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 17. 

RICHMOND v ESSENDON
10 Dustin Martin (Rich)
7 Ben Griffiths (Rich)
7 Zach Merrett (Ess)
4 Trent Cotchin (Rich)
1 Orazio Fantasia (Ess)
1 Brendon Goddard (Ess) 

AFLCA LEADERBOARD
80 Rory Sloane (Adel) 
79 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) 
74 Dustin Martin (Rich) 
69 Joel Selwood (Geel) 
66 Luke Shuey (WCE) 
63 Marcus Bontempelli (WB) 
57 Luke Parker (Syd) 
55 Dan Hannebery (Syd) 
51 Todd Goldstein (NM) 
51 Robbie Gray (PA) 
51 Dylan Shiel (GWS) 
51 Jack Steven (StK)