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The voting procedure for the award is:
  • At the end of the regular season, each team votes for two players to be considered for election.

  • Two weeks into the finals, the AFLPA sends a final ballot to all players throughout the league. Players cannot vote for their own teammates; in fact, the ballots sent to each team are redacted to remove that team's nominees. Each player has one vote for the award. The leading vote-getter receives the trophy.


The award is roughly analogous to the Brownlow Medal , the traditional " Best And Fairest " award in the league. However, "key-position" players have been more likely to win this award than the Brownlow Medal. For example, Wayne Carey , generally regarded as one of the league's all-time greats, never came close to winning the Brownlow, but won this honour twice. Also, a league disciplinary suspension does not automatically exclude a player from contention for the Matthews Trophy. In 1996 , Corey McKernan finished tied in the Brownlow voting with that season's winners James Hird and Michael Voss , but was disqualified from the Brownlow because of a disciplinary suspension. However, McKernan won the AFLPA MVP award that season.


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