Leading Goalkickers

Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker (footballer)

Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

 was Carlton's leading goalkicker for 2011. It was the first time Walker had won the club goalkicking. He had kicked only 37 goals in his first seven seasons,, but after struggling to hold his place in the team in 2010 as a midfielder, he became a permanent forward in 2011, where he kicked 56 goals in 24 games.

In addition to Walker's 56 goals, Eddie Betts kicked 50 goals and Jeff Garlett kicked 48 goals; all three players finished inside the top twenty for the Coleman Medal

Coleman Medal

The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

. Carlton was the only club to have three players kick more than 40 goals in the home and away season.

Player	Goals	Behinds	Coleman
Andrew Walker Andrew Walker (footballer) Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...	56	27	7th
Eddie Betts Eddie Betts Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...	50	22	10th
Jeff Garlett Jeff Garlett Jefferey "Jeff" Garlett is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer at the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is the first cousin of Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin from Hawthorn.-Early football:...	48	32	13th
Marc Murphy Marc Murphy Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...	22	13
Bryce Gibbs	21	18
Kade Simpson Kade Simpson Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....	17	18
Jarrad Waite Jarrad Waite Jarrad Waite is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .Jarrad was born in Devonport, Tasmania. He was recruited as the number 46 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Benalla under the father-son selection rule...	16	19
David Ellard David Ellard David Ellard is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .Ellard is a relatively small player who plays mainly as an in-and-under or tagging midfielder. He played football with the Swan Districts Football Club in the WAFL in 2007...	15	7
Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	14	16
Bret Thornton Bret Thornton Bret Thornton is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life and junior career:Thornton grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley and attended Mount Waverley Secondary College....	13	8
*The table reflects goals kicked in both home-and-away season and finals. However, the player's position in the Coleman Medal standings is based upon home-and-away season goals only.

Player Statistics

Carlton used 38 of the 47 players on its senior and rookie lists during the season. Seven players (Betts

Eddie Betts

Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...

, Garlett

Jeff Garlett

Jefferey "Jeff" Garlett is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer at the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is the first cousin of Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin from Hawthorn.-Early football:...

, Murphy

Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...

, Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Scotland

Heath Scotland

Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...

, Simpson

Kade Simpson

Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....

 and Walker

Andrew Walker (footballer)

Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

) played all twenty-four games, and a further six players played at least twenty games.

In the key statistical categories, Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...

 led the team in disposals and kicks; Chris Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

 led the team in handpasses and tackles; Bryce Gibbs led the team in marks; and Robert Warnock

Robert Warnock

Robert Warnock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.A very tall tap ruckman, at a height of 206cm, Warnock played TAC Cup football for the Sandringham Dragons. He was recruited to the AFL by the Fremantle Football Club with the number 42 draft pick in the 2005 AFL...

 led the team in hitouts.

No.	Player	D	K	HB	M	T	HO	G	B	FF	FA	AFL	VFL	FC	Rs	Tot	Notable injuries
1	Walker	349	238	111	111	62	1	56	27	16	23	24	–	–	–	24
2	Russell	267	164	103	73	55	–	3	2	10	9	16	7	–	–	23
3	Murphy	699	391	308	109	108	1	22	13	60	23	24	–	–	–	24
4	Gibbs	548	381	167	174	82	3	21	18	19	19	23	–	–	–	23	Shoulder (SF)
5	Judd	633	301	332	69	148	–	14	16	32	30	24	–	–	–	24
6	Simpson	536	361	175	147	79	5	17	18	26	17	24	–	–	–	24
8	Kreuzer	140	66	74	27	44	148	7	7	18	9	12	3	–	–	15	ACL Anterior cruciate ligament The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...  (R14 2010–R8) Foot numbness (EF–SF)
9	Lucas	28	17	11	10	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	17	1	–	20
10	Watson	38	29	9	9	2	–	–	–	4	–	3	16	2	–	21
11	Warnock	229	86	143	42	51	591	4	8	38	17	20	1	1	–	22	Concussion (R10–11)
12	Robinson	517	304	213	121	97	15	10	21	18	28	23	–	–	–	23
13	Yarran	409	296	113	77	76	–	8	8	7	14	23	–	–	–	23
14	McLean	62	23	39	13	23	–	1	2	5	8	4	17	2	–	23
15	Laidler	300	195	105	110	42	–	2	1	16	22	19	–	–	–	19	Knee (R11–14)
16	Collins	18	11	7	11	5	–	–	3	–	3	2	3	–	–	5	Shoulder (R6–season)
17		104	72	32	33	10	59	11	10	8	7	8	7	–	1	16	Hand (R12–17)
18	Bower	20	13	7	8	3	–	–	–	–	2	3	13	–	1	17	Thigh (R6–9)
19	Betts	297	176	121	90	84	–	50	22	16	16	24	–	–	–	24
20	O'Keeffe	8	3	5	1	1	–	–	–	2	–	1	16	2	–	19
21	Austin	8	4	4	2	4	–	–	–	2	1	1	16	1	–	18	Arm (R4–8)
22	Hampson	74	29	45	21	17	185	3	5	11	18	9	6	–	–	15	PCL Posterior cruciate ligament The posterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the medial condyle of the femur...  (R14–21)
23	Henderson	173	103	70	70	34	1	3	2	12	13	15	8	1	–	24
24	McCarthy	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	2	1	14	Groin (R20–season)
25	Mitchell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	Shoulder (Season)
26	McInnes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	2	–	11	Shoulder (R15–season)
27	Armfield	189	122	67	41	30	–	7	1	9	11	15	6	–	–	21
28	Cachia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	2	–	20
29	Scotland	617	346	271	163	73	2	5	5	22	11	24	–	–	–	24
30	Waite	174	116	58	83	24	–	16	19	9	23	12	1	–	–	13	Hamstring (R12–14); Hip (R17–EF)
31	Davies	67	38	29	19	21	–	1	2	3	6	8	10	2	–	20
32	Thornton	317	215	102	146	27	1	13	8	14	16	20	2	1	–	23
33	Houlihan	69	30	39	10	13	–	–	3	2	5	5	10	1	–	16	Calf (R1–7)
34	Duigan	354	195	159	131	50	–	1	2	14	16	22	–	–	–	22	Calf (R14–15)
35	Curnow	215	117	98	47	55	–	3	1	8	7	12	8	–	–	20	Shoulder (R8–9); Quad (R14–15)
36	Kerr	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	2	1	19
37	Dare	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	2	2	21
38	Garlett	294	216	78	84	96	–	48	32	19	9	24	–	–	–	24
39	Twomey	13	10	3	7	8	–	1	–	1	–	2	16	2	–	20
40	Jamison	176	114	62	71	26	–	1	4	5	4	14	1	–	–	15	Knee (R15–21)
41	Casboult	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	2	15	PCL Posterior cruciate ligament The posterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the medial condyle of the femur...  (R4–11)
42	Tuohy	138	74	64	31	9	–	3	1	6	7	11	10	1	–	22
43	White	69	38	31	17	11	–	1	1	7	4	6	8	–	1	15	Knee (R10–13); Hamstring (R16–18)
44	Carrazzo	424	205	219	75	95	2	5	3	17	20	18	–	–	–	18	Calf (R16–20); Whiplash Whiplash Whiplash may refer to:* The long flexible part of a whip* Whiplash , an injury-Film and television:* Whiplash , a 1948 American film noir* Whiplash , a Hong Kong film starring Cheng Pei-pei...  (R24)
45	Joseph	130	79	51	44	28	–	4	1	6	9	11	9	1	–	21	Hamstring (R18–19)
46	Ellard	278	162	116	59	115	–	15	7	13	10	19	3	–	–	22
47	Carter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	3	16	Shoulder (R22–season)
48	Bray	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	9	11	Shoulder (R10–17)
Statistics in AFL matches: D – Disposals, K – Kicks, HB – Handballs, M – Marks, T – Tackles, HO – Hitouts; G – Goals; B – Behinds; FF – Free kicks for, FA – Free kicks against. Games played: AFL – senior games for Carlton, VFL - VFL seniors games for Northern Bullants, FC – Foxtel Cup games for Northern Bullants, Rs – VFL reserves games for Northern Bullants, Tot – Total matches played at all levels. Injuries: numbers in brackets indicate the weeks missed with an injury; weeks are only considered to have been missed if no AFL or VFL football was played, but rounds are numbered by AFL fixture. Sources: AFL Tables, statistics for Northern Bullants seniors,, statistics for Northern Bullants reserves, and Foxtel Cup match reports.

Team awards and records

Game records

• Round 2 – Carlton's score of 26.15 (171) against was its highest in any game since Round 18, 2000, and its highest ever outside the city of Melbourne.
• Round 2 – Carlton's winning margin of 119 points against was its highest in any game since Round 10, 2001; and, its highest ever outside the city of Melbourne.
• Round 2 – Carlton's first quarter score of 9.5 (59) against was its highest first quarter score in any game since Round 2, 1984.
• Round 3 – the attendance of 88,181 at the Carlton vs match was the highest ever for a home-and-away match between the two teams, and was the second-highest for a Carlton home-and-away match against any opponent.
• Round 6 – Carlton's win against at the S.C.G. was its first win in Sydney
  Sydney
  Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
  
   since Round 7, 1993, breaking a losing streak of ten matches (seven matches at the S.C.G. and three matches at ANZ Stadium).
• Round 10 – Melbourne's score of 6.10 (46) was the lowest score conceded by Carlton in any game since Round 5, 2004.
• Round 15 – Carlton's score of 28.16 (184) against was its highest in any game since Round 17, 1998, and the highest ever in any game against Richmond, breaking the previous record of 28.9 (177) set in the 1972 VFL Grand Final
  1972 VFL Grand Final
  The 1972 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 October 1972. It was the 76th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
  
  .
• Round 15 – Carlton's score in the second half, 17.9 (111), was its highest in a half of any game since Round 18, 2000.
• First Elimination Final – Carlton's win against was its first win in a finals match since the First Elimination Final, 2001, on 8 September 2001, a drought of ten years, three days. The club featured in three losing finals during the drought.
• First Elimination Final – the attendance of 90,161 was the highest in VFL/AFL history for an Elimination Final.

Season records

• Carlton's home and away record of 14–7–1 was its best since 2000.
• Carlton's home and away season placing of 5th was its best since 2001
  2001 AFL season
  Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 to 3.8 in the Final....
  
  .
• Carlton's final placing of 5th was its best since 2000.
• Carlton conceded only 1700 points in the home and away season, its fewest since 1976
  1976 VFL season
  Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1976.-Premiership season:In 1976, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
  
  .
• Carlton's percentage of 130.88 was its best since 2000.

Other

• Round 2 – Carlton was the first ever opponent of the newly admitted Gold Coast Football Club in an AFL premiership match. (Gold Coast was scheduled with a bye
  Bye (sports)
  A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
  
   in Round 1).
• Round 18 – Carlton won the 2011 Madden Cup with its 74-point win over Essendon.
• First Elimination Final – Carlton's played its first finals match in Melbourne since the First Semi Final, 2001, on 15 September 2001, a drought of nine years, 361 days. The club featured in two interstate finals during the drought.

John Nicholls Medal

The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 4 October. The John Nicholls Medal

John Nicholls Medal

The John Nicholls Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Carlton Football Club for the season....

, for the best and fairest

Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...

 player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night..

John Nicholls Medal
The voting system for the John Nicholls Medal remained the same as in 2010. In each match, the five members of the Match Committee awarded votes. Each committee member could award votes to up to eight players, and each player could receive up to ten votes from each judge. A "perfect score" for a round is 50 votes. The player with the most total votes across all premiership season matches (including home and away matches and finals) wins the award.

The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy

Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...

, who polled 678 votes. It was the first John Nicholls Medal of Murphy's career. Murphy won comfortably ahead of Chris Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

 (469 votes) and Bryce Gibbs (448 votes). The top ten is given below.

Pos.	Player	Votes
1st	Marc Murphy Marc Murphy Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...	678
2nd	Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	469
3rd	Bryce Gibbs	448
4th	Heath Scotland Heath Scotland Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...	408
5th	Kade Simpson Kade Simpson Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....	376
6th	Andrew Walker Andrew Walker (footballer) Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...	319
7th	Mitch Robinson Mitch Robinson Mitch Robinson is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania...	301
8th	Eddie Betts Eddie Betts Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...	285
9th	Michael Jamison Michael Jamison Michael Jamison is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Jamison is a key defender, particularly good against leading players, who has played for several years at the North Ballarat Football Club, with his under-18s football at the North...	257
10th	Chris Yarran Chris Yarran Christopher "Chris" Yarran is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	237

Votes
Below are the votes awarded for each round of the John Nicholls Medal.

No	Player	Tot	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	24	EF	SF	Tot	Gms	Avg
1	Walker	319	5	32			35	22		9	5	40	36	28		18		16	21	6		26	8		12		319	24	13.3
2	Russell	18							18																		18	16	1.1
3	Murphy	678	40	36		35	40	33		39	38	41	37	37	25	33	38	5	29	20	18	37	5	17	46	29	678	24	28.3
4	Gibbs	448	30	35	23				41	33	24	19	20	33	3	6	22	19	24	35	33	32	10		6		448	23	19.5
5	Judd	469	32	36	33	17	35	47			39		4	8		41	11	37	46		43	40					469	24	19.5
6	Simpson	376	31			11	11	15	11	26		12	38	5	10	17		31	5	38		5	34	42	21	13	376	24	15.7
8	Kreuzer	39												39													39	12	3.3
9	Lucas	–																									–	2	–
10	Watson	–																									–	3	–
11	Warnock	163	17		6	6										14		16	23		21	6		21	20	13	163	20	8.2
12	Robinson	301	31								30	41	28	27		39	3	8	31						26	37	301	23	13.1
13	Yarran	237		19	23	19			31			26		34						31		31	23				237	23	10.3
14	McLean	–																									–	4	–
15	Laidler	171	16	12				12		30	3						10		4	6			4	21	20	33	171	19	9.0
16	Collins	–																									–	2	–
17		27							4															23			27	8	3.4
18	Bower	–																									–	3	–
19	Betts	285	18				6	37					25	3	20	32		5	45		15	39			32	8	285	24	11.9
20	O'Keeffe	–																									–	1	–
21	Austin	–																									–	1	–
22	Hampson	11										11															11	9	1.2
23	Henderson	91											6							36			10	39			91	15	6.1
27	Armfield	76																	32	4		31		9			76	15	5.1
29	Scotland	408		5	24	32	17		24	40	21	33	12	6	37	6	4	14	12	38	34		25		20	4	408	24	17.0
30	Waite	190			19	26	17	16	35	40						37											190	12	15.8
31	Davies	31																			23			8			31	8	3.9
32	Thornton	79		5							5	11		5	6		5					23			19		79	20	4.0
33	Houlihan	–																									–	5	–
34	Duigan	139				39			33	17		4					24			16				3		3	139	22	6.3
35	Curnow	159	29	23	31	25	30	21																			159	12	13.3
38	Garlett	106		36	36		5		6			4				6									13		106	24	4.4
39	Twomey	–																									–	2	–
40	Jamison	257			27	38	35	40	33	11	29		27	8									4		5		257	14	18.4
42	Tuohy	18											6							4	4			4			18	11	1.6
43	White	21				21																					21	6	3.5
44	Carrazzo	202		27					6	15		31	11			28									36	18	202	18	11.2
45	Joseph	81															14	4			28		31	4			81	11	7.4
46	Ellard	93					20	16			9		16				7			10	15						93	19	4.9

Legend
Best on ground performances are summarised below.

No.	Player	Rounds receiving best on ground
8	Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	Round 2 (shared), Round 6, Round 10, Round 15, Round 17, Round 18, Round 20, Round 21
6	Marc Murphy Marc Murphy Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...	Round 1, Round 2 (shared), Round 5, Round 11 (shared), Round 16, Elimination Final
4	Kade Simpson Kade Simpson Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....	Round 12, Round 19 (shared), Round 22, Round 24
3	Heath Scotland Heath Scotland Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...	Round 9 (shared), Round 14, Round 19 (shared)
2	Jeff Garlett Jeff Garlett Jefferey "Jeff" Garlett is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer at the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is the first cousin of Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin from Hawthorn.-Early football:...	Round 2 (shared), Round 3
	Mitch Robinson Mitch Robinson Mitch Robinson is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania...	Round 11 (shared), Semi Final
1	Nick Duigan Nick Duigan Nick Duigan is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Background:Originally from South Australia, Duigan grew up supporting the Adelaide Crows and playing junior football for Pembroke School, Adelaide...	Round 4
	Bryce Gibbs	Round 7
	Matthew Kreuzer Matthew Kreuzer Matthew Kreuzer is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club. He was selected with the first pick overall in the 2007 AFL National Draft....	Round 13
	Jarrad Waite Jarrad Waite Jarrad Waite is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .Jarrad was born in Devonport, Tasmania. He was recruited as the number 46 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Benalla under the father-son selection rule...	Round 9 (shared)

Other awards
The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-

• Best First-Year Player – Nick Duigan
  Nick Duigan
  Nick Duigan is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Background:Originally from South Australia, Duigan grew up supporting the Adelaide Crows and playing junior football for Pembroke School, Adelaide...
  
  
• Best Clubman – Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...
  
  
• Best Player in Finals – Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...
  
  
• Women of Carlton Ambassador Award – Chris Yarran
  Chris Yarran
  Christopher "Chris" Yarran is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
  
  
• Spirit of Carlton Encouragement Award – Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
  
   and Mitch Robinson
  Mitch Robinson
  Mitch Robinson is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania...
  
  
• Carltonians Achievement Award – Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...
  
  
• Blues Coterie "Fierce Award" – Mitch Robinson
  Mitch Robinson
  Mitch Robinson is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania...
  
  

Brownlow Medal

The lead-up to the 2011 Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

 focussed heavily on Carlton. Chris Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

 entered the night as a strong favourite to win; a series of eye-catching performances meant he became the outright favourite early in the season; after Round 20, major betting agency Sportsbet was offering odds shorter than $2 for Judd to win, and decided to pay out early to all punters who had already backed Judd for the win. Murphy also figured prominently in Brownlow markets during the season, fuelled by his career-best season, and very strong polling in other MVP awards, most notably the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year Award. Bookmakers were offering odds as short as $5.50 in Round 18, when Murphy was second-favourite behind Judd. By the end of the season, Murphy was fifth-favourite behind Judd, 's Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes is a professional Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....

 and 's Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...

 and Dane Swan

Dane Swan

Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...

.

In the end, neither player won the medal. Judd polled 23 votes to finish equal 5th, and Murphy polled 19 votes to finish equal 7th, out of eligible players. Bryce Gibbs was the only other Carlton player with double figures, polling 12 votes.

AFLPA Awards

For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players from the were nominated following internal vote of Carlton players (except for Best Captain, where captain Chris Judd was nominated by default). A vote of all players in the league, selecting from a ballot of all club nominees, was then used to determine the final placings.

Chris Judd won the Leigh Matthews Trophy for the second time in his career, the first being in 2006 when he was playing for the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

. He became the fifth player to win the award more than once. He polled 1,347 votes, almost three times as many as second-place finisher Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...

 . He also won the Best Captain Award for the first time in his career.

Leigh Matthews Trophy

Leigh Matthews Trophy

The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...

 (Most Valuable Player)

• Chris Judd
  Chris Judd
  Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
  
   (winner)
• Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...
  
   (nominated)
• Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
  
   (nominated)

Robert Rose Award (Most Courageous Player)

• Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
  
   (nominated)

Best First Year Player

• Nick Duigan
  Nick Duigan
  Nick Duigan is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Background:Originally from South Australia, Duigan grew up supporting the Adelaide Crows and playing junior football for Pembroke School, Adelaide...
  
   (nominated)

Best Captain

• Chris Judd
  Chris Judd
  Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
  
   (winner)

Other awards

All-Australian Team
The 40-man squad for the All-Australian Team was announced on 6 September 2011, and the final team of 22 was announced on 19 September 2011, with Judd and Murphy both nominated in the team. It was the sixth All-Australian guernsey for Judd, who was made vice-captain for the second time (having also served once as captain), and it was Murphy's first time as an All-Australian.

• Chris Judd
  Chris Judd
  Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
  
   (ruck rover, vice captain)
• Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy
  Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...
  
   (half forward flank)
• Eddie Betts
  Eddie Betts
  Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...
  
   (nominated in 40-man squad)
• Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland
  Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the...
  
   (nominated in 40-man squad)

Most Valuable Player awards
Judd and Murphy both featured prominently in most most valuable player

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 awards, voted on by various broadcasters, commentators and professional associations of the AFL (only appearances in the top five of each award are shown):

• AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year – Marc Murphy (winner), Chris Judd (2nd)
• The Age
  The Age
  The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
  
   Footballer of the Year – Marc Murphy (winner), Chris Judd (3rd)
• Herald Sun Player of the Year
  Herald Sun Player of the Year
  The Herald Sun Player of the Year award is a media award for the Australian Football League given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun...
  
   – Chris Judd (2nd), Marc Murphy (5th)
• Lou Richards Medal
  Lou Richards Medal
  The Lou Richards Medal is an annual Most Valuable Player award for the Australian Football League, based on votes from the Sunday Footy Show panel each week.-History:The Lou Richards Medal is named after former Collingwood player, Lou Richards...
  
   (Nine's Wide World of Sports player of the year) – Marc Murphy (2nd), Chris Judd (3rd)
• ABC Footballer of the Year – Chris Judd (4th)
• SEN 1116
  SEN 1116
  SEN 1116 , the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz...
  
   Marbletrend Player of the Year – Chris Judd (2nd)

Representative honours
Mitch Robinson

Mitch Robinson

Mitch Robinson is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania...

 was selected in the Australian team

Australia international rules football team

This article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team....

 and Zach Tuohy

Zach Tuohy

Zach Tuohy is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. Tuohy previously played Gaelic football....

 was selected in the Irish team

Ireland international rules football team

The Ireland International rules football team is the representative team for Ireland in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football...

 for the 2011 International rules series

2011 International Rules Series

The 2011 International Rules Series was the 13th International Rules Series contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian rules footballers from Australia. The series was played over two test matches, with Ireland winning the series by 130-65 points on aggregate...

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Mark of the Year
Andrew Walker's Round 18 mark was one of the three finalists in the Mark of the Year. It had been the favourite to win, with many football observers, including The Age

The Age

The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...

s Rohan Connolly, and both match-day coaches, Brett Ratten

Brett Ratten

Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....

 and James Hird

James Hird

James Hird is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League....

, stating that it was be one of the greatest marks of all-time; however, it was beaten for the season's Mark of the Year award by Andrew Krakouer's Round 9 mark.

Overall, five Carlton marks were nominated throughout the season, and all five won their individual Mark of the Week votes.

• Mark of the Year – Andrew Walker
  Andrew Walker (footballer)
  Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
  
  , Round 18 (nominated)
• Mark of the Week:
  • Round 5 – Andrew Walker
    Andrew Walker (footballer)
    Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
    
     (winner)
  • Round 12 – Shaun Hampson
    Shaun Hampson
    Shaun Hampson is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League since 2007....
    
     (winner)
  • Round 18 – Andrew Walker
    Andrew Walker (footballer)
    Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
    
     (winner)
  • Round 19 – Nick Duigan
    Nick Duigan
    Nick Duigan is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Background:Originally from South Australia, Duigan grew up supporting the Adelaide Crows and playing junior football for Pembroke School, Adelaide...
    
     (winner)
  • Round 21 – Andrew Walker
    Andrew Walker (footballer)
    Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
    
     (winner)

Goal of the Year
Eddie Betts' Round 18 goal was been nominated amongst the three finalists for Goal of the Year. Overall, three Carlton goals were nominated throughout the season, and all three won their individual Goal of the Week votes.

• Goal of the Year – Eddie Betts
  Eddie Betts
  Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...
  
  , Round 18 (nominated)
• Goal of the Week:
  • Round 9 – Chris Judd
    Chris Judd
    Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
    
     (winner)
  • Round 12 – Eddie Betts
    Eddie Betts
    Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...
    
     (winner)
  • Round 18 – Eddie Betts
    Eddie Betts
    Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...
    
     (winner)

Rising Star

2011 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2011 Ron Evans Medal will be awarded to one of the 24 nominees. The 2011 award was won by Dyson Heppell of the Essendon Football Club....

No Carlton players were nominated for the NAB AFL Rising Star Award during 2011.

Other
The Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in AFL was won by Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker (footballer)

Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

. The Deadly Awards are awarded annually across a variety of fields, not only sport, to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

Torres Strait Islanders

Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. They are culturally and genetically linked to Melanesian peoples and those of Papua New Guinea....

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Player records

• Elimination Final – Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson
  Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
  
   played his 143rd consecutive game, setting a new Carlton Football Club record. He broke the record of Jim Francis
  Jim Francis
  Jim Francis is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the...
  
  , who played 142 consecutive games between 1935-1942.

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Round
	New Carlton Football Club Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...  record

Northern Bullants

The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Bullants

Northern Bullants

Northern Blues Football Club is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston and currently playing in the Victorian Football League representing the central and outer areas of Melbourne...

 during the 2011 season. It was the ninth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Bullants seniors or reserves team, including both Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 matches and Foxtel Cup

Foxtel Cup

The League Championship Cup is an Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia – plus the AFL's newest expansion side Greater Western Sydney Giants.Its purpose is to support and promote the second-tier...

 matches. As in 2010, home games were shared between the Bullants' traditional home ground, Preston City Oval

Preston City Oval

- The Ground :The Preston City Oval is an Australian rules football stadium in Cramer Street in Preston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. It has a main grandstand and the ground is capable of holding around 5,000 spectators....

, and Carlton's traditional home ground, Visy Park.

The Bullants finished 4th out of 13 in the VFL, after being defeated in the preliminary final

2011 VFL season

-Teams:The league contracted from fourteen teams back to thirteen, after the Gold Coast Football Club left and entered the Australian Football League. The fledgling Gold Coast club had used the 2009 TAC Cup season and the 2010 VFL season as preparation for joining the AFL...

 by Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League ....

. The Bullants had finished sixth on the ladder after the home-and-away season with a record of 10–8. Additionally, in the inaugural season of the Foxtel Cup

Foxtel Cup

The League Championship Cup is an Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia – plus the AFL's newest expansion side Greater Western Sydney Giants.Its purpose is to support and promote the second-tier...

, the Bullants reached the second round (quarter finals) before being eliminated by eventual runners-up Claremont

Claremont Football Club

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

. Carlton's Brock McLean

Brock McLean

Brock "Chooka" McLean is a professional Australian rules footballer currently with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League...

, who played nineteen matches for the Bullants through the year, won the Laurie Hill Trophy as the Bullants' best and fairest.