Monique Conti (Front Only)

Conti was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with the club's second selection and fourth overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against Fremantle in round 1, 2018 at VU Whitten Oval. In round 4, Conti received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording 16 disposals in her side's win over Carlton, and went on to finish second in the voting for the award with 39 votes, 11 behind winner Chloe Molloy. She was also selected in afl.com.au's Team of the Week in rounds 3 and 5. Conti was a member of the Western Bulldogs team that won the AFL Women's premiership in 2018, defeating Brisbane by six points at Ikon Park, and won the medal for best-on-ground in the grand final. She was also named in the initial 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian 40-woman squad.The Western Bulldogs signed Conti for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018.

Conti improved on her debut season in 2019, achieving selection in womens.afl's Team of the Week in round 7 after recording a then-career-high 25 disposals in the Bulldogs' loss to Carlton at VU Whitten Oval and finishing equal-fourth in the 2019 AFL Women's best and fairest count with seven votes. She was also named in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award.

Richmond (2020–present)
In April 2019, Conti was traded to Richmond for the first selection in the 2019 AFL Women's draft and began playing for the club's VFL Women's team the following month. Conti went on to win the club's VFLW best and fairest award and finish second in voting for the Lambert–Pearce Medal, despite only playing seven games. By December, Conti was expected to miss up to the first five games of Richmond's inaugural season in the AFLW due to the 2020 WNBL Finals clashing with the opening rounds of the 2020 AFL Women's season however, in January 2020, Conti announced that she had requested to be released from her Melbourne Boomers contract to focus on playing in Richmond's inaugural AFLW season.

Conti playing for Richmond in 2020
Leading into the 2020 season, womens.afl journalist Sarah Black named Conti at no. 13 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. She made her Richmond debut in the club's inaugural game against Carlton at Ikon Park, and was named among Richmond's best players. Conti was named among Richmond's best players in all six matches, averaging a career-high 19.8 disposals per game, and was selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week in round 4, in the round 4 match, Conti recorded five tackles and a career-high 28 disposals in the loss to Geelong. She went on to be selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Conti was also selected in the AFL Players Association's inaugural AFL Women's 22under22 team, having earlier been selected in the retrospective 2017–2019 team, and won the inaugural Richmond best and fairest award.

Leading into the 2021 season, Sarah Black again named Conti at no. 13 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. Conti was among the club's best players in round 1and was named Richmond's best player in the following four matches. She best afield in the round 4 loss to Carlton and Richmond's inaugural AFLW win against Geelong in round 5, and was selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for those same rounds.Conti pulled up sore from the round 5 match, and was a late withdrawal the following week with hamstring soreness, she was among the best afield with 25 disposals and seven tackles upon her return in Richmond's round 7 win against Gold Coast.[63] At the conclusion of the season, Conti was selected in the 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Conti also achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the league for average ground-ball gets in the 2021 season, totalling 10.6 a game, a league record to that point.

Conti focused solely on the upcoming AFL Women's season leading into 2022, completing a full pre-season for the first time after her WNBL commitments prevented her from doing so in previous years. She was named at no. 10 in Sarah Black's 2022 season 6 list of the top 30 players in the AFLW, which was Conti's first appearance in the top ten.Conti was best afield with a career-high 29 disposals and nine clearances in Richmond's round 1 win against St Kilda, with Geelong AFL midfielder and Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield tweeting during the match that she could win that season's AFL Women's best and fairest award playing at that level if Richmond won enough games, she also won the maximum ten coaches' votes and was named in womens.afl's Team of the Week.Conti was named among Richmond's best players in round 2 with 25 disposals and her first goal for Richmond in its loss to Melbourne, she polled eight coaches' votes, the equal-most for the match and was also selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for that round. She was named Richmond's best player in its loss to Fremantle in round 3 and was the only Richmond player to poll coaches' votes, with six. Despite being heavily tagged, Conti was named among Richmond's best players in its loss to Gold Coast in round 4 with a team-high 21 disposals and game-high ten tackles, and was Richmond's best player in its loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 5, polling five coaches' votes. She was also Richmond's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in round 6 and was best afield with 24 disposals, nine tackles and a goal in Richmond's win over West Coast in round 7. Conti also received the maximum ten coaches' votes and was selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for round 7. Conti was Richmond's best player in its last three matches of the season, polling the maximum ten coaches' votes in round 9. Conti was named in Champion Data's 2022 season 6 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the competition for contested possessions with 15.2 a game.

Leading into the 2023-2024 season, Sarah Black named Conti at no. 1 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. AFLW B&F Winner: Monique Conti
Mon Conti has taken home another Richmond AFLW Best and Fairest in 2023. The dynamic midfielder became the first Tiger to win the AFLW's league best and fairest last week and was also named in the All-Australian side for a fifth time.