1991 Brownlow Medal

The 1991 Brownlow Medal was the 64th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.^[1] Jim Stynes of the Melbourne Football Club was declared the outright winner of the medal count, becoming the fifth individual to win the award while playing for Melbourne.

1991 Brownlow Medal
Date	23 September 1991
Location	Southern Cross Ballroom
Hosted by	Bruce McAvaney
Winner	Jim Stynes (Melbourne) 25 votes
Television/radio coverage
Network	Seven Network
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Top 10 votegetters

• If a number is vacant, it indicates that the player missed that particular game.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led/were equal leader in the Brownlow Medal count at the end of that round.
• Players with asterisks next to names indicates ineligibility to win the award due to suspension from the Tribunal.

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Total
1st	Jim Stynes (Melbourne)	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	3		0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	0	0	2		25
2nd	Craig Turley (West Coast)	0	3		3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1		0	2	0	0	0	0	20
3rd	Garry Hocking (Geelong)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		2	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	19
4th	Peter Matera (West Coast)	3	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	3	0	18
=5th	Matthew Knights (Richmond)	0	3	0	0	3		0	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	17
	Michael McLean (Brisbane Bears)		0	0	0	2	3	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Paul Hudson (Hawthorn)	0	0	3		0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0		0	1	0	0	0
=8th	David Cloke (Richmond)	3	0	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	3	16
	Tony Lockett (St Kilda)							3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3		2
	Damian Bourke (Geelong)		3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	1			0	0			0	3

Leading vote-getters by club

Club	Player(s)	Votes
Adelaide	Mark Mickan	14
Brisbane Bears	Michael McLean	17
Carlton	Peter Dean	11
Collingwood	Tony Francis	14
Essendon	Alan Ezard	9
Fitzroy	Paul Roos	11
Footscray	Peter Foster	13
Geelong	Garry Hocking	19
Hawthorn	Paul Hudson	17
Melbourne	Jim Stynes	25
North Melbourne	Wayne Schwass	13
Richmond	Matthew Knights	17
St Kilda	Tony Lockett	16
Sydney	Dennis Carroll	11
West Coast	Craig Turley	20