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.
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Sydney Swans
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
Melbourne
Adelaide Crows
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Richmond
North Melbourne
GWS Giants
St Kilda
Gold Coast Suns
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Josh Kennedy | SYD |
| 19 | Scott Thompson | ADEL |
| 17 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 17 | Paddy Ryder | ESS |
| 17 | Brent Stanton | ESS |
| 16 | Gary Ablett | GCFC |
| 15 | Marc Murphy | CARL |
| 13 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 12 | Nathan Fyfe | FRE |
| 12 | Brendon Goddard | STK |
| 12 | Tom Hawkins | GEEL |
| 11 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 11 | Aaron Sandilands | FRE |
| 11 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 11 | Scott Selwood | WCE |
| 10 | Ryan Bastinac | NMFC |
| 10 | Simon Black | BL |
| 10 | Andrew Carrazzo | CARL |
| 10 | Hamish Hartlett | PORT |
| 10 | Josh J Kennedy | WCE |
| 10 | Ben Reid | COLL |