Herald Sun Player of the Year

The Herald Sun Player of the Year award is a media award for the Australian Football League (AFL) given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun. It has been awarded annually since 1991 to the player who garners the most votes throughout the season, with a selected Herald Sun journalist awarding five votes to the player they judge to be the "best on ground", four votes to the second-best player, three votes to the third-best player, two votes to the fourth-best player and one vote for the fifth best player.

Winners

Year	Player	Club
1991	Jim Stynes	Melbourne
1992	Scott Wynd [1]	Footscray
1993	Greg Williams	Carlton
1994	Greg Williams [2]	Carlton
1995	Nicky Winmar [3]	St Kilda
1996	Nathan Burke	St Kilda
1997	Robert Harvey	St Kilda
1998	Nathan Buckley	Collingwood
1999	Shane Crawford [4]	Hawthorn
2000	Anthony Koutoufides [5]	Carlton
2001	Simon Black [6]	Brisbane Lions
2002	Luke Darcy [7]	Western Bulldogs
2003	Michael Voss	Brisbane Lions
2004	Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide
2005	Ben Cousins [8]	West Coast
2006	Adam Goodes	Sydney
2007	Gary Ablett, Jr.[9]	Geelong
2008	Brent Harvey[10]	North Melbourne
2009	Dane Swan[11]	Collingwood
2010	Dane Swan[12]	Collingwood
2011	Mitchell, SamSam Mitchell[13]	Hawthorn
2012	Gary Ablett Jr.[14]	Gold Coast
2013	Ablett Jr., GaryGary Ablett Jr. Nat Fyfe[15]	Gold Coast Fremantle
2014	Selwood, JoelJoel Selwood[16]	Geelong
2015	Fyfe, NatNat Fyfe[17]	Fremantle

References

1. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1992review.html
2. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1994review.html
3. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1995review.html
4. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1999review.html
5. Herald Sun 7 August 2000 p.34
6. Herald Sun 3 September 2001 p.34
7. Herald Sun 2 September 2002 p.30
8. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/2005review.html
9. "Herald Sun $10,000 Player of the Year". Herald Sun. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
10. "Boomer takes the prize". Herald Sun. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
11. Edmund, Sam (31 August 2009). "Dean [sic] Swan takes top prize". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
12. Evans, Heath (29 November 2010). "AFL Players Association MVP Awards". AFL Players' Association. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
13. Horan, Michael (5 September 2011). "Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell wins the Herald Sun award". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
14. Paton, Al (3 September 2012). "Gary Ablett, Jobe Watson share SuperFooty Player Rater award". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
15. "Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett and Fremantle star Nathan Fyfe join winners of the Herald Sun Player of the Year Award". Herald Sun. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
16. Herald Sun - Player Of The Year
17. Player of the Year: Nat Fyfe wins despite not polling in last 9 rounds