WHO IS your club's best Brownlow chance?

AFL.com.au takes a look back on the 2026 season, running the rule over all 18 sides to analyse whether it could be a memorable night for a player from your club.

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Best chance: Marcus Bontempelli
Bontempelli deserves a Brownlow and 2026 might represent his best chance yet at getting one. He'll be the biggest challenger to Collingwood's Nick Daicos following yet another scintillating campaign, where he continued his status as one of the game's most influential and brilliant midfielders. The big question is, having had five seasons where he's polled more than 20 votes, will he grab enough this year to topple Daicos?

One-vote wonder: Bailey Williams (R19 v Gold Coast)
He's only polled three votes in nearly 200 games, but Williams could find himself among the best again this year. His chance will come late in the campaign in a win over Gold Coast where he had 29 disposals, eight marks and nine intercepts.

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Brownlow Predictor
32 Marcus Bontempelli
20 Ed Richards
4 Joel Freijah

Predicted team votes: 63

2025 most votes: Marcus Bontempelli (25)

Ineligible: N/A

Previous winners: Allan Hopkins (1930), Norman Ware (1941), Peter Box (1956), John Schulz (1960), Gary Dempsey (1975), Kevin Templeton (1980), Brad Hardie (1985), Tony Liberatore (1990), Scott Wynd (1992), Adam Cooney (2008)