Crows Captain Jordan Dawson has become the first Adelaide player to win the Malcolm Blight Medal three years in a row.
Dawson completed the trifecta on Saturday night, polling 149 votes to finish first at Adelaide’s 2025 Club Champion event.
In just four seasons at the Club, Dawson has now finished second, first, equal first and first in the Club’s medal count.
In 2025, the 28-year-old averaged career best returns in contested possessions (9.5), clearances (4.4) and pressure acts (21.8).
He was also ranked ‘elite’ against the rest of the competition for scoring, marks, kicks, tackles and inside 50s.
Earlier in the evening, Dawson was also awarded the Members’ MVP award (as voted by Members) and Players’ Trademark award (voted by the players and coaches).
Young forward Riley Thilthorpe finished just six votes behind Dawson in second place, his highest finish since joining the Club.
Thilthorpe booted 60 goals across 25 games this season, and recorded a career-best return in almost every stat category - including contested marks (1.92), contested possessions (7.72) and disposals (13.7).
Josh Worrell (138), Ben Keays (137) and Alex Neal-Bullen (135) rounded out the top five.
Adelaide’s Club Champion award is calculated by coaches rating every player with a score from 1-10 after every game, including finals.
Adelaide Best and Fairest, Top 10:
- Jordan Dawson, 149
- Riley Thilthorpe, 143
- Josh Worrell, 138
- Ben Keays, 137
- Alex Neal-Bullen, 135
- Izak Rankine, 133
- Mark Keane, 133
- Rory Laird, 117
- Jake Soligo, 116
- Reilly O’Brien, 115
Adelaide Football Club Champions
1991 – Mark Mickan
1992 – Chris McDermott
1993 – Tony McGuinness
1994 – Shaun Rehn
1995 – Matthew Connell
1996 – Matthew Liptak
1997 – Andrew McLeod
1998 – Mark Ricciuto
1999 – Ben Hart
2000 – Simon Goodwin
2001 – Andrew McLeod
2002 – Ben Hart
2003 – Mark Ricciuto
2004 – Mark Ricciuto
2005 – Simon Goodwin
2006 – Simon Goodwin
2007 – Andrew McLeod
2008 – Nathan Bock
2009 – Bernie Vince
2010 – Richard Douglas
2011 – Scott Thompson
2012 – Scott Thompson
2013 – Rory Sloane
2014 – Daniel Talia
2015 – Patrick Dangerfield
2016 – Rory Sloane
2017 – Matt Crouch
2018 – Rory Laird
2019 - Brad Crouch
2020 - Reilly O'Brien
2021 - Rory Laird
2022 - Rory Laird
2023 - Jordan Dawson
2024 - Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays
2025 - Jordan Dawson
