AFL Women's season seven best and fairest
The AFL Women's season seven best and fairest award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during AFL Women's season seven.[1] Brisbane's Ally Anderson won the award with 21 votes, becoming the second consecutive Brisbane player to win the award after teammate Emily Bates won the 2022 award.[2] Having missed selection in the AFL Women's season seven All-Australian team, Anderson became the first AFLW player to win the league best and fairest award but miss All-Australian selection in the same season.[3]
| AFL Women's season seven best and fairest | |
|---|---|
 Ally Anderson, season seven winner | |
| Date | 22 November 2022 |
| Venue | Crown Melbourne |
| Hosted by | Sarah Jones |
| Winner | Ally Anderson (Brisbane) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox Footy |
Leading votegetters
| Placing | Player | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ally Anderson (Brisbane) | 21 |
| 2 | Monique Conti (Richmond) | 19 |
| 3 | Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) | 18 |
| 4 | Madison Prespakis (Essendon) | 17 |
| 5 | Olivia Purcell (Melbourne) | 16 |
| 6 | Alyce Parker (Greater Western Sydney) | 15 |
| Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) | ||
| Georgie Prespakis (Geelong)* | ||
| 9 | Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs) | 14 |
| Kiara Bowers (Fremantle) |
Voting procedure
The three field umpires (the umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.
References
- "AFLW Awards". womens.afl. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- Smith, Martin (22 November 2022). "Lions Queen: Anderson crowned the league's best after a thrilling count". womens.afl. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- O'Halloran, Kate (22 November 2022). "Brisbane Lion Ally Anderson wins AFLW best and fairest, Hannah Ewings named rising star". ABC News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- Black, Sarah; Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2022). "Guilty: Prespakis, Bannister bans upheld after long hearings". womens.afl. Retrieved 22 November 2022.