2000 Brownlow Medal
# 2000 Brownlow Medal

The 2000 Brownlow Medal was the 73rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Shane Woewodin of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2000 AFL season.

The Essendon Football Club set a record for the highest number of votes collected as a team, with 116 out of a possible 132 votes. The club polled at least one vote in every game, including all six votes in 14 games.

## Leading vote-getters

| | Player | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | Shane Woewodin (Melbourne) | 24 |
| 2nd | Scott West (Western Bulldogs) | 22 |
| 3rd | Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) | 20 |
| 4th | Anthony Koutoufides (Carlton) | 19 |
| =5th | Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) | 18 |
| =5th | Brett Ratten (Carlton) | 18 |
| =7th | Michael O'Loughlin (Sydney) | 16 |
| =7th | Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions) | 16 |
| =7th | James Hird (Essendon) | 16 |
| =10th | Wayne Carey (Kangaroos) | 14 |
| =10th | Nick Holland (Hawthorn) | 14 |
| =10th | Adem Yze (Melbourne) | 14 |
| =10th | Brent Harvey (Kangaroos) | 14 |
| =10th | Tony Liberatore (Western Bulldogs) | 14 |
| =10th | Matthew Lloyd (Essendon) | 14 |
