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.
Brisbane Lions
Richmond
Collingwood
North Melbourne
Sydney Swans
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
Port Adelaide
Essendon
St Kilda
Adelaide Crows
GWS Giants
Melbourne
Gold Coast Suns
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Geelong Cats
Hawthorn
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 30 | Gary Ablett | GCFC |
| 30 | Nick Riewoldt | STK |
| 27 | Steve Johnson | GEEL |
| 23 | Trent Cotchin | RICH |
| 22 | Nathan Jones | MELB |
| 22 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 20 | Ben Cunnington | NMFC |
| 20 | Brendon Goddard | ESS |
| 19 | Brad Ebert | PORT |
| 19 | Scott Thompson | NMFC |
| 18 | Sam Mitchell | HAW |
| 17 | Aaron Sandilands | FRE |
| 17 | Adam Treloar | GWS |
| 16 | Nathan Fyfe | FRE |
| 16 | Jack Macrae | WB |
| 16 | Callan Ward | GWS |
| 15 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
| 15 | Matt Priddis | WCE |
| 14 | Luke Breust | HAW |
| 14 | Robbie Gray | PORT |
| 14 | Josh Kennedy | SYD |
| 14 | David Swallow | GCFC |