# Doig Medal

The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL.
It was renamed in 2000 after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who have had over 17 members play league football for East Fremantle or South Fremantle in the WAFL. The most famous is George Doig who has been inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Eight different players won the award between 1995 and 2002 until Peter Bell won his second medal in 2003. Following Bell's third medal in 2004, Matthew Pavlich won four consecutive medals to hold the record of six medals in total. Nat Fyfe became the third player to win multiple Doig medals when he won consecutive medals in 2013 and 2014.
The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving each player a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.

## Recipients

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| + | Player won Brownlow Medal in same season |
| Season | Winner | Runner up | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
| 1995 | Peter Mann | Dale Kickett | Ben Allan | Scott Chisholm | Stephen O'Reilly |
| 1996 | Stephen O'Reilly | Dale Kickett | Scott Chisholm | Peter Mann | Craig Callaghan |
| 1997 | Dale Kickett | Shane Parker | Craig Callaghan | Andrew Wills | Greg Harding |
| 1998 | Jason Norrish | Adrian Fletcher | Craig Callaghan | Chris Bond | Shane Parker |
| 1999 | Adrian Fletcher | Tony Modra | Daniel Bandy | Dale Kickett | Clive Waterhouse |
| 2000 | Troy Cook | Paul Hasleby | Clive Waterhouse | Daniel Bandy | Adrian Fletcher |
| 2001 | Peter Bell | Heath Black | Matthew Carr | Matthew Pavlich | Troy Cook |
| 2002 | Matthew Pavlich | Peter Bell | Shane Parker | Paul Hasleby | Troy Simmonds |
| 2003 | Peter Bell (2) | Matthew Pavlich | Paul Hasleby | Robbie Haddrill | Shaun McManus |
| 2004 | Peter Bell (3) | Paul Hasleby | Matthew Pavlich | Justin Longmuir | Luke McPharlin |
| 2005 | Matthew Pavlich (2) | Peter Bell | Peter Bell | Heath Black | Paul Hasleby |
| 2006 | Matthew Pavlich (3) | Peter Bell | Peter Bell | Shane Parker | Josh Carr |
| 2007 | Matthew Pavlich (4) | Antoni Grover | Luke McPharlin | Peter Bell | Peter Bell |
| 2008 | Matthew Pavlich (5) | Aaron Sandilands | Luke McPharlin | Rhys Palmer | Michael Johnson |
| 2009 | Aaron Sandilands | Matthew Pavlich | Chris Tarrant | Paul Duffield | Paul Hasleby |
| 2009 | Aaron Sandilands | Matthew Pavlich | Chris Tarrant | Paul Duffield | David Mundy |
| 2010 | David Mundy | Aaron Sandilands | Matthew Pavlich | Stephen Hill | Greg Broughton |
| 2011 | Matthew Pavlich (6) | Nat Fyfe^ | Greg Broughton | Luke McPharlin | David Mundy |
| 2012 | Ryan Crowley | Chris Mayne | Michael Johnson | Matthew Pavlich | Luke McPharlin |
| 2013 | Nat Fyfe^ | David Mundy | Michael Johnson | Ryan Crowley | Lee Spurr |
| 2014 | Nat Fyfe^ (2) | Aaron Sandilands | Stephen Hill | David Mundy | Hayden Ballantyne |
| 2015 | Aaron Sandilands (2) | David Mundy | Stephen Hill | Nat Fyfe+^ | Michael Walters^ |
| 2016 | Lachie Neale | Stephen Hill | Michael Walters^ | Matthew Pavlich | Lee Spurr |
| 2017 | Bradley Hill | Lachie Neale | Nat Fyfe^ | David Mundy | Michael Walters^ |
| 2018 | Lachie Neale (2) | David Mundy | Nat Fyfe^ | Ed Langdon | Luke Ryan^ |
| 2019 | Nat Fyfe+^ (3) | Michael Walters^ | Bradley Hill | David Mundy | Ed Langdon |
| 2020 | Luke Ryan^ | Nat Fyfe^ | Adam Cerra | Andrew Brayshaw^ | David Mundy |
| 2021 | Sean Darcy^ | David Mundy | Andrew Brayshaw^ | Caleb Serong^ | Adam Cerra |
| 2022 | Andrew Brayshaw^ | Brennan Cox^ | Caleb Serong^ | Caleb Serong^ | Lachie Schultz |
| 2023 | Caleb Serong^ | Andrew Brayshaw^ | Luke Ryan^ | Luke Jackson^ | Hayden Young^ |
| 2024 | Caleb Serong^ (2) | Andrew Brayshaw^ | Hayden Young^ | Josh Treacy^ | Sam Switkowski^ |
| 2024 | Caleb Serong^ (2) | Andrew Brayshaw^ | Hayden Young^ | Josh Treacy^ | Jordan Clark^ |

## Multiple winners

| ^ | Denotes current player |
| Player | Medals | Seasons |
| Matthew Pavlich | 6 | 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| Peter Bell | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2004 |
| Nat Fyfe^ | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2019 |
| Aaron Sandilands | 2 | 2009, 2015 |
| Lachie Neale | 2 | 2016, 2018 |
| Caleb Serong^ | 2 | 2023, 2024 |