The AFL off-season has already begun for multiple clubs, and with that comes the awards evening.
The night is a chance to reflect on the year that was and reward players for their efforts, on and off the field.
Here is each AFL club's 2026 Best and Fairest winner, as well as other high vote-getters and award winners from each side.
Hawthorn
Quickly becoming a player as marketable as he is mercurial, Nick Watson has capped off a sensational individual season with his first Peter Crimmins Medal as Hawthorn's best and fairest player.
The game-changing small forward earned his first All-Australian selection this year, won the Mark of the Year for his hanger on West Coast's Liam Baker, and became the first player in some 80-odd years to notch 60+ goals while standing at under 170cm tall.
His preliminary final performance was one of the more scintillating individual outings of the season, in a year in which "The Wizard" truly emerged as the game's premier small forward, and one that could prove generational.
Jai Newcombe and Jarman Impey rounded out the podium.
2026 Peter Crimmins Medal top 10
- Nick Watson - 150 votes
- Jai Newcombe - 131 votes
- Jarman Impey - 123 votes
- Connor MacDonald - 121 votes
- Josh Ward - 117 votes
- Blake Hardwick - 109 votes
- Massimo D'Ambrosio - 108 votes
- (equal-seventh) Jack Gunston - 108 votes
- Dylan Moore - 107 votes
- James Sicily - 105 votes
Other club award winners:
Lethal Award (Player-voted): Nick Watson
Most Promising: Noah Mraz
Most Improved: Connor Macdonald
Most Courageous: Lloyd Meek
Best Clubman: Conor Nash
Community Leadership Award: Flynn Perez
