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.
								
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																Richmond
							
								
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								Gold Coast Suns
							
																Carlton
							
								
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								Sydney Swans
							
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								Hawthorn
							
																Melbourne
							| Votes | Player | Club | 
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Corey Enright | GEEL | 
| 17 | Dane Swan | COLL | 
| 16 | Chris Judd | CARL | 
| 15 | Dean Cox | WCE | 
| 15 | Chris Dawes | COLL | 
| 14 | Marc Murphy | CARL | 
| 13 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL | 
| 12 | Ryan O'Keefe | SYD | 
| 11 | Cyril Rioli | HAW | 
| 10 | Brett Deledio | RICH | 
| 10 | Andrew Embley | WCE | 
| 10 | Brent Moloney | MELB | 
| 10 | Jobe Watson | ESS | 
| 9 | Jude Bolton | SYD | 
| 9 | Matthew Boyd | WB | 
| 9 | Greg Broughton | FRE | 
| 9 | David Hille | ESS | 
| 9 | Scott Stevens | ADEL | 
| 9 | Matthew Suckling | HAW | 
| 8 | Joel Corey | GEEL | 
| 8 | Ryan Griffen | WB | 
| 8 | Shaun Grigg | RICH | 
| 8 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |