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.
Collingwood
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles
Carlton
Essendon
North Melbourne
Melbourne
Brisbane Lions
Adelaide Crows
Fremantle
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
St Kilda
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 67 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 56 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 51 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 48 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 46 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 46 | Scott West | WB |
| 44 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 43 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 39 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 37 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 36 | Travis Johnstone | MELB |
| 35 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 35 | Fraser Gehrig | STK |
| 34 | Jason Akermanis | BL |
| 34 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 33 | Corey Enright | GEEL |
| 33 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 32 | Chad Fletcher | WCE |
| 32 | Shannon Grant | NMFC |