1981 Brownlow Medal
[1980][1982][1981 Team Totals]
| Player | TM | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 22 |
| Barry Round | South Melbourne | 22 |
| Rodney Ashman | Carlton | 21 |
| Peter Moore | Collingwood | 16 |
| Merv Neagle | Essendon | 15 |
| John Mossop | Geelong | 15 |
| Trevor Barker | St Kilda | 15 |
| Tony Buhagiar | Essendon | 14 |
| Geoff Cunningham | St Kilda | 13 |
| Ken Hunter | Carlton | 12 |
| Peter Bosustow | Carlton | 11 |
| Val Perovic | Carlton | 11 |
| Peter Featherby | Geelong | 11 |
| Leigh Matthews | Hawthorn | 11 |
| Ross Glendinning | North Melbourne | 11 |
| Francis Jackson | South Melbourne | 11 |
| Jeff Dunne | St Kilda | 11 |
| Bruce Doull | Carlton | 9 |
| Mark Williams | Collingwood | 9 |
| Ron Andrews | Essendon | 9 |
| Chris Smith | Fitzroy | 9 |
| Garry Wilson | Fitzroy | 9 |
| Doug Hawkins | Footscray | 9 |
| Geoff Raines | Richmond | 9 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | Carlton | 8 |
| Peter Daicos | Collingwood | 8 |
| Alan Reid | Essendon | 8 |
| Michael Roach | Richmond | 8 |
| Robert Wiley | Richmond | 8 |
| Michael Roberts | St Kilda | 8 |
| Ricky Barham | Collingwood | 7 |
| Neale Daniher | Essendon | 7 |
| Simon Madden | Essendon | 7 |
| Grant Lawrie | Fitzroy | 7 |
| Laurie Serafini | Fitzroy | 7 |
| Ian Nankervis | Geelong | 7 |
| Brian Peake | Geelong | 7 |
| Colin Robertson | Hawthorn | 7 |
| Graeme Landy | Richmond | 7 |
| Jeff Sarau | St Kilda | 7 |
| Tony Shaw | Collingwood | 6 |
| Neil Cordy | Footscray | 6 |
| Jack Hawkins | Geelong | 6 |
| Gary Malarkey | Geelong | 6 |
| Robert Neal | Geelong | 6 |
| Steve Reynoldson | Geelong | 6 |
| Russell Greene | Hawthorn | 6 |
| Michael Tuck | Hawthorn | 6 |
| Malcolm Blight | North Melbourne | 6 |
| Gary Dempsey | North Melbourne | 6 |
| Dale Weightman | Richmond | 6 |
| Grant Thomas | St Kilda | 6 |
| Des English | Carlton | 5 |
| Ray Byrne | Collingwood | 5 |
| Les Parish | Fitzroy | 5 |
| Mick Egan | Footscray | 5 |
| Peter Knights | Hawthorn | 5 |
| Phil Kelly | North Melbourne | 5 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | North Melbourne | 5 |
| Paul Sarah | Richmond | 5 |
| Terry Smith | Richmond | 5 |
| Mark Browning | South Melbourne | 5 |
| David Glascott | Carlton | 4 |
| Wayne Harmes | Carlton | 4 |
| Stephen Carey | Essendon | 4 |
| Glenn Hawker | Essendon | 4 |
| Justin Madden | Essendon | 4 |
| Ian Dunstan | Footscray | 4 |
| Ian Hampshire | Footscray | 4 |
| Kevin Sait | Footscray | 4 |
| Rod Blake | Geelong | 4 |
| Mark Bos | Geelong | 4 |
| Terry Wallace | Hawthorn | 4 |
| David Dench | North Melbourne | 4 |
| Kerry Good | North Melbourne | 4 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | North Melbourne | 4 |
| Paul Morwood | South Melbourne | 4 |
| Greg Smith | South Melbourne | 4 |
| Graham Teasdale | South Melbourne | 4 |
| Greg Burns | St Kilda | 4 |
| Alex Marcou | Carlton | 3 |
| Greg Wells | Carlton | 3 |
| Bill Picken | Collingwood | 3 |
| Michael Taylor | Collingwood | 3 |
| David Twomey | Collingwood | 3 |
| Garry Foulds | Essendon | 3 |
| Ron Alexander | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Leigh Carlson | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Mick Conlan | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Gerald McCarthy | Fitzroy | 3 |
| David McMahon | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Lee Murnane | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Michael Poynton | Fitzroy | 3 |
| Jim Edmond | Footscray | 3 |
| Geoff Jennings | Footscray | 3 |
| Paul Jeffreys | Geelong | 3 |
| Mark Yeates | Geelong | 3 |
| Rick Davies | Hawthorn | 3 |
| Michael McCarthy | Hawthorn | 3 |
| Robert Flower | Melbourne | 3 |
| Graham Gaunt | Melbourne | 3 |
| Paul OBrien | Melbourne | 3 |
| Steven Smith | Melbourne | 3 |
| Andrew Demetriou | North Melbourne | 3 |
| Stephen Icke | North Melbourne | 3 |
| Doug Smith | North Melbourne | 3 |
| Peter Spencer | North Melbourne | 3 |
| Kevin Bartlett | Richmond | 3 |
| David Ackerly | South Melbourne | 3 |
| Colin Hounsell | South Melbourne | 3 |
| David Rhys-Jones | South Melbourne | 3 |
| Kevin Taylor | South Melbourne | 3 |
| Ken Sheldon | Carlton | 2 |
| Geoff Southby | Carlton | 2 |
| Craig Davis | Collingwood | 2 |
| Warwick Irwin | Collingwood | 2 |
| Rene Kink | Collingwood | 2 |
| Peter McCormack | Collingwood | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | Essendon | 2 |
| Russell Muir | Essendon | 2 |
| Tim Watson | Essendon | 2 |
| Rod Lewis | Fitzroy | 2 |
| Terry ONeill | Fitzroy | 2 |
| Bruce Reid | Footscray | 2 |
| Terry Bright | Geelong | 2 |
| Norm Goss | Hawthorn | 2 |
| Glenn Howard | Hawthorn | 2 |
| Robert Mace | Hawthorn | 2 |
| Chris Mew | Hawthorn | 2 |
| Ian Paton | Hawthorn | 2 |
| Gary Baker | Melbourne | 2 |
| Tony Elshaug | Melbourne | 2 |
| Mark Jackson | Melbourne | 2 |
| Michael Reeves | North Melbourne | 2 |
| Bernie Evans | South Melbourne | 2 |
| Max Kruse | South Melbourne | 2 |
| Tony Morwood | South Melbourne | 2 |
| Bill Mildenhall | St Kilda | 2 |
| Robbert Klomp | Carlton | 1 |
| Alan Stoneham | Essendon | 1 |
| Leon Harris | Fitzroy | 1 |
| Noel Mugavin | Fitzroy | 1 |
| Steven Knight | Footscray | 1 |
| Colin Seery | Footscray | 1 |
| Neville Bruns | Geelong | 1 |
| Michael Turner | Geelong | 1 |
| Geoff Ablett | Hawthorn | 1 |
| John Kennedy | Hawthorn | 1 |
| Don Scott | Hawthorn | 1 |
| Mark Turner | Hawthorn | 1 |
| Anthony Dullard | Melbourne | 1 |
| Peter Giles | Melbourne | 1 |
| Peter Keenan | Melbourne | 1 |
| Xavier Tanner | North Melbourne | 1 |
| Brian Wilson | North Melbourne | 1 |
| Emmett Dunne | Richmond | 1 |
| Mark Lee | Richmond | 1 |
| Barry Rowlings | Richmond | 1 |
| Bryan Wood | Richmond | 1 |
| Silvio Foschini | South Melbourne | 1 |
| John Roberts | South Melbourne | 1 |
| Stephen Wright | South Melbourne | 1 |
| Doug Cox | St Kilda | 1 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | St Kilda | 1 |
| Geoff Fidler | St Kilda | 1 |
| Team | Votes |
|---|---|
| Carlton | 96 |
| Fitzroy | 86 |
| Geelong | 82 |
| Essendon | 82 |
| South Melbourne | 71 |
| St Kilda | 69 |
| Collingwood | 68 |
| North Melbourne | 61 |
| Hawthorn | 59 |
| Richmond | 55 |
| Footscray | 42 |
| Melbourne | 21 |