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
West Coast Eagles
Hawthorn
Sydney Swans
Brisbane Lions
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Port Adelaide
Adelaide Crows
Geelong Cats
St Kilda
North Melbourne
Fremantle
Richmond
Melbourne
Collingwood
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 53 | James Bartel | GEEL |
| 49 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 42 | Daniel Kerr | WCE |
| 41 | Chad Cornes | PORT |
| 37 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 37 | Andrew McLeod | ADEL |
| 36 | Scott Lucas | ESS |
| 35 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 33 | Brad Sewell | HAW |
| 32 | Tarkyn Lockyer | COLL |
| 31 | Dustin Fletcher | ESS |
| 29 | James Hird | ESS |
| 28 | Scott Thompson | ADEL |
| 27 | Simon Black | BL |
| 27 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 27 | Shannon Grant | NMFC |
| 27 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 27 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 26 | Campbell Brown | HAW |
| 26 | Barry Hall | SYD |
| 26 | Scott West | WB |