Dustin Martin has rocketed into first place on Richmond’s all-time list for the most Brownlow Medal votes.

The brilliant midfielder polled 23 votes in last night’s count, taking his overall Brownlow tally to 176 in 10 seasons of AFL football.

He moved past Tiger ‘Immortal’ Kevin Bartlett, who polled a total of 160 votes in his illustrious league football career.

Those numbers for Bartlett 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, who finished equal sixth in last night’s count, now is in fifth place on the list of current AFL players with most Brownlow votes, behind Gary Ablett, 261, Patrick Dangerfield, 209, Joel Selwood, 198 and Scott Pendlebury 194.

And, he’s in 16th place overall for the most Brownlow votes in AFL/VFL history.

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Dusty’s season-by-season 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

2019 – 23 votes

Meanwhile, star Richmond defender Dylan Grimes has finally polled his first votes in the Brownlow Medal after a decade of AFL football.

Grimes received three votes for his excellent performance in the Tigers’ stirring Round 4 victory over Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.