Jack Steele's tremendous 2020 campaign has been capped off with a podium finish at this year's Brownlow Medal.
Steele, 24, who was recently awarded his first All-Australian blazer and Trevor Barker Award, polled 20 votes at this year's count to finish equal-third with Melbourne's Christian Petracca.
Top honours went to Brisbane's Lachie Neale (31 votes), while Port Adelaide veteran Travis Boak placed as runner-up on 21 votes.
Steele polled in nine out of 17 matches, earning best-on-ground honours in games against Carlton, Adelaide, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.
The star midfielder was joined by Dan Butler (eight votes) and Rowan Marshall (eight) as the club's highest vote-getters, with 13 Saints players registering a vote from the AFL's night of nights.
Jack Steele
Round 5 v Carlton – 3 votes
Round 7 v Adelaide – 3 votes
Round 8 v Port Adelaide – 3 votes
Round 9 v Sydney – 1 vote
Round 10 v Gold Coast – 3 votes
Round 13 v Brisbane – 2 votes
Round 14 v Melbourne – 1 vote
Round 16 v Hawthorn – 2 votes
Round 18 v GWS – 2 votes
2020 Brownlow Medal
31 – Lachie Neale (BRIS)
21 – Travis Boak (PA)
20 – Jack Steele (STK)
20 – Christian Petracca (MELB)
15 – Jack Macrae (WB)
15 – Luke Parker (SYD)
15 – Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL)
15 – Dustin Martin (RICH)
14 – Cameron Guthrie (GEEL)
14 – Clayton Oliver (MELB)
St Kilda Leaderboard
20 – Jack Steele
8 – Dan Butler
8 – Rowan Marshall
7 – Zak Jones
5 – Jade Gresham
2 – Jack Billings
2 – Bradley Hill
2 – Nicholas Hind
2 – Ben Long
1 – Jake Carlisle
1 – Luke Dunstan
1 – Seb Ross
1 – Paddy Ryder
