Zach Merrett, James Kelly and Brendon Goddard have been nominated for the AFL Players Association MVP award.

In a two stage process, teammates initially nominate three players for the award.  Three nominees from every club are then presented to the wider playing group across the competition to vote on the winner.

A similar process is also undertaken for the Best First Year nominee and the Most Courageous nominee, with one player nominated from each Club.

Darcy Parish is Essendon's Best First Year nominee and Patrick Ambrose is the Most Courageous nominee.