Sydney champion Adam Goodes polling strongly in the voting for the Marngrook Footy Show/NITV Deadly Player of the Year award

Sydney legend and two-time Brownlow Medal winner Adam Goodes is playing some scintillating footy in the build-up to the finals.

The champ has well and truly hit back with a vengeance in the last six or seven rounds after a couple of quiet games had some so called experts commenting that Goodes was past his best.

Goodes is a smokey to win the Brownlow Medal.

Probably not with Collingwood ball magnet Dane Swan the deserved favourite and Geelong champ and 2009 winner Gary Ablett also expected to poll well.

But Goodes is a good bet for a top five finish.

Adam Goodes continues to poll strongly in the voting for the prestigious Marngrook Footy Show/NITV Deadly Player of the Year award.

He won the top award last year.

Hawthorn midfielder Shaun Burgoyne polled the maximum 12 votes for his brilliant game against undermanned Fremantle at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania in round 21.

Marngrook Footy Show host Grant Hansen and panel members Gilbert McAdam, Ronnie Burns and Alan Thorpe awaded him three votes apiece.

Burgoyne finished with 37 possessions, including 11 contested.

He also kicked four goals and had five tackles.

Votes for round 21 are Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn) 12 votes, Adam Goodes (Sydney) 5 votes, Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) 4, Ash McGrath (Brisbane) 2, Graham Johncock (Adelaide) 1.

Progressive voting: Adam Goodes (Sydney) 50 votes, Daniel Wells (North Melbourne) 38, Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) 35, Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) 34 and Andrew Walker (Carlton) 33.