The Leigh Matthews Trophy remains the only football award decided by those who know the game best – the players.
As part of the AFL Players Association awards, Swans midfielder Ben McGlynn has been nominated for the Robert Rose Most Courageous Award, presented by Cancer Council Victoria, while Zak Jones is in the running for the Best First Year Player.
Co-captains Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack are in the running for Best Captain, presented by L’Oreal Men Expert, with skippers from the 17 other clubs.
The MVP voting is a two-stage process; beginning with each player voting for the three teammates he considers to have been the most valuable this season.
Each clubs’ votes are then tallied to form a nomination list comprising 54 players across the 18 teams.
Then, in the second round of voting, all AFL players choose from the list of 51 nominees to determine who will be the MVP (they cannot vote for players from their own team in second round).
The 2013 AFL Players’ MVP Award Winners will be announced on Tuesday September, 9 at the Peninsula, Docklands.
Coverage of the night will be live on Fox Footy from 8.30PM.
Leigh Matthews Trophy nominees
DANGERFIELD, Patrick (Adelaide)
SMITH, Brodie (Adelaide)
THOMPSON, Scott (Adelaide)
HANLEY, Pearce (Brisbane)
MARTIN, Stefan (Brisbane)
ROCKLIFF, Tom (Brisbane)
GIBBS, Bryce (Carlton)
MURPHY, Marc (Carlton)
YARRAN, Christopher (Carlton)
BEAMS, Dayne (Collingwood)
PENDLEBURY, Scott (Collingwood)
SIDEBOTTOM, Steele (Collingwood)
GODDARD, Brendon (Essendon)
HEPPELL, Dyson (Essendon)
HOOKER, Cale (Essendon)
BALLANTYNE, Hayden (Fremantle)
FYFE, Nathan (Fremantle)
SANDILANDS, Aaron (Fremantle)
HAWKINS, Tom (Geelong)
SELWOOD, Joel (Geelong)
TAYLOR, Harry (Geelong)
ABLETT, Gary (Gold Coast)
PRESTIA, Dion (Gold Coast)
SWALLOW, David (Gold Coast)
MUMFORD, Shane (Greater Western Sydney)
TRELOAR, Adam (Greater Western Sydney)
WARD, Callan (Greater Western Sydney)
BRUEST, Luke (Hawthorn)
GUNSTON, Jack (Hawthorn)
LEWIS, Jordan (Hawthorn)
DUNN, Lynden (Melbourne)
JONES, Nathan (Melbourne)
TYSON, Dom (Melbourne)
CUNNINGTON, Ben (North Melbourne)
GREENWOOD, Levi (North Melbourne)
HARVEY, Brent (North Melbourne)
BOAK, Travis (Port Adelaide)
GRAY, Robert (Port Adelaide)
SCHULZ, Jay (Port Adelaide)
COTCHIN, Trent (Richmond)
MARTIN, Dustin (Richmond)
RANCE, Alex (Richmond)
DELANEY, Luke (St Kilda)
HAYES, Lenny (St Kilda)
RIEWOLDT, Nick (St Kilda)
FRANKLIN, Lance (Sydney)
KENNEDY, Josh (Sydney)
PARKER, Luke (Sydney)
DAHLHAUS, Luke (Western Bulldogs)
LIBERATORE, Thomas (Western Bulldogs)
MURPHY, Robert (Western Bulldogs)
KENNEDY, Josh J (West Coast)
MACKENZIE, Eric (West Coast)
PRIDDIS, Matt (West Coast)
The Robert Rose Most Courageous Award, presented by Cancer Council Victoria
SLOAN, Rory (Adelaide)
PATFUL, Joel (Brisbane)
SIMPSON, Kade (Carlton)
MAXWELL, Nick (Collingwood)
AMBROSE, Patrick (Essendon)
SPURR, Lee (Fremantle)
SELWOOD, Joel (Geelong)
SWALLOW, David (Gold Coast)
WARD, Callan (Greater Western Sydney)
HODGE, Luke (Hawthorn)
CROSS, Daniel (Melbourne)
GREENWOOD, Levi (North Melbourne)
LOGAN, Tom (Port Adelaide)
RANCE, Alex (Richmond)
DEMPSTER, Sean (St Kilda)
McGLYNN, Ben (Sydney)
MORRIS, Dale (Western Bulldogs)
PRIDDIS, Matt (West Coast)
Best First Year Player
CROUCH, Matt (Adelaide)
TAYLOR, Lewis (Brisbane)
JOHNSON, Blaine (Carlton)
LANGDON, Tom (Collingwood)
MERRETT, Zach (Essendon)
APERNESS, Michael (Fremantle)
LANG, Darcy (Geelong)
LEMMENS, Sean (Gold Coast)
KELLY, Josh (Greater Western Sydney)
HARTUNG, Billy (Hawthorn)
KENNEDY-HARRIS, Jay (Melbourne)
MCDONALD, Luke (North Melbourne)
IMPEY, Jarman (Port Adelaide)
LLOYD, Sam (Richmond)
DUNSTAN, Luke (St Kilda)
JONES, Zak (Sydney)
BONTEMPELLI, Marcus (Western Bulldogs)
SHEED, Dom (West Coast)
Best Captain, presented by L’Oreal Men Expert
VAN BERLO, Nathan (Adelaide)
ADCOCK, Jed (Brisbane)
MURPHY, Marc (Carlton)
PENDLEBURY, Scott (Collingwood)
WATSON, Jobe (Essendon)
PAVLICH, Matthew (Fremantle)
SELWOOD, Joel (Geelong)
ABLETT, Gary (Gold Coast)
DAVIS, Phil (Greater Western Sydney)
WARD, Callan (Greater Western Sydney)
HODGE, Luke (Hawthorn)
GRIMES, Jack (Melbourne)
JONES, Nathan (Melbourne)
SWALLOW, Andrew (North Melbourne)
BOAK, Travis (Port Adelaide)
COTCHIN, Trent (Richmond)
RIEWOLDT, Nick (St Kilda)
JACK, Kieren (Sydney)
McVEIGH, Jarrad (Sydney)
GRIFFEN, Ryan (Western Bulldogs)
GLASS, Darren (West Coast Eagles)
