Both Travis Cloke and Sharrod Wellingham polled nine votes each from the head coaches in the Queen’s Birthday win over Melbourne on Monday.
Mick Malthouse and Dean Bailey saw the two players as best on ground in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year voting.
Cloke’s career-high haul of six goals combined with 22 disposals and six inside 50s saw him poll votes in his fifth game this year.
Racking up a career-high number of disposals (37), Wellingham polled votes for just his second match of the year.
Leon Davis’ form down back (27 disposals and seven marks) continues to impress polling a combined five votes.
Also earning votes from both coaches, Luke Ball’s 12 tackles and 21 disposals earned him four to take his season tally to 11 from three matches.
Down back Chris Tarrant’s dominance of skipper Brad Green saw the oldest player in black and white stripes receive two votes while forward Chris Dawes polled one.
Past winners of the prestigious award include Dane Swan (2010), Gary Ablett Jnr (2007-09), Simon Goodwin and Adam Goodes (joint winners in 2006), Barry Hall (2005) and Warren Tredrea (2004).
Collingwood v Melbourne voting
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Travis Cloke | Coll |
| 9 | Sharrod Wellingham | Coll |
| 5 | Leon Davis | Coll |
| 4 | Luke Ball | Coll |
| 2 | Chris Tarrant | Coll |
| 1 | Chris Dawes | Coll |
Collingwood leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (number of matches the player polled)
| Votes | Player |
|---|---|
| 32 | Dale Thomas (4) |
| 27 | Scott Pendlebury (5) |
| 27 | Dane Swan (3) |
| 17 | Travis Cloke (5) |
| 16 | Chris Dawes (3) |
| 15 | Heath Shaw (4) |
| 12 | Sharrod Wellingham (2) |
| 11 | Leon Davis (3) |
| 11 | Luke Ball (3) |
| 10 | Steele Sidebottom (1) |
| 9 | Jarryd Blair (1) |
| 8 | Ben Johnson (2) |
| 6 | Andrew Krakouer (3) |
| 5 | Harry O'Brien (2) |
| 4 | Dayne Beams (1) |
| 4 | Leigh Brown (1) |
| 3 | Chris Tarrant (2) |
| 2 | Darren Jolly (1) |
| 2 | Ben Reid (1) |
| 1 | Simon Buckley (1) |
Leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year
| Votes | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | Marc Murphy | Carlton |
| 46 | Chris Judd | Carlton |
| 44 | Dean Cox | West Coast |
| 44 | Ryan O'Keefe | Sydney |
| 43 | Matthew Boyd | Western Bulldogs |
| 43 | Jobe Watson | Essendon |
| 41 | Nathan Fyfe | Fremantle |
| 41 | Joel Selwood | Geelong |
| 38 | Dale Thomas | Collingwood |
| 37 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn |
| 37 | Sam Mitchell | Hawthorn |
