The player voted best afield in Saturday’s Round 22 Richmond v St Kilda clash at the MCG will win the annual Ian Stewart Medal.
A three-person panel, consisting of Ben Dixon (Fox Footy - Chair), Gerard Healy (SEN) and Gemma Bastiani (AFL Media), will provide 3-2-1 votes to determine the winner of the medal.
The prestigious individual award, which was first introduced in 2004, is a tribute to the only player in League football history to win a Brownlow Medal and premiership at two clubs.
Stewart was an outstanding centreman and played 127 games with St Kilda from 1963-70. He won back-to-back Brownlow Medals with the Saints in 1965-66 and was a member of their only premiership side in 1966.
In 1971, Stewart joined Richmond in a sensational swap for the Tigers’ dynamic dual premiership centreman Bill Barrot.
Stewart went on to play 78 games for Richmond from 1971-75. He won the Brownlow Medal in his debut season with the Tigers, as well as the Club’s Best and Fairest award that year.
Two years later, he was a key player in the Richmond side that defeated Carlton by 30 points in the 1973 Grand Final.
Stewart is a Team of the Century member and Hall of Fame inductee at both Richmond and St Kilda, as well as an Australian Football Hall Legend.
The full list of Ian Stewart Medal winners is:
2004: Austinn Jones (St Kilda)
2005: Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)
2006: Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
2007: Leigh Montagna (St Kilda)
2008: Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
2009: Brendon Goddard (St Kilda)
2010: Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)
2011: Brett Deledio (Richmond)
2012: Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)
2013: Tyrone Vickery (Richmond)
2014: Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
2015: Brett Deledio (Richmond)
2016: Seb Ross (St Kilda)
2017: Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2018: Josh Caddy (Richmond)
2019: Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2020: Dan Butler (St Kilda)
2021: Luke Dunstan (St Kilda)
2022: Brad Crouch (St Kilda)
2023: Tim Taranto (Richmond)
2024: Daniel Rioli (Richmond)
