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.
Adelaide Crows
North Melbourne
Collingwood
West Coast Eagles
Essendon
Carlton
Brisbane Lions
Hawthorn
Sydney Swans
Richmond
St Kilda
Port Adelaide
Geelong Cats
Western Bulldogs
Fremantle
Melbourne
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 70 | Brad Johnson | WB |
| 68 | Brendon Lade | PORT |
| 64 | Shaun Burgoyne | PORT |
| 59 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 58 | Scott West | WB |
| 53 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 52 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 52 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 49 | Nathan Thompson | NMFC |
| 48 | Adam Goodes | SYD |
| 47 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 45 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 43 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 42 | Andrew McLeod | ADEL |
| 41 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 40 | Tyson Edwards | ADEL |
| 39 | Simon Black | BL |
| 38 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 38 | Daniel Kerr | WCE |