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The 1997 Brownlow Medal was the 70th 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] Robert Harvey of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1997 AFL season.^[2] Despite polling more votes than Harvey, Chris Grant of the Western Bulldogs was ineligible due to suspension.

Leading vote-getters

	Player	Votes
	Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs)*	27
1st	Robert Harvey (St Kilda)	26
=2nd	Peter Matera (West Coast)	21
=2nd	Paul Kelly (Sydney)	21
=4th	Nathan Burke (St Kilda)	18
=4th	Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide)	18
6th	Brad Sholl (Geelong)	16
=7th	Andrew Wills (Fremantle)	15
=7th	Craig Bradley (Carlton)	15
=9th	Paul Salmon (Hawthorn)	13
=9th	Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)	13
	Darren Jarman (Adelaide)*	13
	Dale Lewis (Sydney)*	13

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2009). AFL Record Season Guide 2009. Docklands, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-9805162-6-5.
^ "1997 Brownlow Medal". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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