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.
Fremantle
Collingwood
Melbourne
West Coast Eagles
Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans
Brisbane Lions
Geelong Cats
North Melbourne
Adelaide Crows
Richmond
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide
Carlton
St Kilda
Essendon
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | Aaron Sandilands | FRE |
| 37 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 35 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 33 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 33 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 32 | Dane Swan | COLL |
| 28 | Daniel Bradshaw | SYD |
| 28 | Ryan Griffen | WB |
| 27 | Jonathan Brown | BL |
| 27 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 25 | Dustin Fletcher | ESS |
| 24 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 23 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 23 | Nic Naitanui | WCE |
| 22 | Luke Ball | COLL |
| 21 | Steve Johnson | GEEL |
| 21 | Matt Priddis | WCE |
| 21 | Daniel Wells | NMFC |
| 20 | Andrew Carrazzo | CARL |
| 20 | Lindsay Gilbee | WB |
| 20 | Ryan O'Keefe | SYD |