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 |