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,[1] 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.[2]
Recipients
John Worsfold, the namesake of the award, won in 1988.Guy McKenna won in 1989 and 1999.Chris Judd won the
2004 Brownlow Medal in the same year he won the John Worsfold Medal.Mark LeCras won in 2010.
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,[1] 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.[2]
Recipients
John Worsfold, the namesake of the award, won in 1988.Guy McKenna won in 1989 and 1999.Chris Judd won the
2004 Brownlow Medal in the same year he won the John Worsfold Medal.Mark LeCras won in 2010.