The Brownlow Medal is an individual award given to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season. The medal is named after Charles Brownlow, a former Geelong Football Club footballer and club secretary, and VFL president, who died in January 1924 after an extended illness. The medal has been awarded every year since 1924, with the exception of an intermission from 1942–1945 due to World War II.

The voting for the Brownlow Medal is conducted by field umpires, immediately after each home-and-away match, with three votes awarded for the player they believed to have been the best on the ground, two votes for the second best player, and one vote for the third best player on the day, in their opinion. The votes are kept under lock and key until the Brownlow Medal count, which is traditionally held on the Monday night before the Grand Final.

The Brownlow Medal is considered the highest honour for individual players in the AFL and is widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football. The medal is also the social highlight of the AFL calendar with a long tradition of high fashion and dramatic vote-counts.

Multiple players have won the Brownlow Medal on multiple occasions, with four players winning it three times: Haydn Bunton Sr., Dick Reynolds, Bob Skilton, and Ian Stewart.