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.
Sydney Swans
Geelong Cats
Richmond
Adelaide Crows
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Collingwood
Collingwood
Port Adelaide
St Kilda
Melbourne
Fremantle
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Gold Coast Suns
West Coast Eagles
GWS Giants
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Max Gawn | MELB |
| 60 | Patrick Cripps | CARL |
| 59 | Nathan Fyfe | FRE |
| 58 | Tom Mitchell | HAW |
| 56 | Shaun Higgins | NMFC |
| 53 | Steele Sidebottom | COLL |
| 52 | Andrew Gaff | WCE |
| 46 | Brodie Grundy | COLL |
| 45 | Trent Cotchin | RICH |
| 44 | Dayne Beams | BL |
| 43 | Kane Lambert | RICH |
| 42 | Ben Cunnington | NMFC |
| 42 | Jack Darling | WCE |
| 40 | Ben Brown | NMFC |
| 40 | Dyson Heppell | ESS |
| 40 | Jack Macrae | WB |
| 40 | Dustin Martin | RICH |
| 39 | James Sicily | HAW |
| 38 | Clayton Oliver | MELB |
| 38 | Scott Pendlebury | COLL |
| 38 | Joel Selwood | GEEL |
| 38 | Ollie Wines | PORT |