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
							
																Carlton
							
								
								Essendon
							
																Hawthorn
							
								
								West Coast Eagles
							
																Western Bulldogs
							
								
								Adelaide Crows
							
																Collingwood
							
								
								North Melbourne
							
																Sydney Swans
							
								
								Brisbane Lions
							
																Fremantle
							
								
								Melbourne
							
																Port Adelaide
							
								
								Richmond
							
																Geelong Cats
							| Votes | Player | Club | 
|---|---|---|
| 44 | Chris Judd | WCE | 
| 35 | Chad Cornes | PORT | 
| 35 | Daniel Kerr | WCE | 
| 29 | Andrew McLeod | ADEL | 
| 28 | Brad Sewell | HAW | 
| 24 | Gary Ablett | GEEL | 
| 23 | Barry Hall | SYD | 
| 23 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE | 
| 22 | Hamish McIntosh | NMFC | 
| 22 | Luke Power | BL | 
| 21 | Adam Simpson | NMFC | 
| 20 | Tarkyn Lockyer | COLL | 
| 20 | Daniel Wells | NMFC | 
| 19 | James Bartel | GEEL | 
| 19 | Simon Black | BL | 
| 19 | Lance Franklin | HAW | 
| 19 | Scott Lucas | ESS | 
| 18 | Brent Stanton | ESS | 
| 17 | Jonathan Brown | BL | 
| 17 | Heath Shaw | COLL |