The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club best and fairest player during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel.
The St Kilda Best & Fairest Award was first inaugurated in 1914. It was re-named the Trevor Barker Award in the 1990s in honour of St Kilda Hall of Fame Legend, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, club captain, dual best & fairest winner and reserves coach Trevor Barker, who died in 1996 aged 39.
Nick Riewoldt has won the most awards, notching up six wins between 2002 and 2014.
The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving players a ranking from one to four after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 20 votes for a game.
The winning player receives a smaller replica of the main trophy each season, along with medals awarded for the players who finish in the top three. The awards name is also the name of the St Kilda Football Club's main player awards event, held at the conclusion of each season. The ceremony also includes the Robert Harvey Best Clubman Award, the Lenny Hayes Crest Player Award, the Best Emerging Player Award, and the publicly voted Sainter of the Year award.
Recipients +Player won Brownlow Medal in same season#Player won Coleman Medal in same season*Player won AFL PA MVP in same season~Player won Norm Smith Medal in same season^Current player
Season Recipient(s)Ref. 1914 1915 (2) 1916 1917 1918 1919 (3) 1920 1921 1922 1923 (2) 1924 1925 1926 1927 (2) 1928 (3) 1929 (4) 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 (2) 1936 # (2) 1937 (3) 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 (2) 1944 (2) 1945 1946 1947 (2) 1948 1949 1950 1951 (2) 1952 (3) 1953 1954 1955 1956 (2) 1957 + 1958 + (2) 1959 + 1960 1961 (2) 1962 1963 (2) 1964 1965 (3) 1966 + (2) 1967 + 1968 1969 1970 1971 (2) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 (2) 1978 1979 1980 (2) 1981 (2) 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 (2) 1987 +#* 1988 1989 1990 1991 # (2) 1992 1993 1994 (2) 1995 (2) 1996 (2) 1997 +* (3) 1998 + (4) 1999 (3) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 * (2) 2005 2006 (3) 2007 (4) 2008 2009 (5) 2010 ~ (2) 2011 (2) 2012 (3) 2013 2014 (6) 2015 (2) 2016 (3) 2017 2018 (4) 2019 (2) 2020 2021 (2) 2022 ^ 2023 ^ (2) 2024 ^ 2025 ^
Multiple winners ^Denotes current player
Player Medals Seasons 6 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 4 1921, 1923, 1928, 1929 4 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998 4 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 3 1962, 1963, 1965 3 1993, 1996, 1999 3 1934, 1935, 1937 3 1914, 1915, 1919 3 2003, 2010, 2012 3 1949, 1951, 1952 ^ 2 2022, 2023 2 2020, 2021 2 2017, 2019 2 1989, 1995
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