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.
								
								Western Bulldogs
							
																West Coast Eagles
							
								
								Carlton
							
																St Kilda
							
								
								Fremantle
							
																Geelong Cats
							
								
								Collingwood
							
																Brisbane Lions
							
								
								Sydney Swans
							
																Richmond
							
								
								Hawthorn
							
																North Melbourne
							
								
								Essendon
							
																Adelaide Crows
							
								
								Port Adelaide
							
																Melbourne
							| Votes | Player | Club | 
|---|---|---|
| 91 | Gary Ablett | GEEL | 
| 87 | Chad Cornes | PORT | 
| 67 | Brent Harvey | NMFC | 
| 65 | Chris Judd | WCE | 
| 63 | Daniel Kerr | WCE | 
| 61 | James Bartel | GEEL | 
| 54 | Brett Kirk | SYD | 
| 54 | Andrew McLeod | ADEL | 
| 54 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE | 
| 53 | Tarkyn Lockyer | COLL | 
| 44 | Nick Riewoldt | STK | 
| 44 | Scott Thompson | ADEL | 
| 42 | Simon Goodwin | ADEL | 
| 42 | Corey Jones | NMFC | 
| 42 | Scott Lucas | ESS | 
| 42 | Hamish McIntosh | NMFC | 
| 42 | Sam Mitchell | HAW | 
| 41 | Simon Black | BL | 
| 41 | Kane Cornes | PORT | 
| 40 | Jonathan Brown | BL | 
| 40 | Brad Sewell | HAW |