Every round, the AFL coaches vote for the best players from their game. The coaches vote for five players, giving them a mark from 1-5. 

The maximum a player can score is 10 (with 5 votes from both coaches).

Below are the results from round one.

Gold Coast v Essendon
10 Aaron Hall (GCS) 
8 Gary Ablett (GCS)
5 Tom Lynch (GCS) 
5 David Zaharakis (Ess)
1 Steven May (GCS)
1 Nick Malceski (GCS)