The Lou Richards Medal is an annual Most Valuable Player award for the Australian Football League, based on votes from the Sunday Footy Show panel each week.
History The Lou Richards Medal is named after the late Collingwood hall of famer and esteemed media personality Lou Richards. It was named in his honour due to his involvement in football—both on-field and in the media.
Voting For each game during the home-and-away season, one Sunday Footy Show panelist will review the game and award votes to the best four players. These four players receive any number of votes up to ten based on the quality of their performance. Seven or eight are the most common scores given; ten votes, representing a supposedly flawless performance, is extremely rare.
List of winners Year Winner Club 2000 Wayne Carey 2001 Michael Voss 2002 Paul Williams Sydney 2003 2004 2005 Ben Cousins 2006 Scott West 2007 Brent Harvey 2008 Brent Harvey 2009 Gary Ablett, Jr. 2010 Dane Swan 2011 Sam Mitchell 2012 Jobe Watson 2013 Gary Ablett, Jr. 2014 Scott Pendlebury 2015 Sam Mitchell 2016 Patrick Dangerfield 2017 Dustin Martin 2018 Tom Mitchell 2019 Patrick Dangerfield 2020 Lachie Neale 2021 Clayton Oliver 2022 Clayton Oliver 2023 Zak Butters 2024 Patrick Cripps 2025 Nick Daicos 2026 Nick Daicos
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