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The 23-year-old midfielder, the shortest-priced favourite in the event’s history, did it in record-breaking style, beating dual winner Patrick Cripps’ extraordinary 2024 tally of 45 votes with a new count-high total of 47.
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midfielder → price → 47
He also set a new benchmark of 13 best-on-ground performances and polled in 18 of his 22 matches.
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He → set → matches
Daicos’ win was sealed with three rounds to go, and he equalled Richmond legend Dustin Martin’s record winning margin of 11 votes from 2017.
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he → seal → 2017
Geelong superstar Bailey Smith (36 votes), Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli (34), Melbourne skipper Max Gawn (28), North Melbourne’s Harry Sheezel, Blue Patrick Cripps and Brisbane’s dual North Smith medallist Will Ashcroft (27) finished behind Daicos.
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Smith → finish → Daicos
Daicos’ Brownlow victory followed him also collecting the AFL Players’ Association’s MVP and AFL Coaches’ Association’s player of the year, becoming the first footballer to claim all three since Lachie Neale six years ago.
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him → follow → Neale
His latest honour makes him arguably the most accomplished young player ever, swelling a resume that already includes the Magpies’ 2023 premiership and four All-Australian selections.
Daicos will almost certainly win a third Copeland Trophy next month as well.
He is the 10th Magpie to win a Brownlow Medal and first since Dane Swan 15 years ago, also joining Syd Coventry, brothers Albert and Harry Collier, Marcus Whelan, Des Fothergill, Len Thompson, Peter Moore and Nathan Buckley.
Daicos polled maximum votes in each of his first three games – either side of the Magpies’ round two bye – before he was a late withdrawal with a corked calf against Brisbane.
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he → make → Brisbane
That was the only match he missed all season.
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he → miss → ?
Daicos’ streak of maximum votes ended in a round five loss to Fremantle, where he still polled one off a 31-disposal effort, and it was enough to break an early deadlock with fellow great Bontempelli.
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it → end → Bontempelli
Zak Butters briefly snatched a one-vote lead in round 10, but Daicos was back on top a round later when he was best afield against West Coast as Scott Pendlebury broke the VFL/AFL games record with his 433rd appearance.
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Pendlebury → snatch → appearance
Smith drew level with the gun Pie on 23 votes in round 14, with Butters a single vote back, before Daicos shot away again a round later with three votes after a 41-touch masterclass at Port Adelaide’s expense.
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Daicos → draw → expense
That was when Daicos made his move, turning an entertaining count with superstars spread across the leaderboard into a demolition, like a Melbourne Cup winner turning for home.
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winner → make → home
The man in No.35 secured maximum votes in six straight matches between rounds 15 and 20 in an incredible purple patch to kick clear of the field and end any doubt about the result.
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man → secure → result
Daicos polled 11 votes to finish equal 27th in his debut season in 2022; came third with 28 votes in 2023; second with 38 votes in 2024; and second with 32 votes last year.
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Daicos → poll → votes
Umpires had access to player statistics for the first time this year to help with voting.
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Umpires → have → voting
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