Joel Selwood has become the highest ever Brownlow vote getter after polling 21 votes on Monday night.

Selwood in just his eighth season of football clocked up his 137th vote in the AFL’s highest honour.

He moved ahead of former midfield star Garry “Buddah” Hocking who polled 133 votes in his 15-year career.

Past Brownlow winner Jimmy Bartel has now moved to third on the all-time Cats list with 114 whilst Steve Johnson moves to number five behind Gary Ablett Jnr (112 votes as a Cat) with 106 votes.

Top 10 Cats Brownlow votes
PlayerVotesSeasons
Joel Selwood1378
Garry Hocking13315
Jimmy Bartel11413
Gary Ablett Jnr1129
Steve Johnson10613
Sam Newman10017
Paul Couch9913
Gary Ablett Snr9913
Joel Corey9214
Paul Chapman8214