The 2025 Brownlow Medal count is set to be another intoxicating evening with a host of AFL stars vying for the most coveted individual award.
After record-breaking votes last year, the count could feature the likes of Collingwood's Nick Daicos, Geelong's Bailey Smith, Gold Coast duo Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson, as well as Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson, reaching for their speeches.
GWS' Tom Green and Fremantle pair Caleb Serong and Andrew Brayshaw are also expected to feature prominently.
With Brownlow night nearing, we look at our Zero Hanger MVP top 20 list and see how these players will shape up.
2025 Brownlow Medal winner
The Collingwood superstar could finally get his chance to salute as the game's best player, according to the umpires.
Coming close in the past two seasons, our Zero Hanger MVP has Daicos pipping Bailey Smith and Matt Rowell.
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Top 3 chances in the Brownlow Medal
Bailey Smith and Matt Rowell are tipped to follow Daicos closely on the night.
Smith burst back onto the scene in new colours in 2025, and is inching closer to a premiership, with Geelong and Brisbane set to duke it out on grand final day.
His year was superb, and was arguably matched, according to our Zero Hanger MVP, by Suns gun Matt Rowell.
The midfield bull converted his game dramatically, and as a proven vote-getter in a few short years, there'll be no shock of him featuring towards the top of the count.
Top 5 chances in the Brownlow Medal
Jordan Dawson and Marcus Bontempelli rounded out the Zero Hanger MVP this season.
The Crows skipper led the club back into September for the first time since 2017, and there's no wonder he features prominently.
Funnily, Bontempelli had his most damaging season, but he will likely fall shy of saluting the crowd on Monday, given he missed the opening weeks of the year due to injury.
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Top 10 chances in the Brownlow Medal
Dockers duo Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong could easily fit inside the top five, but given they will likely contend with one another, they may slip further down the ranks.
Nevertheless, these two stars have built a solid CV in the early seasons of their career, and it will only continue to improve as the years go on.
Geelong Coleman medallist Jeremy Cameron is the only non-midfielder inside the top 10, and rightly so given his dominant year as the best forward in the competition.
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Tom Green and Noah Anderson are also expected to steal the eyes of the umpires.
Top 20 chances in the Brownlow Medal
Emerging youngsters Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Riley Thilthorpe, Ed Richards and Finn Callaghan are tipped to be some of the new names to rise up the ranks in the Browlow Medal this year.
Veteran ruckmen Max Gawn and Brodie Grundy should poll well, as per our Zero Hanger MVP voting.
Zak Butters, Max Holmes, Isaac Heeney and Hugh McCluggage also had strong seasons.
However, Connor Rozee, Zach Merrett and Izak Rankine could also feature despite sitting just outside the top 20 of the Zero Hanger MVP voting.
