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North Melbourne’s Ash Riddell caps off record-breaking year with best and fairest win
Ash Riddell set a new AFLW record averaging 35.3 disposals per game and led North Melbourne to an undefeated season ahead of the grand final, polling 23 votes.
- On Nov 24, 2025, Ash Riddell won the 2025 AFLW Best and Fairest, polling 23 votes at the AFLW awards night.
- Riddell's 2025 campaign featured three new single-game disposal records, five 40-possession games, and she earned the AFL Coaches Association's champion player of the year plus her fifth All-Australian selection.
- Riddell will lead North Melbourne into Saturday's grand final as the first player from the club to win the best-and-fairest in the AFLW's 10 seasons, with North undefeated and favoured.
- On the leaderboard, Georgie Prespakis, Geelong was second, Tyla Hanks, Melbourne third, while Jasmine Garner, North Melbourne, and Laura Gardiner, Sydney, tied for fifth on 15.
- Looking at youth and international trends, Sydney's Zippy Fish won the Rising Star with a maximum 50 votes, while a record four Irish All-Australian players highlighted growing Emerald Isle influence.
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Ash Riddell was crowned AFLW’s best and fairest. But this moment had the audience gasping
After years of being overlooked for the league’s highest accolade, Ash Riddell has finally won the AFLW’s best and fairest award.
·Sydney, Australia
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right2Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
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- 57% of the sources lean Left
57% Left
L 57%
14%
R 29%
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