The fairest & the best

MOST clubs have counted their club champion votes. "I'd just like to thank..." has been uttered endlessly. Here's the top five players for the AFL teams in 2004 so far.

peter bell, 2004 doig

Peter Bell won Fremantle's Doig Medal for the third time. Photo by Les Everett

Adelaide: 1. Mark Ricciuto; 2. Tyson Stenglein; 3. Tyson Edwards; 4. Andrew McLeod; 5. Graham Johncock.

Brisbane (Merrett-Murray Medal): 1. Nigel Lappin; 2. Luke Power; 3. Simon Black; 4. Michael Voss & Jason Akermanis.

Carlton (John Nicholls Medal): 1. David Teague; 2. Nick Stevens; 3. Matthew Lappin; 4. Scott Camporeale; 5. Bret Thornton.

Collingwood (Copeland Trophy): 1. James Clement; 2. Ben Johnson; 3. Paul Licuria& Shane Woewodin; 5. Brodie Holland.

Essendon (Crichton Medal ): 1. Adam McPhee; 2. Jason Johnson; 3. Dean Solomon; 4. James Hird; 5. Damien Peverill.

Footscray (Sutton Medal): 1. Scott West ; 2. Luke Darcy; 3. Brad Johnson; 4. Nathan Eagleton; 5. Chris Grant.

Fremantle (Doig Medal): 1. Peter Bell; 2. Paul Hasleby; 3. Matthew Pavlich; 4. Justin Longmuir; 5. Luke McPharlin.

Geelong (Carji Greeves Medal): 1. Cameron Ling; 2. Matthew Scarlett; 3. Darren Milburn; 4. Tom Harley; 5. Cameron Mooney.

Hawthorn (Peter Crimins Medal) 1. Peter Everitt; 2. Trent Croad 3. Joel Smith; 4. Richard Vandenberg 5. Tim Clarke & Sam Mitchell.

North Melbourne (Syd Barker Medal): 1. Brady Rawlings; 2. Shannon Grant; 3. Adam Simpson; 4. Daniel Wells; 5.Leigh Colbert.

Port Adelaide (John Cahill Medal): 1. Warren Tredrea; 2. Kane Cornes; 3. Michael Wilson; 4. Chad Cornes; 5. Peter Burgoyne.

Richmond: 1. Joel Bowden; Kane Johnson; 3. Nathan Brown.

St Kilda (Trevor Barker Award): 1. Nick Riewoldt; 2. Luke Ball; 3. Lenny Hayes; 4.Nick Dal Santo; 5. Austinn Jones.

Sydney (Bob Skilton Medal): 1. Barry Hall; 2. Brett Kirk; 3. Leo Barry; 4. Ryan O'Keefe; 5. Jude Bolton.

West Coast: 1. Chris Judd; 2. Chad Fletcher; 3. Dean Cox; 4. Michael Braun; 5. Daniel Kerr.

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