Fremantle Dockers midfielder Lachie Neale has won the 2016 Geoff Christian Medal, joining the likes of Nat Fyfe, Matthew Priddis, Chris Judd, Paul Hasleby and Matthew Pavlich.

The medal is awarded by ABC 720 Perth for the best Fremantle Dockers or West Coast Eagles player in a season, with votes allocated each week on a 3-2-1 basis by the station's expert AFL commentators.

Neale received the medal following Fremantle's 20-point win over the Western Bulldogs on Sunday, finishing the season with a record-breaking 737 disposals, the highest recorded total since Champion Data became the AFL statistics provider in 1999.

His season was also highlighted by performances against the Gold Coast Suns and the GWS Giants in which he broke personal-best records for disposals (42) and tackles (12) respectively.

Neale won the award with 38 votes ahead of West Coast Eagles midfielders Andrew Gaff (25) and Priddis (20).

He joins Eagles player Beau Waters (2010) as the only medallists to achieve the honour while winning just four games in a season.

The medal was established in recognition of Geoff Christian, a valued member of ABC Radio's Sports Talk program for a period of 14 years prior to his death in November 1998.

Christian served as chief football writer of The West Australian from 1961 to 1998 and was posthumously inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.