1997 AFL Season: Brownlow Medal

Top 10 Players

Rank Player Team(s) Vote(s) 3 2 1
* Chris Grant Western Bulldogs 27 8 1 1
1st Robert Harvey^ St Kilda 26 7 2 1
2nd Paul Kelly Sydney 21 4 3 3
Peter Matera West Coast 21 5 3 0
4th Nathan Burke St Kilda 18 4 2 2
Mark Ricciuto Adelaide 18 2 6 0
6th Brad Sholl Geelong 16 4 1 2
7th Craig Bradley Carlton 15 3 2 2
Andrew Wills Fremantle 15 4 0 3
9th Nathan Buckley Collingwood 13 2 3 1
Paul Salmon Hawthorn 13 3 0 4
* Darren Jarman Adelaide 13 3 1 2
Dale Lewis Sydney 13 2 3 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 Geelong 91 Brad Sholl (16)
2nd St Kilda 89 Robert Harvey (26)
3rd Western Bulldogs 83 Chris Grant (27)
4th West Coast 73 Peter Matera (21)
5th Sydney 72 Paul Kelly (21)
6th Adelaide 70 Mark Ricciuto (18)
Port Adelaide 70 Gavin Wanganeen (11)
8th Collingwood 68 Nathan Buckley (13)
9th North Melbourne 63 David King (12)
Brisbane Lions 63 Nigel Lappin (11)
11th Fremantle 61 Andrew Wills (15)
12th Carlton 60 Craig Bradley (15)
13th Hawthorn 57 Paul Salmon (13)
14th Richmond 52 Darren Gaspar (12)
15th Essendon 50 Matthew Lloyd (7)
16th Melbourne 34 Todd Viney (9)