TheKen Farmer Medal is named in honour of theAustralian rules football full-forwardKen Farmer, who played forNorth Adelaide Football Club for his entire 13-season career, being North Adelaide's leading goalkicker all 13 seasons he played and leading the league overall for 11 of those seasons, four more than any other player in the league's history. The medal is awarded to theSouth Australian Football League's (SANFL) top goalkicker at the end of the home-and-away matches each season and was instigated in 1981.[1]
| Year | Medallist | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | John Young (1) | Adelaide I (1877-1881) (1) | 14 |
| 1878 | William Dedman (1) | Norwood (1) | 12 |
| 1879 | William Dedman (2) | Norwood (2) | 12 |
| 1880 | Joe Traynor (1) | Norwood (3) | 7 |
| 1881 | Joe Pollock (1) | Norwood (4) | 7 |
| W J Duffy (1) | Norwood (5) | 7 | |
| 1882 | H J Wardrop (1) | South Adelaide (1) | 14 |
| 1883 | J E Litchfield (1) | Port Adelaide (1) | 13 |
| 1884 | R C Roy (1) | Port Adelaide (2) | 22 |
| 1885 | H R Hill (1) | South Adelaide (2) | 19 |
| 1886 | Richard Stephens (1) | Adelaide II (1885-1893) (2) | 17 |
| 1887 | Alf Bushby (1) | Port Adelaide (3) | 25 |
| 1888 | Charles Woods (1) | Norwood (6) | 29 |
| 1889 | Charlie Fry (1) | Port Adelaide (4) | 32 |
| 1890 | J McKenzie (1) | Port Adelaide (5) | 32 |
| 1891 | Charles Woods (2) | Norwood (7) | 55 |
| 1892 | Charles Woods (3) | Norwood (8) | 46 |
| 1893 | Anthony Daly (1) | Norwood (9) | 88 |
| 1894 | Anthony Daly (2) | Norwood (10) | 47 |
| 1895 | Anthony Daly (3) | Norwood (11) | 46 |
| 1896 | Jack Kay (1) | South Adelaide (3) | 25 |
| 1897 | Jimmy Tompkins (1) | Port Adelaide (6) | 27 |
| 1898 | Jack Kay (2) | South Adelaide (4) | 35 |
| 1899 | Anthony Daly (4) | South Adelaide (5) | 32 |
| 1900 | Anthony Daly (5) | West Torrens (1) | 27 |
| 1901 | William Miller (1) | Norwood (12) | 44 |
| 1902 | Jack Kay (3) | South Adelaide (6) | 28 |
| 1903 | Anthony Daly (6) | North Adelaide (1) | 54 |
| 1904 | William Miller (2) | Norwood (13) | 35 |
| 1905 | John Mathison (1) | Port Adelaide (7) | 30 |
| Anthony Daly (7) | North Adelaide (2) | 30 | |
| 1906 | John Mathison (2) | Port Adelaide (8) | 42 |
| 1907 | John Quinn (1) | Port Adelaide (9) | 32 |
| 1908 | John Mathison (3) | Port Adelaide (10) | 33 |
| 1909 | Richard Townsend (1) | Norwood (14) | 22 |
| 1910 | Frank Hansen (1) | Port Adelaide (11) | 46 |
| 1911 | Frank Hansen (2) | Port Adelaide (12) | 41 |
| 1912 | Frank Hansen (3) | Port Adelaide (13) | 37 |
| 1913 | Frank Hansen (4) | Port Adelaide (14) | 39 |
| 1914 | John Dunn (1) | Port Adelaide (15) | 33 |
| 1915 | Francis Fitzgerald (1) | West Adelaide (1) | 31 |
| 1916–1918 Suspended during World War 1 | |||
| 1919 | Len Lackman (1) | Port Adelaide (16) | 26 |
| 1920 | Frank Golding (1) | Sturt (1) | 30 |
| 1921 | Roy Bent (1) | Norwood (15) | 42 |
| 1922 | Tom Hart (1) | Norwood (16) | 50 |
| 1923 | Percy Lewis (1) | North Adelaide (3) | 58 |
| 1924 | Roy Bent (2) | Norwood (17) | 53 |
| 1925 | Roy Bent (3) | Norwood (18) | 59 |
| 1926 | Roy Bent (4) | Norwood (19) | 65 |
| 1927 | Jack Owens (1) | Glenelg (1) | 80 |
| 1928 | Jack Owens (2) | Glenelg (2) | 83 |
| 1929 | Les Dayman (1) | Port Adelaide (17) | 86 |
| 1930 | Ken Farmer (1) | North Adelaide (4) | 105 |
| 1931 | Ken Farmer (2) | North Adelaide (5) | 126 |
| 1932 | Ken Farmer (3) | North Adelaide (6) | 102 |
| Jack Owens (3) | Glenelg (4) | 102 | |
| 1933 | Ken Farmer (4) | North Adelaide (7) | 112 |
| 1934 | Ken Farmer (5) | North Adelaide (8) | 106 |
| 1935 | Ken Farmer (6) | North Adelaide (9) | 128 |
| 1936 | Ken Farmer (7) | North Adelaide (10) | 134 |
| 1937 | Ken Farmer (8) | North Adelaide (11) | 108 |
| 1938 | Ken Farmer (9) | North Adelaide (12) | 112 |
| 1939 | Ken Farmer (10) | North Adelaide (13) | 113 |
| 1940 | Ken Farmer (11) | North Adelaide (14) | 125 |
| 1941 | Bruce Schultz (1) | Norwood (20) | 100 |
| Competition reduced to aligned teams during WWII | |||
| 1942 | Ross Reynolds (1) | Sturt (2) South Adelaide (7) | 45 |
| 1943 | William Isaac (1) | Norwood (21) North Adelaide (15) | 73 |
| 1944 | William Isaac (2) | Norwood (22) North Adelaide (16) | 76 |
| Competition returns to un-aligned teams. | |||
| 1945 | Stanley Scott (1) | South Adelaide (8) | 64 |
| 1946 | Peter Dalwood (1) | Norwood (23) | 70 |
| 1947 | Bob McLean (1) | Port Adelaide (18) | 80 |
| 1948 | Colin Churchett (1) | Glenelg (5) | 88 |
| 1949 | Colin Churchett (2) | Glenelg (6) | 72 |
| 1950 | Colin Churchett (3) | Glenelg (7) | 105 |
| 1951 | Colin Churchett (4) | Glenelg (8) | 102 |
| 1952 | John Willis (1) | West Torrens (2) | 85 |
| 1953 | Max Mayo (1) | Norwood (24) | 78 |
| 1954 | William McKenzie (1) | North Adelaide (17) | 67 |
| 1955 | Paul Caust (1) | Sturt (3) | 57 |
| 1956 | Rex Johns (1) | Port Adelaide (19) | 70 |
| 1957 | Peter Phipps (1) | West Adelaide (2) | 90 |
| 1958 | Rex Johns (2) | Port Adelaide (20) | 55 |
| 1959 | Wally Dittmar (1) | Port Adelaide (21) | 74 |
| 1960 | Wally Dittmar (2) | Port Adelaide (22) | 69 |
| 1961 | Geoff Kingston (1) | West Torrens (3) | 79 |
| 1962 | Rex Johns (3) | Port Adelaide (23) | 76 |
| 1963 | Rex Johns (4) | Port Adelaide (24) | 54 |
| 1964 | Ross Sawley (1) | Sturt (4) | 70 |
| 1965 | Ian Brewer (1) | Norwood (25) | 96 |
| 1966 | Eric Freeman (1) | Port Adelaide (25) | 81 |
| 1967 | Dennis Sachse (1) | North Adelaide (18) | 90 |
| 1968 | Rick Vidovich (1) | Central District (1) | 62 |
| 1969 | Fred Phillis (1) | Glenelg (9) | 137 |
| 1970 | Fred Phillis (2) | Glenelg (10) | 107 |
| 1971 | Fred Phillis (3) | Glenelg (11) | 99 |
| 1972 | Michael Coligan (1) | Norwood (26) | 81 |
| 1973 | Ken Whelan (1) | Sturt (5) | 107 |
| 1974 | Ken Whelan (2) | Sturt (6) | 108 |
| 1975 | Fred Phillis (4) | Glenelg (12) | 108 |
| 1976 | Fred Phillis (5) | Glenelg (13) | 98 |
| 1977 | Tim Evans (1) | Port Adelaide (26) | 87 |
| 1978 | Tim Evans (2) | Port Adelaide (27) | 90 |
| 1979 | Glynn Hewitt (1) | Woodville (1) | 83 |
| 1980 | Tim Evans (3) | Port Adelaide (28) | 146 |
| Award named the Ken Farmer Medal | |||
| 1981 | Tim Evans (4) | Port Adelaide (29) | 98 |
| 1982 | Tim Evans (5) | Port Adelaide (30) | 125 |
| 1983 | Rick Davies (1) | Sturt (7) | 151 |
| 1984 | Tim Evans (6) | Port Adelaide (31) | 127 |
| 1985 | Malcolm Blight (1) | Woodville (2) | 126 |
| 1986 | Stephen Nichols (1) | Woodville (3) | 103 |
| 1987 | John Roberts (1) | North Adelaide (19) | 111 |
| 1988 | Stephen Nichols (2) | Woodville (4) | 103 |
| 1989 | Rudi Mandemaker (1) | Central District (2) | 93 |
| 1990 | Scott Hodges (1) | Port Adelaide (32) | 153 |
| 1991 | Scott Morphett (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (1) | 99 |
| 1992 | Mark Tylor (1) | Port Adelaide (33) | 97 |
| 1993 | Mark Tylor (2) | Port Adelaide (34) | 87 |
| 1994 | Scott Hodges (2) | Port Adelaide (35) | 114 |
| 1995 | Danny Del-Re (1) | South Adelaide (9) | 92 |
| 1996 | Scott Hodges (3) | Port Adelaide (36) | 102 |
| 1997 | Jim West (4) | Norwood (27) | 73 |
| 1998 | Adam Richardson (1) | West Adelaide (3) | 100 |
| 1999 | Adam Richardson (2) | West Adelaide (4) | 66 |
| 2000 | Adam Richardson (3) | West Adelaide (5) | 72 |
| 2001 | Adam Richardson (4) | West Adelaide (6) | 81 |
| 2002 | Daniel Hargraves (1) | North Adelaide (20) | 68 |
| 2003 | Darren Bradshaw (1) | West Adelaide (7) | 88 |
| 2004 | Daniel Schell (1) | Central District (3) | 63 |
| 2005 | Daniel Schell (2) | Central District (4) | 67 |
| 2006 | Mark Passador (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (2) | 79 |
| 2007 | Brant Chambers (1) | Sturt (8) | 106 |
| 2008 | Brant Chambers (2) | Sturt (9) | 97 |
| 2009 | Brant Chambers (3) | Sturt (10) | 80 |
| 2010 | Todd Grima (1) | Glenelg (14) | 58 |
| 2011 | Michael Wundke (1) | South Adelaide (10) | 67 |
| 2012 | Justin Hardy (1) | Central District (5) | 58 |
| 2013 | Michael Wundke (2) | South Adelaide (11) | 52 |
| 2014 | Michael Wundke (3) | Woodville-West Torrens (3) | 63 |
| 2015 | Clint Alleway (1) | Glenelg (15) | 47 |
| 2016 | Brett Eddy (1) | South Adelaide (12) | 68 |
| 2017 | Brett Eddy (2) | Port Adelaide (37) | 53 |
| 2018 | Mark Evans (1) | Sturt (11) | 40 |
| 2019 | Liam McBean (1) | Glenelg (16) | 46 |
| 2020 | Liam McBean (2) | Glenelg (17) | 38 |
| James Rowe (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (4) | ||
| 2021 | Liam McBean (3) | Glenelg (18) | 49 |
| 2022 | Daniel Menzel (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (5) | 51 |
| 2023 | Lachie Hosie (1) | Glenelg (19) | 52 |
| 2024 | Mitch Harvey (1) | North Adelaide (21) | 45 |
| 2025 | Lachie Hosie (2) | Glenelg (20) | 65 |
| Player | Wins | Club(s) | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Farmer | 11 | North Adelaide | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 |
| Anthony Daly | 7 | Norwood South Adelaide West Torrens North Adelaide | 1893, 1894, 1895, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1905 |
| Tim Evans | 6 | Port Adelaide | 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 |
| Fred Phillis | 5 | Glenelg | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976 |
| Roy Bent | 4 | Norwood | 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926 |
| Colin Churchett | 4 | Glenelg | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
| Frank Hansen | 4 | Port Adelaide | 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 |
| Rex Johns | 4 | Port Adelaide | 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963 |
| Adam Richardson | 4 | West Adelaide | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| Brant Chambers | 3 | Sturt | 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Scott Hodges | 3 | Port Adelaide | 1990, 1994, 1996 |
| Jack Kay | 3 | South Adelaide | 1896, 1898, 1902 |
| John Mathison | 3 | Port Adelaide | 1905, 1906, 1908 |
| Liam McBean | 3 | Glenelg | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Jack Owens | 3 | Glenelg | 1927, 1928, 1932 |
| Charlie Woods | 3 | Norwood | 1888, 1891, 1892 |
| Michael Wundke | 3 | South Adelaide Woodville-West Torrens | 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Billy Dedman | 2 | Norwood | 1878, 1879 |
| Wally Dittmar | 2 | Port Adelaide | 1959, 1960 |
| Brett Eddy | 2 | South Adelaide Port Adelaide | 2016, 2017 |
| William Isaac | 2 | Norwood North Adelaide | 1943, 1944 |
| William Miller | 2 | Norwood | 1901, 1904 |
| Stephen Nichols | 2 | Woodville | 1986, 1988 |
| Daniel Schell | 2 | Central District | 2004, 2005 |
| Mark Tylor | 2 | Port Adelaide | 1992, 1993 |
| Ken Whelan | 2 | Sturt | 1973, 1974 |
| Lachlan Hosie | 2 | Glenelg | 2023, 2025 |