Darcy Parish earned AFLCA votes after a 43-disposal effort. (Photo: AFL Photos)

Essendon senior coach Ben Rutten and his Geelong counterpart Chris Scott have awarded Darcy Parish eight votes for round 16 in the AFL Coaches Association's AFL Champion Player Award.

Parish placed second to Cats midfielder Patrick Dangerfield (nine votes) for the match after accumulating 43 disposals, claiming the Tom Wills medal for the Powercor Country Festival game’s best on ground.

01:39

Rd 16 | Parish wins Tom Wills Award

Midfielder Darcy Parish won the Tom Wills Award, judged to be best afield in our Powercor Country Festival game against Geelong.

The performance fell one short of Parish’s record-breaking effort in round 12’s Dreamtime in Perth match, where the 23-year-old gathered 44 possessions.

Parish sits fifth in the overall standings, 13 votes off leader Marcus Bontempelli.

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Rd 16 | Performance of the Week

Midfielder Darcy Parish takes the honours as the Yakult Performance of the Week for his best-on-ground performance against the Cats in round 16.

Defender Jordan Ridley was the only other Don to feature, receiving two votes for his composed performance down back.

The reigning Crichton medallist didn’t stuff the stat sheet with 17 disposals and six marks, but his trademark dependability and calmness in one on one contests drew praise from both senior coaches.

AFLCA VOTES: GEELONG v BOMBERS

9 - Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL)
8 - Darcy Parish (ESS)
7 - Tom Hawkins (GEEL)
3 - Tom Atkins (GEEL)
2 - Jordan Ridley (ESS)
1 - Isaac Smith (GEEL)

ESSENDON'S AFLCA VOTES THIS SEASON

63 - Darcy Parish
48 - Zach Merrett
16 - Jordan Ridley
15 - Andrew McGrath, Jake Stringer
11 - Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
8 - Cale Hooker, Sam Draper
7 - Peter Wright
6 - Jayden Laverde
5 - Dyson Heppell
2 - Mason Redman, Will Snelling, Nick Hind
1 - Archie Perkins

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

76 - Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
76 - Clayton Oliver (MELB)
70 - Ollie Wines (PA)
66 - Touk Miller (GC)
63 – Darcy Parish (ESS)