North Melbourne’s Ben Cunnington has narrowly missed out on a top-10 finish the in the AFLCA Champion Player Award voting.

Cunnington finished eleventh on 71 votes, one vote off Josh Dunkley in 10th, and 36 votes back from eventual winner, Marcus Bontempelli. 

Cunnington’s early season form saw him contend for the award, as he sat as high as second in Round 15. 

Final leaderboard

107 - Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
90- Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL)
88 - Nat Fyfe (FRE)
86 - Tim Kelly (GEEL)
82 - Patrick Cripps (CARL)
82 - Brodie Grundy (COLL)
82 - Lachie Neale (BL)
76 - Luke Shuey (WCE)
75 - Jack Macrae (WB)
72 - Josh Dunkley (WB)
71 - Ben Cunnington (NMFC)

North Melbourne leaderboard

71 - Ben Cunnington
55 - Shaun Higgins
38 - Ben Brown
33 - Jack Ziebell
31 - Todd Goldstein