2018 AFL Women's best and fairest

The 2018 AFL Women's best and fairest was the second year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the AFL Women's (AFLW) home-and-away season.^[1] Emma Kearney of the Western Bulldogs won the award with 14 votes.^[2]

2018 AFL Women's best and fairest
2018 AFL Women's best and fairest winner Emma Kearney
Date	27 March
Location	Docklands Stadium
Hosted by	Neroli Meadows
Winner	Emma Kearney Western Bulldogs (14 votes)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox Footy
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Leading votegetters

Placing	Player	Votes
1st	Emma Kearney (Western Bulldogs)	14
=2nd	Courtney Gum (Greater Western Sydney)	9
	Dana Hooker (Fremantle)
	Chloe Molloy (Collingwood)
=5th	Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs)	6
	Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane)
	Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)
	Daisy Pearce (Melbourne)
	Chelsea Randall (Adelaide)
10th	Karen Paxman (Melbourne)	5

Voting procedure

The three field umpires (the umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.