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.
Carlton
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn
Melbourne
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda
Adelaide Crows
Brisbane Lions
North Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Richmond
Essendon
Fremantle
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 39 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 34 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 30 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 29 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 27 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 25 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 25 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 24 | Nick Dal Santo | STK |
| 24 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 23 | Luke Ball | STK |
| 23 | Mark Coughlan | RICH |
| 23 | Corey Enright | GEEL |
| 22 | Chad Fletcher | WCE |
| 21 | Glenn Archer | NMFC |
| 21 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 21 | Shannon Grant | NMFC |
| 21 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 21 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |
| 20 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |