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
St Kilda
Collingwood
Carlton
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Melbourne
Sydney Swans
Geelong Cats
Richmond
Adelaide Crows
Western Bulldogs
North Melbourne
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | Dane Swan | COLL |
| 88 | Luke Hodge | HAW |
| 68 | Aaron Sandilands | FRE |
| 67 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 57 | Paul Chapman | GEEL |
| 54 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |
| 53 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 53 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 53 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 52 | Gary Ablett | GEEL |
| 48 | Adam Cooney | WB |
| 48 | David Mundy | FRE |
| 47 | Brendon Goddard | STK |
| 47 | Leigh Montagna | STK |
| 46 | Alan Didak | COLL |
| 46 | Adam Goodes | SYD |
| 46 | Andrew Swallow | NMFC |
| 45 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 42 | Luke Ball | COLL |
| 42 | Daniel Cross | WB |
| 42 | Brent Harvey | NMFC |