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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox sports award The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most prolific goalkickers in the league's history, who was league leading goalkicker for five consecutive seasons.[1]

The medal has been presented at various different events, including the preliminary[2] and grand finals,[3] the All-Australian awards ceremony,[4][5] and club award ceremonies. Geelong's Jeremy Cameron is the most recent recipient, kicking 83 goals in 2025.

History

The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach.[6] At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL); it would become the AFL in 1990.[7] It was named after John Coleman, a full-forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon between 1949 and 1954.[1]

In September 2001, the AFL decided to recognise all leading goalkickers prior to Roach's victory;[8] leaders from 1955—the year after Coleman's last match—to 1980 were named retrospective Coleman Medallists, while winners prior to 1955 were named Leading Goalkicker Medallists.[6] Medals were presented to winners or their surviving relatives in a ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall in July 2004.[6][9] Jack Collins, who had been a leading advocate for naming the award after Coleman[10] and honouring leading goalkickers prior to 1981,[11] was the only player to receive both a Coleman and a Leading Goalkicker Medal.[12] Upon receiving the accolades, he was "bloody angry" and complained to the AFL Commission, as he perceived the Leading Goalkicker Medal to be an inferior award.[13]

Collingwood is the club most frequently represented by Coleman and Leading Goalkicker Medallists: its players have won on 23 occasions, six clear of Geelong's tally of 17. The majority of Collingwood's awards were contributed by Dick Lee (7) and Gordon Coventry (6), which stand as the most and second-most in league history. Coleman himself won the Leading Goalkicker Medals in all five of his complete VFL seasons to have the third-most. As of 2023, there have been five four-time medallists, five three-time medallists, and 16 dual medallists.

Recipients

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Jack Leith tied with Eddy James for the most goals (22) in 1897, the VFL's inaugural season.
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Percy Martini was retrospectively awarded a Leading Goalkicker Medal for his 51-goal performance in 1910.
Greg Stockdale's 68-goal haul for the 1923 season broke the league record.
Greg Stockdale's 68-goal haul for the 1923 season from just 18 out of 19 games broke the league record (when including finals).[14] Stockdale would go on to be Essendon's leading goalkicker in three seasons between 1923 and 1928.
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Gordon Coventry led the VFL in goalkicking six times, including five consecutive occasions from 1926 to 1930.
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Des Fothergill scored the most goals (63) in the 1946 VFL season.
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John Coleman, the namesake of the medal, led the VFL in goalkicking five times in a row (1949–1953).
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Brian Taylor scored 100 goals in 1986, winning the season's Coleman Medal.
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John Longmire led the AFL in goalkicking for 1990 at the age of 19, making him the youngest Coleman Medallist.[15]
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Lance Franklin (pictured playing for Sydney) has won four Coleman Medals at two clubs: Hawthorn (2008, 2011) and Sydney (2014, 2017).
Note: Bold text denotes player currently plays in the AFL
Table of recipientsTemplate:Efn
Recipient Year Club Goals
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1897 Geelong 22
Script error: No such module "Sort". Melbourne
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1898 Collingwood 31
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1899 Geelong 31
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1900 Geelong 24
Script error: No such module "Sort". Essendon
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1901 Essendon 34
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1902 St Kilda 30
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1903 Collingwood 33
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1904 Melbourne 39
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1905 Collingwood 38
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1906 Carlton 45
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1907 Collingwood 45
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1908 Collingwood 50
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1909 Collingwood 55
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1910 Geelong 51
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1911 Melbourne 46
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1912 Melbourne 56
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1913 University 53
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1914 Collingwood 57
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1915 Fitzroy 65
Script error: No such module "Sort". (5) 1916 Collingwood 46
Script error: No such module "Sort". (6) 1917 Collingwood 50
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1918 Carlton 35
Script error: No such module "Sort". (7) 1919 Collingwood 47
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1920 Richmond 62
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1921 Geelong 61
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1922 Carlton 54
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1923 Essendon 64
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1924 Fitzroy 75
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1925 Geelong 70
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1926 Collingwood 78
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1927 Collingwood 88
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1928 Collingwood 78
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1929 Collingwood 118
Script error: No such module "Sort". (5) 1930 Collingwood 105
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1931 Carlton 72
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1932 Geelong 109
Script error: No such module "Sort". (6) 1933 Collingwood 108
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1934 South Melbourne 138
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1935 South Melbourne 97
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1936 St Kilda 101
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1937 Richmond 64
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1938 Collingwood 102
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1939 Collingwood 98
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1940 Richmond 92
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1941 Template:AFL NM 88
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1942 South Melbourne 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1943 Melbourne 62
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1944 Melbourne 87
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1945 Melbourne 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1946 Collingwood 63
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1947 Melbourne 97
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1948 Geelong 86
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1949 Essendon 85
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1950 Essendon 112
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1951 Essendon 75
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1952 Essendon 103
Script error: No such module "Sort". (5) 1953 Essendon 96
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1954 Footscray 73
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1955 Geelong 77
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1956 St Kilda 56
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1957 Footscray 74
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1958 Collingwood 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1959 Essendon 69
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1960 Essendon 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1961 Carlton 54
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1962 Geelong 62
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1963 Hawthorn 69
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1964 Hawthorn 68
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1965 Hawthorn 56
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1966 Essendon 73
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1967 Geelong 79
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1968 Hawthorn 125
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1969 Geelong 122
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1970 Hawthorn 146
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1971 Hawthorn 140
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1972 Collingwood 130
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1973 Collingwood 84
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1974 Template:AFL NM 91
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1975 Hawthorn 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1976 Geelong 99
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1977 Hawthorn 105
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1978 Footscray 118
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1979 Footscray 91
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1980 Richmond 107
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1981 Richmond 86
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1982 Template:AFL NM 94
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1983 Fitzroy 106
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1984 Fitzroy 102
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1985 Footscray 93
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1986 Collingwood 100
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1987 St Kilda 117
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1988 Hawthorn 124
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1989 Hawthorn 128
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1990 Template:AFL NM 98
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1991 St Kilda 118
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1992 Hawthorn 139
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1993 Geelong 124
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 1994 Geelong 113
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1995 Geelong 118
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 1996 Sydney 114
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1997 Adelaide 81
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 1998 Sydney 107
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1999 West Coast 88
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2000 Essendon 94
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2001 Essendon 96
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2002 Melbourne 75
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 2003 Essendon 87
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2004 St Kilda 90
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2005 St Kilda 74
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2006 Carlton 84
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2007 Brisbane Lions 77
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2008 Hawthorn 102
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2009 Carlton 86
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2010 Richmond 78
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2011 Hawthorn 71
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2012 Richmond 65
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2013 Hawthorn 68
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 2014 Sydney 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2015 West Coast 75
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2016 West Coast 80
Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) 2017 Sydney 69
Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) 2018 Richmond 65
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2019 Template:AFL GWS 67
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2020 Geelong 42
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2021 Carlton 58
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2022 Carlton 64
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2023 Carlton 78
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2024 Template:AFL GWS 69
Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) 2025 Geelong 83

Multiple recipients

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Dick Lee led the league in goalkicking a record seven times.
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Josh Kennedy is one of 16 players to twice score the most goals in a season.
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Player Wins Club(s) Years
Script error: No such module "Sort". 7 Collingwood 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919
Script error: No such module "Sort". 6 Collingwood 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933
Script error: No such module "Sort". 5 Essendon 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Script error: No such module "Sort". 4 Melbourne 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947
Script error: No such module "Sort". Geelong/Template:AFL NM 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hawthorn 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977
Script error: No such module "Sort". St Kilda/Sydney 1987, 1991, 1996, 1998
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hawthorn/Sydney 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
Script error: No such module "Sort". 3 Hawthorn 1963, 1964, 1965
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hawthorn 1988, 1989, 1992
Script error: No such module "Sort". Geelong 1993, 1994, 1995
Script error: No such module "Sort". Essendon 2000, 2001, 2003
Script error: No such module "Sort". Richmond 2010, 2012, 2018
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2 Geelong 1897, 1899
Script error: No such module "Sort". Geelong/Collingwood 1900, 1903
Script error: No such module "Sort". Melbourne 1911, 1912
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Melbourne 1934, 1935
Script error: No such module "Sort". Collingwood 1938, 1939
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Melbourne/Geelong 1942, 1948
Script error: No such module "Sort". Footscray 1954, 1957
Script error: No such module "Sort". Essendon 1959, 1960
Script error: No such module "Sort". Collingwood 1972, 1973
Script error: No such module "Sort". Footscray 1978, 1979
Script error: No such module "Sort". Richmond 1980, 1981
Script error: No such module "Sort". Fitzroy 1983, 1984
Script error: No such module "Sort". St Kilda 2004, 2005
Script error: No such module "Sort". Carlton 2006, 2009
Script error: No such module "Sort". West Coast 2015, 2016
Script error: No such module "Sort". Carlton 2022, 2023
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:AFL GWS/Geelong 2019, 2025

Club totals

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Jack Riewoldt has won three of Richmond's eight Coleman Medals / league Leading Goalkicker Awards.
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Jonathan Brown won Template:AFL BL2's only Coleman Medal in 2007, kicking 77 goals.
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Charlie Curnow won two consecutive Coleman Medals in 2022 and 2023.
Table key
† Club no longer participates in the AFLTemplate:Efn
LG Number of Leading Goalkicker Medals (1897–1954)
C'man Number of Coleman Medals (1955–present)
Table of club totalsTemplate:Efn
Club Medals Years
LG C'man Total
Collingwood 19 4 23 1898, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1958, 1972, 1973, 1986
Geelong 8 10 18 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1925, 1932, 1948, 1955, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2020, 2025
Essendon 8 6 14 1900, 1901, 1923, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1966, 2000, 2001, 2003
Hawthorn 0 14 14 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2008, 2011, 2013
Carlton 4 6 10 1906, 1918, 1922, 1931, 1961, 2006, 2009, 2021, 2022, 2023
Melbourne 8 1 9 1897, 1904, 1911, 1912, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 2002
Richmond 3 5 8 1920, 1937, 1940, 1980, 1981, 2010, 2012, 2018
SydneyTemplate:Efn 3 4 7 1934, 1935, 1942, 1996, 1998, 2014, 2017
St Kilda 2 5 7 1902, 1936, 1956, 1987, 1991, 2004, 2005
Western BulldogsTemplate:Efn 1 4 5 1954, 1957, 1978, 1979, 1985
Fitzroy† 2 2 4 1915, 1924, 1983, 1984
Template:AFL NM 1 3 4 1941, 1974, 1982, 1990
West Coast — 3 3 1999, 2015, 2016
Template:AFL GWS — 2 2 2019, 2024
Adelaide — 1 1 1997
Brisbane Lions — 1 1 2007
University† 1 — 1 1913
Fremantle — 0 0 —
Template:AFL GC — 0 0 —
Port Adelaide — 0 0 —
Brisbane Bears† — — — —

See also

Notes

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