Ball received a maximum of 10 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year voting for his 28-disposal, seven tackle and six mark effort.
Next best was Collingwood’s Dane Swan, who polled eight votes taking him nine votes clear of Hawthorn’s Luke Hodge on the AFL leaderboard. The 26-year-old registered over 30 disposals (31) for his eighth straight match.
Alan Didak was the third Magpie to receive votes from both coaches with six (three from each coach) while Scott Pendlebury (two), Harry O’Brien (two) and Travis Cloke (1) also featured in the voting.??
Carlton’s Robbie Warnock was the lone Blue in the voting polling one vote.????
In the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year, head coaches vote each week on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis. Coaches vote only on their own matches, but may vote for players on the opposing team.
Past winners of the prestigious award include Gary Ablett Jnr (2007-09), Simon Goodwin and Adam Goodes (joint winners in 2006), Barry Hall (2005) and Warren Tredrea (2004).
Collingwood v Carlton voting
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Luke Ball | Coll |
| 8 | Dane Swan | Coll |
| 6 | Alan Didak | Coll |
| 2 | Scott Pendlebury | Coll |
| 2 | Harry O'Brien | Coll |
| 1 | Travis Cloke | Coll |
| 1 | Robert Warnock | Carl |
Collingwood leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (number of matches the player polled)
| Votes | Player |
|---|---|
| 97 | Dane Swan (14) |
| 45 | Scott Pendlebury (13) |
| 45 | Alan Didak (10) |
| 42 | Luke Ball (8) |
| 23 | Heath Shaw (4) |
| 22 | Dale Thomas (7) |
| 20 | Dayne Beams (5) |
| 17 | Travis Cloke (4) |
| 12 | Darren Jolly (2) |
| 9 | Steele Sidebottom (2) |
| 9 | Simon Prestigiacomo (2) |
| 9 | Leigh Brown (2) |
| 8 | Sharrod Wellingham (4) |
| 8 | Harry O'Brien (2) |
| 3 | Nick Maxwell (1) |
| 2 | Alan Toovey (1) |
| 1 | Brad Dick (1) |
| 1 | Chris Dawes (1) |
| 1 | Ben Johnson (1) |
Leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | Dane Swan | Collingwood |
| 88 | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn |
| 68 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle |
| 67 | Joel Selwood | Geelong |
| 57 | Paul Chapman | Geelong |
| 54 | Matthew Pavlich | Fremantle |
| 53 | Matthew Boyd | Western Bulldogs |
| 53 | Lenny Hayes | St Kilda |
| 53 | Chris Judd | Carlton |
| 52 | Gary Ablett | Geelong |
