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.
St Kilda
Adelaide Crows
Carlton
Melbourne
Collingwood
West Coast Eagles
Brisbane Lions
Richmond
Port Adelaide
Essendon
Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans
Geelong Cats
North Melbourne
Fremantle
Hawthorn
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 40 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 37 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 33 | Corey Enright | GEEL |
| 31 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 30 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 29 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 28 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 27 | Mark Coughlan | RICH |
| 27 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 27 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |
| 27 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 26 | Chad Fletcher | WCE |
| 25 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 25 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 24 | Nick Dal Santo | STK |
| 24 | Shannon Grant | NMFC |
| 23 | Luke Ball | STK |
| 22 | Dean Cox | WCE |