Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
NICK DAICOS – THE 2026 AFL BROWNLOW MEDALLIST
* DOB: 03/03/2003 (23 years)
* Recruited by: Collingwood at pick No.4 in the 2021 AFL draft (father-son selection, matched bid by Gold Coast)
* From Victoria
* 2022 AFL debut
* 118 games, 89 goals
* Season averages: 34.9 disposals, 5.7 clearances, 6.7 inside-50s, 1.1 goals
* Previous best Brownlow result: runner-up, 2024 (38 votes), 2025 (32 votes)
* Polled in 18 of 22 games, polled three votes 13 times
* Polled a record 47 votes to become the first Collingwood player to win the Brownlow since Dane Swan in 2011
* Career votes: 156
* Becomes Collingwood’s fourth highest vote winner of all time, only behind Scott Pendlebury (225), Dane Swan (186) and Nathan Buckley (164)
