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
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Carlton
Western Bulldogs
Geelong Cats
Brisbane Lions
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles
North Melbourne
Adelaide Crows
Fremantle
Melbourne
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 74 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 65 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 62 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 59 | Scott West | WB |
| 58 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 55 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 52 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 47 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 46 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |
| 44 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 42 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 40 | Luke Ball | STK |
| 40 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 40 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 38 | Joel Corey | GEEL |
| 38 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 38 | Chad Fletcher | WCE |
| 38 | Fraser Gehrig | STK |