With eight rounds of football officially in the books for the 2023 AFL season, plenty of players have made their mark on the competition already.
Young Pie Nick Daicos has emerged as a Brownlow favourite in just his second season and looks to be topping Collingwood's best and fairest count, while plenty of others have had standout seasons for their clubs.
After nearly two months of footy, we've taken a look at where each club's best and fairest count stands, naming the favourites for the award so far, with part three of the series covering Port Adelaide through to the Western Bulldogs.
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5. West Coast
As predicted by many, the Eagles have quickly emerged as wooden spoon contenders after some deplorable showings to kick off the season, recently falling to Carlton by 108 points at home.
While they have been cursed with injury for some time now, it seems no one has stood up in the absence of their stars, with the exception of Tim Kelly, Oscar Allen and Jamaine Jones.
Kelly's 29 disposals and seven score involvements per game have been very impressive given the deflated numbers at West Coast and his 10.3 ground ball gets are the second best in the competition. He should be leading the best & fairest charge at this point of the season.
If not however, Oscar Allen has been one of the feel-good stories of the year after missing the entirety of last season and would deserve the best & fairest honours if it was awarded to him. After eight rounds, he and Jeremy Cameron are the only two players with two or more goals in each match, which is quite frankly an astonishing feat in this Eagles side.
Lastly, Jamaine Jones is having a breakout season off half-back, providing a rare dash through the middle of the ground for the Eagles and operating at a rate of 21 disposals and four score involvement per game.