The 2025 AFL Women's best and fairest award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the 2025 AFL Women's season. 's Ash Riddell won the award with 23 votes.
Voting procedure The three field umpires confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively; the votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.
Leading votegetters + 2025 AFL Women's best and fairest top 10 Placing Player Votes 1 Ash Riddell () 23 2 Georgie Prespakis () 20 3 Tyla Hanks () 18 4 Ella Roberts () 17 5 Laura Gardiner () 15 Jasmine Garner () 7 Kiara Bowers () 13 Georgia Nanscawen () 9 Matilda Scholz () 12 10 Abbey Dowrick () 11 Kate Hore () Isabelle Pritchard () Mim Strom ()
Votes by club + 2025 AFL Women's best and fairest breakdown of votes by club Anne Hatchard – 8Maddi Newman – 8Ebony Marinoff – 6Chelsea Randall – 6Sarah Goodwin – 3Jess Allan – 1Caitlin Gould – 1Niamh Kelly – 1 Belle Dawes – 10Sophie Conway – 8Courtney Hodder – 8Jade Ellenger – 7Cathy Svarc – 6Ally Anderson – 3Orla O'Dwyer – 3Ruby Svarc – 3Ellie Hampson – 2Charlotte Mullins – 1Taylor Smith – 1 Mimi Hill – 9Breann Harrington – 7Abbie McKay – 6Erone Fitzpatrick – 4Tara Bohanna – 3Harriet Cordner – 3Dayna Finn – 2Amelia Velardo – 2Jess Good – 1Sophie McKay – 1Keeley Sherar – 1 Brittany Bonnici – 10Ash Centra – 4Ruby Schleicher – 4Imogen Barnett – 3Sarah Rowe – 3Lucy Cronin – 1Nell Morris-Dalton – 1 Georgia Nanscawen – 13Steph Cain – 3Maddy Prespakis – 3Amy Gaylor – 2Maggie MacLachlan – 2Georgia Gee – 1 Kiara Bowers – 13Mim Strom – 11Aisling McCarthy – 5Gabby Newton – 3Emma O'Driscoll – 3Ange Stannett – 3 Total – 34 Total – 52 Total – 39 Total – 26 Total – 24 Total – 38 Georgie Prespakis – 20Nina Morrison – 7Aishling Moloney – 6Mikayla Bowen – 3Julia Crockett-Grills – 2Amy McDonald – 2Chantal Mason – 1 Niamh McLaughlin – 10Charlie Rowbottom – 10Lucy Single – 2 Georgia Garnett – 3Zarlie Goldsworthy – 3Rebecca Beeson – 2Tarni Evans – 2Taylah Levy – 2Eilish O'Dowd – 2Brodee Mowbray – 1Emily Pease – 1Kaitlyn Srhoj – 1 Emily Bates – 10Eliza West – 9Jasmine Fleming – 8Áine McDonagh – 7Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 3Casey Sherriff – 2Emily Everist – 1Jenna Richardson – 1 Tyla Hanks – 18Kate Hore – 11Tayla Harris – 8Eden Zanker – 6Maeve Chaplin – 3Eliza McNamara – 2Paxy Paxman – 2Lauren Pearce – 2Shelley Heath – 1Alyssia Pisano – 1 Ash Riddell – 23Jasmine Garner – 15Ruby Tripodi – 6Blaithin Bogue – 4Tess Craven – 4Emma Kearney – 4Erika O'Shea – 4Bella Eddey – 2Tahlia Randall – 2Libby Birch – 1Emma King – 1Kate Shierlaw – 1 Total – 41 Total – 22 Total – 17 Total – 41 Total – 54 Total – 67 Matilda Scholz – 12Abbey Dowrick – 11Indy Tahau – 6Shineah Goody – 3Gemma Houghton – 3Ella Boag – 2Maria Moloney – 1 Monique Conti – 9Ellie McKenzie – 7Katie Brennan – 3Sarah Hosking – 1 Tyanna Smith – 7Jesse Wardlaw – 6Amber Clarke – 5Jaimee Lambert – 4Georgia Patrikios – 2Paige Trudgeon – 2Serene Watson – 2 Laura Gardiner – 15Ally Morphett – 8Montana Ham – 7Chloe Molloy – 6Zippy Fish – 4Sofia Hurley – 3 Ella Roberts – 17Bella Lewis – 8Lucia Painter – 2Courtney Rowley – 2Lauren Wakfer – 2Kellie Gibson – 1 Isabelle Pritchard – 11Ellie Blackburn – 5Jess Fitzgerald – 4Deanna Berry – 3Alice Edmonds – 3Dominique Carruthers – 2Isabella Grant – 2Rylie Wilcox – 2Sarah Hartwig – 1 Total – 38 Total – 20 Total – 28 Total – 42 Total – 32 Total – 33
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