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.
Melbourne
Geelong Cats
Carlton
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Collingwood
St Kilda
Sydney Swans
Fremantle
North Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Adelaide Crows
Richmond
West Coast Eagles
Essendon
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 85 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 81 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 75 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 67 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 65 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 64 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 52 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 51 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 50 | Simon Black | BL |
| 50 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 50 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 47 | Joel Corey | GEEL |
| 47 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 46 | James Bartel | GEEL |
| 46 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 46 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 43 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 43 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 42 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 42 | Jarrad McVeigh | SYD |