Tonight's Club Champion Awards promise to be one of the club's most memorable functions is recent history, as the players, staff, sponsors, members and fans celebrate an historic season that netted the club's fourth AFL premiership. The race for the John Worsfold Medal will also be capitvating given so many players performed exceptionally throughout the course of the year. With that in mind, we take a look at some of the top contenders for this year's John Worsfold Medal.

Shannon Hurn

The West Coast Eagles captain had a career-year that boasted a maiden all-Australian blazer and, of course, a premiership medallion. Hurn was solid as a rock in defence and will no doubt poll well at tonight’s John Worsfold Medal.

Season averages:

Disposals: 21.2
Marks: 7.9
Rebound 50s: 4.8
Score involvements: 3.3
One percenters: 2.6
Disposal efficiency: 85.7%

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

1^st: Total kicks, total marks, marks per game
4^th: Total rebound 50s, effective disposals percentage per game
5^th: Kicks per game
7^th: Total intercepts

Will West Coast's premiership captain claim his first John Worsfold Medal tonight?

Andrew Gaff:

He may have only played 19 games this year, but the club’s leading 2018 Brownlow Medal vote getter is every chance to collect his second John Worsfold Medal following a fantastic home and away campaign that netted him another all-Australian honour.

Season averages:

Disposals: 30.7
Contested possessions: 8.8
Score involvements: 6.5
Marks: 5.3
Inside 50s: 3.9
Clearances: 3.6
Tackles: 3.0

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

1^st: Uncontested possessions per game
3^rd: Kicks per game
4^th: Effective Disposals per game
5^th: Disposals per game, AFL Fantasy score per game

Andrew Gaff is expected to poll strongly despite missing six games

Jeremy McGovern:

Hardly fazed by the relentless speculation regarding his future earlier in the season, McGovern pieced together another enormous campaign that resulted in him collecting a third-straight all-Australian gong. The master interceptor was among the club’s best performers in the finals and kick-started the play that propelled West Coast to a fourth flag with a majestic contested clunk.

Season averages:

Disposals: 14.8
Intercepts: 8.6
Marks: 7.0
One percenters: 5.8
Rebound 50s: 3.8
Contested marks: 2.8

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

1^st: Total contested marks, contested marks per game
2^nd: Total intercepts, total marks
5^th: Intercepts per game
13^th: Total one percenters

The three-time all-Australian should be in contention for his first Club Champion Award tonight

Elliot Yeo:

Could he go back-to-back? Yeo, who claimed all-Australian honours for his sensational play across half back last year, evolved into one of the competition’s most damaging midfielders in 2018. He rose to the occasion in big games, most notably in the qualifying final against Collingwood, where he amassed a mind-boggling 24 contested possessions, one shy of the AFL finals record.

Season averages:

Disposals: 24.6
Contested possessions: 12.4
Tackles: 6.7
Score involvements: 6.1
Inside 50s: 5.3
Marks: 5.2
Clearances: 4.3
Intercepts: 4.0

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

2^nd: Total inside 50s, total tackles, total metres gained
4^th: Inside 50s per game, tackles per game
5^th: Total kicks, total Supercoach score
6^th: Total AFL Fantasy score
10^th: Total contested possessions

Elliot Yeo could become just the third Eagle to claim successive John Worsfold Medals tonight

Jack Redden:

Some questioned West Coast’s rationale behind recruiting Redden to the club during the 2015 trade period, but he silenced all the doubters with a watershed year in blue and gold. The in-and-under 27-year-old revelled in the absence of Brownlow medallists Matt Priddis and Sam Mitchell and claimed the mantle as the club’s main inside man. He performed particularly well in the finals and was arguably West Coast’s most influential player in the preliminary final against Melbourne at Optus Stadium.

Season averages:

Disposals: 25.1
Contested possessions: 10.4
Marks: 5.6
Score involvements: 5.5
Clearances: 4.9
Tackles: 4.7
Stoppage clearances: 3.0

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

8^th: Total AFL Fantasy score
13^th: Total centre clearances
14^th: Total disposals
16^th: Total clearances, total effective disposals, total Supercoach score

Jack Redden has not featured in the top 10 of the Club Champion Award the past two years

Jack Darling:

Did anyone start the season better than Jack Darling? According to the AFL Players' Association, no. Darling won the players’ representative body’s Player of the Month gong in May following an outstanding start to his eighth season in blue and gold where he appeared to clunk every pass that came his way. He suffered an untimely ankle injury in round 12 that he took some time to recover from, but the imposing key forward rediscovered his form at the pointy end of the season and played a big part in West Coast’s premiership charge.

Season averages:

Disposals: 13.1
Contested possessions: 7.3
Score involvements: 6.9
Marks: 6.1
Marks inside 50: 2.7
Contested marks: 2.6
Tackles: 2.4
Goals: 2.3
Inside 50s: 2.3

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

2^nd: Contested marks per game
4^th: Total contested marks
6^th: Total marks inside 50
8^th: Total goals
9^th: Marks inside 50 per game
10^th: Goals per game

Jack Darling's placed fourth in the 2012 John Worsfold Medal, his best finish to date

Jamie Cripps:

Could the man they call ‘Crippa’ be the surprise packet of this year’s John Worsfold Medal? The pressure forward had his best year in blue and gold in 2018, ranking first in the competition for total tackles inside 50 and seventh for total goal assists. Cripps was another class performer across the finals series and was particularly potent in the preliminary final against Melbourne, where he collected 24 disposals, six tackles and three goals at Optus Stadium.

Season averages:

Disposals: 15.9
Score involvements: 6.3
Marks: 4.9
Inside 50s: 3.4
Tackles inside 50: 2.0
Intercepts: 2.0
Goals: 1.5
Clearances: 1.3

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

1^st: Total tackles inside 50
4^th: Tackles inside 50 per game
7^th: Total goals assists
14^th: Total score involvements

Jamie Cripps has had an outstanding year in blue and gold

Luke Shuey:

Could the 2016 John Worsfold Medal claim the club’s highest honour for a second time? Shuey had another fantastic year in blue and gold, which he capped off with the best finals performance of any player in the last decade in the Grand Final. He claimed the 2018 Norm Smith Medal following a stirring 34-disposal, nine-clearance, eight-tackle, one-goal clinic against Collingwood.

Season averages:

Disposals: 23
Contested possessions: 11.2
Clearances: 6.5
Score involvements: 6.2
Inside 50s: 4.9
Tackles: 4.9

2018 AFL statistical rankings:

5^th: Stoppage clearances per game
9^th: Inside 50s per game
10^th: Total stoppages clearances
11^th: Total clearances

Luke Shuey is looking to add to his medal collection after winning the Norm Smith Medal on Saturday