Marcus Ashcroft Medal

The Marcus Ashcroft Medal is awarded to the player judged best on ground in the QClash football match played between Brisbane and Gold Coast.

It is named after former footballer Marcus Ashcroft, who played junior football on the Gold Coast for Surfers Paradise and Southport as well as 318 games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions between 1989 and 2003. He was both an integral member of Brisbane's triple premiership team and the first Queenslander to play 300 AFL games. He is also a member of Queensland's AFL Team of the Century.^[1]

Current Gold Coast captain Touk Miller has won the medal a record four times, whilst former Brisbane Lions' captain Dayne Beams has won the medal three times and Jarryd Lyons, Gary Ablett Jr and Lachie Neale have won the medal twice.

Italics indicate that the award was won by a player on the losing team.

Year	Round	Winner
2011	7	Jared Brennan
	21	Simon Black
2012	4	Tom Rockliff
	17	Gary Ablett Jr.
2013	3	Jonathan Brown
	15	Matthew Leuenberger
2014	3	Gary Ablett Jr. (2)
	18	Pearce Hanley
2015	5	Charlie Dixon
	19	Tom Lynch
2016	4	Pearce Hanley (2)
	16	Touk Miller
2017	1	Dayne Beams
	21	Dayne Beams (2)
2018	5	Touk Miller (2)
	22	Dayne Beams (3)
2019	6	Mitch Robinson
	21	Charlie Cameron
2020	16	Lachie Neale
2021	9	Jarryd Lyons
	19	Jarryd Lyons (2)
2022	6	Zac Bailey
	19	Touk Miller (3)
2023	10	Lachie Neale (2)
	20	Touk Miller (4)
2024	8	Dayne Zorko
	20	Dayne Zorko (2)

• QClash
• Showdown Medal
• Glendinning–Allan Medal
• Brett Kirk Medal