Adelaide Captain Jordan Dawson’s 2025 AFL campaign was recognised with a strong showing at the 2025 Brownlow Medal Count, finishing fourth overall.
Dawson ended the count with 27 votes, with only Geelong’s Bailey Smith (29 votes), Collingwood’s Nick Daicos (32), and winner, Gold Coast’s Matt Rowell (39), polling ahead.
The Skipper polled at the top of Adelaide’s leaderboard, breaking the Club’s single-season vote record, which was previously held by Scott Thompson (25 votes in 2012).
Forward/midfielder Izak Rankine polled 15 votes, while Riley Thilthorpe (14), Ben Keays (nine), and Alex Neal-Bullen (eight) rounded out the Club’s top five.
Defender Josh Worrell finished Monday night with his first Brownlow Medal vote, as did fellow backman Mark Keane.
The Brownlow Medal is decided by the umpires who vote 3-2-1 for the best and fairest players in every home-and-away match.
Crows Brownlow Medal leaderboard
- Jordan Dawson 27 votes
- Izak Rankine 15
- Riley Thilthorpe 14
- Ben Keays 9
- Alex Neal-Bullen 8
- Rory Laird, Reilly O’Brien, Jake Soligo 5
- Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera, Taylor Walker, Mark Keane, Josh Worrell 1
Adelaide’s round-by-round Brownlow Medal votes:
R1 Adelaide v St Kilda
Jordan Dawson 3
Izak Rankine 2
Matt Crouch 1
R2 Adelaide v Essendon
Ben Keays 3
Jordan Dawson 2
Zach Merrett 1 (Essendon)
R3 Adelaide v North Melbourne
Rory Laird 3
Riley Thilthorpe 2
Taylor Walker 1
R4 Adelaide v Gold Coast
Matt Rowell 3 (Gold Coast)
Izak Rankine 2
Touk Miller 1 (Gold Coast)
R5 Adelaide v Geelong
No Crows votes
R6 Adelaide v GWS
Reilly O’Brien 3
Jordan Dawson 2
Lachie Whitfield 1 (GWS)
R7 Adelaide v Fremantle
No Crows votes
R8 Adelaide v Carlton
Izak Rankine 3
Jordan Dawson 2
Wayne Milera 1
R9 Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Connor Rozee 3 (Port Adelaide)
Izak Rankine 2
Jordan Dawson 1
R10 Adelaide v Collingwood
Josh Daicos 3 (Collingwood)
Jeremy Howe 2 (Collingwood)
Jordan Dawson 1
R11 Adelaide v West Coast
Jordan Dawson 3
Reilly O’Brien 2
Sam Berry 1
R12 Adelaide v Sydney
Alex Neal-Bullen 3
Ben Keays 2
James Peatling 1
R13 Adelaide v Brisbane
Will Ashcroft 3 (Brisbane)
Rory Laird 2
Ben Keays 1
R14 Adelaide v Hawthorn
Josh Weddle 3 (Hawthorn)
Jordan Dawson 2
Jai Newcombe 1 (Hawthorn)
R15 Bye
R16 Adelaide v Richmond
Jordan Dawson 3
Riley Thilthorpe 2
Jake Soligo 1
R17 Adelaide v Melbourne
Izak Rankine 3
Ben Keays 2
Jordan Dawson 1
R18 Adelaide v Western Bulldogs
Riley Thilthorpe 3
Marcus Bontempelli 2 (Western Bulldogs)
Jordan Dawson 1
R19 Adelaide v Gold Coast
Alex Neal-Bullen 3
Matt Rowell 2 (Gold Coast)
Jake Soligo 1
R20 Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Jake Soligo 3
Riley Thilthorpe 2
Ben Keays 1
R21 Adelaide v Hawthorn
Riley Thilthorpe 3
Jordan Dawson 2
Mark Keane 1
R22 Adelaide v West Coast
Izak Rankine 3
Jordan Dawson 2
Riley Thilthorpe 1
R23 Adelaide v Collingwood
Nick Daicos 3 (Collingwood)
Jordan Dawson 2
Josh Worrell 1
R24 Adelaide v North Melbourne
Luke Davies-Uniacke 3 (North Melbourne)
Harry Sheezel 2 (North Melbourne)
Riley Thilthorpe 1
