Ben Rutten has continued his good run of form by again catching the eye of the coaches in round five.

Rutten received one vote to move to 10 votes and take the lead over Scott Thompson on nine. Fellow defender Graham Johncock also featured in the coaches votes against Carlton receiving six.

Bulldogs skipper Matthew Boyd is tied at the top along with Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan and Carlton’s Marc Murphy, who received the maximum 10 votes against Adelaide.

The 'Champion Player of the Year' 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.

Carlton v Adelaide
10 Marc Murphy (Carl)
8 Chris Judd (Carl)
6 Graham Johncock (Adel)
4 Andrew Walker (Carl)
1 David Ellard (Carl)
1 Ben Rutten (Adel)

Adelaide leaders
10 Rutten (Adel)
9 S.Thompson (Adel)
9 Stevens (Adel)
6 Johncock (Adel)
5 Sloane (Adel)
3 Dangerfield (Adel)
2 Vince (Adel)
1 Walker (Adel)

Leaderboard
27 Matthew Boyd (WB)
27 Marc Murphy (Carl)
27 Dane Swan (Coll)
25 Chris Judd (Carl)
25 Brent Moloney (Mel)
24 Jobe Watson (Ess)
23 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
22 Dean Cox (WC)
21 Matthew Pavlich (Fre)
19 Lance Franklin (Haw)