Showdown Medal

The Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide.

It is thus similar to the Glendinning–Allan Medal awarded in Western Derby games.

[2] For Showdown 39 in Round 16, 2015, the Showdown Medal was named the Phillip Walsh Medal, after the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh.

In 2019, Michelangelo Rucci, football writer for The Adelaide Advertiser, advocated for a combination of Brownlow Medal, Club Champion voting, and Media votes to determine the selection for retroactively awarded Showdown Medals.

[28] Another Showdown where a medal was not awarded to the player adjudged best afield was the 2005 Semi-Final.

Adelaide and Port Adelaide players in a Showdown match.
Robbie Gray holds the record for the most Showdown Medals, with 5.
Sam Jacobs is one of two Crows to win the Medal on three occasions.