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.
Hawthorn
Geelong Cats
Essendon
Collingwood
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda
Richmond
Brisbane Lions
Sydney Swans
Adelaide Crows
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 68 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 63 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 61 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 59 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 55 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 52 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 50 | Simon Black | BL |
| 50 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 50 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 48 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 44 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 43 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 43 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 43 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 42 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 39 | Joel Corey | GEEL |
| 39 | Kane Cornes | PORT |
| 39 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 39 | Nathan Foley | RICH |