Comparing a club's best and fairest count with the Brownlow Medal is an interesting exercise.  North's Syd Barker Medal is no different, considering Brady Rawlings is a three-time winner but perhaps an undervalued player outside of the Roos' four walls.

There were 29 instances of a player polling four or more votes in a game.

After crunching the numbers, it turns out 22 of those 29 resulted in Brownlow votes. The unlucky players to miss out were:

- Scott Thompson in Round 5
- Ryan Bastinac in Round 6
- Aaron Mullett, Aaron Black and Lachlan Hansen in Round 10
- Lachlan Hansen and Brent Harvey in Round 15

Here's the round-by-round breakdown.

Round 1 v Collingwood

Syd Barker
4: Swallow (34 disposals, 9 tackles, 7 clearances)
Brownlow
3. Andrew Swallow (NM)

Round 2 v Geelong

Syd Barker
4: Swallow (29 disposals, 11 clearances)
Brownlow
2. Andrew Swallow (NM)
1. Lindsay Thomas (NM)

Round 4 v Brisbane

Syd Barker
5: Thompson (held Brown goalless, 25 disposals, 10 marks, 6 rebound 50's)
Brownlow
3. Sam Gibson (NM)
2. Scott Thompson (NM)
1. Jack Ziebell (NM)

Round 5 v Hawthorn

Syd Barker
4: Wells (27 disposals, 10 inside 50's, 10 clearances), Swallow (35 disposals, 7 inside 50's, 9 clearances), Thompson (held Franklin goalless, 20 disposals)
Brownlow
3. Andrew Swallow (NM)
1. Daniel Wells (NM)

Round 6 v Port Adelaide

Syd Barker
4: Bastinac (held Hartlett to 7 disposals; 27 disposals, 4 inside 50's, 5 clearances)
Brownlow
3. Andrew Swallow (NM)

Round 7 v Western Bulldogs

Syd Barker
4: Ziebell (27 disposals, 2 goals), Daw (6 goals, 18 disposals)
Brownlow
3. Majak Daw (NM)
1. Jack Ziebell (NM)

Round 8 v West Coast

Syd Barker
4: Hansen (20 disposals, 15 marks, 6 intercept)
Brownlow
3. Lachlan Hansen (NM)
1. Brent Harvey (NM)

Round 10 v St Kilda

Syd Barker
4: Hansen (27 disposals, 12 marks), Petrie (22 disposals, 9 marks, 4 goals), Harvey (23 disposals, 4 goals), Black (17 disposals, 7 marks, 5 goals), Mullett (31 disposals, 11 marks)
Brownlow
3. Todd Goldstein (NM)
2. Drew Petrie (NM)
1. Brent Harvey (NM)

Round 15 v Richmond

Syd Barker
4: Hansen (19 disposals, 15 marks), Adams (29 disposals, 10 marks), Thompson (kept Riewoldt without a mark, 21 disposals, 7 rebound 50's), Harvey (27 disposals, 2 goals)
Brownlow
3. Andrew Swallow (NM)
2. Scott Thompson (NM)
1. Leigh Adams (NM)

Round 16 v Brisbane

Syd Barker
4: Petrie (14 disposals, 5 goals)
Brownlow
1. Drew Petrie (NM)

Round 17 v Carlton

Syd Barker
4: Thomas (10 disposals, 6 goals)
Brownlow
2. Drew Petrie (NM)
1. Lindsay Thomas (NM)

Round 18 v Melbourne

Syd Barker
4: Cunnington (34 disposals, 7 tackles, 2 goals), Goldstein (20 disposals, 49 hit-outs, 2 goals), Harvey (35 disposals, 10 inside 50's)
Brownlow
3. Ben Cunnington (NM)
2. Todd Goldstein (NM)
1. Brent Harvey (NM)

Round 19 v Geelong

Syd Barker
4: Wells (18 disposals, 4 goals), Harvey (37 disposals, 7 inside 50's)
Brownlow
3. Brent Harvey (NM)
1. Daniel Wells (NM)

Round 20 v Adelaide

Syd Barker
4: Wells (30 disposals, 10 inside 50's, 2 goals)
Brownlow
2. Daniel Wells (NM)

Round 21 v Essendon

Syd Barker
4: Wells (17 disposals, 4 goals)
Brownlow
3. Drew Petrie (NM)
2. Levi Greenwood (NM)
1. Daniel Wells (NM)

Round 23 v Collingwood

Syd Barker
4: Ziebell (27 disposals, 4 goals)
Brownlow
3. Jack Ziebell (NM)
1. Ryan Bastinac (NM)