The 2026 Brownlow Medal will start at 7:30pm, with the winner to be announced just after 10pm.
Collingwood's Nick Daicos is the unbackable favourite to win, after finishing a shock second at last year's count.
The Sydney Swans players who were banned over breaching club standards are ineligible to win the award.
The AFL's grand final week is here, and will begin as usual with the awarding of the Brownlow Medal tonight.
The best-and-fairest player of the 2026 season will be presented with the AFL's highest award at the end of the evening, with a first-time winner widely expected to be crowned.
The Brownlow Medal count will be held tonight, Monday, September 21, with the broadcast coverage starting at 7:30pm and the count getting underway from 8pm.
Red carpet guests arrive from 5:15pm. The mark of the year winner will be announced at 8:35pm, and the goal of the year at 9pm.
The broadcast of the event from Melbourne's Crown Palladium will be on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
Daicos was also the strong favourite to win last season before coming second to the Gold Coast's Matt Rowell by seven votes.
Corey McKernan and Chris Grant are the most recent examples of ineligible players notching the most votes, while Jobe Watson won the medal in 2012 before having it rescinded in the wake of Essendon's supplements scandal.
In the event of a tie, the Brownlow can be shared, as was the case in 2003 when Adelaide's Mark Ricciuto, Collingwood's Nathan Buckley and Sydney's Adam Goodes shared the medal.