We're two games into the 2014 AFL season, so let's take a look at the players in contention for the Brownlow Medal.



Gary Ablett Jr



The second generation star and two time Brownlow Medal winner will be desperate to claim a third medal as it will prove that he is the greatest player of his generation. The Gold Coast Suns man is the 5/1 favourite with bet365 to win a third medal which would make him the first player to win successive Brownlow Medals since Robert Harvey (1997,98). Ablett has had a decent start to the season; he has 65 successful disposals to his name as well as nine tackles and two games. With Ablett you always feel that he will be at the top of his game every time he steps onto the field and you can go as far as saying that the Suns are a one man team. If Ablett can guide the Suns to a position higher than last year's 13th place finish then he deserves a medal just on merit. The best player in the league bar none and if he plays to the best of his ability he's a shoe-in.

Jobe Watson



Essendon midfielder Watson will be desperate to add a second Brownlow Medal to his mantelpiece and the 29-year-old looks a good bet to win it (he's priced at 11/2 with bet365). Watson has made an absolutely blistering start to the 2014 season; his 68 disposals are the second highest in the league, while his ten tackles and two goals have been gladly welcomed by his Essendon teammates. A good barometer in seeing how good Watson has been thus far is his AFL fantasy score, which currently stands at 136.5. Only three players have scored higher so far. It really is a toss-up between Watson and Ablett - while Ablett may be the better player, Watson plays for a better team and one that should reach the play-offs. If Watson can help Essendon to a play-off place then he may just pip Ablett.

Scott Pendlebury



The 8/1 outsider is storming the AFL so far and is without doubt the league's form player at the minute. While his Collingwood side have made an indifferent start to the season, Pendlebury has not. His 59 disposals are impressive but his barnstorming 19 tackles for the Magpies have been a revelation and with two supplementing goals Pendlebury is looking like the complete player, which has seen the player amass 274 AFL fantasy points, the second highest total in the league. Some may view it as a travesty that the 26-year-old has never won the Brownlow medal but if he continues in this form then he may just upset the Watson/Ablett party.

Of course it is early days but these three players do look the likeliest to be in contention for the Brownlow Medal.