Gold Coast Suns Club Champion Explained

The Gold Coast Suns Club Champion is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Gold Coast Football Club throughout the Australian Football League (AFL) season. The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.^[1]

The inaugural winner of the award was also the club's inaugural captain, Gary Ablett, Jr.

Recipients

	Denotes current player
	Player won Brownlow Medal in same season

Season	Recipient	Votes	Runner up	Votes	Ref
2009	align=left			align=left	Matt Fowler		^[2]
2010	align=left					^[3]
	align=left		196	align=left		138	^[4]
	align=left	(2)	215	align=left		169	^[5]
	(3)	260	align=left		213	^[6]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		240	align=left		233	^[7]
	align=left		131		129	^[8]
	align=left	(2)	209	align=left		129	^[9]
	align=left	(4)	126	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		106	^[10]
	align=left		390	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		351	^[11]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		553	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		417	^[12]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		339	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		335	^[13]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		562	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		396	^[14]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"	(2)	566	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		504	^[15]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		590	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		563	^[16]
	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"	(2)	68	align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		56	^[17]

Multiple winners

Player	Medals	Seasons
	4	2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
	2	2015, 2016
align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		2	2021, 2022
align=left bgcolor="#cfecec"		2	2020, 2024

Notes and References

1. News: AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?. 3 September 2017. Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017.
2. Web site: Lock wins Club Champion award . Gold Coast Suns . 13 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240613000337/https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/762537/lock-wins-club-champion-award . 13 June 2024 . 4 October 2009.
3. Web site: Our Story . Gold Coast Suns . 13 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240613000448/https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/club/history . 13 June 2024 . September 2010 - Sam Iles is named as the Gold Coast Club Champion in their VFL season..
4. News: Gary Ablett wins Gold Coast Suns inaugural Best and Fairest award. David. Greg. 10 September 2011. The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. 27 January 2015.
5. News: No surprises as Gary Ablett claims second successive Gold Coast Club Champion award. 9 September 2012. News.com.au. News Corp Australia. 27 January 2015.
6. News: Gary Ablett wins Gold Suns club champion award. Australian Associated Press. 9 September 2013. Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 27 January 2015.
7. News: David Swallow breaks the Gary Ablett stranglehold on the Gold Coast Suns best and fairest. Hamilton. Andrew. 5 September 2014. The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. 27 January 2015.
8. News: Tom Lynch wins Gold Coast Suns' club champion award. Boswell. Tom. 11 September 2015. The Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. 11 September 2015.
9. News: Back-to-back Suns crowns for Tom Lynch. Whiting. Michael. 2 September 2016. AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 2 September 2016.
10. News: Still the champ: Gaz grabs fourth Suns B&F. Whiting. Michael. 2 September 2017. AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 2 September 2017.
11. Web site: Club Champion: All the Winners. 1 September 2018. goldcoastfc.com.au.
12. Web site: Jarrod Witts - 2019 Club Champion. goldcoastfc.com.au. 31 August 2019.
13. Web site: 2020 Club Champion – Sam Collins. Josh. Cheadle. 26 September 2020. goldcoastfc.com.au.
14. Web site: Touk Miller crowned 2021 SUNS Club Champion.
15. Web site: 2022 Club Champion: Touk Miller. Josh. Cheadle. 6 September 2021. goldcoastfc.com.au.
16. Web site: Noah Anderson crowned 2023 Club Champion. Telstra. Gold Coast. 3 September 2023.
17. Web site: Star defender snares second Suns B&F crown, young stars finish top three. 9 September 2024. Michael. Whiting. afl.com.au.