2000 Brownlow Medal

The 2000 Brownlow Medal was the 73rd 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] Shane Woewodin of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2000 AFL season.^[2]

2000 Brownlow Medal
Winner	Shane Woewodin (Melbourne) 24 votes
Television/radio coverage
Network	Seven Network
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The Essendon Football Club set a record for the highest number of votes collected as a team, with 116 out of a possible 132 votes. The club polled at least one vote in every game, including all six votes in 14 games.^[3]

Leading vote-getters

	Player	Votes
1st	Shane Woewodin (Melbourne)	24
2nd	Scott West (Western Bulldogs)	22
3rd	Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)	20
4th	Anthony Koutoufides (Carlton)	19
=5th	Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)	18
	Brett Ratten (Carlton)
=7th	Michael O'Loughlin (Sydney)	16
	Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)
	James Hird (Essendon)
=10th	Wayne Carey (Kangaroos)	14
	Nick Holland (Hawthorn)
	Adem Yze (Melbourne)
	Brent Harvey (Kangaroos)
	Tony Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
	Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)