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
Fremantle
North Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Adelaide Crows
Hawthorn
Sydney Swans
St Kilda
Geelong Cats
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Carlton
Richmond
Melbourne
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 58 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 57 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 48 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 44 | Simon Black | BL |
| 42 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 41 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 38 | Chance Bateman | HAW |
| 38 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 38 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 36 | Daniel Bradshaw | BL |
| 36 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 35 | Nathan Bock | ADEL |
| 34 | Kane Cornes | PORT |
| 33 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 32 | Brett Burton | ADEL |
| 32 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 31 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 30 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 29 | Matthew Boyd | WB |