2017 AFL Women's best and fairest

2017 AFL Women's best and fairest
2017 AFL Women's best and fairest winner Erin Phillips
Date 28 March
Location Docklands Stadium
Winner Erin Phillips
Adelaide (14 votes)

The 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was the first year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the AFL Women's (AFLW) home-and-away season.[1] Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club won the award with 14 votes.[2]

Leading votegetters

PlayerVotes
1stErin Phillips (Adelaide)14
=2ndKaren Paxman (Melbourne)10
Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs)
4thLara Filocamo (Fremantle)9
5thKaitlyn Ashmore (Brisbane)8
=6thDarcy Vescio (Carlton)7
Jessica Dal Pos (Greater Western Sydney)
Elise O'Dea (Melbourne)
Daisy Pearce (Melbourne)
Emma Kearney (Western Bulldogs)

Voting procedure

The three field umpires (the umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each 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. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.

The winner of the 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was Erin Phillips, receiving 14 votes to win the inaugural award.

References

  1. "AFLW Player Awards". afl.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. Navaratnam, Danny (28 March 2017). "Simply the best: Phillips named AFLW finest". afl.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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