2024 Brownlow Medal: Patrick Cripps scores record-breaking votes haul to win second Charlie
Isaac Heeney may dominate the count, but a suspension leaves him ineligible, meaning almost anyone could claim the 111th Brownlow Medal.
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Never too good to get better
Eagles Haul
Dockers haul
FREO VOTES
28 – Caleb Serong
22 – Andrew Brayshaw
12 – Hayden Young
7 – Luke Ryan
4 – Jordan Clark, Luke Jackson
3 – Nat Fyfe*
2 – Alex Pearce, Josh Treacy
1 – Jye Amiss, Bailey Banfield, Josh Draper
Final count
2024 Brownlow Medal
45 – Patrick Cripps (CARL)
38 – Nick Daicos (COLL)
29 – Zak Butters (PA)
28 – Caleb Serong (FREO)
Isaac Heeney (SYD)*
27 – Tom Green (GWS)
26 – Adam Treloar (WB)
25 – Errol Gulden (SYD)
Matt Rowell (GC)
24 – Jai Newcombe (HAW)
*ineligible
The greatest Blue?
Still improving
Cripps says he still wants to get better in a pursuit of a premiership.
He spent much of last off-season working with a specialist coach on sprinting, power and agility.
What else can he improve?
It’s a scary question.
A toast
The room rises as they celebrate Cripps’ incredible achievement.
He becomes the first Carlton player to win multiple Brownlow Medals and can now be considered one of the club’s greatest.
The West Aussie congratulates Nick Daicos for his second place.
Rapid finish
Andrew Dillon is flying through the final two rounds as Cripps soaks up his second Brownlow triumph.
It’s been an extraordinary count as Daicos polls another three votes only to be matched by Cripps against the Eagles.
Diacos is very unlucky to poll 38 votes and lose to Cripps with 45!
Round 22
Oscar Allen gets his first vote of the year to add to the Eagles miserly tally.
Caleb Serong gets to 28 with another three votes in a crazy high count.
Patrick Cripps finally misses the votes as the Hawks smashed them.
However, Daicos only gets two votes and makes Cripps the outright Brownlow medallist!
Round 21
Elliott Yeo grabs two votes to take the lead for the Eagles with eight.
Lachie Neale gets three to move to 19.
Nick Daicos grabs two as Patrick Cripps gets three in the same game to break the record for most votes ever.
He has won the medal but Daicos can equal him.
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