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 North Melbourne
2001 Michael Voss Brisbane Lions
2002 Paul Williams[1] Sydney
2003
2004
2005 Ben Cousins West Coast
2006 Scott West Western Bulldogs
2007 Brent Harvey North Melbourne
2008 Brent Harvey North Melbourne
2009 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong
2010 Dane Swan Collingwood
2011 Sam Mitchell Hawthorn
2012 Jobe Watson Essendon
2013 Gary Ablett, Jr. Gold Coast
2014 Scott Pendlebury Collingwood
2015 Sam Mitchell Hawthorn
2016 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong
2017 Dustin Martin Richmond
2018 Tom Mitchell Hawthorn
2019 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong
2020 Lachie Neale Brisbane Lions
2021 Clayton Oliver Melbourne
2022[2] Clayton Oliver Melbourne
2023 Zak Butters Port Adelaide

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1627872360488656899?s=20
  2. ↑ @footyonnine (28 August 2022). "Congratulations to Clayton Oliver, who for the second year running, has won the Lou Richards Medal for the Sunday Footy Show's player of the year". Retrieved 27 October 2022 – via Instagram.
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