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 five votes from both coaches).

Below are the results from round 18. 

ESSENDON v BRISBANE LIONS

10 Tom Rockliff (BL)

8 Stefan Martin (BL)

5 Daniel Rich (BL)

3 Zach Merrett (Ess)

2 Ryan Bastinac (BL)

1 Daniel Merrett (BL)

1 Mitch Robinson (BL)

Zach Merrett was the only Bomber awarded at the game on Sunday.

It is the third week in the row that the youngster has featured in the votes and the ninth time this season, with his total currently sitting on 39 votes. 

The youngster again was a major highlight for fans, collecting a team high 34 disposals, a team high 493m gained, five clearances, six marks and eight tackles.

AFLCA LEADERBOARD

85 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)

80 Rory Sloane (Adel)

79 Dustin Martin (Rich)

73 Joel Selwood (Geel)

69 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)

66 Luke Shuey (WCE)

60 Jack Steven (StK)

59 Sam Mitchell (Haw)

59 Luke Parker (Syd)

56 Robbie Gray (PA)