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
Hawthorn
Geelong Cats
Adelaide Crows
North Melbourne
Melbourne
GWS Giants
Collingwood
Carlton
Richmond
Gold Coast Suns
Sydney Swans
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
Brisbane Lions
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | Trent Cotchin | RICH |
| 75 | Jobe Watson | ESS |
| 72 | Scott Thompson | ADEL |
| 70 | Gary Ablett | GCFC |
| 67 | Dayne Beams | COLL |
| 66 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 66 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 61 | Josh Kennedy | SYD |
| 59 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 58 | Dane Swan | COLL |
| 57 | Andrew Swallow | NMFC |
| 55 | Kieren Jack | SYD |
| 54 | Patrick Dangerfield | ADEL |
| 52 | Lenny Hayes | STK |
| 52 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 49 | Brent Stanton | ESS |
| 47 | Brett Deledio | RICH |
| 47 | Lance Franklin | HAW |
| 47 | Chris Judd | CARL |
| 47 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE |