HAWTHORN star Sam Mitchell finished third in the 2015 Brownlow Medal count on Monday night.
Mitchell, who has enjoyed another outstanding season, polled 26 votes to finish behind winner Nat Fyfe (Fremantle, 31 votes) and runner-up Matt Priddis (West Coast Eagles, 28).
The 32-year-old's haul saw become just the sixth player to reach 200 career Brownlow votes.
Mitchell polled three votes on six occasions - in Rounds 5, 8, 9, 10, 19 and 23.
Mitchell finished Monday night's Brownlow Medal count in third place on 26 votes, five votes behind eventual winner, Fremantle's Nathan Fyfe.
In polling 26 votes, Mitchell moved beyond Hawthorn champion Leigh Matthews to become the Hawks' greatest vote winner.
His career tally of 205 puts him fifth of all time behind Gary Dempsey on 218 votes, Robert Harvey 215, Gary Ablett Jr 214 and Chris Judd 210.
Mitchell said Fyfe was a deserving winner of the award and his acceptance speech only heightened his admiration for the Dockers' midfielder.
"From an on-field perspective everyone has got enormous respect and that grew even further if that was possible on Friday night, playing with a broken leg," he said.
"Everyone thinks he was a worthy winner and was outstanding in his season on the field, but then in his speech and the way he accepted the award he even grew in their thoughts."
Skipper Luke Hodge (ineligible) was the Hawks' next best with 13 votes, followed by Jarryd Roughead with nine votes, Jordan Lewis (ineligible) with eight votes and Jack Gunston and Cyril Rioli with seven votes.
Liam Shiels polled five and Bradley Hill four, while Luke Breust (three), Isaac Smith (three), Shaun Burgoyne (two) and Josh Gibson (one) also polled votes.
