Malcolm Blight Medal

The Malcolm Blight Medal is a post-season award given to the best and fairest player for the Adelaide Football Club. The medal was first awarded in 1991, and later named after former Adelaide Crows coach Malcolm Blight. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving each player a ranking from zero to four after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 20 votes for a game.^[1]

Malcolm Blight Medal

Malcolm Blight, the namesake of the award, coached Adelaide's first two premierships.
Sport	Australian rules football
Awarded for	The best and fairest player at the Adelaide Football Club
Location	Adelaide Convention Centre
Country	Australia
Presented by	Adelaide Football Club
History
First award	1991
First winner	Mark Mickan
Most wins	Simon Goodwin, Rory Laird, Andrew McLeod, Mark Ricciuto (3 times)
Most recent	Jordan Dawson (2nd award), Ben Keays (2024)

Andrew McLeod won his first of three Malcolm Blight Medals in a premiership year.

Rory Sloane is a two-time Malcolm Blight Medal winner.

Rory Laird is the most recent to win the award three times.

The current holders of the award are Jordan Dawson and Ben Keays, who became the first joint winners of the award in 2024.^[2]

Recipients

^	Denotes current player
+	Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
#	Played in that season's premiership team

Season	Recipient(s)	Runner up	Ref.
1991	Mark Mickan	Tony McGuinness	[3]
1992	Chris McDermott	Tony McGuinness	[4]
1993	Tony McGuinness	Mark Bickley	[5]
1994	Shaun Rehn	Tony McGuinness	[6]
1995	Matthew Connell	Andrew Jarman	[5]
1996	Matthew Liptak	Nigel Smart	[7]
1997#	Andrew McLeod	Darren Jarman	[8]
1998#	Mark Ricciuto	Nigel Smart	[9]
1999	Ben Hart	Andrew McLeod	[10]
2000	Simon Goodwin	Andrew McLeod	[11]
2001	Andrew McLeod (2)	Mark Stevens	[8]
2002	Ben Hart (2)	Tyson Edwards	[12]
2003	Mark Ricciuto+ (2)	Tyson Edwards	[13]
2004	Mark Ricciuto (3)	Tyson Stenglein	[9]
2005	Simon Goodwin (2)	Nathan Bassett	[11]
2006	Simon Goodwin (3)	Tyson Edwards	[14]
2007	Andrew McLeod (3)	Simon Goodwin	[15]
2008	Nathan Bock	Simon Goodwin	[16]
2009	Bernie Vince	Jason Porplyzia	[17]
2010	Richard Douglas	Scott Thompson	[18]
2011	Scott Thompson	Nathan van Berlo	[19]
2012	Scott Thompson (2)	Patrick Dangerfield	[20]
2013	Rory Sloane	Richard Douglas	[21]
2014	Daniel Talia	Rory Sloane	[22]
2015	Patrick Dangerfield	Rory Laird^	[23]
2016	Rory Sloane (2)	Eddie Betts	[24]
2017	Matt Crouch^	Rory Sloane	[25]
2018	Rory Laird^	Matt Crouch^	[26]
2019	Brad Crouch	Rory Sloane	[27]
2020	Reilly O'Brien^	Rory Laird^	[28]
2021	Rory Laird^ (2)	Ben Keays^	[29]
2022	Rory Laird^ (3)	Jordan Dawson^	[30]
2023	Jordan Dawson^	Rory Laird^	[31]
2024	Jordan Dawson^ (2)	Jake Soligo^	[2]
	Ben Keays^

Multiple winners

^	Denotes current player

Player	Medals	Seasons
Simon Goodwin	3	2000, 2005, 2006
Rory Laird^		2018, 2021, 2022
Andrew McLeod		1997, 2001, 2007
Mark Ricciuto		1998, 2003, 2004
Jordan Dawson^	2	2023, 2024
Ben Hart		1999, 2002
Rory Sloane		2013, 2016
Scott Thompson		2011, 2012

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal

• Adelaide Club Champion (AFL Women's) (list of Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners in the AFL Women's)