The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. The Melbourne Football Club was established in 1858 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association, playing in the league from 1877 to 1896. After the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1896, Melbourne joined the league as a foundation club the next year and has competed in the league ever since. The inaugural Melbourne best and fairest winner was Allan La Fontaine in 1935, and he retained it the following season. The award was known as the Melbourne best and fairest until it was renamed in 1943 in honour of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in service in 1943.

Allan La Fontaine, Jim Stynes and Clayton Oliver have each won the award on four occasions in 1935, 1936, 1941 and 1942; 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022, respectively; it is the most for any recipient of the award. Jim Stynes and Nathan Jones are the only two players to have won the award in three consecutive seasons: in the 1995–1997 seasons and 2012–2014 seasons, respectively. Two players have won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in the same season as winning the Brownlow Medal, which is awarded to the fairest and best player in the VFL/AFL, Jim Stynes in 1991 and Shane Woewodin in 2000. The voting system as of the 2016 AFL season, consists of four members of the match committee giving each player a ranking out of ten after each game. Players can receive a maximum of 40 votes for a game.

Recipients

^Denotes current player+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season

Season Recipient Votes Runner up VotesRef 1935 — — — 1936 (2) — — — 1937 — — — 1938 — — 1939 (2) — — — 1940 — — — 1941 (3) — — — 1942 (4) — — — 1943 — — — 1944 (2) — — 1945 — — 1946 (3) — — — 1947 — — — 1948 — — — 1949 — — 1950 — — 1951 — — 1952 — — 1953 — — 1954 (2) — — 1955 69 68 1956 (2) 87.5 87 1957 — — 1958 — — 1959 (2) — — 1960 — — 1961 — — 1962 — — 1963 (2) — — 1964 (2) — — 1965 — — 1966 — — 1967 (3) — — 1968 — — 1969 (2) — — 1970 — — 1971 — — 1972 — — 1973 — — 1974 (2) — — 1975 — — 1976 (2) 132 121 1977 104 92 1978 126 96 1979 (2) 118 105 1980 (3) 43 41 1981 367 250 1982 388 324 1983 402 361 1984 362 + 306 1985 279 273 1986 237 172 1987 342 320 1988 487 427 1989 (2) 278 207 1990 301 271 1991 + 650 449 1992 463 320 1993 394 279 1994 (2) 355 319 1995 (2) 311 272 1996 (3) 444 284 1997 (4) 404 355 1998 (2) 347 323 1999 271 270 2000 + 341.5 328 2001 331 228 2002 336 295 2003 267 240 2004 287 286 2005 316 262 2006 464 317 2007 (2) 256 190 2008 75 60 2009 82 69 2010 295 277 2011 227 201 2012 368 348 2013 (2) 365 360 2014 (3) 311 293 2015 328 ^ 327 2016 ^ 407 399 2017 530 ^ 346 2018 ^ 657 595 2019 ^ (2) 464 ^ 323 (2) 2020 385 ^ 362 2021 (3) 670 644 2022 (4) 608 553 2023 (2) 607 ^ 527 2024 ^ (2) 407 ^ 405 2025 ^ (3) 592 479 2026 ^ (4) 680 611

Multiple winners ^Denotes current player

Player Trophies Seasons 4 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942 4 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997 4 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 ^ 4 2018, 2019, 2025, 2026 3 1975, 1979, 1980 3 2012, 2013, 2014 3 1962, 1963, 1967 3 1937, 1939, 1946 2 1972, 1974 2 1961, 1964 2 1950, 1954 2 1983, 1989 2 1990, 1994 2 2006, 2007 2 1958, 1959 2 2020, 2023 2 1938, 1944 2 1955, 1956 2 1965, 1969 ^ 2 2016, 2024 2 1993, 1998 2 1971, 1976

Footnotes

Records indicating the runners up are unavailable from 1935–1937, 1939–1943 and 1946–1948. Records indicating the votes the winner and runner up received are unavailable from 1935–1954 and 1957–1975.

References General

Specific

External links Best and Fairest winners at Demonwiki