1996 AFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
1st James Hird Essendon 21 4 4 1
Michael Voss Brisbane Bears 21 5 2 2
* Corey McKernan^ North Melbourne 21 6 1 1
3rd Nathan Burke St Kilda 20 3 4 3
Chris Grant Footscray 20 4 3 2
5th Garry Hocking Geelong 19 5 1 2
6th Paul Salmon Hawthorn 18 4 3 0
7th Justin Charles Richmond 17 5 0 2
Robert Harvey St Kilda 17 3 2 4
Stewart Loewe St Kilda 17 4 2 1
Guy McKenna West Coast 17 4 2 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 Sydney 92 Paul Kelly, Tony Lockett, Paul Roos (14)
2nd Brisbane Bears 87 Michael Voss (21)
3rd West Coast 85 Guy McKenna (17)
4th Carlton 80 Fraser Brown, Anthony Koutoufides (12)
5th Richmond 79 Justin Charles (17)
6th North Melbourne 78 Corey McKernan (21)
7th Essendon 72 James Hird (21)
8th Geelong 70 Garry Hocking (19)
Hawthorn 70 Paul Salmon (18)
10th St Kilda 68 Nathan Burke (20)
11th Collingwood 56 Scott Russell (13)
12th Footscray 54 Chris Grant (20)
13th Fremantle 51 Shaun McManus (9)
14th Melbourne 47 Jim Stynes (11)
Adelaide 47 Darren Jarman (9)
16th Fitzroy 20 Martin Pike (6)