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.
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Essendon
Melbourne
Adelaide Crows
Carlton
Geelong Cats
Richmond
North Melbourne
Brisbane Lions
Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans
St Kilda
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 75 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 73 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 67 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 61 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 55 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |
| 52 | Matthew Richardson | RICH |
| 50 | Simon Black | BL |
| 50 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 50 | Brett Kirk | SYD |
| 50 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 46 | James Bartel | GEEL |
| 46 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 46 | Brendan Fevola | CARL |
| 43 | Joel Corey | GEEL |
| 43 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 43 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 42 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 42 | Jarrad McVeigh | SYD |
| 41 | Kane Cornes | PORT |