# John Worsfold Medal

The John Worsfold Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the West Coast Eagles throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season.
Sixteen individual players have won the West Coast best and fairest since the award was introduced for West Coast's inaugural 1987 season. The record of the most Club Champion Awards by an individual player is four which is held by Glen Jakovich and Ben Cousins. Both players also share the record for the most consecutive best and fairests, having both won three consecutive awards.
The Club Champion Award was renamed the John Worsfold Medal in 2013, after former premiership-winning captain and coach John Worsfold.

## Voting procedure

Various procedures have been used by the match committee to determine the club champion:
* 1987: unknown
* 1988: unknown
* 1989–2001: The match committee collectively award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player and one vote to the third-best player in each match.
* 2002–04: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of five votes for each match.
* 2005–13: Each member of the match committee rates every player on a 5–4–3–2–1 basis for each match.
* 2014–present: Each member of the match committee rates every player to a maximum of three votes for each match.

## Recipients

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| + | Won Brownlow in that same year |
| Year | Winner(s) | Votes | Runner(s) up | Votes | Third place | Votes |
| 1987 | Steve Malaxos | 229 | Ross Glendinning | 170 | Chris Mainwaring | 166 |
| 1988 | John Worsfold | 111 | Guy McKenna | 101 | Chris Mainwaring | 74 |
| 1989 | Guy McKenna | 36 | Chris Mainwaring | 30 | Chris Lewis | 26 |
| 1990 | Chris Lewis | 39 | Michael Brennan | 36 | — | — |
| 1990 | Chris Lewis | 39 | Dwayne Lamb | 36 | — | — |
| 1991 | Craig Turley | 43 | Guy McKenna | 42 | Peter Matera | 41 |
| 1992 | Dean Kemp | 46 | Chris Mainwaring | 38 | Glen Jakovich | 37 |
| 1993 | Glen Jakovich | 34 | Peter Matera | 31 | — | — |
| 1993 | Don Pyke | 34 | Peter Wilson | 31 | — | — |
| 1994 | Glen Jakovich (2) | 45 | Don Pyke | 39 | Guy McKenna | 38 |
| 1995 | Glen Jakovich (3) | 36 | Dean Kemp | 33 | — | — |
| 1995 | Glen Jakovich (3) | 36 | Mitchell White | 33 | — | — |
| 1996 | Drew Banfield | 36 | Chris Mainwaring | 35 | Guy McKenna | 34 |
| 1997 | Peter Matera | 37 | Dean Kemp | 35 | Chad Morrison | 33 |
| 1997 | Peter Matera | 37 | Dean Kemp | 35 | Paul Symmons | 33 |
| 1998 | Ashley McIntosh | 39 | Ben Cousins | 37 | Fraser Gehrig | 30 |
| 1998 | Ashley McIntosh | 39 | Ben Cousins | 37 | Chris Waterman | 30 |
| 1999 | Guy McKenna (2) | 36 | Drew Banfield | 35 | — | — |
| 1999 | Guy McKenna (2) | 36 | Michael Braun | 35 | — | — |
| 1999 | Guy McKenna (2) | 36 | Ben Cousins | 35 | — | — |
| 2000 | Glen Jakovich (4) | 27 | Dean Kemp | 23 | Chad Morrison | 21 |
| 2001 | Ben Cousins | 30 | Michael Collica | 17 | Chad Fletcher | 16 |
| 2001 | Ben Cousins | 30 | Michael Collica | 17 | Rowan Jones | 16 |
| 2002 | Ben Cousins (2) | 341 | Daniel Kerr | 295 | Chris Judd | 242 |
| 2003 | Ben Cousins (3) | 303 | Chris Judd | 269 | Chad Fletcher | 257 |
| 2004 | Chris Judd+ | 355 | Chad Fletcher | 319 | Dean Cox | 271 |
| 2005 | Ben Cousins+ (4) | 477 | Chris Judd | 416 | Dean Cox | 411 |
| 2006 | Chris Judd (2) | 452 | Darren Glass | 440 | Ben Cousins | 429 |
| 2007 | Darren Glass | 405 | Adam Hunter | 369 | Adam Selwood | 367 |
| 2008 | Dean Cox | 450 | Quinten Lynch | 360 | Adam Selwood | 316 |
| 2009 | Darren Glass (2) | 340 | Shannon Hurn | 329 | Mark LeCras | 328 |
| 2010 | Mark LeCras | 294 | Matt Priddis | 286 | Beau Waters | 281 |
| 2011 | Darren Glass (3) | 398 | Matt Priddis | 398 | Dean Cox | 397 |
| 2012 | Scott Selwood | 403 | Dean Cox | 400 | Shannon Hurn | 396 |
| 2013 | Matt Priddis | 373 | Eric Mackenzie | 363 | Josh Kennedy | 363 |
| 2014 | Eric Mackenzie | 201 | Matt Priddis+ | 190 | Luke Shuey | 148 |
| 2015 | Andrew Gaff | 210 | Matt Priddis | 206 | Josh Kennedy | 183 |
| 2016 | Luke Shuey | 157 | Josh Kennedy | 146 | Andrew Gaff | 140 |
| 2017 | Elliot Yeo^ | 197 | Jeremy McGovern^ | 191 | Luke Shuey | 180 |
| 2018 | Elliot Yeo^ (2) | 273 | Jack Redden | 231 | Shannon Hurn | 222 |
| 2019 | Luke Shuey (2) | 258 | Elliot Yeo^ | 239 | Brad Sheppard | 234 |
| 2020 | Nic Naitanui | 194 | Andrew Gaff^ | 192 | Brad Sheppard | 163 |
| 2021 | Nic Naitanui (2) | 200 | Dom Sheed^ | 160 | Andrew Gaff | 149 |
| 2022 | Tom Barrass^ | 182 | Shannon Hurn | 149 | Tim Kelly^ | 131 |
| 2023 | Tim Kelly^ | 200 | Oscar Allen^ | 163 | Liam Duggan^ | 158 |
| 2024 | Jeremy McGovern^ | 184 | Elliot Yeo^ | 177 | Jake Waterman^ | 155 |

## Multiple winners

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| Player | Medals | Seasons |
| Ben Cousins | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 |
| Glen Jakovich | 4 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 |
| Darren Glass | 3 | 2007, 2009, 2011 |
| Chris Judd | 2 | 2004, 2006 |
| Guy McKenna | 2 | 1989, 1999 |
| Nic Naitanui | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Luke Shuey | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| Elliot Yeo^ | 2 | 2017, 2018 |