The Carji Greeves Medal is a name given in recent decades to an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged best and fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season.
The voting system has changed a number of times. For the 2017 AFL season, the voting panel consisted of the senior coach, director of coaching and the assistant coaches rating each player out of 15 after every game. The combined votes are averaged to give a final score for that game. To ensure players are not disadvantaged by injury, only a player's highest-scoring 21 games counted.
For the 2022 AFL season, after each game, the senior and assistant coaches reviewed and rated each players performance out of 10. Votes were polled in games where a players performance had been deemed of a high quality by the coaching group, and unlike previous seasons all matches counted towards their final total.
Edward 'Carji' Greeves was a champion Geelong footballer who won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, awarded to person deemed the best and fairest player in the Victorian Football League.
Recipients ^Denotes current player+Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
+ Table of recipients, with runner ups and votesSeasonRecipientVotesRunner upVotes 1897 — — — Holmesby & Main, p. 566. 1898 — — — — 1899 — — — — 1900 — — — — 1901 — — — — 1902 — — — — 1903 — — — 1904 — — — — 1905 — — — Murray, p. 143. 1906 (2) — — — 1907 — — — — 1908 — — — — 1909 — — — — 1910 — — — 1911 (2) — — — 1912 (3) — — — 1913 — — — — 1914 (4) — — — 1915 — — — 1916 None 1917 — — — 1918 — — — — 1919 — — — — 1920 — — — 1921 — — — 1922 — — — 1923 (2) — — — 1924 — — — — 1925 — — — — 1926 — — — — 1927 — — — Murray, p. 147. 1928 — — — Murray, p. 153. 1929 — — — 1930 (2) — — — 1931 (3) — — — 1932 — — — 1933 — — 1934 (2) — — — 1935 — — 1936 — — 1937 (2) — — 1938 — — — 1939 — — 1940 (2) — — 1941 — — — 1942 None 1943 None 1944 — — — 1945 — — 1946 — — 1947 — — 1948 — — Murray, p. 161.Murray, p. 163. 1949 — — 1950 — — Murray, p. 67. 1951 + — — Murray, p. 169. 1952 — — 1953 — — 1954 — — 1955 (2) — — 1956 (2) — — Murray, p. 170. 1957 — — Murray, p. 165. 1958 — — — 1959 — — — 1960 — — — Murray, p. 175. 1961 — Murray, p. 176. — 1962 + — — Murray, p. 178. 1963 — — Murray, p. 80.Murray, p. 187. 1964 (2) — — 1965 — — — 1966 — — Murray, p. 192. 1967 — — 1968 — — Murray, p. 194. 1969 — — — 1970 (2) — — — 1971 — — Holmesby & Main, p. 145. 1972 — — — Murray, p. 203. 1973 — — — 1974 (2) — — 1975 (2) — — — 1976 (2) — — — 1977 (3) — — — 1978 (2) — — — 1979 (3) — — 1980 — — Holmesby & Main, p. 71.Murray, p.205. 1981 — — Holmesby & Main, pp. 256-257. 1982 — — Holmesby & Main, p. 599. 1983 — — — Holmesby & Main, p. 125. 1984 — — — 1985 — — 1986 — — — 1987 — — — Murray, p. 90. 1988 (2) — — — 1989 + (2) — — 1990 — — 1991 — — — 1992 — — 1993 (2) — — 1994 (3) — — 1995 (3) — — 1996 (4) 149 118 1997 145 137 1998 — — 1999 118 112 2000 — — — 2001 443 427 2002 (2) 527 472 2003 560 431 2004 597 549 2005 509 465 2006 462 383 2007 691 513 2008 (2) 591 538 2009 + (2) 740 629 2010 667 647 2011 (2) 150 143 2012 1394 1388 2013 (2) 323 311 2014 (3) 304 294 2015 ^ 177 167 2016 +^ 253 238 2017 ^ (2) 240 225.5 2018 ^ (2) 234 ^ 233.5 2019 ^ (3) 268 259.5 2020 228 224 2021 ^ 214 ^ 212 2022 ^ 113 ^ 104 2023 ^ (2) 135 ^ 105 2024 ^ 164 ^ 120 2025 ^ 175 ^ 155 2026 ^ 178 ^ 151
Multiple winners ^Denotes current player
Player Medals Seasons 4 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914 4 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 3 1971, 1978, 1979 3 1986, 1989, 1995 ^ 3 2016, 2017, 2019 3 1972, 1976, 1977 3 2010, 2013, 2014 3 1927, 1930, 1931 2 2007, 2009 2 1938, 1940 2 1987, 1988 ^ 2 2015, 2018 2 2005, 2008 2 2009, 2011 2 1963, 1964 2 1967, 1970 ^ 2 2020, 2022 2 1928, 1934 ^ 2 2024, 2025 2 2000, 2002 2 1921, 1923 2 1973, 1974 2 1968, 1975 2 1936, 1937 2 1951, 1956 ^ 2 2021, 2023 2 1952, 1955 2 1905, 1906
Notes
The Geelong Football Club did not participate in the 1916 VFL season because of World War I. The award was known at the time as the Theo Lewis Cup. The Geelong Football Club did not participate in the 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons because of World War II.
References General
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External links Official AFL Website of the Geelong Cats