A nine-vote haul in the last game has helped Ben Brown to the top of the coaches' votes leaderboard at North.

Brown and midfielder Shaun Higgins were six and seven votes respectively behind Ben Cunnington going into the final round, but shared best-on-ground honours to finish first and second.

North's number 50 finished the season with 48 votes, Higgins polled 47, with Cunnington close behind on 45.

Captain Jack Ziebell was fourth, with Jarrad Waite fifth, despite playing just ten games in 2017. 

Round 22 v St Kilda

10 Jack Steven (StK)
8 Seb Ross (StK)
5 Ben Cunnington (NM)
5 Luke Dunstan (StK)
1 Taylor Garner (NM)
1 Jade Gresham (StK)

Round 23 v Brisbane

9 Ben Brown (NM)
9 Shaun Higgins (NM)
5 Trent Dumont (NM)
3 Daniel Rich (BL)
2 Dayne Zorko (BL)
1 Luke McDonald (NM)
1 Scott Thompson (NM)

North leaderboard

48 Ben Brown
47 Shaun Higgins
45 Ben Cunnington
19 Jack Ziebell
17 Jarrad Waite
10 Scott Thompson