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Coleman Medal#Leading Goalkicker Medal

{{Short description|Australian rules football award}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox sports award

| name = Coleman Medal

| image = File:Jesse Hogan 2018.5.jpg

| caption = Jesse Hogan, 2024 Coleman Medallist

| alt = A man with short brown hair in a sleeveless yellow guernsey and black shorts

| league = Australian Football League

| givenfor = Most goals in the home-and-away season

| mostwins = Dick Lee (7)

| mostrecent = Jesse Hogan ({{AFL GWS}})

}}

The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most prolific goalkickers in the league's history, who was league leading goalkicker for five consecutive seasons.{{cite web |title=Coleman Medal |url=https://www.afl.com.au/stats/leaders-awards/coleman-medal |website=AFL.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130093616/https://www.afl.com.au/stats/leaders-awards/coleman-medal |archive-date=30 January 2020 |url-status=live }}

The medal has been presented at various different events, including the preliminary{{cite news |title=Quinlan's goals award |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116407297 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=The Canberra Times |publisher=John Fairfax and Sons |date=18 September 1983 |via=Trove |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204142451/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116407297 |url-status=live }} and grand finals,{{cite news |title=PM backs VFL: Government to be ignored |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116472265 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=The Canberra Times |publisher=John Fairfax and Sons |date=26 September 1982 |via=Trove |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907083959/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116472265 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |url-status=live }} the All-Australian awards ceremony,{{cite news |title=Brown's All Australian honours |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/30436/brown-s-all-australian-honours |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=lions.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131083310/https://www.lions.com.au/news/30436/brown-s-all-australian-honours |archive-date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=AFL finals: Leigh Matthews to present Jock McHale medal |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/leigh-matthews-given-afl-finals-honour/7802542 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105145805/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/leigh-matthews-given-afl-finals-honour/7802542 |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=live }} and club award ceremonies. {{AFL GWS}}'s Jesse Hogan is the most recent recipient, kicking 69 goals in 2024.

History

The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach.{{cite news |last1=McClure |first1=Geoff |title=Sporting Life – Call for the champs |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/sporting-life-20020812-gduhhp.html |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=The Age |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=12 August 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131083309/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/sporting-life-20020812-gduhhp.html |archive-date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live }} At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL); it would become the AFL in 1990.{{cite web |title=Chronology |url=https://www.afl.com.au/about-afl/chronology |website=AFL.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131083307/https://www.afl.com.au/about-afl/chronology |archive-date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live }} It was named after John Coleman, a full-forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon between 1949 and 1954.

In September 2001, the AFL decided to recognise all leading goalkickers prior to Roach's victory;{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=Russell |title=Old champs in from the cold |work=Herald Sun |publisher=News Limited |date=14 September 2001 |page=116 |quote=THE AFL is set to reward more than 90 past champions with retrospective medals for leading the goalkicking ... }} leaders from 1955—the year after Coleman's last match—to 1980 were named retrospective Coleman Medallists, while winners prior to 1955 were named Leading Goalkicker Medallists. Medals were presented to winners or their surviving relatives in a ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall in July 2004.{{cite news |last1=Oakes |first1=Dan |title=A night of tribute to the rich history of the game |work=The Age |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=27 July 2004 |page=12 |quote=[P]ast ... AFL players ... gathered at Melbourne Town Hall last night ... [t]he occasion was the retrospective presentation of medals ... to the ... leading goalkickers ... since the start of the VFL/AFL. }} Jack Collins, who had been a leading advocate for naming the award after Coleman{{cite news |last1=Dowsley |first1=Anthony |title=Auction of Western Bulldogs star Jack Collins' medals causes family feud |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/auction-of-western-bulldogs-star-jack-collins-medals-causes-family-feud/news-story/a8b06c9b473853240b888f7d014a5e90?sv=f671f5214c0831307de1fa9b7c23a00 |access-date=27 January 2020 |work=Herald Sun |publisher=News Limited |date=29 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127152252/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/auction-of-western-bulldogs-star-jack-collins-medals-causes-family-feud/news-story/a8b06c9b473853240b888f7d014a5e90%3Fsv%3Df671f5214c0831307de1fa9b7c23a00 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |url-status=live }} and honouring leading goalkickers prior to 1981,{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Scot |title=Medals for goal greats |work=The Sunday Mail |publisher=News Limited |date=27 May 2001 |page=118 |quote=Former Footscray champion Jack Collins ... supports the move. }} was the only player to receive both a Coleman and a Leading Goalkicker Medal.{{cite magazine |url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/88074 |date=30 July 2004 |access-date=31 January 2020 |last1=Hobbs |first1=Greg |editor1-last=Lovett |editor1-first=Michael |title=Jack of all trades |magazine=AFL Record |location=Melbourne |publisher=Australian Football League |volume=93 |issue=18 |page=70 |via=State Library of Victoria |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204142125/https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE9113652&file=FL17798736&mode=browse |archive-date=4 February 2020 |url-status=live}} Upon receiving the accolades, he was "bloody angry" and complained to the AFL Commission, as he perceived the Leading Goalkicker Medal to be an inferior award.{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Scot |title=Dogs star's pain |work=Herald Sun |publisher=News Limited |date=16 September 2001 |page=50 |quote=[Collins] has ... written a ... complaint to the AFL Commission ... Jack will receive what he feels is an inferior ... medal. }}

Collingwood is the club most frequently represented by Coleman and Leading Goalkicker Medallists: its players have won on 23 occasions, six clear of Geelong's tally of 17. The majority of Collingwood's awards were contributed by Dick Lee (7) and Gordon Coventry (6), which stand as the most and second-most in league history. Coleman himself won the Leading Goalkicker Medals in all five of his complete VFL seasons to have the third-most. As of 2023, there have been five four-time medallists, five three-time medallists, and 16 dual medallists.

Recipients

File:Jack Leith.JPG tied with Eddy James for the most goals (22) in 1897, the VFL's inaugural season.]]

File:Percy Martini 1910.jpg was retrospectively awarded a Leading Goalkicker Medal for his 51-goal performance in 1910.]]

File:Greg_Stockdale.png's 68-goal haul for the 1923 season from just 18 out of 19 games broke the league record (when including finals).{{Cite web |title=STOCKDALE, Greg |url=https://essendonfcpastplayers.com.au/past-player-profiles/listing/stockdale-greg/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Essendon Listing |language=en-US}} Stockdale would go on to be Essendon's leading goalkicker in three seasons between 1923 and 1928.]]

File:Gordon Coventry – 1934 – I.jpg led the VFL in goalkicking six times, including five consecutive occasions from 1926 to 1930.]]

File:Des Fothergill late 1930s.jpg scored the most goals (63) in the 1946 VFL season.]]

File:John coleman essendon.jpg, the namesake of the medal, led the VFL in goalkicking five times in a row (1949–1953).]]

File:Brian Taylor 2019.3.jpg scored 100 goals in 1986, winning the season's Coleman Medal.]]

File:John Longmire 2017.2.jpg led the AFL in goalkicking for 1990 at the age of 19, making him the youngest Coleman Medallist.{{cite news |title=Coaches: John Longmire |url=https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/416 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=sydneyswans.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131063510/https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/416 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live }}]]

File:Lance Franklin 2017.5.jpg (pictured playing for Sydney) has won four Coleman Medals at two clubs: {{AFL Haw}} (2008, 2011) and {{AFL Syd}} (2014, 2017).]]

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|Note: Bold text denotes player currently plays in the AFL

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|+ Table of recipients{{efn|name="Table Sources"|The following websites are used as sources for recipients:

  • AFL.com.au
  • AFL Tables{{cite web |title=Leading Goalkicker |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/leadinggk.html |website=AFL Tables |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130093611/https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/leadinggk.html |archive-date=30 January 2020 |url-status=live }}

Conflicts arise between the sources on three occasions; an additional source for each dispute is provided:

  • 1910: AFL.com.au notes Dick Lee as joint leading goalkicker. AFL Tables omits Lee, supported by the 2018 Grand Final edition of the AFL Record.{{cite magazine |date=29 September 2018 |editor1-last=Lovett |editor1-first=Michael |title=Collingwood – Leading Goalkicker Medallists |magazine=AFL Record |location=Melbourne |publisher=Crocmedia |volume=107 |page=129}}
  • 1977: AFL.com.au gives Hudson's goal total as 105. AFL Tables records 99, supported by the 2015 Grand Final edition of the AFL Record.{{cite magazine |date=3 October 2015 |editor1-last=Lovett |editor1-first=Michael |title=Hawthorn – John Coleman Medallists |magazine=AFL Record |location=Melbourne |publisher=AFL Media |volume=104 |page=120}}
  • 2004: AFL.com.au gives Gehrig's goal total as 103. AFL Tables records 90, supported by ABC News; the difference is because the AFL erroneously implies Gehrig got 103 goals to win the medal, but these extra 13 goals were kicked in finals and therefore are not included in this list.{{cite news |title=Gehrig clinches Coleman medal |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-08-30/gehrig-clinches-coleman-medal/2035084 |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=30 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027210202/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-08-30/gehrig-clinches-coleman-medal/2035084 |archive-date=27 October 2016 |url-status=live }}}}

! scope="col" | Recipient

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Club

! scope="col" | Goals

scope="row" | {{sortname|Eddy|James}}

| rowspan=2 | 1897 || {{AFL Gee}} || rowspan=2 | 22

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Leith}}

| {{AFL Mel}}

scope="row" | {{sortname|Archie|Smith|dab=footballer, born 1872}}

| 1898 || {{AFL Col}} || 31

scope="row" | {{sortname|Eddy|James}} (2)

| 1899 || {{AFL Gee}} || 31

scope="row" | {{sortname|Teddy|Lockwood}}

| rowspan=2 | 1900 || {{AFL Gee}} || rowspan=2 | 24

scope="row" | {{sortname|Albert|Thurgood}}

| {{AFL Ess}}

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Hiskins}}

| 1901 || {{AFL Ess}} || 34

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Baker|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1902 || {{AFL StK}} || 30

scope="row" | {{sortname|Teddy|Lockwood}} (2)

| 1903 || {{AFL Col}} || 33

scope="row" | {{sortname|Vince|Coutie}}

| 1904 || {{AFL Mel}} || 39

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Pannam|dab=footballer, born 1874}}

| 1905 || {{AFL Col}} || 38

scope="row" | {{sortname|Mick|Grace}}

| 1906 || {{AFL Car}} || 45

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1907 || {{AFL Col}} || 45

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (2)

| 1908 || {{AFL Col}} || 50

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (3)

| 1909 || {{AFL Col}} || 55

scope="row" | {{sortname|Percy|Martini}}

| 1910 || {{AFL Gee}} || 51

scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry|Brereton}}

| 1911 || {{AFL Mel}} || 46

scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry|Brereton}} (2)

| 1912 || {{AFL Mel}} || 56

scope="row" | {{sortname|Roy|Park|dab=sportsman}}

| 1913 || {{AFL Uni}} || 53

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (4)

| 1914 || {{AFL Col}} || 57

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jimmy|Freake}}

| 1915 || {{AFL Fit}} || 65

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (5)

| 1916 || {{AFL Col}} || 46

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (6)

| 1917 || {{AFL Col}} || 50

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ern|Cowley}}

| 1918 || {{AFL Car}} || 35

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}} (7)

| 1919 || {{AFL Col}} || 47

scope="row" | {{sortname|George|Bayliss}}

| 1920 || {{AFL Ric}} || 62

scope="row" | {{sortname|Cliff|Rankin}}

| 1921 || {{AFL Gee}} || 61

scope="row" | {{sortname|Horrie|Clover}}

| 1922 || {{AFL Car}} || 54

scope="row" | {{sortname|Greg|Stockdale}}

| 1923 || {{AFL Ess}} || 64

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Moriarty}}

| 1924 || {{AFL Fit}} || 75

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lloyd|Hagger}}

| 1925 || {{AFL Gee}} || 70

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}}

| 1926 || {{AFL Col}} || 78

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}} (2)

| 1927 || {{AFL Col}} || 88

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}} (3)

| 1928 || {{AFL Col}} || 78

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}} (4)

| 1929 || {{AFL Col}} || 118

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}} (5)

| 1930 || {{AFL Col}} || 105

scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry|Vallence}}

| 1931 || {{AFL Car}} || 72

scope="row" | {{sortname|George|Moloney|dab=footballer, born 1909}}

| 1932 || {{AFL Gee}} || 109

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}} (6)

| 1933 || {{AFL Col}} || 108

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bob|Pratt}}

| 1934 || {{AFL SM}} || 138

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bob|Pratt}} (2)

| 1935 || {{AFL SM}} || 97

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bill|Mohr}}

| 1936 || {{AFL StK}} || 101

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Harris|dab=Australian rules footballer}}

| 1937 || {{AFL Ric}} || 64

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Todd|dab=footballer}}

| 1938 || {{AFL Col}} || 102

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Todd|dab=footballer}} (2)

| 1939 || {{AFL Col}} || 98

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Titus}}

| 1940 || {{AFL Ric}} || 92

scope="row" | {{sortname|Sel|Murray}}

| 1941 || {{AFL NM}} || 88

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lindsay|White}}

| 1942 || {{AFL SM}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Fanning}}

| 1943 || {{AFL Mel}} || 62

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Fanning}} (2)

| 1944 || {{AFL Mel}} || 87

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Fanning}} (3)

| 1945 || {{AFL Mel}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Des|Fothergill}}

| 1946 || {{AFL Col}} || 63

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Fanning}} (4)

| 1947 || {{AFL Mel}} || 97

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lindsay|White}} (2)

| 1948 || {{AFL Gee}} || 86

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1949 || {{AFL Ess}} || 85

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}} (2)

| 1950 || {{AFL Ess}} || 112

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}} (3)

| 1951 || {{AFL Ess}} || 75

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}} (4)

| 1952 || {{AFL Ess}} || 103

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}} (5)

| 1953 || {{AFL Ess}} || 96

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Collins|dab=footballer, born 1930}}

| 1954 || {{AFL Foo}} || 73

scope="row" | {{sortname|Noel|Rayson}}

| 1955 || {{AFL Gee}} || 77

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bill|Young|dab=footballer, born 1931}}

| 1956 || {{AFL StK}} || 56

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Collins|dab=footballer, born 1930}} (2)

| 1957 || {{AFL Foo}} || 74

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ian|Brewer}}

| 1958 || {{AFL Col}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Evans}}

| 1959 || {{AFL Ess}} || 69

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Evans}} (2)

| 1960 || {{AFL Ess}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tom|Carroll|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1961 || {{AFL Car}} || 54

scope="row" | {{sortname|Doug|Wade}}

| 1962 || {{AFL Gee}} || 62

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Peck|dab=footballer}}

| 1963 || {{AFL Haw}} || 69

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Peck|dab=footballer}} (2)

| 1964 || {{AFL Haw}} || 68

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Peck|dab=footballer}} (3)

| 1965 || {{AFL Haw}} || 56

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ted|Fordham}}

| 1966 || {{AFL Ess}} || 73

scope="row" | {{sortname|Doug|Wade}} (2)

| 1967 || {{AFL Gee}} || 79

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Hudson}}

| 1968 || {{AFL Haw}} || 125

scope="row" | {{sortname|Doug|Wade}} (3)

| 1969 || {{AFL Gee}} || 122

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Hudson}} (2)

| 1970 || {{AFL Haw}} || 146

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Hudson}} (3)

| 1971 || {{AFL Haw}} || 140

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|McKenna|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1972 || {{AFL Col}} || 130

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|McKenna|dab=Australian footballer}} (2)

| 1973 || {{AFL Col}} || 84

scope="row" | {{sortname|Doug|Wade}} (4)

| 1974 || {{AFL NM}} || 91

scope="row" | {{sortname|Leigh|Matthews}}

| 1975 || {{AFL Haw}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Larry|Donohue}}

| 1976 || {{AFL Gee}} || 99

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Hudson}} (4)

| 1977 || {{AFL Haw}} || 105

scope="row" | {{sortname|Kelvin|Templeton}}

| 1978 || {{AFL Foo}} || 118

scope="row" | {{sortname|Kelvin|Templeton}} (2)

| 1979 || {{AFL Foo}} || 91

scope="row" | {{sortname|Michael|Roach|dab=footballer}}

| 1980 || {{AFL Ric}} || 107

scope="row" | {{sortname|Michael|Roach|dab=footballer}} (2)

| 1981 || {{AFL Ric}} || 86

scope="row" | {{sortname|Malcolm|Blight}}

| 1982 || {{AFL NM}} || 94

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bernie|Quinlan}}

| 1983 || {{AFL Fit}} || 106

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bernie|Quinlan}} (2)

| 1984 || {{AFL Fit}} || 102

scope="row" | {{sortname|Simon|Beasley}}

| 1985 || {{AFL Foo}} || 93

scope="row" | {{sortname|Brian|Taylor|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 1986 || {{AFL Col}} || 100

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Lockett}}

| 1987 || {{AFL StK}} || 117

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jason|Dunstall}}

| 1988 || {{AFL Haw}} || 124

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jason|Dunstall}} (2)

| 1989 || {{AFL Haw}} || 128

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Longmire}}

| 1990 || {{AFL NM}} || 98

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Lockett}} (2)

| 1991 || {{AFL StK}} || 118

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jason|Dunstall}} (3)

| 1992 || {{AFL Haw}} || 139

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gary|Ablett Sr.}}

| 1993 || {{AFL Gee}} || 124

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gary|Ablett Sr.}} (2)

| 1994 || {{AFL Gee}} || 113

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gary|Ablett Sr.}} (3)

| 1995 || {{AFL Gee}} || 118

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Lockett}} (3)

| 1996 || {{AFL Syd}} || 114

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Modra}}

| 1997 || {{AFL Ade}} || 81

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Lockett}} (4)

| 1998 || {{AFL Syd}} || 107

scope="row" | {{sortname|Scott|Cummings|dab=footballer}}

| 1999 || {{AFL WC}} || 88

scope="row" | {{sortname|Matthew|Lloyd}}

| 2000 || {{AFL Ess}} || 94

scope="row" | {{sortname|Matthew|Lloyd}} (2)

| 2001 || {{AFL Ess}} || 96

scope="row" | {{sortname|David|Neitz}}

| 2002 || {{AFL Mel}} || 75

scope="row" | {{sortname|Matthew|Lloyd}} (3)

| 2003 || {{AFL Ess}} || 87

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fraser|Gehrig}}

| 2004 || {{AFL StK}} || 90

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fraser|Gehrig}} (2)

| 2005 || {{AFL StK}} || 74

scope="row" | {{sortname|Brendan|Fevola}}

| 2006 || {{AFL Car}} || 84

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jonathan|Brown|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 2007 || {{AFL BL}} || 77

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Franklin}}

| 2008 || {{AFL Haw}} || 102

scope="row" | {{sortname|Brendan|Fevola}} (2)

| 2009 || {{AFL Car}} || 86

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Riewoldt}}

| 2010 || {{AFL Ric}} || 78

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Franklin}} (2)

| 2011 || {{AFL Haw}} || 71

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Riewoldt}} (2)

| 2012 || {{AFL Ric}} || 65

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jarryd|Roughead}}

| 2013 || {{AFL Haw}} || 68

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Franklin}} (3)

| 2014 || {{AFL Syd}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Josh|Kennedy|dab=footballer, born 1987}}

| 2015 || {{AFL WC}} || 75

scope="row" | {{sortname|Josh|Kennedy|dab=footballer, born 1987}} (2)

| 2016 || {{AFL WC}} || 80

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Franklin}} (4)

| 2017 || {{AFL Syd}} || 69

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Riewoldt}} (3)

| 2018 || {{AFL Ric}} || 65

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jeremy|Cameron}}

| 2019 || {{AFL GWS}} || 67

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tom|Hawkins|dab=footballer, born 1988}}

| 2020 || {{AFL Gee}} || 42

scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry|McKay}}

| 2021 || {{AFL Car}} || 58

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Curnow}}

| 2022 || {{AFL Car}} || 64

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Curnow}} (2)

| 2023 || {{AFL Car}} || 78

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jesse|Hogan}}

| 2024 || {{AFL GWS}} || 69

= Multiple recipients =

File:Dick Lee.jpg led the league in goalkicking a record seven times.]]

File:Josh Kennedy 2018.1.jpg is one of 16 players to twice score the most goals in a season.]]

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|+ Table of multiple recipients{{efn|name="Table Sources"}}

scope="col" | Player

! scope="col" | Wins

! scope="col" | Club(s)

! scope="col" | Years

scope="row" | {{sortname|Dick|Lee|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 7 || {{AFL Col}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gordon|Coventry}}

| 6 || {{AFL Col}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Coleman|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 5 || {{AFL Ess}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fred|Fanning}}

| rowspan=5 | 4 || {{AFL Mel}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947

scope="row" | {{sortname|Doug|Wade}}

| {{AFL Gee}}/{{AFL NM}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Hudson}}

| {{AFL Haw}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Lockett}}

| {{AFL StK}}/{{AFL Syd}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1987, 1991, 1996, 1998

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lance|Franklin}}

| {{AFL Haw}}/{{AFL Syd}} || style="text-align:left;" | 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Peck|dab=Australian rules footballer}}

| rowspan=5 | 3 || {{AFL Haw}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1963, 1964, 1965

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jason|Dunstall}}

| {{AFL Haw}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1988, 1989, 1992

scope="row" | {{sortname|Gary|Ablett Sr.}}

| {{AFL Gee}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1993, 1994, 1995

scope="row" | {{sortname|Matthew|Lloyd}}

| {{AFL Ess}} || style="text-align:left;" | 2000, 2001, 2003

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Riewoldt}}

| {{AFL Ric}} || style="text-align:left;" | 2010, 2012, 2018

scope="row" | {{sortname|Eddy|James}}

| rowspan=16 | 2 || {{AFL Gee}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1897, 1899

scope="row" | {{sortname|Teddy|Lockwood}}

| {{AFL Gee}}/{{AFL Col}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1900, 1903

scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry|Brereton}}

| {{AFL Mel}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1911, 1912

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bob|Pratt}}

| {{AFL SM}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1934, 1935

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Todd|dab=footballer}}

| {{AFL Col}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1938, 1939

scope="row" | {{sortname|Lindsay|White}}

| {{AFL SM}}/{{AFL Gee}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1942, 1948

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Collins|dab=footballer, born 1930}}

| {{AFL Foo}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1954, 1957

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Evans}}

| {{AFL Ess}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1959, 1960

scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|McKenna|dab=Australian footballer}}

| {{AFL Col}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1972, 1973

scope="row" | {{sortname|Kelvin|Templeton}}

| {{AFL Foo}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1978, 1979

scope="row" | {{sortname|Michael|Roach|dab=footballer}}

| {{AFL Ric}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1980, 1981

scope="row" | {{sortname|Bernie|Quinlan}}

| {{AFL Fit}} || style="text-align:left;" | 1983, 1984

scope="row" | {{sortname|Fraser|Gehrig}}

| {{AFL StK}} || style="text-align:left;" | 2004, 2005

scope="row" | {{sortname|Brendan|Fevola}}

| {{AFL Car}} || style="text-align:left;" | 2006, 2009

scope="row" | {{sortname|Josh|Kennedy|dab=footballer, born 1987}}

| {{AFL WC}} || style="text-align:left; | 2015, 2016

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Curnow}}

| {{AFL Car}} || style="text-align:left; | 2022, 2023

= Club totals =

File:Jack Riewoldt 03.03.19.jpg has won three of Richmond's eight Coleman Medals / league Leading Goalkicker Awards.]]

File:Jonathan Brown (cropped).jpg won {{AFL BL2}}'s only Coleman Medal in 2007, kicking 77 goals.]]

File:Charlie Curnow 2017.2.jpg won two consecutive Coleman Medals in 2022 and 2023. Had he won the award for a third year—which he was close to achieving by having the second-highest average for goals per game—he would have been the first since Gary Ablett Sr. to do so.]]

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Table key

! scope=row style="background-color:#CEE0F2; width:3em"|†

|Club no longer participates in the AFL{{efn|Three teams which have participated in the VFL/AFL no longer compete today. Fitzroy, a founding member of the league, played from 1897 to 1996 before its severe financial problems forced a merger with the Brisbane Bears, an expansion club that had competed in the VFL from 1987, to form the Brisbane Lions. University, an amateur club, played in the VFL from 1908 to 1914.}}

scope=row style="width:3em"|LG

|Number of Leading Goalkicker Medals (1897–1954)

scope=row style="width:3em"|C'man

|Number of Coleman Medals (1955–present)

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|+ Table of club totals{{efn|name="Table Sources"}}

scope=col rowspan=2 | Club

! colspan=3 | Medals

! scope=col rowspan=2 | Years

scope=col | LG

! scope=col | C'man

! scope=col | Total

scope=row | {{AFL Col}}

| 19

| 4

| 23

| style="text-align:left;" | 1898, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1958, 1972, 1973, 1986

scope=row | {{AFL Gee}}

| 8

| 9

| 17

| style="text-align:left;" | 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1925, 1932, 1948, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2020

scope=row | {{AFL Ess}}

| 8

| 6

| 14

| style="text-align:left;" | 1900, 1901, 1923, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1966, 2000, 2001, 2003

scope=row | {{AFL Haw}}

| 0

| 14

| 14

| style="text-align:left;" | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2008, 2011, 2013

scope=row | {{AFL Car}}

| 4

| 6

| 10

| style="text-align:left;" | 1906, 1918, 1922, 1931, 1961, 2006, 2009, 2021, 2022, 2023

scope=row | {{AFL Mel}}

| 8

| 1

| 9

| style="text-align:left;" | 1897, 1904, 1911, 1912, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 2002

scope="row" |{{AFL Ric}}

| 3

| 5

| 8

| style="text-align:left;" | 1920, 1937, 1940, 1980, 1981, 2010, 2012, 2018

scope=row | {{AFL Syd}}{{efn|Known as South Melbourne prior to 1982 relocation.}}

| 3

| 4

| 7

| style="text-align:left;" | 1934, 1935, 1942, 1996, 1998, 2014, 2017

scope=row | {{AFL StK}}

| 2

| 5

| 7

| style="text-align:left;" | 1902, 1936, 1956, 1987, 1991, 2004, 2005

scope=row | {{AFL WB}}{{efn|Known as Footscray prior to 1997.}}

| 1

| 4

| 5

| style="text-align:left;" | 1954, 1957, 1978, 1979, 1985

scope=row style="background:#CEE0F2" | {{AFL Fit}}†

| 2

| 2

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | 1915, 1924, 1983, 1984

scope=row | {{AFL NM}}

| 1

| 3

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | 1941, 1974, 1982, 1990

scope=row | {{AFL WC}}

| —

| 3

| 3

| style="text-align:left;" | 1999, 2015, 2016

scope=row | {{AFL Ade}}

| —

| 1

| 1

| style="text-align:left;" | 1997

scope=row | {{AFL BL}}

| —

| 1

| 1

| style="text-align:left;" | 2007

scope=row | {{AFL GWS}}

| —

| 2

| 2

| style="text-align:left;" | 2019, 2024

scope=row style="background:#CEE0F2" | {{AFL Uni}}†

| 1

| —

| 1

| style="text-align:left;" | 1913

scope=row | {{AFL Fre}}

| —

| 0

| 0

| —

scope=row | {{AFL GC}}

| —

| 0

| 0

| —

scope=row | {{AFL PA}}

| —

| 0

| 0

| —

scope=row style="background:#CEE0F2"| {{AFL BB}}†

| —

| —

| —

| —

See also

Notes

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References

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{{AFL Coleman Medallists}}

{{Australian Football League awards}}

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