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).

Zach Merrett finished off Essendon's best with 63 votes for the year. 

Below are the results from round 22.

ESSENDON v WESTERN BULLDOGS
8 Liam Picken (WB)
7 Jason Johannisen (WB)
7 Zach Merrett (Ess)
6 Caleb Daniel (WB)
2 Matthew Boyd (WB)

Below are the results from round 23.

ESSENDON v CARLTON
9 Joe Daniher (Ess)
9 Zach Merrett (Ess)
3 Matt Dea (Ess)
3 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (Ess)
2 Patrick Cripps (Carl)
2 Brendon Goddard (Ess)
2 Kyle Langford (Ess)

Final leaderboard

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year top 10
1. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) 121

2. Rory Sloane (Adelaide) 93
3. Dustin Martin (Richmond) 90
4. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) 88
5. Luke Parker (Sydney Swans) 86
5. Joel Selwood (Geelong) 86
7. Dan Hannebery (Sydney Swans) 83
8. Luke Shuey (West Coast) 82
9. Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide) 77
10. Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans) 69
10. Josh Kennedy (West Coast) 69