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
West Coast Eagles
Port Adelaide
Melbourne
Richmond
Essendon
Brisbane Lions
Collingwood
Sydney Swans
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn
Adelaide Crows
St Kilda
Carlton
Fremantle
Western Bulldogs
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 67 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 64 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 58 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 57 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 52 | Scott West | WB |
| 49 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 46 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 46 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 44 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 38 | Chad Fletcher | WCE |
| 38 | Fraser Gehrig | STK |
| 37 | Cameron Bruce | MELB |
| 37 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 36 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 36 | Travis Johnstone | MELB |
| 35 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 35 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 34 | Jason Akermanis | BL |
| 34 | Jude Bolton | SYD |