Swan polled 67 votes, seven more than Scott Pendlebury who finished runner-up in the best and fairest count.
Collingwoodfc.com.au has published the leaderboard from the 2010 E. W. Copeland Trophy.
The complete list of votes
| Place | Name | Games | Votes |
| 1 | Dane Swan | 26 | 67 |
| 2 | Scott Pendlebury | 26 | 60 |
| 3 | Dale Thomas | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Alan Didak | 24 | 51 |
| 5 | Luke Ball | 24 | 48 |
| 6 | Dayne Beams | 25 | 42 |
| 7 | Nick Maxwell | 22 | 41 |
| 8 | Steele Sidebottom | 25 | 41 |
| 9 | Harry O'Brien | 26 | 40 |
| 10 | Darren Jolly | 26 | 39 |
| 11 | Heath Shaw | 23 | 38 |
| 12 | Sharrod Wellingham | 24 | 38 |
| 13 | Ben Johnson | 23 | 37 |
| 14 | Travis Cloke | 24 | 36 |
| 15 | Alan Toovey | 26 | 34 |
| 16 | Leigh Brown | 19 | 32 |
| 17 | Ben Reid | 21 | 31 |
| 18 | Chris Dawes | 20 | 30 |
| 19 | Brent Macaffer | 21 | 30 |
| 20 | Leon Davis | 20 | 29 |
| 21 | Nathan Brown | 13 | 19 |
| 22 | Jarryd Blair | 12 | 17 |
| 23 | Simon Prestigiacomo | 13 | 16 |
| 24 | Tyson Goldsack | 11 | 13 |
| 25 | Tarkyn Lockyer | 11 | 13 |
| 26 | Paul Medhurst | 10 | 11 |
| 27 | Josh Fraser | 9 | 10 |
| 28 | Shane O'Bree | 6 | 7 |
| 29 | John Anthony | 7 | 7 |
| 30 | Brad Dick | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Cameron Wood | 4 | 4 |
| 32 | John McCarthy | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Jaxson Barham | 1 | 1 |
