Ken Farmer Medal

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File:Ken Farmer SANFL.jpg, the namesake of the award, lead the league for goals a record 11 times.]]

File:Frank Hansen 1910.png won the award four times in a row.]]

File:Anthony Bos Daly.jpg remains the only player to have won the award at four separate clubs.]]

File:Roy Bent Norwood.jpg was a four-time Ken Farmer Medallist.]]

The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules football full-forward Ken Farmer, who played for North Adelaide Football Club for his entire 13-season career, being North Adelaide's leading goalkicker all 13 seasons he played and leading the league overall for 11 of those seasons, four more than any other player in the league's history. The medal is awarded to the South Australian Football League's (SANFL) top goalkicker at the end of the home-and-away matches each season and was instigated in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://sanfl.com.au/the_sanfl/leading_goalkickers/ |website=SANFL |publisher=South Australian National Football League |access-date=8 September 2014 |title=Leading Goalkickers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923134642/http://www.sanfl.com.au/the_sanfl/leading_goalkickers/ |archive-date=23 September 2014 }}

Ken Farmer Medallists

=List of winners=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:200px;"|Medallist

! style="width:200px;"|Club

! style="width:40px;"|Goals

1877John Young (1)Adelaide (1)14
1878William Dedman (1)Norwood (1)12
1879William Dedman (2)Norwood (2)12
1880Joe Traynor (1)Norwood (3)7
rowspan="2"|1881Joe Pollock (1)Norwood (4)7
| W J Duffy (1)Norwood (5)7
1882H J Wardrop (1)South Adelaide (1)14
1883J E Litchfield (1)Port Adelaide (1)13
1884R C Roy (1)Port Adelaide (2)22
1885H R Hill (1)South Adelaide (2)19
1886R Stephens (1)Adelaide (2)17
1887Alf Bushby (1)Port Adelaide (3)25
1888Charles Woods (1)Norwood (6)29
1889Charlie Fry (1)Port Adelaide (4)32
1890J McKenzie (1)Port Adelaide (5)32
1891Charles Woods (2)Norwood (7)55
1892Charles Woods (3)Norwood (8)46
1893Anthony Daly (1)Norwood (9)88
1894Anthony Daly (2)Norwood (10)47
1895Anthony Daly (3)Norwood (11)46
1896Jack Kay (1)South Adelaide (3)25
1897Jimmy Tompkins (1)Port Adelaide (6)27
1898Jack Kay (2)South Adelaide (4)35
1899Anthony Daly (4)South Adelaide (5)32
1900Anthony Daly (5)West Torrens (1)27
1901William Miller (1)Norwood (12)44
1902Jack Kay (3)South Adelaide (6)28
1903Anthony Daly (6)North Adelaide (1)54
1904William Miller (2)Norwood (13)35
rowspan="2"|1905John Mathison (1)Port Adelaide (7)30
| Anthony Daly (7)North Adelaide (2)30
1906John Mathison (2)Port Adelaide (8)42
1907John Quinn (1)Port Adelaide (9)32
1908John Mathison (3)Port Adelaide (10)33
1909Richard Townsend (1)Norwood (14)22
1910Frank Hansen (1)Port Adelaide (11)46
1911Frank Hansen (2)Port Adelaide (12)41
1912Frank Hansen (3)Port Adelaide (13)37
1913Frank Hansen (4)Port Adelaide (14)39
1914John Dunn (1)Port Adelaide (15)33
1915Francis Fitzgerald (1)West Adelaide (1)31
style="background:#bdb76b;"

! colspan="4" |1916–1918 Suspended during World War 1

1919Len Lackman (1)Port Adelaide (16)26
1920Frank Golding (1)Sturt (1)30
1921Roy Bent (1)Norwood (15)42
1922Tom Hart (1)Norwood (16)50
1923Percy Lewis (1)North Adelaide (3)58
1924Roy Bent (2)Norwood (17)53
1925Roy Bent (3)Norwood (18)59
1926Roy Bent (4)Norwood (19)65
1927Jack Owens (1)Glenelg (1)80
1928Jack Owens (2)Glenelg (2)83
1929Les Dayman (1)Port Adelaide (17)86
1930Ken Farmer (1)North Adelaide (4)105
1931Ken Farmer (2)North Adelaide (5)126
rowspan="2"|1932Ken Farmer (3)North Adelaide (6)102
| Jack Owens (3)Glenelg (4)102
1933Ken Farmer (4)North Adelaide (7)112
1934Ken Farmer (5)North Adelaide (8)106
1935Ken Farmer (6)North Adelaide (9)128
1936Ken Farmer (7)North Adelaide (10)134
1937Ken Farmer (8)North Adelaide (11)108
1938Ken Farmer (9)North Adelaide (12)112
1939Ken Farmer (10)North Adelaide (13)113
1940Ken Farmer (11)North Adelaide (14)125
1941Bruce Schultz (1)Norwood (20)100
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! colspan="4" |Competition reduced to aligned teams during WWII

1942Ross Reynolds (1)Sturt (2)
South Adelaide (7)
45
1943William Isaac (1)Norwood (21)
North Adelaide (15)
73
1944William Isaac (2)Norwood (22)
North Adelaide (16)
76
style="background:#bdb76b;"

! colspan="4" |Competition returns to un-aligned teams.

1945Stanley Scott (1)South Adelaide (8)64
1946Peter Dalwood (1)Norwood (23)70
1947Bob McLean (1)Port Adelaide (18)80
1948Colin Churchett (1)Glenelg (5)88
1949Colin Churchett (2)Glenelg (6)72
1950Colin Churchett (3)Glenelg (7)105
1951Colin Churchett (4)Glenelg (8)102
1952John Willis (1)West Torrens (2)85
1953Max Mayo (1)Norwood (24)78
1954William McKenzie (1)North Adelaide (17)67
1955Paul Caust (1)Sturt (3)57
1956Rex Johns (1)Port Adelaide (19)70
1957Peter Phipps (1)West Adelaide (2)90
1958Rex Johns (2)Port Adelaide (20)55
1959Wally Dittmar (1)Port Adelaide (21)74
1960Wally Dittmar (2)Port Adelaide (22)69
1961Geoff Kingston (1)West Torrens (3)79
1962Rex Johns (3)Port Adelaide (23)76
1963Rex Johns (4)Port Adelaide (24)54
1964Ross Sawley (1)Sturt (4)70
1965Ian Brewer (1)Norwood (25)96
1966Eric Freeman (1)Port Adelaide (25)81
1967Dennis Sachse (1)North Adelaide (18)90
1968Rick Vidovich (1)Central District (1)62
1969Fred Phillis (1)Glenelg (9)137
1970Fred Phillis (2)Glenelg (10)107
1971Fred Phillis (3)Glenelg (11)99
1972Michael Coligan (1)Norwood (26)81
1973Ken Whelan (1)Sturt (5)107
1974Ken Whelan (2)Sturt (6)108
1975Fred Phillis (4)Glenelg (12)108
1976Fred Phillis (5)Glenelg (13)98
1977Tim Evans (1)Port Adelaide (26)87
1978Tim Evans (2)Port Adelaide (27)90
1979Glynn Hewitt (1)Woodville (1)83
1980Tim Evans (3)Port Adelaide (28)146
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! colspan="4" | Award named the Ken Farmer Medal

1981Tim Evans (4)Port Adelaide (29)98
1982Tim Evans (5)Port Adelaide (30)125
1983Rick Davies (1)Sturt (7)151
1984Tim Evans (6)Port Adelaide (31)127
1985Malcolm Blight (1)Woodville (2)126
1986Stephen Nichols (1)Woodville (3)103
1987John Roberts (1)North Adelaide (19)111
1988Stephen Nichols (2)Woodville (4)103
1989Rudi Mandemaker (1)Central District (2)93
1990Scott Hodges (1)Port Adelaide (32)153
1991Scott Morphett (1)Woodville-West Torrens (1)99
1992Mark Tylor (1)Port Adelaide (33)97
1993Mark Tylor (2)Port Adelaide (34)87
1994Scott Hodges (2)Port Adelaide (35)114
1995Danny Del-Re (1)South Adelaide (9)92
1996Scott Hodges (3)Port Adelaide (36)102
1997Jim West (4)Norwood (27)73
1998Adam Richardson (1)West Adelaide (3)100
1999Adam Richardson (2)West Adelaide (4)66
2000Adam Richardson (3)West Adelaide (5)72
2001Adam Richardson (4)West Adelaide (6)81
2002Daniel Hargraves (1)North Adelaide (20)68
2003Darren Bradshaw (1)West Adelaide (7)88
2004Daniel Schell (1)Central District (3)63
2005Daniel Schell (2)Central District (4)67
2006Mark Passador (1)Woodville-West Torrens (2)79
2007Brant Chambers (1)Sturt (8)106
2008Brant Chambers (2)Sturt (9)97
2009Brant Chambers (3)Sturt (10)80
2010Todd Grima (1)Glenelg (14)58
2011Michael Wundke (1)South Adelaide (10)67
2012Justin Hardy (1)Central District (5)58
2013Michael Wundke (2)South Adelaide (11)52
2014Michael Wundke (3)Woodville-West Torrens (3)63
2015Clint Alleway (1)Glenelg (15)47
2016Brett Eddy (1)South Adelaide (12)68
2017Brett Eddy (2)Port Adelaide (37)53
2018Mark Evans (1)Sturt (11)40
2019Liam McBean (1)Glenelg (16)46
rowspan="2"|2020Liam McBean (2)Glenelg (17)rowspan="2"|38
James Rowe (1)Woodville-West Torrens (4)
2021Liam McBean (3)Glenelg (18)49
2022Daniel Menzel (1)Woodville-West Torrens (5)51
2023

|Lachlan Hosie (1)

|Glenelg (19)

|52

2024

|Mitch Harvey (1)

|{{SANFL NA}} (21)

|45

Award records

=Multiple recipients=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Table of multiple recipients

scope="col" | Player

! scope="col" | Wins

! scope="col" | Club(s)

! scope="col" | Years

scope="row" | {{sortname|Ken|Farmer}}

| 11 || {{SANFL NA}} || align=left|1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940

scope="row" | {{sortname|Anthony|Daly|dab=footballer}}

| 7 || {{SANFL Nor}}
{{SANFL SA}}
{{SANFL WT}}
{{SANFL NA}} || align=left|1893, 1894, 1895, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1905

scope="row" | {{sortname|Tim|Evans|dab=footballer}}

| 6 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984

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

| 5 || {{SANFL Gle}} || align=left|1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976

scope="row" | {{sortname|Roy|Bent}}

| 4 || {{SANFL Nor}} || align=left|1921, 1924, 1925, 1926

scope="row" | {{sortname|Colin|Churchett}}

| 4 || {{SANFL Gle}} || align=left|1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

scope="row" | {{sortname|Frank|Hansen|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 4 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1910, 1911, 1912, 1913

scope="row" | {{sortname|Rex|Johns}}

| 4 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1956, 1958, 1962, 1963

scope="row" | {{sortname|Adam|Richardson}}

| 4 || {{SANFL WA}} || align=left|1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

scope="row" | {{sortname|Brant|Chambers}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Stu}} || align=left|2007, 2008, 2009

scope="row" | {{sortname|Scott|Hodges}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1990, 1994, 1996

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Kay|nolink=1}}

| 3 || {{SANFL SA}} || align=left|1896, 1898, 1902

scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Mathison|nolink=1}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1905, 1906, 1908

scope="row" | {{sortname|Liam|McBean}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Gle}} || align=left|2019, 2020, 2021

scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Owens|dab=footballer}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Gle}} || align=left|1927, 1928, 1932

scope="row" | {{sortname|Charlie|Woods|nolink=1}}

| 3 || {{SANFL Nor}} || align=left|1888, 1891, 1892

scope="row" | {{sortname|Michael|Wundke|nolink=1}}

| 3 || {{SANFL SA}}
{{SANFL WWT}} || align=left|2011, 2013, 2014

scope="row" | {{sortname|Billy|Dedman
}

| 2 || {{SANFL Nor}} || align=left|1878, 1879

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Wally|Dittmar}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1959, 1960

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Brett|Eddy}}

| 2 || {{SANFL SA}}
{{SANFL Por}} || align=left|2016, 2017

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|William|Isaac|nolink=1}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Nor}}
{{SANFL NA}} || align=left|1943, 1944

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|William|Miller|dab=Australian footballer}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Nor}} || align=left|1901, 1904

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Stephen|Nichols|dab=footballer}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Woo}} || align=left|1986, 1988

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Daniel|Schell}}

| 2 || {{SANFL CD}} || align=left| 2004, 2005

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mark|Tylor}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Por}} || align=left|1992, 1993

|-

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ken|Whelan|nolink=1}}

| 2 || {{SANFL Stu}} || align=left|1973, 1974

|}

=Club totals=

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