DURING Monday night’s 2023 Brownlow Medal count, 15 Demons polled an accumulative 88 votes.

Christian Petracca collected a club-high 26 votes and finished sixth on the overall tally, falling just five votes shy of winner Lachie Neale (31 votes).

Petracca led the Melbourne leaderboard by two votes, with vice-captain Jack Viney finishing strongly and polling a career-high 24 votes.

Among the Demons’ other vote-getters was skipper Max Gawn (seven votes) and talented midfielder Clayton Oliver (six votes). 

See below for the full Melbourne leaderboard.

Melbourne Leaderboard

Christian Petracca - 26
Jack Viney - 24
Max Gawn - 7
Clayton Oliver - 6
Bayley Fritsch - 4
Angus Brayshaw - 4
Lachie Hunter - 3
Steven May - 3
Jake Melksham - 2 
Kade Chandler - 2
Harrison Petty - 2 
Kysaiah Pickett - 2
Jacob van Rooyen - 2
Ben Brown - 1
Christian Salem - 1

Overall Leaderboard

Lachie Neale - 31
Marcus Bontempelli - 29
Nick Daicos - 28
Errol Gulden - 27
Zak Butters - 27
Christian Petracca - 26
Caleb Serong - 24
Jack Viney - 24