The majority of TAB punters are celebrating after Lachie Neale was awarded the 2020 Brownlow Medal with a 10-vote win.

Neale was $13 before the home-and-away season started, became the $4 outright favourite after Round 4 and started tonight’s count at $1.25, which makes him the third shortest-priced favourite to win a Brownlow Medal since Gary Davies kept records in 1998.

Dustin Martin ($1.05 in 2017) and Patrick Dangerfield ($1.16 in 2016) are the only players to have been a hotter favourite than Neale before the commencement of the Brownlow Medal counts in the year they took ‘Charlie’ home.

Half of the money placed with TAB on the 2020 Brownlow Medal winner was on Lachie Neale including bets of $33,100 at $1.25 yesterday, $20,000 at $1.25 minutes before this evening’s count began and $10,000 at $1.60 on August 11.

One TAB punter pocketed $26,011 from a $100 multi placed on August 13 after they selected the correct result of four horse races between August 13 to 15 with the fifth and final leg requiring Neale to win the 2020 Brownlow Medal.

TAB has already opened betting on the 2021 Brownlow Medal and Lachie Neale is the $6 favourite to win consecutive Brownlows.

TAB ODDS

2021 Brownlow Medal

$6           Lachie Neale

$7           Patrick Cripps

$8           Nat Fyfe

$9           Dustin Martin

$11         Marcus Bontempelli

                Patrick Dangerfield

$13         Christian Petracca

$17         Travis Boak

$21         Tom Mitchell

                Jack Steele

$26         Jack Macrae

                Zach Merrett

$34         Tim Kelly

                Matt Rowell

$41         Andrew Gaff

                Clayton Oliver

                Scott Pendlebury

                Adam Treloar

$51         Taylor Adams

                Max Gawn

                Zak Jones

                Josh Kelly

                Andrew McGrath

                Dylan Shiel

$67+      Others Quoted

TAB BETS OF NOTE ON LACHIE NEALE TO WIN THE 2020 BROWNLOW MEDAL

$33,100 @ $1.25 to collect $41,375 {October 17}

$20,000 @ $1.25 to collect $25,000 [Today}

$10,000 @ $1.60 to collect $16,000 {August 11}

$6000 @ $1.25 to collect $7,500 {September 10}

$5250 @ $1.25 to collect $6,562.50 {Today}

$1250 @ $5 to collect $6,250 {June 30}

$4000 @ $1.25 to collect $5,000 {Today}  ** five separate bets **

$1600 @ $2.75 to collect $4,400 {July 8}

$3200 @ $1.25 to collect $4,000 {October 17}

$500 @ $8 to collect $4,000 {June 20}

$14,780 @ $2.03 [collect $30,003.40] on Brisbane Lions v Collingwood (AFL Round 15 – Brisbane Lions won by 8 points) | Lachie Neale {September 4}

$100 @ $265.42 [collect $26,011] on Startrade (won Northam Race 1 on August 13) | Jet Propulsion (won Newcastle Race 5 on August 13) | Highclass Harry to place (won Geelong Race 8 on August 14) | Ourkhani (won Morphettville Race 4 on August 15) | Lachie Neale {August 13}

$9000 @ $2.05 [collect $18,450] on West Coast +34.5 v St Kilda (AFL Round 17 – West Coast won by 15 points) | Port Adelaide v Essendon (AFL Round 17 – Port Adelaide won by 50 points) | Collingwood v Gold Coast (AFL Round 17 – Collingwood won by 22 points) | Lachie Neale {September 10}

$9000 @ $2.02 [collect $18,180] on West Coast v North Melbourne (AFL Round 18 – West Coast won by 15 points) | Richmond v Adelaide (AFL Round 18 – Richmond won by 44 points) | Brisbane Lions v Carlton (AFL Round 18 – Brisbane Lions won by 17 points) | Lachie Neale {September 15}

$10,000 @ $1.74 [collect $17,400] on Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast (AFL Round 16 – Brisbane Lions won by 45 points) | Lachie Neale {September 9}

TAB SHORTEST-PRICED BROWNLOW MEDAL FAVOURITES AT START OF COUNT

$1.05     Dustin Martin in 2017                     Martin won

$1.16     Patrick Dangerfield in 2016           Dangerfield won

$1.25     Lachie Neale in 2020                       Neale won

$1.45     Tom Mitchell in 2018                      Mitchell won

$1.50     Shane Crawford in 1999                 Crawford won

$1.65     Gary Ablett in 2013                          Ablett won

$2           Nat Fyfe in 2015                                Fyfe won

$2           Dane Swan in 2010                           Chris Judd won ($15)

$2.10     Chris Judd in 2011                            Dane Swan won ($7)

$2.10     Ben Cousins in 2005                         Cousins won

TAB BROWNLOW MEDAL HISTORY

Year       Favourite                                            Winner

1998       Wayne Carey ($2.50)                       Robert Harvey ($2.85)

1999       Shane Crawford ($1.50)                 Crawford

2000       Anthony Koutoufides ($2.75)      Shane Woewodin ($13)

2001       Andrew McLeod ($2.35)                Jason Akermanis ($15)

2002       Luke Darcy ($3.25)                           Simon Black ($10)

2003       Nathan Buckley ($3)                        Buckley/Adam Goodes ($8.50)/Mark Ricciuto ($8.50)

2004       Warren Tredrea ($3)                       Chris Judd ($4.50)

2005       Ben Cousins ($2.10)                         Cousins

2006       Adam Goodes ($2.70)                     Goodes

2007       Gary Ablett ($2.30)                          Jimmy Bartel ($10)

2008       Gary Ablett ($3)                                Adam Cooney ($13)

2009       Gary Ablett ($3)                                Ablett

2010       Dane Swan ($2)                                 Chris Judd ($15)

2011       Chris Judd ($2.10)                             Dane Swan ($7)

2012       Jobe Watson ($4.50)                       Watson [Trent Cotchin ($6)/Sam Mitchell ($7])

2013       Gary Ablett ($1.65)                          Ablett

2014       Joel Selwood ($2.50)                       Matt Priddis ($41)

2015       Nat Fyfe ($2)                                      Fyfe

2016       Patrick Dangerfield ($1.16)           Dangerfield

2017       Dustin Martin ($1.05)                     Martin

2018       Tom Mitchell ($1.45)                       Mitchell

2019       Patrick Dangerfield ($2.40)           Nat Fyfe ($7)

2020       Lachie Neale ($1.25)                        Neale