Who is leading the Brownlow Medal after Round 23?

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Brownlow/Joel Selwood

Selwood shortened from $3.50 into $2.75 with Sportingbet.com.au and is an outright favourite ahead of Gary Ablett, who eased from $3 to $3.75.

"Selwood’s impressive contribution against Brisbane has tipped the odds in his favour and may just have won him the Brownlow Medal,” Sportingbet’s Andrew Brown said.

“We have Selwood finishing on 25 votes for the season which would put him marginally ahead of Ablett, before a big gap to the rest.”

Port Adelaide’s Robbie Gray firmed from $9 into $6 and is a clear third favourite and the only other contender in single figure odds.

“Our estimates have Gray on 19 votes for the season but plenty of punters disagree with us and he’s been backed in from $41 in the last few weeks.”

The running Brownlow Medal vote tally (below) shows Selwood on his own at the top and half a vote in front of Ablett and the ineligible Nathan Fyfe.

Analysts award half votes when they can’t split certain player performances, a system that has proven to balance out over the course of the season and provide a more accurate prediction of a player’s final vote numbers.
 

Player

Round 23 Votes

Overall

total votes

Odds

Joel Selwood [GEE]

2.5

25

$2.75

Nathan Fyfe [FRE]

0

24.5

Ineligible

Gary Ablett [GC]

0

24.5

$3.75

Josh Kennedy [SYD]

0

21

$13.00

Matthew Priddis [WCE]

0

20

$13.00

Scott Pendlebury [COL]

0

19.5

$15.00

Steve Johnson [GEE]

0

19

Ineligible

Lance Franklin [SYD]

0

19

$15.00

Robbie Gray [PTA]

3

19

$6.00

Trent Cotchin [RIC]

0.5

18

$34.00

Rory Sloane [ADE]

3

17.5

$81.00

Jordan Lewis [HAW]

2

16.5

$10.00

Dayne Beams [COL]

0

16

$51.00

Brent Harvey [NTH]

0

16

Ineligible

Nathan Jones [MEL]

1

15.5

$251.00

Dyson Heppell [ESS]

0

15

$13.00

Travis Boak [PTA]

0

15

$41.00

Luke Parker [SYD]

0.5

15

$51.00

Tom Rockliff [BRI]

0

14.5

Ineligible

Aaron Sandilands [FRE]

0

14

$81.00

Patrick Dangerfield [ADE]

0

13.5

$81.00

Brett Deledio [RIC]

3

13.5

Ineligible

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