TRAVIS BOAK has led Port Adelaide’s Brownlow Medal votes for a record sixth season and extended his lead at the top of the club’s most votes of all time.

Boak finished with 21 votes in Sunday night’s count, the equal highest number of votes the midfielder has received in a season, equal with his tally in 2014.

It saw him place second in the count – the club’s highest finish along with the same placing Josh Francou had in 2002 when he was runner up to Brisbane’s Simon Black.

Brayden Lyle received the club’s first Brownlow votes 23 years ago.

Then vice-captain Lyle received three votes for his 35 disposals and goal in a 33-point loss to Essendon in Round 2, 1997.

Lyle had returned to his boyhood club Port Adelaide after initially being drafted by West Coast.

After five Brownlow votes in 26 games with the Eagles, he added another 15 votes in 90 games for the Power.

Lyle’s three votes in round 2, 1997, were the first of the Port Adelaide Football Club’s now 1626 Brownlow votes.

In 2017, Travis Boak became the first player to top 100 Brownlow votes for the club, and after Sunday’s effort he leads all comers with 139 career votes from 283 AFL games.

Boak also holds the record of having led Port Adelaide’s yearly vote figure on six occasions, ahead of Francou.

Others to lead the votes in multiple years include Gavin Wanganeen, who led the Power’s count on three occasions, and twice leaders Shaun Burgoyne, former captain Warren Tredrea and current stars Robbie Gray and Ollie Wines.

While Boak joins Francou as the player with the highest finish on a Brownlow Medal leaderboard, Wanganeen came closest to winning, polling 21 votes to finish equal fourth - one vote behind a three-way tie for the winner involving Adelaide’s Mark Ricciuto, Collingwood’s Nathan Buckley and Sydney’s Adam Goodes.

Boak has polled three votes in 24 games, taking him clear of Robbie Gray and Tredrea who have each polled three votes in 16 games.