Daisy Pearce Trophy

Daisy Pearce Trophy
Daisy Pearce Trophy
Description	The best and fairest player of the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's
Country	Australia
Presented by	Melbourne Football Club
First award	2017
Currently held by	Kate Hore

In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Daisy Pearce Trophy is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Melbourne Football Club during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the competition's inaugural season in 2017. Daisy Pearce was the inaugural winner of the award, winning in the first two seasons^[1]^[2] and three times in total;^[3] in 2023, the award was renamed in her honour.^[4]

Recipients

Bold	Denotes current player
	Player won AFL Women's best and fairest in same season

Season	Recipient(s)	Ref.
2017	Daisy Pearce	^[5]
2018	Daisy Pearce (2)	^[6]
2019	Karen Paxman	^[7]
2020	Shelley Scott	^[8]
2021	Tyla Hanks	^[9]
2021	Karen Paxman (2)	^[9]
2022 (S6)	Daisy Pearce (3)	^[10]
2022 (S7)	Kate Hore	^[11]
2023	Tyla Hanks (2)	^[12]
2023	Kate Hore (2)	^[12]
2024	Kate Hore (3)	^[13]

Multiple winners

Player	Awards	Seasons
Daisy Pearce	3	2017, 2018, 2022 (S6)
Kate Hore	3	2022 (S7), 2023, 2024
Paxy Paxman	2	2019, 2021
Tyla Hanks	2	2021, 2023

References

^ "Give me the best coach says Daisy Pearce". SEN. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Ryan, Peter (17 February 2020). "Twin roles and new goals as Daisy makes it back to the AFLW". The Age. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (25 August 2022). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. Crocmedia. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.
^ "Daisy Pearce Trophy awarded to Melbourne Best and Fairest". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ Burgan, Matt (2 April 2017). "Pearce wins club best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Burgan, Matt (28 March 2018). "Pearce claims second best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Black, Sarah (7 April 2019). "B&F wrap: Star Demon rewarded for standout season". womens.afl. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Best and fairest wrap-up: Who won your club's awards?". womens.afl. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ Gibson, Ben (30 April 2021). "2021 AFLW Best and Fairest: All the winners". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ Gibson, Ben (11 April 2022). "Pearce reigns supreme in tightest of Best and Fairest counts". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^ "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Hanks and Hore joint Melbourne AFLW Best and Fairest winners". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[1] "Give me the best coach says Daisy Pearce". SEN. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[2] Ryan, Peter (17 February 2020). "Twin roles and new goals as Daisy makes it back to the AFLW". The Age. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[S7Guide-3] Lovett, Michael, ed. (25 August 2022). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. Crocmedia. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.

[4] "Daisy Pearce Trophy awarded to Melbourne Best and Fairest". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[5] Burgan, Matt (2 April 2017). "Pearce wins club best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[6] Burgan, Matt (28 March 2018). "Pearce claims second best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[7] Black, Sarah (7 April 2019). "B&F wrap: Star Demon rewarded for standout season". womens.afl. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[8] "Best and fairest wrap-up: Who won your club's awards?". womens.afl. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[9] Gibson, Ben (30 April 2021). "2021 AFLW Best and Fairest: All the winners". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[10] Gibson, Ben (11 April 2022). "Pearce reigns supreme in tightest of Best and Fairest counts". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

[11] "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[12] "Hanks and Hore joint Melbourne AFLW Best and Fairest winners". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[13] "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

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Nickname: Demons History Club honours Current squad Players Coaches Captains Honour board Awards Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Daisy Pearce Trophy Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Simon Goodwin AFL captain: Max Gawn AFLW coach: Mick Stinear AFLW captain: Kate Hore
VFL/AFL home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1941; 1946–) Punt Road Oval (1942–45)
AFLW home grounds	Casey Fields (2017–)
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964 2021
Runner-up (5)	1946 1954 1958 1988 2000
AFLW premierships (1)	2022 (S7)
Runner-up (1)	2022 (S6)
Seasons (150) (club articles in bold)	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Women's seasons (9)	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (S6) 2022 (S7) 2023 2024
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