The Geoff Christian Medal, commonly referred to as the Christian Medal, is an Australian rules football award given to the best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) from one of the two teams based in Western Australia, the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. First awarded during the 1999 season, the award is named after and struck in honour of Geoff Christian (1934–1998), a sports writer and broadcaster who served as chief football writer for The West Australian between 1961 and 1988, before being posthumously inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2004, respectively.Wheeldon, Clint (2011). West Coast Eagle's [sic] Matt Priddis wins Christian medal – 720 ABC Perth. Published 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
Votes for the medal are awarded by ABC Radio commentators on a 3–2–1 basis at the end of each match.Christian Medal 2007 – 720 ABC Perth. Published 26 October 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2012. The award has been won multiple times by eight players, Matthew Pavlich, Paul Hasleby, Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale, Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong of Fremantle, and Daniel Kerr and Matt Priddis of West Coast. Fyfe has won the medal five times, the only player to do so.
List of winners Votes tallies prior to 2002 are unknown. Year Name Club Votes 1999 Adrian Fletcher – 2000 Troy CookPaul Hasleby – 2001 Ben Cousins – 2002 Matthew Pavlich 22 2003 Peter Bell 28 2004 Paul Hasleby (2) 27 2005 Matthew Pavlich (2) 26 2006 Chris Judd 18 2007 Daniel Kerr 26 2008 Matthew Pavlich (3) 29 2009 Aaron Sandilands 25 2010 Beau Waters 19 2011 Matt Priddis 28 2012 Daniel Kerr (2) 24 2013 Nat Fyfe 31 2014 Matt Priddis (2) 38 2015 Nat Fyfe (2) 33 2016 Lachie Neale 38 2017 Nat Fyfe (3) 24 2018 Lachie Neale (2) 232019Nat Fyfe (4) 262020 Nat Fyfe (5) 20 2021 Andrew Brayshaw 30 2022 Andrew Brayshaw (2) – 2023 Caleb Serong 38 2024 Elliot Yeo 32 2025 Caleb Serong (2) –
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