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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

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Gary Ablett, the winner of four Club Champions, the most by any player in club history.
Denotes current player
Player won Brownlow Medal in same season
Season Recipient Votes Runner up Votes Ref
2009 Marc Lock Matt Fowler [2]
2010 Sam Iles [3]
2011 Gary Ablett Jr. 196 Nathan Bock 138 [4]
2012 Gary Ablett Jr. (2) 215 Harley Bennell 169 [5]
2013 Gary Ablett Jr. (3) 260 Dion Prestia 213 [6]
2014 David Swallow 240 Tom Lynch 233 [7]
2015 Tom Lynch 131 Kade Kolodjashnij 129 [8]
2016 Tom Lynch (2) 209 Jarrod Harbrow 129 [9]
2017 Gary Ablett Jr. (4) 126 David Swallow 106 [10]
2018 Jarrod Harbrow 390 Touk Miller 351 [11]
2019 Jarrod Witts 553 David Swallow 417 [12]
2020 Sam Collins 339 Touk Miller 335 [13]
2021 Touk Miller 562 Wil Powell 396 [14]
2022 Touk Miller (2) 566 Noah Anderson 504 [15]
2023 Noah Anderson 590 Sam Collins 563 [16]
2024 Sam Collins (2) 68 Bodhi Uwland 56 [17]

Multiple winners

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Player Medals Seasons
Gary Ablett Jr. 4 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Tom Lynch 2 2015, 2016
Touk Miller 2 2021, 2022
Sam Collins 2 2020, 2024

References

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