Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after John Coleman, a full forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon. The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach, who scored 86 goals for the season. At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League ; it would become the AFL in 1990.
Although the recipient is known on completion of the home-and-away season, the medal itself is not given immediately. Its presentation venue has varied; it has been given at the preliminary and grand finals, the All-Australian awards ceremony, and club award ceremonies.
In September 2001, the AFL decided to recognise all leading goalkickers prior to Roach's victory; leaders from 1955 – the year after Coleman's last match – to 1980 were named retrospective Coleman Medallists, while winners prior to 1955 were named Leading Goalkicker Medallists. Medals were presented to winners or their surviving relatives in a ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall in July 2004. Jack Collins, who had been a leading advocate for naming the award after Coleman and honouring leading goalkickers prior to 1981, was the only player to receive both a Coleman and a Leading Goalkicker Medal. Upon receiving the accolades, he was "bloody angry" and complained to the AFL Commission, as he perceived the Leading Goalkicker Medal to be an inferior award.
There have been two occasions when players have tied for the most goals: in 1897, the VFL's inaugural season, when Geelong's Eddy James and Melbourne's Jack Leith kicked 22 goals apiece; and in 1900, when Geelong's Teddy Lockwood and Collingwood's Albert Thurgood both scored 24 goals. In both cases, each player retrospectively received a Leading Goalkicker Medal.
Collingwood is the club most frequently represented by medallists; its players have won on 23 occasions. The majority of these awards have been contributed by Dick Lee and Gordon Coventry. Lee's seven medals are a league record; Coventry sits outright second, on six. Five players have been four-time medallists; another five have won the award three times, while 15 players have been dual medallists. Greater Western Sydney's Jeremy Cameron kicked 67 goals in 2019, making him the most recent recipient.
Recipients
| Recipient | Year | Club | Goals |
| 1897 | 22 | ||
| 1897 | 22 | ||
| 1898 | 31 | ||
| 1899 | 31 | ||
| 1900 | 24 | ||
| 1900 | 24 | ||
| 1901 | 34 | ||
| 1902 | 30 | ||
| 1903 | 33 | ||
| 1904 | 39 | ||
| 1905 | 38 | ||
| 1906 | 45 | ||
| 1907 | 45 | ||
| 1908 | 50 | ||
| 1909 | 55 | ||
| 1910 | 51 | ||
| 1911 | 46 | ||
| 1912 | 56 | ||
| 1913 | 53 | ||
| 1914 | 57 | ||
| 1915 | 65 | ||
| 1916 | 46 | ||
| 1917 | 50 | ||
| 1918 | 35 | ||
| 1919 | 47 | ||
| 1920 | 62 | ||
| 1921 | 61 | ||
| 1922 | 54 | ||
| 1923 | 64 | ||
| 1924 | 75 | ||
| 1925 | 70 | ||
| 1926 | 78 | ||
| 1927 | 88 | ||
| 1928 | 78 | ||
| 1929 | 118 | ||
| 1930 | 105 | ||
| 1931 | 72 | ||
| 1932 | 109 | ||
| 1933 | 108 | ||
| 1934 | 138 | ||
| 1935 | 97 | ||
| 1936 | 101 | ||
| 1937 | 64 | ||
| 1938 | 102 | ||
| 1939 | 98 | ||
| 1940 | 92 | ||
| 1941 | 88 | ||
| 1942 | 67 | ||
| 1943 | 62 | ||
| 1944 | 87 | ||
| 1945 | 67 | ||
| 1946 | 63 | ||
| 1947 | 97 | ||
| 1948 | 86 | ||
| 1949 | 85 | ||
| 1950 | 112 | ||
| 1951 | 75 | ||
| 1952 | 103 | ||
| 1953 | 96 | ||
| 1954 | 73 | ||
| 1955 | 77 | ||
| 1956 | 56 | ||
| 1957 | 74 | ||
| 1958 | 67 | ||
| 1959 | 69 | ||
| 1960 | 67 | ||
| 1961 | 54 | ||
| 1962 | 62 | ||
| 1963 | 69 | ||
| 1964 | 68 | ||
| 1965 | 56 | ||
| 1966 | 73 | ||
| 1967 | 79 | ||
| 1968 | 125 | ||
| 1969 | 122 | ||
| 1970 | 146 | ||
| 1971 | 140 | ||
| 1972 | 130 | ||
| 1973 | 84 | ||
| 1974 | 91 | ||
| 1975 | 67 | ||
| 1976 | 99 | ||
| 1977 | 99 | ||
| 1978 | 118 | ||
| 1979 | 91 | ||
| 1980 | 107 | ||
| 1981 | 86 | ||
| 1982 | 94 | ||
| 1983 | 106 | ||
| 1984 | 102 | ||
| 1985 | 93 | ||
| 1986 | 100 | ||
| 1987 | 117 | ||
| 1988 | 124 | ||
| 1989 | 128 | ||
| 1990 | 98 | ||
| 1991 | 118 | ||
| 1992 | 139 | ||
| 1993 | 124 | ||
| 1994 | 113 | ||
| 1995 | 118 | ||
| 1996 | 114 | ||
| 1997 | 81 | ||
| 1998 | 107 | ||
| 1999 | 88 | ||
| 2000 | 94 | ||
| 2001 | 96 | ||
| 2002 | 75 | ||
| 2003 | 87 | ||
| 2004 | 90 | ||
| 2005 | 74 | ||
| 2006 | 84 | ||
| 2007 | 77 | ||
| 2008 | 102 | ||
| 2009 | 86 | ||
| 2010 | 78 | ||
| 2011 | 71 | ||
| 2012 | 65 | ||
| 2013 | 68 | ||
| 2014 | 67 | ||
| 2015 | 75 | ||
| 2016 | 80 | ||
| 2017 | 69 | ||
| 2018 | 65 | ||
| 2019 | 67 |
Multiple recipients
| Player | Wins | Club | Years |
| 7 | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919 | ||
| 6 | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933 | ||
| 5 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 | ||
| 4 | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947 | ||
| 4 | / | 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974 | |
| 4 | 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977 | ||
| 4 | / | 1987, 1991, 1996, 1998 | |
| 4 | / | 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 | |
| 3 | 1963, 1964, 1965 | ||
| 3 | 1988, 1989, 1992 | ||
| 3 | 1993, 1994, 1995 | ||
| 3 | 2000, 2001, 2003 | ||
| 3 | 2010, 2012, 2018 | ||
| 2 | 1897, 1899 | ||
| 2 | 1900, 1903 | ||
| 2 | 1911, 1912 | ||
| 2 | 1934, 1935 | ||
| 2 | 1934, 1935 | ||
| 2 | / | 1942, 1948 | |
| 2 | 1954, 1957 | ||
| 2 | 1959, 1960 | ||
| 2 | 1972, 1973 | ||
| 2 | 1978, 1979 | ||
| 2 | 1980, 1981 | ||
| 2 | 1983, 1984 | ||
| 2 | 2004, 2005 | ||
| 2 | 2006, 2009 | ||
| 2 | 2015, 2016 |
Club totals
| † | Club no longer participates in the AFL |
| LG | Number of Leading Goalkicker Medals |
| C'man | Number of Coleman Medals |