Best Players

[dendol]

Originally posted by chammond
Wouldn't this be because most of the 3 and 2 votes go to players from the winning side in each match?

exactly. However, I had always thought that for a player to be a chance at winning a Brownlow, he'd have to be in a team without many stars. Of course, the Brisbane winners of the past few years has blew that theory out of the water.

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
It's actually from a mix, not normally from the middle of the ladder, and most of the time it actually comes from the top third of the ladder - a finalist.

Here is a list of where the team(s) of the Brownlow medallist(s) finished.

2003: 2, 3, 5
2002: 1
2001: 1
2000: 2
1999: 9
1998: 7
1997: 2
1996: 3, 4
1995: 12
1994: 3
1993: 1
1992: 3
1991: 4
1990: 7
1989: 2
1988: 7
1987: 1, 10
1986: 1, 4
1985: 3
1984: 9
1983: 3
1982: 8
1981: 4, 9
1980: 10
1979: 2
1978: 2
1977: 5
1976: 10
1975: 7

When I started watching football, the first few medals were to low or middle sides, so I thought that was how it would be most of the time. However, most of the time it actually tends to go to finalists, and this has been even more pronounced since 1991 (not just because the number of finalists is larger).

Of the 19 medals to 1990, 9 were in the top third, 5 in the middle third and 5 in the bottom third. Reasonable mix, but skewed towards the top.

Of the 16 from 1991 to 2003, 13 were in the top third, 1 in the middle third and 2 in the bottom third. Very skewed towards the top.

should i feel honoured you went to all that trouble to proove me wrong? :P

[NMWBloods]

People make general sweeping statements apparently borne out of truth all the time - I sometimes find it interesting to actually look at the facts, rather than guess about them, and see what is the case.

I think usually you need to be in a team that wins more games than it loses, hence usually make finals. If you win a lot, so in the top few on the ladder, then you probably need to be an absolute standout, preferably a midfielder, or someone who just gets noticed for being flamboyant perhaps.