2016 Brownlow Medal
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 2016 Brownlow Medal
| image = PatrickDangerfieldMarch2016.JPG
| imagesize= 200px
| caption = 2016 Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Dangerfield
| date = 26 September
| location = Crown Palladium
| holder_label = Winner
| holder = Patrick Dangerfield ({{AFL Gee}})
35 votes
| network = Seven Network
Fox Footy
Telstra
| host = Bruce McAvaney
| previous = 2015
| main = Brownlow Medal
| next = 2017
}}
The 2016 Brownlow Medal was the 89th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.{{cite book|title=AFL Record Season Guide 2016|editor=Lovett, Michael|publisher=Slattery Media Group|location=Docklands, Victoria|pages=593}} Patrick Dangerfield of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-five votes during the 2016 AFL season, at the time the most by any player under the 3-2-1 voting system, beating the previous record of 34 votes set by Dane Swan in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-26/patrick-dangerfield-wins-2016-brownlow-medal|title=Patrick Dangerfield breaks all-time votes record to seal Brownlow Medal|last=Schmook|first=Nathan|date=26 September 2016|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=26 September 2016}}
Leading vote-getters
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| style="width:50px;"| | style="width:250px;"| Player | style="width:50px;"| Votes |
|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;
| 1st | Patrick Dangerfield ({{AFL Gee}}) | 35 |
| 2nd | Luke Parker ({{AFL Syd}}) | 26 |
| 3rd | Dustin Martin ({{AFL Ric}}) | 25 |
| Rory Sloane ({{AFL Ade}})* | 24 | |
| rowspan=3|=4th | Andrew Gaff ({{AFL WC}}) | rowspan=3| 21 |
| Dan Hannebery ({{AFL Syd}}) | ||
| Adam Treloar ({{AFL Col}}) | ||
| rowspan=2|=7th | Marcus Bontempelli ({{AFL WB}}) | rowspan=2| 20 |
| Lachie Neale ({{AFL Fre}}) | ||
| rowspan=3|=9th | Robbie Gray ({{AFL PA}}) | rowspan=3| 19 |
| Zach Merrett ({{AFL Ess}}) | ||
| Nick Riewoldt ({{AFL StK}}) |
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Voting procedure
The three field umpires (those 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 they are read and tallied on the evening.{{cite web|title=Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/brownlow/about-the-brownlow|access-date=27 August 2018|website=afl.com.au}}
A change was made in 2015 to the rules under which players could become ineligible for the Brownlow Medal. Under previous rules, players were ineligible if found guilty at the AFL Tribunal of an offence with a base penalty equal to or greater than a one-match suspension, even if the player then avoided suspension by taking an early guilty plea after the Match Review Panel's findings. Under the rules:{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-25/brownlow-medal-shakeup|title=The Nat Fyfe rule: Brownlow Medal shake-up|author=Nathan Schmook|date=25 November 2015|access-date=14 September 2015|publisher=Australian Football League}}
- The penalty for all low-end offences for which a player could previously have received a reprimand but avoided suspension was changed to a $1000 fine for the first offence within a season, a $1500 fine for the second offence within a season, and a one-match suspension for the third offence within a season
- Players would become ineligible for the Brownlow medal only if they incurred a suspension
References
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