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.
								
								Hawthorn
							
																Geelong Cats
							
								
								Western Bulldogs
							
																North Melbourne
							
								
								GWS Giants
							
																Port Adelaide
							
								
								Fremantle
							
																West Coast Eagles
							
								
								Collingwood
							
																St Kilda
							
								
								Brisbane Lions
							
																Richmond
							
								
								Melbourne
							
																Gold Coast Suns
							
								
								Carlton
							
																Sydney Swans
							
								
								Adelaide Crows
							
																Essendon
							| Votes | Player | Club | 
|---|---|---|
| 83 | Trent Cotchin | RICH | 
| 82 | Jobe Watson | ESS | 
| 74 | Scott Thompson | ADEL | 
| 73 | Dayne Beams | COLL | 
| 73 | Matthew Boyd | WB | 
| 72 | Gary Ablett | GCFC | 
| 71 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL | 
| 64 | Patrick Dangerfield | ADEL | 
| 61 | Josh Kennedy | SYD | 
| 61 | Andrew Swallow | NMFC | 
| 60 | Kieren Jack | SYD | 
| 59 | Sam Mitchell | HAW | 
| 59 | Joel Selwood | GEEL | 
| 58 | Dane Swan | COLL | 
| 57 | Brett Deledio | RICH | 
| 57 | Matthew Pavlich | FRE | 
| 52 | Tom Hawkins | GEEL | 
| 52 | Lenny Hayes | STK | 
| 49 | Brent Stanton | ESS | 
| 47 | Lance Franklin | HAW | 
| 47 | Chris Judd | CARL |