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).

Below are the results from round eight.

ESSENDON v NORTH MELBOURNE
10 Sam Gibson (NM)
8 Zach Merrett (Ess)
4 Robbie Tarrant (NM)
3 Todd Goldstein (NM)
2 Adam Cooney (Ess)
2 Brendon Goddard (Ess)
1 Andrew Swallow (NM)

AFLCA leaderboard 
43 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) 
39 Joel Selwood (Geel)
37 Todd Goldstein (NM) 
37 Jack Viney (Melb) 
36 Tom Lynch (GC) 
34 Luke Parker (Syd) 
32 Rory Sloane (Adel) 
30 Bryce Gibbs (Carl)
30 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
29 Lance Franklin (Syd)