The Geelong gun booted 11 goals against the Roos in round 20 to all but lock up the honour.
Player (Club) | Goals |
Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) | 69 |
Mitch Georgiades (Port Adelaide) | 48 |
Ben King (Gold Coast) Jamie Elliott (Collingwood) | 47 |
Jack Gunston (Hawthorn) Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) | 45 |
Riley Thilthorpe (Adelaide) | 44 |
Jesse Hogan (GWS) | 43 |
Jack Higgins (St Kilda) | 39 |
Nick Larkey (North Melbourne) Sam Darcy (Western Bulldogs) | 38 |
Aaron Cadman (GWS) Kysaiah Pickett (Melbourne) | 36 |
Darcy Fogarty (Adelaide) Cameron Zurhaar (North Melbourne) | 35 |
Logan Morris (Brisbane) | 34 |
Josh Treacy (Fremantle) Mabior Chol (Hawthorn) Charlie Curnow (Carlton) Rhylee West (Western Bulldogs) Toby Greene (GWS) Ben Long (Gold Coast) Brody Mihocek (Collingwood) | 32 |
Named after AFL legend and Bomber full-forward John Coleman, the medal was instituted in 1981 and first awarded to Richmond's Michael Roach. In September 2001, the AFL moved to recognise all previous leading goalkickers and winners for the period 1955-80 were awarded the Coleman Medal, covering the period from the the year after Coleman was forced into premature retirement by a major knee injury. At the same time, all leading goalkickers in the VFL from the period 1897-1954 were retrospectively awarded the leading Goalkicker Medal.
Coleman played 98 games for Essendon and kicked 537 goals, including 12 on debut in 1949.
The AFL Hall of Fame member and full-forward in the AFL's official Team of the Century was elevated to official AFL Legend status in 1996. (AFL)