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.
West Coast Eagles
Essendon
Hawthorn
St Kilda
Carlton
Brisbane Lions
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans
Fremantle
Geelong Cats
Adelaide Crows
North Melbourne
Richmond
Melbourne
Collingwood
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 47 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 43 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 43 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 40 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 39 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 39 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 38 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 37 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 36 | Scott West | WB |
| 35 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 35 | Fraser Gehrig | STK |
| 34 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 33 | Corey Enright | GEEL |
| 32 | Travis Johnstone | MELB |
| 32 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 28 | Glenn Archer | NMFC |
| 27 | Mark Coughlan | RICH |
| 27 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |