List of AFL Women's best and fairest winners

The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL Women's. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of women's Australian rules football.

Erin Phillips was the inaugural winner of the award in 2017, and won it again in 2019.

The award has been awarded every year since 2017. Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club was the inaugural winner of the award.

List of winners
2018 winner Emma Kearney (left) and 2020 winner Madison Prespakis (right)
Season Player Team Other accolades won during the same season Votes Ref.
2017Erin PhillipsAdelaide2017 AFL Women's premiership (c)
2017 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground
2017 AFLW Players' most vaulable player
2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2017 Adelaide Club Champion
2017 AFL Women's Goal of the Year		14[1]
2018Emma KearneyWestern Bulldogs2018 AFL Women's premiership
2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2018 Western Bulldogs best and fairest		14[2]
2019Erin Phillips (2)Adelaide2019 AFL Women's premiership (c)
2019 AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground
2019 AFLW Players' most vaulable player
2019 AFLW Coaches' champion player of the year
2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team (c)
2019 Adelaide Club Champion		19[3]
2020Madison PrespakisCarlton2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team
2020 Carlton best and fairest
2020 AFL Women's 22under22 team (vc)		15[4]

Voting system
Main article: AFL Women's best and fairest § Voting procedure

The voting system for the award has remained the same since its inception in 2017, and is the same as that which has been used for the Australian Football League (AFL)'s Brownlow Medal from 1931–1975 and 1978–present. In this system, the three field umpires confer after each home-and-away 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.[5]

References
  1. Navaratnam, Danny (28 March 2017). "Simply the best: Phillips named AFLW finest". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. Navaratnam, Dinney (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Dogs star named League B&F". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Phillips crowned AFLW's best for a second time". womens.afl. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. McGowan, Marc (28 April 2020). "Young Blue caps incredible rise with top gong". womens.afl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. "AFLW Awards". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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