title: 1991 Brownlow Medal
text: # 1991 Brownlow Medal
  
  The 1991 Brownlow Medal was the 64th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Jim Stynes of the Melbourne Football Club was declared the outright winner of the medal count, becoming the fifth individual to win the award while playing for Melbourne.
  
  ## Top 10 votegetters
  
  * If a number is vacant, it indicates that the player missed that particular game.
  * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led/were equal leader in the Brownlow Medal count at the end of that round.
  * Players with asterisks next to names indicates ineligibility to win the award due to suspension from the Tribunal.
  
  | | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Jim Stynes (Melbourne) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 25 |
  | 2nd | Craig Turley (West Coast) | 0 | 3 | | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
  | 3rd | Garry Hocking (Geelong) | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
  | 4th | Peter Matera (West Coast) | 3 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
  | =5th | Matthew Knights (Richmond) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
  | =5th | Michael McLean (Brisbane Bears) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
  | =5th | Paul Hudson (Hawthorn) | 0 | 0 | 3 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
  | =8th | David Cloke (Richmond) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
  | =8th | Tony Lockett (St Kilda) | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 16 |
  | =8th | Damian Bourke (Geelong) | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 3 | 16 |
  
  ## Leading votegetters by club
  
  | Club | Player(s) | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adelaide | Mark Mickan | 14 |
  | Brisbane Bears | Michael McLean | 17 |
  | Carlton | Peter Dean | 11 |
  | Collingwood | Tony Francis | 14 |
  | Essendon | Alan Ezard | 9 |
  | Fitzroy | Paul Roos | 11 |
  | Footscray | Peter Foster | 13 |
  | Geelong | Garry Hocking | 19 |
  | Hawthorn | Paul Hudson | 17 |
  | Melbourne | Jim Stynes | 25 |
  | North Melbourne | Wayne Schwass | 13 |
  | Richmond | Matthew Knights | 17 |
  | St Kilda | Tony Lockett | 16 |
  | Sydney | Dennis Carroll | 11 |
  | West Coast | Craig Turley | 20 |
  