| Round | Report | Nominees | Team | % of Votes | Match | Note |
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| 2 | Nominations | Aaron Davey | Melbourne | 24% | Collingwood v Melbourne | Brilliant chase down tackle on Marty Clarke |
| Campbell Brown | Hawthorn | 51% | Sydney vs Hawthorn | Courageous smother in front of goal |
| Ben McKinley | West Coast | 25% | West Coast vs Port Adelaide | Fantastic chase and tackle |
| 3 | Nominations | Eric MacKenzie | West Coast | 9% | St Kilda vs West Coast | Brilliant slide on the goal line to save a goal |
| Luke Ball | St Kilda | 82% | St Kilda vs West Coast | Great diving smother on Quinten Lynch |
| Nathan Eagleton | Western Bulldogs | 9% | Western Bulldogs vs Richmond | Persistent spoil and tackle |
| 4 | Nominations | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn | 21% | Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide | Persistent chase and tackle on Tom Logan |
| Eric MacKenzie | West Coast | 35% | West Coast vs Western Bulldogs | Great smother in front of goal |
| Ricky Dyson | Essendon | 44% | North Melbourne vs Essendon | Courageous chase and tackle on Drew Petrie |
| 5 | Nominations | Shane O'Bree | Collingwood | 10% | Essendon vs Collingwood | Skillful tackle to gain possession and tap on to a teammate. |
| Drew Petrie | North Melbourne | 11% | North Melbourne vs Richmond | Courageous chase and tackle |
| Lenny Hayes | St Kilda | 79% | Port Adelaide vs St Kilda | Gutsy diving smother |
| 6 | Nominations | Joel Macdonald | Brisbane Lions | 17% | Brisbane Lions vs Essendon | Showed courage when executing a spoil |
| Martin Mattner | Sydney | 58% | Sydney vs Richmond | Brilliant chase and tackle on Jack Riewoldt |
| Luke Hodge | Hawthorn | 25% | Hawthorn vs Carlton | Spoiled, tackled then handballed to team mate |
| 7 | Nominations | Daniel Cross | Western Bulldogs | 12% | Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs | Clinical smother on Tyson Edwards |
| Jared Rivers | Melbourne | 38% | West Coast vs Melbourne | Extremely courageous attempt to mark |
| Bryce Gibbs | Carlton | 50% | Carlton vs Fremantle | Great chase and tackle on Luke McPharlin |
| 8 | Nominations | Barry Hall | Sydney | 60% | Sydney vs West Coast | Courageous spoil, then tap to team mate |
| Heath Scotland | Carlton | 23% | Collingwood vs Carlton | Phenomenal courage when spoiling a mark |
| Nathan Lovett-Murray | Essendon | 17% | St Kilda vs Essendon | Three efforts then tackled causing a turnover |
| 9 | Nominations | Mark Austin | Carlton | 24% | Adelaide vs Carlton | Multiple spoils followed by dual tackles |
| Michael Osborne | Hawthorn | 16% | Hawthorn vs Melbourne | Effective support and shepherding |
| Matt White | Richmond | 60% | Richmond vs Essendon | Fast paced chase and tackle |
| 10 | Nominations | Travis Varcoe | Geelong | 67% | Essendon vs Geelong | Double tackle and smother |
| Antoni Grover | Fremantle | 20% | Fremantle vs Richmond | Defensive spoil in mid flight |
| Daniel Rich | Brisbane Lions | 13% | North Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions | Courageous spoil |
| 11 | Nominations | Adam Simpson | North Melbourne | 27% | North Melbourne vs St Kilda | Brilliant smother on Jason Gram |
| Scott McMahon | North Melbourne | 54% | North Melbourne vs St Kilda | Courageous smother on Clinton Jones |
| Ben McGlynn | Hawthorn | 19% | Hawthorn vs Sydney | Gutsy chase and dive to spoil Michael O'Loughlin |
| 12 | Nominations | Darren Glass | West Coast | 25% | Richmond vs West Coast | Diving smother to spoil Tom Hislop |
| Brad Green | Melbourne | 43% | Essendon vs Melbourne | Gutsy attempt to spoil the mark |
| Dean Solomon | Fremantle | 32% | Fremantle vs Geelong | Courageous dive on the ball |
| 13 | Nominations | Dustin Fletcher | Essendon | 12% | Essendon vs Carlton | Spoiled a mark then smothered a kick |
| Alwyn Davey | Essendon | 12% | Essendon vs Carlton | Chase-down and tackle |
| Patrick Dangerfield | Adelaide | 76% | Adelaide vs Sydney | Smother resulting in a pivotal goal |
| 14 | Nominations | Josh Hill | Western Bulldogs | 23% | Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn | Strong spoil of an overhead, chase and tackle |
| Ryan Griffen | Western Bulldogs | 47% | Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn | Brilliant goal saving smother |
| Brett Ebert | Port Adelaide | 30% | Port Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions | Courageous chase and tackle to turnover for a goal |
| 15 | Nominations | Nathan Eagleton | Western Bulldogs | 47% | Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood | Courageous interception running back in full flight |
| Michael Hurley | Essendon | 30% | Sydney vs Essendon | Gutsy goal saving smother |
| Tayte Pears | Essendon | 23% | Sydney vs Essendon | Strong chase down and tackle |
| 16 | Nominations | Jake King | Richmond | 22% | Richmond vs North Melbourne | Gutsy double tackle resulting in turnover |
| James Frawley | Melbourne | 11% | Geelong vs Melbourne | Strong chase down and tackle |
| Jacob Surjan | Port Adelaide | 67% | Port Adelaide vs West Coast | Courageous smother in front of goal |
| 17 | Nominations | Tim Ruffles | Fremantle | 27% | Fremantle vs West Coast | Courageous attempt to mark running with the flight |
| Nick Riewoldt | St Kilda | 20% | St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs | Great second effort to smother |
| Cameron Mooney | Geelong | 53% | Geelong vs Hawthorn | Fearless marking attempt |
| 18 | Nominations | Aaron Davey | Melbourne | 37% | Melbourne vs Richmond | Takes on two Richmond opponents and wins possession |
| Darren Glass | West Coast | 31% | West Coast vs Essendon | Strong defensive effort and smother to save a certain goal |
| Ryan Griffen | Western Bulldogs | 32% | Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle | Great 100m chase and tackle against Fremantle's Grover |
| 19 | Nominations | Jarrod Atkinson | Essendon | 19% | Essendon vs Brisbane Lions | Athletic smother and rebound from Essendon's defence |
| Dustin Fletcher | Essendon | 24% | Essendon vs Brisbane Lions | Strong spoil, great second effort smother and clearance |
| Brett Kirk | Sydney | 57% | Richmond vs Sydney | Won a contested ball, then tapped to teammates advantage |
| 20 | Nominations | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 10% | Hawthorn vs Adelaide | Fantastic chase and tackle halting an Adelaide attack |
| Richard Tambling | Richmond | 32% | Richmond vs Collingwood | Wonderful chase and smother to win possession |
| Stephen Milne | St Kilda | 58% | Essendon vs St Kilda | Great smother to create a turnover then goal |
| 21 | Nominations | Max Rooke | Geelong | 72% | Western Bulldogs vs Geelong | Multiple strong tackles resulting in a turnover |
| Drew Petrie | North Melbourne | 15% | North Melbourne vs St Kilda | Launched himself in the air to spoil |
| Jarred Moore | Sydney | 13% | Collingwood vs Sydney | Courageous knock-on resulting in a goal |
| 22 | Nominations | Tom Hawkins | Geelong | | Geelong vs Fremantle | Brilliant smother followed by chase and tackle |
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