Best and Fairest

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Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions, notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.

In the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL), the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the player who, provided he has not been suspended during the season, receives the most votes from the umpires for being the Fairest and Best player in games during the home and away season. In each game, the umpires award three votes to the player they judge to be the best afield in that game, two votes to the second-best player and one vote to the third-best player. The votes are counted at a gala function on the Monday preceding the Grand Final.

Another "best and fairest" honour, the Leigh Matthews Trophy, is voted on by the AFL's players and awarded by their trade union, the AFL Players Association. Unlike the Brownlow, players who have served disciplinary suspensions during the season are still eligible to win this award.

The best-and-fairest awards of the other major Australian rules football competitions are:

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Best and Fairest awards in the Australian Football League
Adelaide Crows - Malcolm Blight Medal | Brisbane Lions - Merrett-Murray Medal | Carlton - John Nicholls Medal | Collingwood - Copeland Trophy
Essendon - Crichton Medal | Fremantle - Doig Medal | Geelong - Carji Greeves Medal | Hawthorn - Peter Crimmins Medal
Kangaroos - Syd Barker Medal | Melbourne - Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal| Port Adelaide - John Cahill Medal | Richmond - Jack Dyer Medal
St Kilda - Trevor Barker Award | Sydney Swans - Bob Skilton Medal | West Coast Eagles - Club Champion Award | Western Bulldogs - Charles Sutton Medal
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