1982 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Brian Wilson Melbourne 23 7 1 0
2nd Ross Glendinning North Melbourne 18 6 0 0
3rd Leigh Matthews^ Hawthorn 17 4 2 1
Terry Wallace Hawthorn 17 3 3 2
5th Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 16 2 5 0
6th Barry Round Sydney 15 3 3 0
* Jim Jess Richmond 15 3 2 2
7th Tony Buhagiar Essendon 14 4 0 2
Peter Daicos Collingwood 14 4 1 0
Garry Wilson Fitzroy 14 3 1 3
10th Robert Flower Melbourne 13 ? ? ?
* Val Perovic Carlton 13 ? ? ?

*: Player was ineligible to receive the medal this season.
^: Player received the Leigh Matthews Trophy this season.

Team Summary

Rank Team Vote(s) Leader(s)
1st Hawthorn 94 Leigh Matthews, Terry Wallace (17)
2nd Essendon 83 Tony Buhagiar (14)
3rd Richmond 79 Jim Jess (15)
4th Carlton 78 Val Perovic (13)
5th Melbourne 75 Brian Wilson (23)
6th North Melbourne 71 Ross Glendinning (18)
7th Sydney 67 Barry Round (15)
8th Fitzroy 64 Garry Wilson (14)
9th Geelong 49 Mick Turner (10)
Collingwood 49 Peter Daicos (14)
11th Footscray 41 Simon Beasley (8)
12th St Kilda 35 Geoff Cunningham (6)
* undesignated 7

*: Undesignated votes for players who played with more than one team during the home-and-away season (due to incomplete match-level records pre-1984).