Held in Melbourne on Tuesday night, Carlton’s Marc Murphy won the award with 94 votes ahead of teammate and Blues Captain Chris Judd.
Thompson finished eighth with 74 votes, one ahead of North Melbourne’s Daniel Wells.
West Coast Eagles Coach John Worsfold was announced as the AFLCA’s Allan
Jeans Senior Coach of the Year, an award won by former Crows coach Neil Craig in 2005.
Fremantle’s Nathan Fyfe took out the Best Young Player award, the second year in succession a Fremantle player has won the award after Stephen Hill in 2010.
Player of the Year voting:
94 Marc Murphy (Carlton)
90 Chris Judd (Carlton)
87 Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
87 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
80 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
80 Dane Swan (Collingwood)
79 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
74 Scott Thompson (Adelaide)
73 Daniel Wells (North Melbourne)
71 Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
