Century (Ruck)
• North Melbourne Team of the Century (Emergency)

 

[boncer34]

Selwood is an absolute gun player. Anyone who says otherwise is a moron.

 

[Snake_Baker]

It's funny because of all the players on that top 10 list, the no.1 Gary Dempsey is easily the least recognisable name there.

He was a star and would have been high amongst the discussions for AFL TOTC

Will the Son of God break the all time record before he retires?

Probably

 

[Sttew]

Will be tough getting Votes off Dangerfield and Selwood.

Playing mainly forward might help him in this regard as kicking goals might be a point of difference whilst still getting midfield time to rack up a few extra touches.

But the big if is on his body and if it holds up I reckon he will.

All he needs is 13 x 1 vote, or 1 x 3 + 10 x 1, or......Eminently do-able

 

[STPer18]

Joel selwood 10th of all time

And he's signed up for at least another 4 years. Going by his Brownlow vote averages, he's likely to displace Judd in the top 5 by the time his career is up. What a gun.