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.
| 2025 | Noah Anderson (Gold Coast Suns) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bailey Smith (Geelong Cats) | |
| 2024 | Nick Daicos (Collingwood) | |
| 2023 | Zak Butters (Port Adelaide) | |
| 2022 | Touk Miller (Gold Coast Suns) | |
| 2022 | Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) | |
| 2021 | Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) | |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions) | |
| 2019 | Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) | |
| 2018 | Max Gawn (Melbourne) | |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin (Richmond) | |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong Cats) | |
| 2015 | Daniel Hannebery (Sydney Swans) | |
| 2014 | Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide) | |
| 2013 | Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) | |
| 2012 | Trent Cotchin (Richmond) | |
| 2011 | Marc Murphy (Carlton) | |
| 2010 | Dane Swan (Collingwood) | |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett (Geelong Cats) | |
| 2008 | Gary Ablett (Geelong Cats) | |
| 2007 | Gary Ablett (Geelong Cats) | |
| 2006 | Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans) | |
| 2006 | Simon Goodwin (Adelaide Crows) | |
| 2005 | Barry Hall (Sydney Swans) | |
| 2004 | Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide) | |
| 2003 | Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) |
