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
Melbourne
West Coast Eagles
Gold Coast Suns
Geelong Cats
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
St Kilda
Brisbane Lions
Sydney Swans
Hawthorn
Fremantle
North Melbourne
Adelaide Crows
Port Adelaide
Carlton
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Marc Murphy | CARL |
| 46 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 44 | Dean Cox | WCE |
| 43 | Jobe Watson | ESS |
| 41 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 38 | Dale Thomas | COLL |
| 37 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 36 | Ryan O'Keefe | SYD |
| 36 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 36 | Andrew Swallow | NMFC |
| 35 | Brent Moloney | MELB |
| 33 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 33 | Nathan Fyfe | FRE |
| 32 | Scott Thompson | ADEL |
| 31 | Jude Bolton | SYD |
| 31 | Trent Cotchin | RICH |
| 31 | James Kelly | GEEL |
| 30 | Gary Ablett | GCFC |
| 29 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 27 | Dane Swan | COLL |