The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Victorian Football League (VFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after full-forward Jim 'Frosty' Miller, who was the competition's leading goalkicker on six occasions.

Prior to 1999, the leading goalkicker in the VFL – known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA) until the 1996 season – was recognised based on the complete season, including both home-and-away matches and finals. 's Corey Ellison is the most recent recipient of the medal, kicking 52 goals in 2026.

History In the earliest period of the competition from 1877 to 1888, when teams played games against a mix of senior and junior opponents, the leading goalkicker is recognised based on the total number of goals scoared in all VFA matches (not just against senior opponents). The leading goalkicker in senior-only matches was also the leading goalkicker in total matches for seven of the first twelve VFA seasons.

Dave McNamara was the first VFA player to kick more than 100 goals in a season, recording 107 goals in 1912 while playing for Essendon Association. Such a feat was not achieved again until Frank Seymour's 110 goals for in 1930; after this, a player kicking more than 100 goals in a season was not irregular and occurred 35 times in the VFA/VFL's top division by the end of the 1998 season. The feat has never occurred in the home-and-away season since the introduction of the Frosty Miller Medal, although Aaron Edwards kicked 100 goals (including finals) while playing for in 2006. Ron Todd's 188 goals in 1945 (including 179 during the home-and-away season) is the most ever kicked in a VFA/VFL season.

's Fred Cook led the goalkicking after the 1977 and 1978 with 125 goals and 115 goals respectively, although both of these figures are sometimes reported as higher because then-Port Melbourne secretary Norm Goss Sr. had lobbied VFA officials to include NFL Night Series and Centenary Cup matches in players' official career statistics.

Nick Sautner currently holds the record for most medals, with nine.

Winners Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal (1999–)

YearWinnerTeamGoals 1999 Sandringham 82 2000 Sandringham 60 2001 Frankston 73 2002 Frankston 93 2003 Northern Bullants 82 2004 Sandringham 60 2005 Werribee 66 2006 Frankston 88 2007 Sandringham 59 2008 Sandringham 74 2009 Sandringham 71 2010 Williamstown 80 2011 Port Melbourne 67 2012 Port Melbourne 65 2013 Port Melbourne 55 2014 Port Melbourne 38 Box Hill 2015 Box Hill 42 Port Melbourne 2016 Coburg 49 2017 Port Melbourne 46 2018 41 2019 Port Melbourne 40 2021 42 2022 52 2023 51 2024 50 2025 67 2026 52

Leading goalkickers (1877–1998) This table lists the players recognised as VFA/VFL leading goalkicker prior to the establishment of the Frosty Miller Medal. Over this period, the leading goalkicker was recognised based on the complete season including finals matches (unlike the Frosty Miller Medal which considers home-and-away goals only). For the earliest period of the competition when there were no finals and teams played games against a mix of senior and junior opponents, the list below includes goals scored in all Victorian Football Association games (not just games against senior opponents).

YearWinnerTeamGoals 1998 Springvale 78 1997 Springvale 107 1996 Werribee 74 1995 Port Melbourne 64 1994 Dandenong 87 1993 Werribee 97 1992 Williamstown 82 1991 Dandenong 84 1990 Preston 103 1989 Williamstown 125 1988 Preston 105 1987 Coburg 73 1986 Preston 145 1985 Sandringham 108 1984 Williamstown 114 1983 Williamstown 108 1982 Port Melbourne 140 1981 Sandringham 110 1980 Port Melbourne 112 1979 Geelong West 97 Prahran 97 1978 Port Melbourne 115 1977 Port Melbourne 125 1976 Port Melbourne 124 1975 Geelong West 119 1974 Dandenong 79 1973 Dandenong 108 1972 Preston 107 1971 Dandenong 99 1970 Dandenong 80 1969 Dandenong 106 1968 Dandenong 76 1967 Preston 83 1966 Preston 84 1965 Sandringham 78 1964 Brunswick 65 1963 Robert Evans Yarraville 47 1962 Sandringham 77 1961 Port Melbourne 111 1960 Sandringham 90 1959 Sandringham 119 1958 Port Melbourne 84 1957 Port Melbourne 97 1956 Port Melbourne 95 1955 Williamstown 84 1954 Moorabbin 96 1953 Williamstown 99 1952 Williamstown 103 1951 Sandringham 104 1950 Sandringham 71 1950 Williamstown 71 1949 Brighton 101 1948 Preston 84 1947 Port Melbourne 107 1946 Williamstown 114 1945 Williamstown 188 1941 Coburg 183 1940 Port Melbourne 157 1939 Prahran 164 1938 Port Melbourne 86 1937 Brunswick 85 1936 Coburg 116 1935 Camberwell 75 1934 Northcote 130 1933 Camberwell 106 1932 Northcote 122 1931 Oakleigh 83 1930 Northcote 110 1929 Brunswick 84 1928 Coburg 78 1927 Coburg 95 1926 Brighton 91 1925 Brunswick 79 1924 Northcote 81 1923 Port Melbourne 65 1922 Port Melbourne 93 1921 Port Melbourne 77 1920 Port Melbourne 73 1919 Footscray 72 1918 North Melbourne 54 1915 Port Melbourne 43 1914 Essendon Association 46 1913 Essendon Association 58 1912 Essendon Association 107 1911 Essendon Association 81 1910 North Melbourne 75 1909 Brunswick 39 1908 Footscray 68 1907 Richmond 67 1906 Richmond 56 1905 Williamstown 46 1904 West Melbourne 43 1903 West Melbourne 44 1902 Port Melbourne 46 1901 Port Melbourne 26 1900 Footscray 32 1899 Footscray 39 1898 Port Melbourne 26 1897 Port Melbourne 41 1896 Essendon 29 1895 Geelong 42 1894 Essendon 63 1893 Essendon 63 1892 Essendon 56 1891 Fitzroy 49 1890 Fitzroy 37 1889 South Melbourne 29 1888 South Melbourne 50 1887 Geelong 24 1886 Geelong 51 1885 Hotham 35 1884 Geelong 33 1883 Geelong 24 1882 Geelong 25 1881 Carlton 20 1880 Carlton 21 1879 Carlton 21 1878 Carlton 18 1877 Melbourne 14

Division 2 leading goalkickers (1961–1988) The following table shows the leading senior goalkicker in the VFA's second division (including finals), while it existed from 1961 until 1988.

YearWinnerTeamGoals 1961 Camberwell 95 1962 Camberwell 59 1963 Mordialloc 74 1964 Camberwell 77 1965 Preston 116 1966 Geelong West 92 1967 Mordialloc 84 1968 Williamstown 61 1969 Sunshine 99 1970 Sunshine 80 1971 Box Hill 69 1972 Geelong West 137 1973 Brunswick 94 1974 Coburg 121 1975 Camberwell 112 1976 Mordialloc 134 1977 Camberwell 129 1978 Yarraville 105 1979 Mordialloc 132 1980 Waverley 100 1981 Camberwell 119 1982 Springvale 118 1983 Mordialloc 135 1984 Box Hill 110 1985 Oakleigh 170 1986 Oakleigh 151 1987 Oakleigh 96 1988 Oakleigh 91

Notes

References

External links VFA/VFL Leading Goalkickers