Each of the league’s 18 AFL clubs have announced their three nominees in the lead up to the AFL Players’ Association MVP awards on Tuesday, September 13.
The nomination for the MVP Award is a two-stage process. The first involves players nominating three teammates for the award, before three nominees from every club are presented to the wider playing group for a vote to decide the winner. Players cannot vote for their own teammates in stage two of the process.
All captains are automatically selected for the Best Captain presented by L’Oreal Men Expert.
See the complete list of nominees for the Leigh Matthews Trophy, Best First Year Player presented by Tissot and Most Courageous presented Ladder below:
Sydney
MVP NOMINEES: Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker, Dane Rampe
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Callum Mills
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Luke Parker
Geelong
MVP NOMINEES: Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood, Corey Enright
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Tom Ruggles
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Joel Selwood
HAWTHORN
MVP NOMINEES: Sam Mitchell, Shaun Burgoyne, Cyril Rioli
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Kade Stewart
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Ben Stratton
GWS GIANTS
MVP NOMINEES: Stephen Coniglio, Heath Shaw, Toby Greene
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jacob Hopper
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Callan Ward
ADELAIDE
MVP NOMINEES: Rory Sloane, Eddie Betts, Daniel Talia
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Wayne Milera
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Rory Laird
WEST COAST EAGLES
MVP NOMINEES: Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy, Luke Shuey
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Tom Cole
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Matt Priddis
WESTERN BULLDOGS
MVP NOMINEES: Marcus Bontempelli, Dale Morris, Lachie Hunter
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Marcus Adams
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Dale Morris
NORTH MELBOURNE
MVP NOMINEES: Robbie Tarrant, Jack Ziebell, Daniel Wells
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Ryan Clarke
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Jack Ziebell
ST KILDA
MVP NOMINEES: Jack Steven, Nick Riewoldt, Sebastian Ross
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jade Gresham
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Sean Dempster
PORT ADELAIDE
MVP NOMINEES: Robbie Gray, Jasper Pittard, Jackson Trengove
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Riley Bonner
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Brad Ebert
MELBOURNE
MVP NOMINEES: Jack Viney, Max Gawn, Nathan Jones
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Wagner
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Jack Viney
COLLINGWOOD
MVP NOMINEES: Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom, Adam Treloar
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Smith
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Ben Sinclair
RICHMOND
MVP NOMINEES: Alex Rance, Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Daniel Rioli
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Alex Rance
CARLTON
MVP NOMINEES: Sam Docherty, Bryce Gibbs, Kade Simpson
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jacob Weitering
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Kade Simpson
GOLD COAST
MVP NOMINEES: Tom Lynch, Steven May, Jarrod Harbrow
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Callum Ah Chee
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Steven May
FREMANTLE
MVP NOMINEES: Lachie Neale, Michael Walters, Stephen Hill
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Sam Collins
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Aaron Sandilands
BRISBANE
MVP NOMINEES: Dayne Zorko, Tom Rockliff, Mitch Robinson
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Schache
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Mitch Robinson
ESSENDON
MVP NOMINEES: Zach Merrett, Brendon Goddard, James Kelly
BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Darcy Parish
MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Patrick Ambrose