Charles Sutton Medal

The medal is named after 1950 winner Charlie Sutton, who was the Bulldogs' 1954 premiership captain-coach.

The voting system as of the 2019 AFL season, consists of five members of the Western Bulldogs match committee awarding a score from zero to five for each player after every game.

Those players were Norman Ware (1941), John Schultz (1960), Gary Dempsey (1975), Kelvin Templeton (1980) and Scott Wynd (1992).

Scott West holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals at the club, winning the accolade seven times in ten years; 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Dempsey also holds the record for most Charles Sutton Medals won consecutively, his streak running from 1973 to 1977, a total of five years.

Scott West has won the award a record seven times.
Marcus Bontempelli has won the award six times and is the current holder of the award.