Leading Goalkicker Medal
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The Leading Goalkicker Medal was awarded to the leading goalkicker at the end of the VFL/AFL home and away season from 1897 to 1954. From 1955, the medal would be known as the John Coleman Medal. On July 26, 2004, retrospective medals were awarded to the winners.
| Year | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1897 | Eddy James/Jack Leith | Geelong/Melbourne | 22 |
| 1898 | Archie Smith | Collingwood | 31 |
| 1899 | Eddy James | Geelong | 31 |
| 1900 | Albert Thurgood/Teddy Lockwood | Essendon/Geelong | 24 |
| 1901 | Fred Hiskins | Essendon | 34 |
| 1902 | Charlie Baker | St Kilda | 30 |
| 1903 | Teddy Lockwood | Collingwood | 33 |
| 1904 | Vince Coutie | Melbourne | 39 |
| 1905 | Charlie H. Pannam | Collingwood | 38 |
| 1906 | Mick Grace | Carlton | 45 |
| 1907 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 45 |
| 1908 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 50 |
| 1909 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 55 |
| 1910 | Dick Lee/Percy Martini | Collingwood/Geelong | 51 |
| 1911 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 46 |
| 1912 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 56 |
| 1913 | Roy Park | University | 53 |
| 1914 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 57 |
| 1915 | Jimmy Freake | Fitzroy | 65 |
| 1916 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 46 |
| 1917 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 50 |
| 1918 | Ern Crowley | Carlton | 35 |
| 1919 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 47 |
| 1920 | George Bayliss | Richmond | 62 |
| 1921 | Cliff Rankin | Geelong | 61 |
| 1922 | Horrie Clover | Carlton | 54 |
| 1923 | Greg Stockdale | Essendon | 64 |
| 1924 | Jack Moriarty | Fitzroy | 75 |
| 1925 | Lloyd Hagger | Geelong | 70 |
| 1926 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 78 |
| 1927 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 88 |
| 1928 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 78 |
| 1929 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 118 |
| 1930 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 105 |
| 1931 | Harry Valence | Carlton | 72 |
| 1932 | George Moloney | Geelong | 109 |
| 1933 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 108 |
| 1934 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 138 |
| 1935 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 97 |
| 1936 | Bill Mohr | St Kilda | 101 |
| 1937 | Dick Harris | Richmond | 64 |
| 1938 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 102 |
| 1939 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 98 |
| 1940 | Jack Titus | Richmond | 92 |
| 1941 | Sel Murray | North Melbourne | 88 |
| 1942 | Lindsay White | South Melbourne | 67 |
| 1943 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 62 |
| 1944 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 87 |
| 1945 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 67 |
| 1946 | Des Fothergill | Collingwood | 63 |
| 1947 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 97 |
| 1948 | Lindsay White | Geelong | 86 |
| 1949 | John Coleman | Essendon | 85 |
| 1950 | John Coleman | Essendon | 112 |
| 1951 | John Coleman | Essendon | 75 |
| 1952 | John Coleman | Essendon | 103 |
| 1953 | John Coleman | Essendon | 96 |
| 1954 | Jack Charles Collins | Footscray | 73 |
