The AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award is an award voted by the 18 coaching panels on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis after each home and away game, acknowledging outstanding effort by an individual player in a season.
North Melbourne
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
West Coast Eagles
Western Bulldogs
Geelong Cats
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Carlton
Sydney Swans
Adelaide Crows
Richmond
Fremantle
St Kilda
Melbourne
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 21 | Shannon Grant | NMFC |
| 20 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 19 | Glenn Archer | NMFC |
| 19 | Aaron Hamill | STK |
| 19 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 18 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 18 | Corey Enright | GEEL |
| 17 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 17 | Brad Green | MELB |
| 16 | Barnaby French | CARL |
| 16 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 15 | Andrew Embley | WCE |
| 13 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 13 | Dustin Fletcher | ESS |
| 13 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 13 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |
| 12 | Leigh Brown | NMFC |
| 12 | Nick Dal Santo | STK |
| 12 | Ashley Hansen | WCE |