Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Thompson and Brodie Smith are Adelaide’s nominees for the 2014 AFL Players’ Most Valuable Player Award.
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 to his club this season. Each club’s 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 vote for their MVP on a 3, 2, 1 basis from the nominees of the 17 other clubs. The votes are tallied, and the player with the highest score wins the honour of MVP.
The AFL Players’ MVP remains the only football award decided by the players. The winner of the AFL industry’s foremost peer-determined award, the Leigh Matthews Trophy, will be announced next Tuesday, September 9 at Peninsula, Docklands in Melbourne. Previous winners of the MVP include Gary Ablett Jnr, who will be in contention for a record sixth award, Chris Judd, Dane Swan and Nick Riewoldt.
For the second straight year, Rory Sloane has been nominated for The Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award. Young midfielder Matt Crouch is in the running for Best First Year Player, while Nathan van Berlo is in the nominees for Best Captain.
Full list of nominees
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
SLOANE, 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, Zac (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)
