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.
Essendon
Geelong Cats
Melbourne
St Kilda
West Coast Eagles
Hawthorn
Adelaide Crows
Sydney Swans
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Carlton
Richmond
Collingwood
Fremantle
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | Ben Cousins | WCE |
| 84 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 65 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 65 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 59 | Scott West | WB |
| 58 | Warren Tredrea | PORT |
| 55 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 55 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 54 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 46 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 46 | Mark Ricciuto | ADEL |
| 44 | Joel Corey | GEEL |
| 44 | Fraser Gehrig | STK |
| 43 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 42 | Nathan Brown | RICH |
| 42 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 41 | Nick Dal Santo | STK |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 40 | Luke Ball | STK |
| 40 | Peter Everitt | HAW |
| 40 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |