Adelaide superstar Ebony Marinoff has taken home the AFLW best and fairest award in a thrilling count on Monday night.

Marinoff held off North Melbourne midfielder Ash Riddell to claim the league’s highest individual honour by three votes.

The Crows midfielder polled 23 votes out of a possible 33, becoming the second Adelaide player to win the award after AFLW legend Erin Phillips.

The 27-year-old adds AFLW best and fairest to an already decorated career, which includes All-Australian vice-captain this year among her seven selections and the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year for 2024.

Also a three-time premiership player, two-time club champion and Rising Star award winner, Marinoff also holds both Adelaide’s club games record and the league games record with 93 appearances for the Crows.

She puts her success down to “hard work”, having started her career as a foundation player in the AFLW.

“I’m a really competitive person and I have an incredible drive to get the best out of myself both on and off the field,” Marinoff said.

“Standing up here just goes to show if you put the work in, you can get rewards.”

The Crows co-captain said she was excited by the young talent coming through, even giving an unexpected shout-out to West Coast young gun Ella Roberts, who earned her maiden All-Australian blazer on Monday.

Roberts was the sole representative for the Eagles, while Fremantle trio Mim Strom, Aisling McCarthy and Emma O’Driscoll also made the cut for the final 21-player side.

Dockers defender Madi Scanlon was recognised for her volunteer work within the community, including as a sport mentor at Melaleuca Women’s Prison.

Port Adelaide young gun Matilda Scholz was named the AFLW Rising Star award, following a sensation debut season for the Power.

The 19-year-old ruck also took home Mark of the Year, while Adelaide’s Hannah Munyard’s remarkable major against St Kilda was voted Goal of the Year.