Brad Crouch has produced a career-best season to win his first Malcolm Blight Medal at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Thursday night.

The 25-year-old claimed the gold jacket after he edged out captain Rory Sloane by just five votes.

Sloane was the early leader after being the only Crow to poll double-figure votes in six of the

first eight rounds but was overtaken by Crouch in Round 11.

On the back of a purple patch from Round Nine to 13, in which the Ballarat product was rated the Crows’ best player four times, Crouch held the lead for the rest of the evening to finish on 208 votes, just clear of runner-up Sloane (203).

Sloane, a dual Club Champion, finished second for the fourth time in his career, after runner-up placings in 2012, 2014 and 2017.

Rory Laird, who took home the gold jacket in 2018, finished third (191) - his fourth podium finish over the last five years - with Matt Crouch (180) and Brodie Smith (179) rounding out the top five.

Brad received a season-high 18 of a possible 20 votes in Adelaide’s win over Richmond in Round 13, collecting a career-high 43 disposals, 11 clearances, six inside-50s and four rebound-50s.

After missing the entire 2018 season with a groin injury, he returned in Round One and went on to become one of seven Crows to play all 22 games this year.

Crouch averaged a career-best 30.2 disposals (ranked eighth across the AFL home and away season) and finished second at the Club for clearances and tackles with totals of 117 and 111 respectively.

The midfielder also recorded 86 inside-50s - the most of any Crow - to go with 11 goals.

He also tallied 14 Brownlow votes, collecting maximum votes in two games - Round 11 and Round 13.

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Final Leaderboard Top 10

1 - Brad Crouch (208)

2 - Rory Sloane (203)

3 - Rory Laird (191)

4 - Matt Crouch (180)

5 - Brodie Smith (179)

6 - Daniel Talia (165)

7- Taylor Walker (148)

8 - Rory Atkins (129)

9 - Alex Keath (127)

10 - David Mackay (119)

Major Award Winners 2019

Malcolm Blight Medallist: Brad Crouch

Runner-up: Rory Sloane

Third place: Rory Laird

Leading Goalkicker Award: Taylor Walker

Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award: Chayce Jones

Players’ Trademark Award: Rory Sloane

Brian Sando OAM Trophy: Reilly O’Brien

Members’ MVP Award: Daniel Talia

Crows Children’s Foundation Community Leadership Award: Tom Doedee

Phil Walsh Best Team Man Award: Kyle Hartigan

State League Club Champion: Patrick Wilson

Dean Bailey Award: Matt Merrett

Club Champion Voting Protocol

1 vote: Played their role without significant influence on the game

2 votes: Played their role well and influenced the game

3 votes: Played their role very well with significant influence on the game

4 votes: Played their role outstandingly and dominated the game

Former winners

1991 – Mark Mickan

1992 – Chris McDermott

1993 – Tony McGuinness

1994 – Shaun Rehn

1995 – Matthew Connell

1996 – Matthew Liptak

1997 – Andrew McLeod

1998 – Mark Ricciuto

1999 – Ben Hart

2000 – Simon Goodwin

2001 – Andrew McLeod

2002 – Ben Hart

2003 – Mark Ricciuto

2004 – Mark Ricciuto

2005 – Simon Goodwin

2006 – Simon Goodwin

2007 – Andrew McLeod

2008 – Nathan Bock

2009 – Bernie Vince

2010 – Richard Douglas

2011 – Scott Thompson

2012 – Scott Thompson

2013 – Rory Sloane

2014 – Daniel Talia

2015 – Patrick Dangerfield

2016 – Rory Sloane

2017 – Matt Crouch

2018 – Rory Laird

2019 - Brad Crouch