BRISBANE ball-magnet Lachie Neale needs just five votes from the remaining two games to claim the 2020 AFL Coaches' Association's AFL Champion Player Award.
After second-placed Power veteran Travis Boak polled a perfect 10 in the opening game of round 16 to close the gap, Neale maintained his 16-vote buffer after bagging a 10 of his own in the final game of the round.
>> Check out who polled in round 16 from your club below and the full leaderboard at the bottom
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
10 Travis Boak (PORT)
8 Ollie Wines (PORT)
4 Scott Lycett (PORT)
3 Luke Davies-Uniacke (NMFC)
2 Darcy Byrne-Jones (PORT)
2 Karl Amon (PORT)
1 Zak Butters (PORT)
St Kilda v Hawthorn
6 Chad Wingard (HAW)
5 Sebastian Ross (STK)
5 Rowan Marshall (STK)
4 Nick Coffield (STK)
3 Jack Steele (STK)
3 Bradley Hill (STK)
2 Tom Mitchell (HAW)
2 Ben Long (STK)
Geelong v Essendon
10 Sam Menegola (GEEL)
8 Tom Hawkins (GEEL)
5 Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL)
3 Mitch Duncan (GEEL)
2 Gryan Miers (GEEL)
1 Tom Stewart (GEEL)
1 Jed Bews (GEEL)
Western Bulldogs v West Coast
9 Toby McLean (WB)
7 Josh Dunkley (WB)
5 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
3 Caleb Daniel (WB)
2 Liam Ryan (WCE)
2 Tom Liberatore (WB)
1 Jack Macrae (WB)
1 Tom Barrass (WCE)
Melbourne v Fremantle
10 Adam Cerra (FRE)
8 Michael Walters (FRE)
6 David Mundy (FRE)
2 Nat Fyfe (FRE)
2 Blake Acres (FRE)
1 Jack Viney (MELB)
1 Nathan Wilson (FRE)
Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney
10 Rory Laird (ADEL)
8 Matt Crouch (ADEL)
5 Shane McAdam (ADEL)
3 Brad Crouch (ADEL)
2 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
2 Elliott Himmelberg (ADEL)
Carlton v Sydney
10 Samuel Walsh (CARL)
8 Sam Petrevski-Seton (CARL)
4 Oliver Florent (SYD)
3 Jake Lloyd (SYD)
3 Lachie Plowman (CARL)
1 Tom McCartin (SYD)
1 Kade Simpson (CARL)
Brisbane v Gold Coast
10 Lachie Neale (BL)
7 Dayne Zorko (BL)
7 Hugh McCluggage (BL)
2 Cameron Rayner (BL)
2 Daniel Rich (BL)
2 Eric Hipwood (BL)
Leaderboard
85 Lachie Neale BL
69 Travis Boak PORT
62 Christian Petracca MELB
61 Jack Steele STK
58 Taylor Adams COLL
51 Zach Merrett ESS
48 Cameron Guthrie GEEL
48 Nic Naitanui WCE
45 Marcus Bontempelli WB
43 Scott Pendlebury COLL
41 Jack Macrae WB
39 Patrick Dangerfield GEEL
38 Ollie Wines PORT
37 Zak Jones STK
37 Dustin Martin RICH
37 Andrew McGrath ESS
37 Lachie Whitfield GWS
36 Charlie Dixon PORT
36 Sam Menegola GEEL