•  Charlie Curnow has won his third Coleman Medal, finishing the 2026 home and away season as the AFL's leading goalkicker on 69 goals.

• The Sydney spearhead booted three majors in Sydney’s victory over North Melbourne on Sunday afternoon to close out the award, making him the only current player to have won three Coleman Medals.

• It is the first time a player has won the Coleman in his debut season at a new club since Lance Franklin with the Swans in 2014.

• Brisbane's Logan Morris finished second on 63 goals, ahead of Ben King (60), Jack Gunston (59) and Jye Amiss (58).

Three Coleman Medal seasons for Charlie Curnow puts him in rare air amongst some of the best goal kickers to ever pick up a Sherrin.

The 29 year old Curnow has claimed the Coleman Medal for AFL season 2026, finishing the home and away season as the league's leading goalkicker on 69 goals and joining a small group of modern greats to have won the award three times.

The Sydney spearhead went into the final round with an eight-goal buffer over the chasing pack, so the maths was largely done before the ball was bounced. He tidied up the loose ends anyway, slotting three against North Melbourne on Sunday afternoon to sign off on the campaign.

His first season for the Bloods, finishing with another Coleman. 

Hats off to Swans recruitment team on luring the leagues best goal kicker to Sydney in 2026. 

Curnow Joins the Coleman Three-Peat Club

This Coleman adds to the medals Curnow won at Carlton in 2022 and 2023 and it lands him in rare air.

Three-time winners of the award include Jason Dunstall, Gary Ablett snr, Matthew Lloyd and Jack Riewoldt. That is the sort of list you do not gatecrash by accident.

Only eight players in VFL/AFL history have won more. Dick Lee sits clear on seven, followed by Gordon Coventry on six and the man the medal is named after, John Coleman, on five. Fred Fanning, Doug Wade, Peter Hudson, Tony Lockett and Lance Franklin each finished with four.

Curnow is 29. There is nothing in that list that says he is finished adding to his own tally.

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Curnow’s First Year in Red and White

Plenty of forwards move clubs. Very few move clubs and immediately lead the competition for goals.

Curnow is the first player to win the Coleman in his first season at a new club since Buddy Franklin did it for Sydney in 2014, which is a neat piece of symmetry for a Swans forward line that has now produced the feat twice in a little over a decade.

His biggest afternoon came in round 12 against Richmond, when he pulled down eight majors in a single outing. He also feasted on the Western Bulldogs, banking 13 goals across their two meetings this season.

For a player who arrived with questions attached to the move, the answer has been delivered in the most straightforward currency available to a key forward: goals and lots of them.

The Chasing Pack Went Down Swinging

Curnow did not get to cruise home unchallenged.

Brisbane young gun Logan Morris finished second on 63 after an enormous night against Collingwood on Friday, slamming through eight goals of his own on the eve of finals. It was the sort of performance that gets eyeballs on the Coleman Medal race. 

Five players finishing above 55 goals is a healthy return for the key forward craft and a reminder that the gap between first and second was never as comfortable as the final margin suggests.

2026 Coleman Medal Top 10o

1. Charlie Curnow – 69 goals

2. Logan Morris – 63

3. Ben King – 60

4. Jack Gunston – 59

5. Jye Amiss – 58

6. Nick Watson – 55

7. Josh Treacy – 54

8. Mitch Georgiades – 51

9. Charlie Cameron – 50

10. Jake Waterman – 49

What It Means For Curnow

Two Colemans at one club is a career highlight. A third at another club, in his first year there, is something closer to a statement.

Curnow joins a list of legends on three career Coleman Medals - will there be any further accolades coming Charlie’s way in 2026? 

The home and away season is done. The medal is his. And on this evidence, we would not be betting against a fourth Coleman Medal for one of the best finishers in the competition.