Showdown Medallist Patrick Dangerfield scored a perfect 10 votes from Brenton Sanderson and Matthew Primus on Sunday in the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year.
Dangerfield collected a career-best 39 possessions in Adelaide's win over cross-town rivals Port Adelaide.
Scott Thompson also picked up votes for the fourth time in the first five rounds to rank among the early leaders after round five. He has 22 votes, eight behind Sydney’s Josh Kennedy.
The AFLCA award is voted on week to week by both of the senior coaches on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis. Each senior coach votes on their match only and any player suspensions are disregarded.
Adelaide v Port Adelaide
10 Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
7 Taylor Walker (Adel)
4 Rory Sloane (Adel)
4 Justin Westhoff (Port Adel)
2 Jared Petrenko (Adel)
2 Scott Thompson (Adel)
1 Matt Wright (Adel)
Previous rounds
Round 4 Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: Sloane 9, van Berlo 8, Tippett 4, Thompson 3, Ward 2, Reilly 2, Scully 1, Power 1.
Round 3 Hawthorn v Adelaide: 8 Gibson (Haw), 5 Lewis (Haw), 4 Stratton (Haw), 4 Whitecross, (Haw), 3 Breust (Haw), 2 Franklin (Haw), 2 Tippett (Adel), 1 Dangerfield (Adel), 1 Guerra (Haw).
Round 2 Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: 9 S. Thompson (Adel), 8 Boyd (WB), 7 Reilly (Adel) , 4 Griffen (WB), 1 Markovic (WB), 1 Walker (Adel).
Round 1 Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide: 10 Thompson (Adel), 8 Ablett (GC), 4 Jacobs (Adel), 4 Tippett (Adel), 3 Sloane (Adel), 1 Walker (Adel).
Round 4 Leaderboard
39 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
31 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
28 Gary Ablett (GC)
28 Lenny Hayes (StK)
24 Scott Thompson (Adel)
24 Matthew Boyd (WB)
24 Brent Stanton (Ess)
23 Marc Murphy (Carl)
22 Tom Hawkins (Gee)
20 Paddy Ryder (Ess)
