1986 VFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st Robert DiPierdomenico Hawthorn 17 4 2 1
Greg Williams Sydney 17 3 3 2
3rd Paul Roos^ Fitzroy 16 3 3 1
4th Glenn Hawker Essendon 15 1 6 0
5th John Platten Hawthorn 14 3 2 1
6th Bruce Abernethy Collingwood 13 4 0 1
7th Wayne Harmes Carlton 12 1 3 3
Shane Morwood Collingwood 12 2 3 0
* Jon Dorotich Carlton 12 2 2 2
9th Richard Loveridge Hawthorn 11 2 2 1
10th Dennis Carroll Sydney 10 2 1 2
Peter Daicos Collingwood 10 2 2 0
Mark Dwyer Fitzroy 10 2 0 4
Alan Ezard Essendon 10 3 0 1
Peter McConville St Kilda 10 3 0 1
Paul Meldrum Carlton 10 3 0 1

*: 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 Carlton 94 Jon Dorotich, Wayne Harmes (12)
2nd Hawthorn 90 Robert DiPierdomenico (17)
3rd Collingwood 81 Bruce Abernethy (13)
4th Sydney 80 Greg Williams (17)
5th Essendon 74 Glenn Hawker (15)
6th Fitzroy 69 Paul Roos (16)
7th North Melbourne 64 Mark Arceri (9)
8th Footscray 57 Brad Hardie (9)
9th Geelong 53 Damian Bourke, Paul Couch (8)
10th St Kilda 46 Peter McConville (10)
11th Richmond 44 Dale Weightman (8)
12th Melbourne 40 Alan Johnson (7)