Gold Coast Suns Club Champion

The Gold Coast Suns Club Champion is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Gold Coast Football Club throughout the Australian Football League (AFL) season. The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.[1]

The inaugural winner of the award was also the club's inaugural captain, Gary Ablett, Jr.

Recipients
Gary Ablett, the winner of four Club Champions, the most by any player in club history.
Denotes current player
Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
Season Recipient Votes Runner up Votes Ref
2011Gary Ablett Jr. (1)196Nathan Bock138[2]
2012Gary Ablett Jr. (2)215Harley Bennell169[3]
2013Gary Ablett Jr. (3)260Dion Prestia213[4]
2014David Swallow240Tom Lynch233[5]
2015Tom Lynch131Kade Kolodjashnij129[6]
2016Tom Lynch (2)209Jarrod Harbrow129[7]
2017Gary Ablett Jr. (4)126David Swallow106[8]
2018Jarrod Harbrow390Touk Miller351[9]
2019Jarrod Witts553David Swallow417[10]
2020Sam Collins339Touk Miller335[11]

Multiple winners
Player Medals Seasons
Gary Ablett Jr.42011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Tom Lynch22015, 2016

References
  1. "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. David, Greg (10 September 2011). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Coast Suns inaugural Best and Fairest award". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. "No surprises as Gary Ablett claims second successive Gold Coast Club Champion award". News.com.au. News Corp Australia. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. Australian Associated Press (9 September 2013). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Suns club champion award". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. Hamilton, Andrew (5 September 2014). "David Swallow breaks the Gary Ablett stranglehold on the Gold Coast Suns best and fairest". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. Boswell, Tom (11 September 2015). "Tom Lynch wins Gold Coast Suns' club champion award". The Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. Whiting, Michael (2 September 2016). "Back-to-back Suns crowns for Tom Lynch". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. Whiting, Michael (2 September 2017). "Still the champ: Gaz grabs fourth Suns B&F". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2018-09-01/club-champion-all-the-winners
  10. https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2019-08-31/jarrod-witts-club-champion
  11. https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/818673/2020-club-champion-sam-collins
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