Sydney star Isaac Heeney has taken back the lead in our 2024 MVP race despite his side falling to St Kilda in Round 17.
Heeney managed five votes in the loss to the Saints to go three votes ahead of Collingwood's Nick Daicos, who managed just a sole vote from the weekend.
Carlton's Patrick Cripps, who entered the round in third place, also managed to poll in a defeat, recording 15 votes as the Blues' best player in their clash with GWS to now sit just six votes off Heeney's lead.
Neither Western Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli or Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn managed to poll over the weekend, with Port Adelaide's Zak Butters going between the pair in sixth after polling 17 votes against the Dogs.
Essendon's Zach Merrett was easily his side's top performer, with the Bombers ball winner moving to 166 votes for the year to be within reaching distance of top spot heading into Round 18.
Merrett was one of just two players to poll a perfect 20-vote performance over the weekend, with Brisbane star Lachie Neale earning unanimous nods for his dominant display against Adelaide on Sunday.
That outing has seen the Lions co-captain rise from 10th on our leaderboard to eighth, surpassing Fremantle's Calen Seron and Swans gun Errol Gulden in the process.
Other top vote-getters from the weekend were North Melbourne young gun Harry Sheezel, Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee, Fremantle forward Josh Teacy, Saints stopper Callum Wilkie and Melbourne midfielder Trent Rivers, who all polled 19 votes each.
Geelong duo Tom Stewart and Jeremy Cameron were each seen as best-afield from our panel for Saturday's win over Hawthorn, while Jack Buckley, Jesse Hogan and Cripps each earned at least one five-vote nod.
Essendon vs Collingwood
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Zach Merrett | Zach Merrett | Zach Merrett | Zach Merrett |
4 | Jye Caldwell | Jye Caldwell | Jye Caldwell | Jye Caldwell |
3 | Sam Draper | Sam Durham | Ben McKay | Steele Sidebottom |
2 | Jack Crisp | Scott Pendlebury | Dylan Shiel | Sam Draper |
1 | Sam Durham | Jack Crisp | Sam Draper | Nick Daicos |
Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Zak Butters | Connor Rozee | Connor Rozee | Connor Rozee |
4 | Connor Rozee | Zak Butters | Zak Butters | Zak Butters |
3 | Brandon Zerk-Thatcher | Ollie Wines | Mitchell Georgiades | Mitchell Georgiades |
2 | Ollie Wines | Mitchell Georgiades | Ollie Wines | Ollie Wines |
1 | Jason Horne-Francis | Jason Horne-Francis | Jason Horne-Francis | Brandon Zerk-Thatcher |
North Melbourne vs Gold Coast
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Harry Sheezel | Harry Sheezel | Harry Sheezel | Luke Davies-Uniacke |
4 | Luke Davies-Uniacke | Luke Davies-Uniacke | Luke Davies-Uniacke | Harry Sheezel |
3 | Aidan Corr | Colby McKercher | Colby McKercher | Colby McKercher |
2 | Colby McKercher | Charlie Comben | Charlie Comben | Matthew Rowell |
1 | Tristan Xerri | Tristan Xerri | Tristan Xerri | Tristan Xerri |
Geelong vs Hawthorn
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Tom Stewart | Jeremy Cameron | Jeremy Cameron | Tom Stewart |
4 | Sam De Koning | Tom Stewart | Tom Stewart | Jeremy Cameron |
3 | Mitch Duncan | Sam De Koning | Dylan Moore | Sam De Koning |
2 | Jeremy Cameron | Dylan Moore | Sam De Koning | Dylan Moore |
1 | Dylan Moore | Shaun Mannagh | Shaun Mannagh | James Worpel |
GWS vs Carlton
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Jack Buckley | Jesse Hogan | Patrick Cripps | Jesse Hogan |
4 | Jesse Hogan | Patrick Cripps | Jesse Hogan | Patrick Cripps |
3 | Callan Ward | Callan Ward | Callan Ward | Callan Ward |
2 | Patrick Cripps | Brent Daniels | Brent Daniels | Harry McKay |
1 | Kieren Briggs | Kieren Briggs | Harry McKay | Brent Daniels |
Fremantle vs Richmond
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Josh Treacy | Josh Treacy | Josh Treacy | Andrew Brayshaw |
4 | Hayden Young | Andrew Brayshaw | Andrew Brayshaw | Josh Treacy |
3 | Andrew Brayshaw | Hayden Young | Hayden Young | Shai Bolton |
2 | Toby Nankervis | Toby Nankervis | Shai Bolton | Hayden Young |
1 | Shai Bolton | Shai Bolton | Toby Nankervis | Luke Jackson |
Melbourne vs West Coast
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Trent Rivers | Caleb Windsor | Trent Rivers | Trent Rivers |
4 | Jacob Van Rooyen | Trent Rivers | Caleb Windsor | Jacob Van Rooyen |
3 | Caleb Windsor | Tom McDonald | Jacob Van Rooyen | Caleb Windsor |
2 | Tom McDonald | Jacob Van Rooyen | Ed Langdon | Tim Kelly |
1 | Ed Langdon | Koltyn Tholstrup | Oscar Allen | Tom McDonald |
St Kilda vs Sydney
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Callum Wilkie | Callum Wilkie | Mattaes Phillipou | Callum Wilkie |
4 | Mattaes Phillipou | Jack Sinclair | Callum Wilkie | Mattaes Phillipou |
3 | Isaac Heeney | Mattaes Phillipou | Liam Henry | Jack Steele |
2 | Jack Steele | Chad Warner | Jack Steele | Isaac Heeney |
1 | Liam Henry | Liam Henry | Chad Warner | Errol Gulden |
Brisbane vs Adelaideย
Mitch Keating | Frank Seal | Aidan Cellini | Nick Splitter | |
5 | Lachie Neale | Lachie Neale | Lachie Neale | Lachie Neale |
4 | Josh Dunkley | Josh Dunkley | Josh Dunkley | Josh Dunkley |
3 | Rory Laird | Mark Keane | Ben Keays | Ben Keays |
2 | Ben Keays | Dayne Zorko | Oscar McInerney | Charlie Cameron |
1 | Dayne Zorko | Ben Keays | Mark Keane | Rory Laird |
LEADERBOARD
PLAYER | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isaac Heeney |
5 | 180 |
2 | Nick Daicos |
1 | 177 |
3 | Patrick Cripps |
15 | 174 |
4 | Zach Merrett |
20 | 166 |
5 | Marcus Bontempelli |
0 | 158 |
6 | Zak Butters |
17 | 138 |
7 | Max Gawn |
0 | 137 |
8 | Lachie Neale |
20 | 136 |
9 | Errol Gulden |
1 | 126 |
10 | Caleb Serong |
0 | 120 |