2020 AFL Women's best and fairest explained

2020 AFL Women's best and fairest
Date:28 April
Holder Label:Winner
Network:Fox Footy
Host:Sarah Jones
Winner:Madison Prespakis
(15 votes)
Previous:2019
Main:AFL Women's best and fairest
Next:2021

The 2020 AFL Women's best and fairest was the award presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the 2020 AFL Women's season.[1] Madison Prespakis of the Carlton Football Club won the award with 15 votes.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Leading votegetters

PlacingPlayerVotes
1st Madison Prespakis 15
2nd Kiara Bowers 12
3rd Emma Kearney 11
=4th Jenna Bruton 10
Anne Hatchard
6th Karen Paxman 9
=7th Brittany Bonnici 7
Monique Conti
Jaimee Lambert
Georgia Patrikios

Voting procedure

The three field umpires (the 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 are read and tallied on the evening.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFLW Awards. womens.afl. 28 April 2020.
  2. News: McGowan. Marc. Young Blue caps incredible rise with top gong. womens.afl. 28 April 2020. 28 April 2020.
  3. News: Caffrey. Oliver. Carlton star Madison Prespakis claims top AFLW award. And the moment she found out was beautiful. Fox Sports News (Australia). 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.
  4. News: Ryan. Peter. Young guns dominate as Madison Prespakis wins AFLW best and fairest. The Age. 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.
  5. News: Wood. Lauren. Blues young star Madison Prespakis wins AFLW league best and fairest, Isabel Huntington takes out Rising Star. Herald Sun. 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.
  6. News: Negrepontis. Nic. Teenage Blue crowned AFLW best and fairest. SEN. 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.
  7. News: Carlton's Madison Prespakis named AFLW Best and Fairest for 2020. ABC News (Australia). 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.
  8. News: Australian Associated Press. Blues' Madison Prespakis named AFLW's best player. ESPN. 28 April 2020. 30 April 2020.