Dustin Martin has soared into second place on Richmond’s list for the most career Brownlow Medal votes.

The brilliant midfielder polled 19 votes in last night’s count, taking his overall Brownlow tally to 153 in nine seasons.

In the process, he moved past Matthew Richardson, 140 votes and Francis Bourke, 139 votes.

Only Kevin Bartlett, with 160 votes, remains ahead of Martin.

And those numbers for Bartlett (plus Bourke) are inflated due to the fact that during the 1976-77 seasons, two sets of 3-2-1 Brownlow votes were awarded for each game following the introduction of two field umpires per match.

Martin is in sixth place on the list of current AFL players with most career Brownlow votes, behind Gary Ablett, 248, Joel Selwood, 195, Patrick Dangerfield, 182, Scott Pendlebury 180, and Lance Franklin, 167. 

Dusty’s career Brownlow voting details

2010 – 6 votes

2011 – 12 votes

2012 – 5 votes

2013 – 16 votes

2014 – 13 votes

 2015 – 21 votes

 2016 – 25 votes

 2017 – 36 votes

2018 – 19 votes