- THIS YEAR is the 97th year the Brownlow Medal will be awarded. The first medal was awarded in 1924 while there was a four year break from 1942-45 due to the war.
- If Chris Judd or Adam Goodes win, they will become just the fifth triple Brownlow winner and the first since Ian Stewart in 1971.
- Also, if Judd wins, he will be the first Carlton player in history to win two medals with the Blues.
- Did you know the past two Brownlow medallists and three of the past seven have won with exactly 30 votes?
- Of the current players, Brisbane's Simon Black and Judd have polled the most career votes, with 164 and 162 respectively.
- No player has won the medal playing in a team that didn't made the finals since Shane Crawford with Hawthorn in 1999 (his team finished ninth).
- In the past decade, since 2000, only four players have won the medal and gone on to play in the premiership team - Jason Akermanis and Simon Black in 2001-02, Jimmy Bartel in 2007 and Gary Ablett in 2009.
- Players wearing number 7 have won the medal more times than any other number with 10, ahead of numbers 3 and 5 with nine wins each.
- The record for votes polled in most games in a season is 14 by Collingwood's Des Fothergill in 1940, Herbie Matthews with South Melbourne in 1940 and Robert Harvey with St Kilda in 1998.
- The most votes polled in a season by an ineligible player is 27 by Chris Grant with the Bulldogs in 1997.
- The oldest Brownlow medallist is South Melbourne’s Barry Round in 1981 - he was 31 years, 238 days.
- Only one player since 1994 has won the medal 30 years or older - Nathan Buckley with Collingwood in 2003, at 31 years, 57 days.
- The youngest Brownlow medallist is Essendon legend Dick Reynolds, in 1934, 19 years, 90 days.
- Did you know three of the competition's least successful teams, the Swans (four flags), Bulldogs (one) and St Kilda (one) have had the most medal winners - the Swans 11, the Bulldogs 10 and Saints eight?
- The most career Brownlow votes in history is 246 - Gary Dempsey with Footscray/North Melbourne.
- Only twice in history has the medal winner come from the team that won the wooden spoon - Dinny Ryan with Fitzroy in 1936 and Col Austen in 1949 with Hawthorn.
- It pays to be a right footer - 82 medallists have been natural right footers, while only 12 natural left footers have won.
- Only three players since 1992 have played less than 20 games in the regular season and still won the medal, Gavin Wanganeen in 1993, Gary Ablett in 2009 and Chris Judd in 2010.
- St Kilda's Robert Harvey is the most recent back-to-back Brownlow winner, 1997-98.
- The most total votes polled by a club in a season is 116 by Essendon in 2000.
- No player has won the medal having played 200 or more games since Ben Cousins in 2005.
- As of the end of the home and away season, Chris Judd had played 220 games. No player has won the medal playing 220 or more games since Mark Ricciuto and Nathan Buckley in 2003.
- The most recent player to win the award having played less than 100 games is Chris Judd in 2004 with the Eagles who had played just 67.
- Did you know the Brownlow Medal has been held at Crown every year since 2000 except for one, in 2002 when it was at Etihad Stadium?
- The most recent key position player to win the Brownlow was James Hird in 1996, who won when playing from centre-half forward.
- Finally, did you know that 11 of the past 13 winners have gone on to win their club best and fairest award?
