Gold Coast joint vice-captain Tom Lynch is the new leader of the AFL Coaches Association player of the year award.
Lynch polled six votes after kicking four goals in the 38-point loss to North Melbourne on Saturday.
He is sitting on 34 votes, with Sydney Swans midfielder Luke Parker and Melbourne tough nut equal-second on 31.
Following each game of the 2016 season, coaches from both teams vote on who they believed to be most instrumental to the game. Each coach votes for five players, allocating a score form 1-5. The maximum a player can register for a single game is 10 votes.
AFLCA Leaderboard
34 Tom Lynch (GC)
31 Luke Parker (Syd)
31 Jack Viney (Melb)
30 Todd Goldstein (NMFC)
27 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
26 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
23 Jack Ziebell (NMFC)
21 Robbie Gray (Port)
20 Aaron Hall (GC)
20 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
Gold Coast SUNS AFLCA Leaderboard
34 Tom Lynch (5, 9, 8, 6, 6)
20 Aaron Hall (10, 1, 9)
13 Jack Martin (8, 5)
13 Gary Ablett (8, 5)
4 Jarrod Harbrow (4)
3 Alex Sexton (3)
2 Clay Cameron (2)
2 Peter Wright (2)
1 Nick Malceski (1)
1 Steven May (1)
Round 5 v North Melbourne
10 Todd Goldstein (NMFC)
6 Tom Lynch (GC)
6 Andrew Swallow (NMFC)
4 Nick Dal Santo (NMFC)
2 Peter Wright (GC)
1 Shaun Atley (NMFC)
1 Jack Ziebell (NMFC)
Round 4 v Brisbane Lions
10 Pearce Hanley (BL)
8 Dayne Zorko (BL)
6 Tom Lynch (GC)
4 Tom Bell (BL)
2 Daniel Rich (BL)
Round 3 v Carlton
9 Aaron Hall (GCS)
8 Tom Lynch (GCS)
5 Gary Ablett (GCS)
5 Jack Martin (GCS)
2 Clay Cameron (GCS)
1 Jacob Weitering (Carl)
Round 2 v Fremantle
9 Tom Lynch (GCS)
8 Jack Martin (GCS)
5 Nat Fyfe (Frem)
4 Jarrod Harbrow (GCS)
3 Alex Sexton (GCS)
1 Aaron Hall (GCS)
Round 1 v Essendon
10 Aaron Hall (GCS)
8 Gary Ablett (GCS)
5 Tom Lynch (GCS)
5 David Zaharakis (Ess)
1 Steven May (GCS)
1 Nick Malceski (GCS)
