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Gold Coast Suns Club Champion

Australian rules football award

The Gold Coast Suns Club Champion is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Gold Coast Football Club throughout the Australian Football League (AFL) season. The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving an undetermined number of players a ranking from zero to five after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 25 votes for a game.

The inaugural winner of the award was also the club's inaugural captain, Gary Ablett, Jr.

Recipients

Gary Ablett, the winner of four Club Champions, the most by any player in club history.

	Player won Brownlow Medal in same season

Season	Recipient	Votes	Runner up	Votes
2009			Matt Fowler
2010			Daniel Harris
2011		196		138
2012	(2)	215		169
2013	(3)	260		213
2014		240		233
2015		131		129
2016	(2)	209		129
2017	(4)	126		106
2018		390		351
2019		553		417
2020		339		335
2021		562		396
2022	(2)	566		504
2023		590		563
2024	(2)	68		56
2025		72		71

Multiple winners

Player	Medals	Seasons
	4	2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
	2	2015, 2016
	2	2021, 2022
	2	2020, 2024

References

(3 September 2017). "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". News Corp Australia.
(4 October 2009). "Lock wins Club Champion award". Gold Coast Suns.
(24 August 2010). "Sam Iles wins Gold Coast SUNS’ Best and Fairest player".
David, Greg. (10 September 2011). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Coast Suns inaugural Best and Fairest award". [[News Corp Australia]].
(9 September 2012). "No surprises as Gary Ablett claims second successive Gold Coast Club Champion award". [[News Corp Australia]].
Australian Associated Press. (9 September 2013). "Gary Ablett wins Gold Suns club champion award". [[News Corp Australia]].
Hamilton, Andrew. (5 September 2014). "David Swallow breaks the Gary Ablett stranglehold on the Gold Coast Suns best and fairest". [[News Corp Australia]].
Boswell, Tom. (11 September 2015). "Tom Lynch wins Gold Coast Suns' club champion award". [[News Corp Australia]].
Whiting, Michael. (2 September 2016). "Back-to-back Suns crowns for Tom Lynch". [[Bigpond]].
Whiting, Michael. (2 September 2017). "Still the champ: Gaz grabs fourth Suns B&F". Bigpond.
(1 September 2018). "Club Champion: All the Winners".
(31 August 2019). "Jarrod Witts - 2019 Club Champion".
Cheadle, Josh. (26 September 2020). "2020 Club Champion – Sam Collins".
"Touk Miller crowned 2021 SUNS Club Champion".
Cheadle, Josh. (6 September 2021). "2022 Club Champion: Touk Miller".
(3 September 2023). "Noah Anderson crowned 2023 Club Champion". [[Telstra]].
Whiting, Michael. (9 September 2024). "Star defender snares second Suns B&F crown, young stars finish top three".
(30 September 2025). "Matt Rowell crowned 2025 Club Champion".

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