Gold Coast Suns Club Champion

The Gold Coast Suns Club Champion is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Gold Coast Football Club throughout the Australian Football League (AFL) season. The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.^[1]

The inaugural winner of the award was also the club's inaugural captain, Gary Ablett, Jr.

Recipients

Gary Ablett, the winner of four Club Champions, the most by any player in club history.

	Denotes current player
	Player won Brownlow Medal in same season

Season	Recipient	Votes	Runner up	Votes	Ref
2009	Marc Lock		Matt Fowler		[2]
2010	Sam Iles				[3]
2011	Gary Ablett Jr.	196	Nathan Bock	138	[4]
2012	Gary Ablett Jr. (2)	215	Harley Bennell	169	[5]
2013	Gary Ablett Jr. (3)	260	Dion Prestia	213	[6]
2014	David Swallow	240	Tom Lynch	233	[7]
2015	Tom Lynch	131	Kade Kolodjashnij	129	[8]
2016	Tom Lynch (2)	209	Jarrod Harbrow	129	[9]
2017	Gary Ablett Jr. (4)	126	David Swallow	106	[10]
2018	Jarrod Harbrow	390	Touk Miller	351	[11]
2019	Jarrod Witts	553	David Swallow	417	[12]
2020	Sam Collins	339	Touk Miller	335	[13]
2021	Touk Miller	562	Wil Powell	396	[14]
2022	Touk Miller (2)	566	Noah Anderson	504	[15]
2023	Noah Anderson	590	Sam Collins	563	[16]
2024	Sam Collins (2)	68	Bodhi Uwland	56	[17]

Multiple winners

Player	Medals	Seasons
Gary Ablett Jr.	4	2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Tom Lynch	2	2015, 2016
Touk Miller	2	2021, 2022
Sam Collins	2	2020, 2024

References

1. "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
2. "Lock wins Club Champion award". Gold Coast Suns. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
3. "Our Story". Gold Coast Suns. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024. September 2010 - Sam Iles is named as the Gold Coast Club Champion in their VFL season.
4. David, Greg (10 September 2011). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Coast Suns inaugural Best and Fairest award". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
5. "No surprises as Gary Ablett claims second successive Gold Coast Club Champion award". News.com.au. News Corp Australia. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
6. Australian Associated Press (9 September 2013). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Suns club champion award". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
7. Hamilton, Andrew (5 September 2014). "David Swallow breaks the Gary Ablett stranglehold on the Gold Coast Suns best and fairest". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
8. Boswell, Tom (11 September 2015). "Tom Lynch wins Gold Coast Suns' club champion award". The Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
9. Whiting, Michael (2 September 2016). "Back-to-back Suns crowns for Tom Lynch". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
10. Whiting, Michael (2 September 2017). "Still the champ: Gaz grabs fourth Suns B&F". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
11. "Club Champion: All the Winners". goldcoastfc.com.au. 1 September 2018.
12. "Jarrod Witts - 2019 Club Champion". goldcoastfc.com.au. 31 August 2019.
13. Cheadle, Josh (26 September 2020). "2020 Club Champion – Sam Collins". goldcoastfc.com.au.
14. "Touk Miller crowned 2021 SUNS Club Champion".
15. Cheadle, Josh (6 September 2021). "2022 Club Champion: Touk Miller". goldcoastfc.com.au.
16. "Noah Anderson crowned 2023 Club Champion". Gold Coast. Telstra. 3 September 2023.
17. Whiting, Michael (9 September 2024). "Star defender snares second Suns B&F crown, young stars finish top three". afl.com.au.