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
Western Bulldogs
West Coast Eagles
Hawthorn
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Collingwood
North Melbourne
Geelong Cats
Sydney Swans
Adelaide Crows
Richmond
St Kilda
Carlton
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Aaron Sandilands | FRE |
| 37 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 33 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 30 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 28 | Daniel Bradshaw | SYD |
| 28 | Ryan Griffen | WB |
| 28 | Dane Swan | COLL |
| 27 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 25 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 23 | Nic Naitanui | WCE |
| 21 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 20 | Andrew Carrazzo | CARL |
| 20 | Lindsay Gilbee | WB |
| 20 | Ryan O'Keefe | SYD |
| 19 | Michael Barlow | FRE |
| 19 | Jared Brennan | BL |
| 19 | Dustin Fletcher | ESS |
| 19 | Nick Malceski | SYD |
| 19 | Brent Moloney | MELB |
| 19 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 19 | Daniel Wells | NMFC |