Sydney Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery has been crowned as the 2015 AFL Coaches’ Association Champion Player of the Year.
The Swans star picked up seven votes in the final round to overcome Fremantle champion Nat Fyfe by just one vote.
The 24-year-old Swan described the award as “a massive honour.”
“You respect the coaches enormously. They’ve got really good views on the game and are extremely knowledgeable people, so you certainly respect their opinion,” Hannebery told Fox Footy’s AFL 360 on Tuesday night.
“It’s extremely humbling.”
See all the votes from all the Round 23 games below and head to the AFL Coaches’ Association website for all their latest.
Hannebery polled 101 votes from the 22 games he played this season on the way to his first AFL Coaches’ Association Champion Player of the Year Award.
Fyfe, who missed the last two games of the year, polled 100 votes from his 18 games. The 23-year-old Docker polled all of his votes in the first 14 rounds (13 games), averaging 7.7 votes per game out of a possible 10.
Hannebery and Fyfe are set to face off on Saturday in the qualifying final clash between Fremantle and Sydney.
Hannebery becomes the third Sydney player to win the award after Barry Hall (2005) and Adam Goodes (2006).
His final-round performance against Gold Coast included 32 disposals, five tackles and a goal.
Throughout the season, he averaged 30.3 disposals, more than five tackles a game, and kicked 14 goals for the year.
He led the AFL for total disposals, was ranked fourth for inside 50s per game, and fourth in effective disposals per game.
The 24-year-old already has an impressive list of achievements since his debut in Round 2 of the 2010 season.
He was the Rising Star winner in his first season, an All Australian in 2013, and named in the AFL Players’ Association 22Under22 team in 2012 and 2013.
Previous Winners
2003 – Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)
2004 – Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide)
2005 – Barry Hall (Sydney)
2006 – Simon Goodwin (Adelaide) & Adam Goodes (Sydney)
2007 – Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2008 – Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2009 – Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2010 – Dane Swan (Collingwood)
2011 – Marc Murphy (Carlton)
2012 – Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
2013 – Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
2014 – Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
AFL COACHES’ ASSOCIATION CHAMPION PLAYER OF THE YEAR final LEADERBOARD
101 – Dan Hannebery (Sydney)
100 – Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
87 – Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
75 – Matt Priddis (West Coast)
74 – Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
73 – Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)
73 – David Mundy (Fremantle)
69 – Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
67 – Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
65 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
RICHMOND V NORTH MELBOURNE
10 – Brett Deledio (Rich)
8 – TrentCotchin (Rich)
3 – Brandon Ellis (Rich)
3 – Lachie Hansen (NM)
2 – Anthony Miles (Rich)
2 – Alex Rance (Rich)
1 – Bachar Houli (Rich)
1 – Kayne Turner (NM).
GEELONG CATS V ADELAIDE CROWS
10 – Andrew Mackie (Geel)
7 – Joel Selwood (Geel)
6 – Cam Guthrie (Geel)
5 – Corey Enright (Geel)
1 – Eddie Betts (Adel)
1 – Michael Talia (Adel)
BRISBANE LIONS V WESTERN BULLDOGS
10 – Stefan Martin (BL)
6 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
6 – Tom Rockliff (BL)
5 – Pearce Hanley (BL)
3 – Jed Adcock (BL)
PORT ADELAIDE V FREMANTLE
7 – Hamish Hartlett (PA)
5 – Sam Gray (PA)
5 – Justin Westhoff (PA)
4 – Robbie Gray (PA)
3 – Michael Barlow (Frem)
3 – Brad Ebert (PA)
2 – Nathan Krakouer (PA)
1 – Patrick Ryder (PA)
HAWTHORN V CARLTON
9 – Sam Mitchell (Haw)
7 – Josh Gibson (Haw)
5 – Jarryd Roughead (Haw)
3 – Andrew Carrazzo (Carl)
3 – Jack Gunston (Haw)
3 – Bradley Hill (Haw)
WEST COAST EAGLES V ST KILDA
9 – Nic Naitanui (WCE)
6 – Andrew Gaff (WCE)
6 – Matt Priddis (WCE)
4 – Dom Sheed (WCE)
2 – Mark Le Cras (WCE)
2 – Luke Shuey (WCE)
1 – Jeremy McGovern (WCE)
SYDNEY SWANS V GOLD COAST SUNS
9 – Tom Mitchell (Syd)
7 – Dan Hannebery (Syd)
7 – Sam Reid (Syd)
5 – Josh Kennedy (Syd)
1 – Kade Kolodjashnij (GCS)
1 – Kurt Tippett (Syd)
MELBOURNE V GWS GIANTS
10 – Bernie Vince (Melb)
7 – Jack Viney (Melb)
6 – Nathan Jones (Melb)
3 – Tom McDonald (Melb)
2 – Jesse Hogan (Melb)
1 – Callan Ward (GWS)
1 – Zach Williams (GWS).
COLLINGWOOD V ESSENDON
7 – Shaun McKernan (Ess)
6 – Taylor Adams (Coll)
6 – Dyson Heppell (Ess)
6 – Heath Hocking (Ess)
4 – Brent Stanton (Ess)
1 – Alex Fasolo (Coll)