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.
Geelong Cats
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Essendon
Adelaide Crows
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
St Kilda
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Richmond
Port Adelaide
North Melbourne
Melbourne
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 82 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 78 | Chad Cornes | PORT |
| 65 | Chris Judd | WCE |
| 61 | James Bartel | GEEL |
| 60 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 54 | Andrew McLeod | ADEL |
| 54 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 53 | Daniel Kerr | WCE |
| 53 | Tarkyn Lockyer | COLL |
| 50 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 44 | Scott Thompson | ADEL |
| 42 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL |
| 42 | Scott Lucas | ESS |
| 42 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 40 | Brad Sewell | HAW |
| 39 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 37 | James Hird | ESS |
| 37 | Brad Johnson | WB |
| 37 | Leigh Montagna | STK |
| 35 | Kane Cornes | PORT |
| 35 | Hamish McIntosh | NMFC |