The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club best and fairest player during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel.
The St Kilda Best & Fairest Award was first inaugurated in 1914. It was re-named the Trevor Barker Award in the 1990s in honour of St Kilda Hall of Fame Legend, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, club captain, dual best & fairest winner and reserves coach Trevor Barker, who died in 1996 aged 39.
Nick Riewoldt has won the most awards, notching up six wins between 2002 and 2014.[1]
The voting system, as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of five coaches giving players a ranking from one to four after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 20 votes for a game.[2]
The winning player receives a smaller replica of the main trophy each season, along with medals awarded for the players who finish in the top three. The awards name is also the name of the St Kilda Football Club's main player awards event, held at the conclusion of each season. The ceremony also includes the Robert Harvey Best Clubman Award, the Lenny Hayes Crest Player Award, the Best Emerging Player Award, and the publicly voted Sainter of the Year award.
Recipients edit
| + | Player won Brownlow Medal in same season |
| # | Player won Coleman Medal in same season |
| * | Player won AFL PA MVP in same season |
| ^ | Player won Norm Smith Medal in same season |
| ~ | Current player |
Multiple winners edit
| ^ | Denotes current player |
| Player | Medals | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Riewoldt | 6 | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 |
| Bill Cubbins | 4 | 1921, 1923, 1928, 1929 |
| Robert Harvey | 4 | 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998 |
| Jack Steven | 4 | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| Darrel Baldock | 3 | 1962, 1963, 1965 |
| Nathan Burke | 3 | 1993, 1996, 1999 |
| Jack Davis | 3 | 1934, 1935, 1937 |
| Wels Eicke | 3 | 1914, 1915, 1919 |
| Lenny Hayes | 3 | 2003, 2010, 2012 |
| Jim Ross | 3 | 1949, 1951, 1952 |
| Sebastian Ross^ | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
| Jack Steele^ | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Jack Sinclair^ | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
References edit
- General
- "Club Honours". Saints.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Specific
- ^ Ralph, Jon (5 September 2014). "Nick Riewoldt claims his sixth Trevor Barker Medal ahead of retiring Lenny Hayes". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "AFL Best and Fairest winners 2017: Who won your team's club champion award?". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Jon (14 November 2015). "St Kilda has produced some of the best forwards in AFL era including Tony Lockett, Nick Riewoldt". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Morris, Tom (11 August 2014). "Where are they now? Peter Everitt". Saints.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "How the best was won". The Age. Fairfax Media. 7 October 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Khadem, Nassim (2 October 2003). "Hayes Saints' best and fairest". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ a b Morris, Tom (5 September 2014). "Nick's six: Riewoldt crowned club champion". Saints.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Morris, Tom; Holmesby, Luke (28 August 2014). "Farewell to former Saints skipper". Saints.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "McLeod collects Crows' top gong". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Hogg, Alistair (5 October 2008). "Sam Fisher wins 2008 St Kilda Best & Fairest". Saints.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Close, but it's five for Nick Riewoldt". News.com.au. News Corp Australia. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Matthews, Bruce (7 October 2010). "Lenny Hayes tops St Kilda's best-and-fairest again". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Holmesby, Luke (8 October 2011). "Fisher grabs second Barker". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "St Kilda best and fairest Lenny Hayes says he can't wait to push himself into pre-season training". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Brosnan, James (6 September 2013). "Jack Steven breaks veterans' hold on Saints best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Chreny, Daniel (5 September 2014). "St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt wins sixth best and fairest award". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Murnane, Matt (14 September 2015). "St Kilda star Jack Steven wins second Trevor Barker Medal". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (1 September 2016). "Jack Steven claims his third Trevor Barker Award". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (6 October 2017). "Rising mid claims the Saints' brightest halo". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Steven takes home fourth Trevor Barker Award". saints.com.au. Telstra. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Ross takes home second Trevor Barker Award". saints.com.au. Telstra. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Season of Steele: Tough mid wins Saints' best and fairest". AFL.com.au. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Live from 7PM: Watch the 2021 Trevor Barker Award". saints.com.au. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Scintillating Sinclair claims maiden Trevor Barker Award". saints.com.au. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.