2003 Brownlow Medal


The 2003 Brownlow Medal was the 76th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League home and away season. Nathan Buckley of the Collingwood Football Club, Adam Goodes of the Sydney Swans, and Mark Ricciuto of the Adelaide Football Club all won the medal by polling twenty-two votes each during the 2003 AFL season.
Buckley and Goodes polled three votes in matches only twice during the season - the least by any Brownlow Medal winner.

Leading vote-getters


PlayerVotes
=1stNathan Buckley 22
=1stAdam Goodes 22
=1stMark Ricciuto 22
=4thBen Cousins 21
=4thShane Crawford 21
=4thGavin Wanganeen 21
=7thPeter Bell 19
=7thMichael Voss 19
=7thJames Hird 19
10thAndrew McLeod 18

Voting procedure

The three field 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.
As the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes.