*Renamed the Doug Hawkins Medal at the conclusion of 2011
** Renamed the Gary Dempsey Medal at the conclusion of 2011

Multiple Best & Fairest Wins

Consecutive Best & Fairest Wins

The Chris Grant Best First Year Player Award is presented to the player deemed by the match committee to have contributed the most in the first season in the red, white and blue.

Known as the Most Promising Player Award prior to 2011, the award for the Most Improved Player honours former Bulldog and Brownlow medallist Tony Liberatore.
 
Liberatore remarkably won the Morrish, Gardiner and Brownlow medals for the Best and Fairest player in the VFL under 19’s, VFL Reserves and AFL competitions respectively.

Introduced in 2008, the Scott West Most Courageous Award recognises the player deemed by the match committee to have displayed the most courage, tenacity, team-first mentality and drive throughout the season.

Since 2007, the player deemed most recognisable for their work in the community has been presented with the John Schultz Community Award, in acknowledgement of the 1960 Brownlow Medallist.

The award was previously named the Western Bulldogs Community Award between 2007 and 2011.
 
Known as ‘gentleman John,’ Schultz was Club Champion on five occasions in the 1960’s and played 169 consecutive games in his 188 game career.

The John Van Groningen (Trackers and Guides) award is given to the player who has a relentless work ethic, is disciplined in executing the essentials, courageous, demonstrates selfless team acts and has an encouraging tone of voice.

The award was introduced in 2013 and is named after the Club's former Chaplain, who passed away in December 2012.

John was instrumental in providing counselling and mentoring services to the Club's playing group and personnel through his position as Club Chaplain. John is also remembered for his work with remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and India through his 'Red Dust' role models program.

This award is named in honour of Ingrid McDonald, who worked in the football department for 25 years.

It is awarded to the staff member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty.

Introduced in 2025, the Simon Beasley Score Impact Award is awarded to the player with the highest combined total of goals and goal assists at the end of the season.

The award is named in honour of former Bulldog Simon Beasley, the Club's all-time leading goalkicker.

Introduced in 2016, the Best in Finals Award is awarded to the player who is deemed to have displayed the best overall performance during a finals series.