Dangerfield polled 256 votes to finish level with Sydney onballer Josh Kennedy. Gold Coast skipper Gary Ablett (788 votes) took home the Leigh Matthews Trophy awarded to the Players MVP for a record-breaking fourth time.
Essendon captain Jobe Watson finished runner-up on 602 votes, while young players Trent Cotchin (495 votes) and Dayne Beams (377 votes) were also acknowledged for breakout seasons.
The fifth-placing in the League's only peer-voted award is further recognition for Dangerfield, who was one of five Crows included in the 2012 All-Australian squad announced last week. He also finished equal-third in the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year award.
Ablett is the first Gold Coast Suns’ player to win the trophy having won it three years running while at Geelong in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
In other awards presented on Tuesday night, Jobe Watson was named the league’s best captain, ahead of Joel Selwood and Matthew Pavlich.
Selwood also featured in the Robert Rose Most Courageous Award, where he tied for victory with West Coast defender Beau Waters. Respected St Kilda champion Lenny Hayes followed closely.
The Best First Year Player Award was taken out by Greater Western Sydney forward Jeremy Cameron, while mature aged recruits Dayne Zorko and Ahmed Saad finished second and third respectively.
Alan Toovey was awarded the Education and Training Grant, presented by Open Universities Australia, while Emma Quayle won the Grant Hattam Trophy for Excellence in Sports Journalism.
The voting process for the 2012 ALPA MVP was as follows:
The process to determine this year’s MVP began as it has in previous years, with each team voting for those three teammates that, in their view, have displayed the best overall value to their own team. In a second round of voting, all AFL players must vote in a 3, 2, 1 preference from the list of 51 nominees (three players from all clubs excluding their own) to determine the MVP.
The full list of award nominees:
Most Valuable Player Award - Leigh Matthews Trophy
Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)
Scott Thompson (Adelaide)
Jed Adcock (Brisbane)
Joel Patfull (Brisbane)
Jack Redden (Brisbane)
Andrew Carrazzo (Carlton)
Chris Judd (Carlton)
Eddie Betts (Carlton)
Dayne Beams (Collingwood)
Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Dane Swan (Collingwood)
Dustin Fletcher (Essendon)
Brent Stanton (Essendon)
Jobe Watson (Essendon)
Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
Luke McPharlin (Fremantle)
Michael Johnson (Fremantle)
Tom Hawkins (Geelong)
James Kelly (Geelong)
Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
Harley Bennell (Gold Coast)
Matthew Warnock (Gold Coast)
Jeremy Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)
Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney)
Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)
Mitch Clark (Melbourne)
Jack Grimes (Melbourne)
Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)
Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)
Daniel Wells (North Melbourne)
Matthew Broadbent (Port Adelaide)
Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide)
Jay Schulz (Port Adelaide)
Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
Brett Deledio (Richmond)
Ivan Maric (Richmond)
Sean Dempster (St Kilda)
Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
Kieren Jack (Sydney)
Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
Ted Richards (Sydney)
Dean Cox (West Coast)
Darren Glass (West Coast)
Scott Selwood (West Coast)
Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs)
Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs)
Most Courageous Award
Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
Jonathan Brown (Brisbane)
Kade Simpson (Carlton)
Jarryd Blair (Collingwood)
Ben Howlett (Essendon)
Matt de Boer (Fremantle)
Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Campbell Brown (Gold Coast)
Jacob Townsend (Greater Western Sydney)
Ben Stratton (Hawthorn)
Jordan McKenzie (Melbourne)
Leigh Adams (North Melbourne)
Tom Logan (Port Adelaide)
Steven Morris (Richmond)
Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
Jude Bolton (Sydney)
Beau Waters (West Coast)
Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs)
Best First Year Player Award
Josh Jenkins (Adelaide)
Dayne Zorko (Brisbane)
Tom Bell (Carlton)
Jamie Elliot (Collingwood)
Mark Baguley (Essendon)
Lachie Neale (Fremantle)
Jackson Sheringham (Geelong)
Kyal Horsley (Gold Coast)
Jeremy Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Bradley Hill (Hawthorn)
James Magner (Melbourne)
Sam Gibson (North Melbourne)
Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
Steven Morris (Richmond)
Ahmed Saad (St Kilda)
Harry Cunningham (Sydney)
Murray Newman (West Coast)
Clay Smith (Western Bulldogs)
Best Captain Award
Nathan Van Berlo (Adelaide)
Jonathon Brown (Brisbane)
Chris Judd (Carlton)
Nick Maxwell (Collingwood)
Jobe Watson (Essendon)
Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
Luke Power (Greater Western Sydney)
Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney)
Phil Davis (Greater Western Sydney)
Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)
Jack Grimes (Melbourne)
Jack Trengove (Melbourne)
Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)
Dominic Cassisi (Port Adelaide)
Chris Newman (Richmond)
Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
Adam Goodes (Sydney)
Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney)
Darren Glass (West Coast)
Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
Previous winners of the Leigh Matthews Trophy (MVP)
1982 - Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)
1983 - Terry Daniher (Essendon)
1984 - Russell Greene (Hawthorn)
1985 - Greg Williams (Geelong)
1986 - Paul Roos (Fitzroy)
1987 - Tony Lockett (St Kilda)
1988 - Gerard Healy (Sydney)
1989 - Tim Watson (Essendon)
1990 - Darren Millane (Collingwood)
1991 - Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
1992 - Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn)
1993 - Gary Ablett Snr (Geelong)
1994 - Greg Williams (Carlton)
1995 - Wayne Carey (North Melbourne)
1996 - Corey McKernan (North Melbourne)
1997 - Robert Harvey (St Kilda)
1998 - Wayne Carey (North Melbourne)
1999 - Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)
2000 - Anthony Koutoufides (Carlton)
2001 - Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)
2002 - Luke Darcy (Western Bulldogs)
2002 - Michael Voss (Brisbane)
2003 - Michael Voss (Brisbane)
2004 - Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
2005 - Ben Cousins (West Coast)
2006 - Chris Judd (West Coast)
2007 - Gary Ablett (Geelong
2008 - Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2009 - Gary Ablett (Geelong)
2010 - Dane Swan (Collingwood)
2011 - Chris Judd (Carlton)
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