The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules footballer, North Adelaide Football Club full forward Ken Farmer. The medal is awarded to the South Australian Football League's (SANFL) top goalkicker at the end of the minor round of matches each season and was instigated in 1981.
| Year | Medallist | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | John Young (1) | Adelaide (1) | 14 |
| 1878 | William Dedman (1) | Norwood (1) | 12 |
| 1879 | William Dedman (2) | Norwood (2) | 12 |
| 1880 | Joe Traynor (1) | Norwood (3) | 7 |
| 1881 | Joe Pollock (1) | Norwood (4) | 7 |
| W J Duffy (1) | Norwood (5) | 7 | |
| 1882 | H J Wardrop (1) | South Adelaide (1) | 14 |
| 1883 | J E Litchfield (1) | Port Adelaide (1) | 13 |
| 1884 | R C Roy (1) | Port Adelaide (2) | 22 |
| 1885 | H R Hill (1) | South Adelaide (2) | 19 |
| 1886 | R Stephens (1) | Adelaide (2) | 17 |
| 1887 | Alf Bushby (1) | Port Adelaide (3) | 25 |
| 1888 | Charles Woods (1) | Norwood (6) | 29 |
| 1889 | C Fry (1) | Port Adelaide (4) | 32 |
| 1890 | J McKenzie (1) | Port Adelaide (5) | 32 |
| 1891 | Charles Woods (2) | Norwood (7) | 55 |
| 1892 | Charles Woods (3) | Norwood (8) | 46 |
| 1893 | Anthony Daly (1) | Norwood (9) | 88 |
| 1894 | Anthony Daly (2) | Norwood (10) | 47 |
| 1895 | Anthony Daly (3) | Norwood (11) | 46 |
| 1896 | Jack Kay (1) | South Adelaide (3) | 25 |
| 1897 | Jimmy Tompkins (1) | Port Adelaide (6) | 27 |
| 1898 | Jack Kay (2) | South Adelaide (4) | 35 |
| 1899 | Anthony Daly (4) | South Adelaide (5) | 32 |
| 1900 | Anthony Daly (5) | West Torrens (1) | 27 |
| 1901 | William Miller (1) | Norwood (12) | 44 |
| 1902 | Jack Kay (3) | South Adelaide (6) | 28 |
| 1903 | Anthony Daly (6) | North Adelaide (1) | 54 |
| 1904 | William Miller (2) | Norwood (13) | 35 |
| 1905 | John Mathison (1) | Port Adelaide (7) | 30 |
| Anthony Daly (7) | North Adelaide (2) | 30 | |
| 1906 | John Mathison (2) | Port Adelaide (8) | 42 |
| 1907 | John Quinn (1) | Port Adelaide (9) | 32 |
| 1908 | John Mathison (3) | Port Adelaide (10) | 33 |
| 1909 | Richard Townsend (1) | Norwood (14) | 22 |
| 1910 | Frank Hansen (1) | Port Adelaide (11) | 46 |
| 1911 | Frank Hansen (2) | Port Adelaide (12) | 41 |
| 1912 | Frank Hansen (3) | Port Adelaide (13) | 37 |
| 1913 | Frank Hansen (4) | Port Adelaide (14) | 39 |
| 1914 | John Dunn (1) | Port Adelaide (15) | 33 |
| 1915 | Francis Fitzgerald (1) | West Adelaide (1) | 31 |
| 1916- 1918 Suspended during World War 1 | |||
| 1919 | Len Lackman (1) | Port Adelaide (16) | 26 |
| 1920 | Frank Golding (1) | Sturt (1) | 30 |
| 1921 | Roy Bent (1) | Norwood (15) | 42 |
| 1922 | Tom Hart (1) | Norwood (16) | 50 |
| 1923 | Percy Lewis (1) | North Adelaide (3) | 58 |
| 1924 | Roy Bent (2) | Norwood (17) | 53 |
| 1925 | Roy Bent (3) | Norwood (18) | 59 |
| 1926 | Roy Bent (4) | Norwood (19) | 65 |
| 1927 | Jack Owens (1) | Glenelg (1) | 80 |
| 1928 | Jack Owens (2) | Glenelg (2) | 83 |
| 1929 | Les Dayman (1) | Port Adelaide (17) | 86 |
| 1930 | Ken Farmer (1) | North Adelaide (4) | 105 |
| 1931 | Ken Farmer (2) | North Adelaide (5) | 126 |
| 1932 | Ken Farmer (3) | North Adelaide (6) | 102 |
| Jack Owens (3) | Glenelg (4) | 102 | |
| 1933 | Ken Farmer (4) | North Adelaide (7) | 112 |
| 1934 | Ken Farmer (5) | North Adelaide (8) | 106 |
| 1935 | Ken Farmer (6) | North Adelaide (9) | 128 |
| 1936 | Ken Farmer (7) | North Adelaide (10) | 134 |
| 1937 | Ken Farmer (8) | North Adelaide (11) | 108 |
| 1938 | Ken Farmer (9) | North Adelaide (12) | 112 |
| 1939 | Ken Farmer (10) | North Adelaide (13) | 113 |
| 1940 | Ken Farmer (11) | North Adelaide (14) | 125 |
| 1941 | Bruce Schultz (1) | Norwood (20) | 100 |
| Competition reduced to aligned teams during WWII | |||
| 1942 | Ross Reynolds (1) | Sturt (2) South Adelaide (7) |
45 |
| 1943 | William Isaac (1) | Norwood (21) North Adelaide (15) |
73 |
| 1944 | William Isaac (2) | Norwood (22) North Adelaide (16) |
76 |
| Competition returns to un-aligned teams. | |||
| 1945 | Stanley Scott (1) | South Adelaide (8) | 64 |
| 1946 | Peter Dalwood (1) | Norwood (23) | 70 |
| 1947 | Bob McLean (1) | Port Adelaide (18) | 80 |
| 1948 | Colin Churchett (1) | Glenelg (5) | 88 |
| 1949 | Colin Churchett (2) | Glenelg (6) | 72 |
| 1950 | Colin Churchett (3) | Glenelg (7) | 105 |
| 1951 | Colin Churchett (4) | Glenelg (8) | 102 |
| 1952 | John Willis (1) | West Torrens (2) | 85 |
| 1953 | Max Mayo (1) | Norwood (24) | 78 |
| 1954 | William McKenzie (1) | North Adelaide (17) | 67 |
| 1955 | Paul Caust (1) | Sturt (3) | 57 |
| 1956 | Rex Johns (1) | Port Adelaide (19) | 70 |
| 1957 | Peter Phipps (1) | West Adelaide (2) | 90 |
| 1958 | Rex Johns (2) | Port Adelaide (20) | 55 |
| 1959 | Wally Dittmar (1) | Port Adelaide (21) | 74 |
| 1960 | Wally Dittmar (2) | Port Adelaide (22) | 69 |
| 1961 | Geoff Kingston (1) | West Torrens (3) | 79 |
| 1962 | Rex Johns (3) | Port Adelaide (23) | 76 |
| 1963 | Rex Johns (4) | Port Adelaide (24) | 54 |
| 1964 | Ross Sawley (1) | Sturt (4) | 70 |
| 1965 | Ian Brewer (1) | Norwood (25) | 96 |
| 1966 | Eric Freeman (1) | Port Adelaide (25) | 81 |
| 1967 | Dennis Sachse (1) | North Adelaide (18) | 90 |
| 1968 | Rick Vidovich (1) | Central District (1) | 62 |
| 1969 | Fred Phillis (1) | Glenelg (9) | 137 |
| 1970 | Fred Phillis (2) | Glenelg (10) | 107 |
| 1971 | Fred Phillis (3) | Glenelg (11) | 99 |
| 1972 | Michael Coligan (1) | Norwood (26) | 81 |
| 1973 | Ken Whelan (1) | Sturt (5) | 107 |
| 1974 | Ken Whelan (2) | Sturt (6) | 108 |
| 1975 | Fred Phillis (4) | Glenelg (12) | 108 |
| 1976 | Fred Phillis (5) | Glenelg (13) | 98 |
| 1977 | Tim Evans (1) | Port Adelaide (26) | 87 |
| 1978 | Tim Evans (2) | Port Adelaide (27) | 90 |
| 1979 | Glynn Hewitt (1) | Woodville (1) | 83 |
| 1980 | Tim Evans (3) | Port Adelaide (28) | 146 |
| Award named the Ken Farmer Medal | |||
| 1981 | Tim Evans (4) | Port Adelaide (29) | 98 |
| 1982 | Tim Evans (5) | Port Adelaide (30) | 125 |
| 1983 | Rick Davies (1) | Sturt (7) | 151 |
| 1984 | Tim Evans (6) | Port Adelaide (31) | 127 |
| 1985 | Malcolm Blight (1) | Woodville (2) | 126 |
| 1986 | Stephen Nichols (1) | Woodville (3) | 103 |
| 1987 | John Roberts (1) | North Adelaide (19) | 111 |
| 1988 | Stephen Nichols (2) | Woodville (4) | 103 |
| 1989 | Rudi Mandemaker (1) | Central District (2) | 93 |
| 1990 | Scott Hodges (1) | Port Adelaide (32) | 153 |
| 1991 | Scott Morphett (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (1) | 99 |
| 1992 | Mark Tylor (1) | Port Adelaide (33) | 97 |
| 1993 | Mark Tylor (2) | Port Adelaide (34) | 87 |
| 1994 | Scott Hodges (2) | Port Adelaide (35) | 114 |
| 1995 | Danny Del-Re (1) | South Adelaide (9) | 92 |
| 1996 | Scott Hodges (3) | Port Adelaide (36) | 102 |
| 1997 | Jim West (4) | Norwood (27) | 73 |
| 1998 | Adam Richardson (1) | West Adelaide (3) | 100 |
| 1999 | Adam Richardson (2) | West Adelaide (4) | 66 |
| 2000 | Adam Richardson (3) | West Adelaide (5) | 72 |
| 2001 | Adam Richardson (4) | West Adelaide (6) | 81 |
| 2002 | Daniel Hargraves (1) | North Adelaide (20) | 68 |
| 2003 | Darren Bradshaw (1) | West Adelaide (7) | 88 |
| 2004 | Daniel Schell (1) | Central District (3) | 63 |
| 2005 | Daniel Schell (2) | Central District (4) | 67 |
| 2006 | Mark Passador (1) | Woodville-West Torrens (2) | 79 |
| 2007 | Brant Chambers (1) | Sturt (8) | 106 |
| 2008 | Brant Chambers (2) | Sturt (9) | 97 |
| 2009 | Brant Chambers (3) | Sturt (10) | 80 |
| 2010 | Todd Grima (1) | Glenelg (14) | 58 |
| 2011 | Michael Wundke (1) | South Adelaide (10) | 67 |
| 2012 | Justin Hardy (1) | Central District (5) | 58 |
| 2013 | Michael Wundke (2) | South Adelaide (11) | 52 |
| 2014 | Michael Wundke (3) | Woodville-West Torrens (3) | 63 |
| 2015 | Clint Alleway (1) | Glenelg (15) | 47 |
| 2016 | Brett Eddy (1) | South Adelaide (12) | 68 |
| 2017 | Brett Eddy (2) | Port Adelaide (37) | 53 |
| 2018 | Mark Evans (1) | Sturt (11) | 40 |
| 2019 | Liam McBean (1) | Glenelg (16) | 46 |
| 2020 | James Rowe (1), Liam McBean (2) | Woodville-West Torrens (4), Glenelg (17) | 38 |
| 2021 | Liam McBean (3) | Glenelg (18) | 49 |
| 2022 | Daniel Menzel | Woodville-West Torrens (5) | 51 |
| Club | Leading Goal Kickers |
|---|---|
| Port Adelaide | 37 |
| Norwood | 27 |
| North Adelaide | 20 |
| Glenelg | 16 |
| South Adelaide | 12 |
| Sturt | 11 |
| West Adelaide | 7 |
| Central District | 5 |
| Woodville-West Torrens | 5 |
| Woodville | 4 |
| West Torrens | 3 |
| Adelaide | 2 |