Ben King’s career-best 47-goal season was not enough to finish in the top 10 in Gold Coast’s best and fairest.
Star midfielder and vice-captain Touk Miller deservedly won his first Club Champion award on 562 votes ahead of Wil Powell (396), David Swallow (352) and Sam Collins (350).
Brandon Ellis (287), Sean Lemmens (281), Noah Anderson (270), Nick Holman (262) and Jack Lukosius (254) rounded out the top 10.
King was in Coleman Medal contention throughout 2021 despite the 16th-place Suns winning just seven games all season.
Champion Melbourne forward Garry Lyon is baffled by the 21-year-old’s low placing in Gold Coast’s best and fairest count.
“Where’s King in that (top 10)?” Lyon told SEN Breakfast.
“I reckon 40-odd (goals) in a side that struggled would have got him in the top 10 in the best and fairest? That’s unbelievable.
“Ben King kicked 47 goals playing for the Gold Coast Suns and didn’t finish in the top 10 in their best and fairest? Wow. That’s a surprise.
“58 (goals) has won the Coleman Medal and an All-Australian place for Harry (McKay), 47 to Ben can’t get in the top 10 in Gold Coast’s best and fairest.”
King looms as a major story in 2022 with Victorian clubs circling the soon-to-be out-of-contract forward.