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.
North Melbourne
Geelong Cats
Richmond
Adelaide Crows
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
Essendon
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs
Port Adelaide
Carlton
Melbourne
Collingwood
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 56 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 48 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 44 | Simon Black | BL |
| 41 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 38 | Chance Bateman | HAW |
| 38 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 37 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 36 | Daniel Bradshaw | BL |
| 34 | Kane Cornes | PORT |
| 32 | Brett Burton | ADEL |
| 31 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 31 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 30 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 29 | Nathan Bock | ADEL |
| 29 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 28 | Jason Akermanis | WB |
| 28 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 28 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 27 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 27 | Alan Didak | COLL |
| 27 | Brad Sewell | HAW |