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Matt Rowell Wins 2025 Brownlow After Record Early Surge

The Gold Coast midfielder capped a career-best season with 39 votes to become the Suns' second Brownlow medallist.

Overview

  • Nick Daicos finished runner-up on 32 votes, with Geelong's Bailey Smith third on 29 as the final leaderboard was confirmed.
  • Rowell became the first player to receive three votes in each of his first four matches, logged eight best-on-grounds and polled in 17 games.
  • A Round 20 allocation that gave Melbourne's Jack Viney three votes ahead of St Kilda's Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera drew strong on-the-night disbelief and calls for review.
  • Fremantle teenager Murphy Reid claimed the Rising Star award after a standout debut season.
  • West Coast recorded the lowest team total in Brownlow history with 12 votes across the season.