MELBOURNE star Clayton Oliver is the early frontrunner for the Gary Ayres Award for best finals player after picking up a perfect 10 votes for his performance against Brisbane on Saturday night.
Oliver, who won the AFLCA Player of the Year award, racked up 33 disposals and kicked a goal as the Demons advanced to the preliminary final.
Sydney gun Isaac Heeney also picked up the 10 despite the Swans' season ending at the hands of the Giants, while Port Adelaide stars Travis Boak and Ollies Wines were others to feature prominently.
Check out all the week one votes and the leaderboard below.
For every final, the AFL coaches vote for the best players from their game. The coaches vote for five players, giving them a mark from 1-5. The maximum a player can score is 10 (with five votes from both coaches).
Port Adelaide v Geelong
9 Travis Boak (PORT)
7 Ollie Wines (PORT)
6 Aliir Aliir (PORT)
3 Tom Jonas (PORT)
3 Orazio Fantasia (PORT)
2 Jack Henry (GEEL)
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00:43
Relentless Power draw first blood
Port's pressure was too much to handle as Steven Motlop made sure his former side paid full price
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00:43
Aliir intercept leads to Fantasia ripper
Aliir Aliir's fourth intercept mark of the game led to Orazio Fantasia extending his side's lead late in the first term
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00:24
Orazio has a hat-trick with long-range beauty
Orazio Fantasia makes it three goals after he made the Cats pay for another sloppy error
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00:37
Tomahawk's second gives Cats a sniff
Tom Hawkins has made it two Cats goals in quick succession to give them a sniff of an unlikely comeback
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00:27
Orazio's incredible night ends early with knee injury
Orazio Fantasia was subbed out during the fourth quarter with what appears to be a knee issue
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00:18
Rohan's torpedo launches into the stratosphere
Gary Rohan has unleashed a monster torpedo which almost made it past the centre circle
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00:43
Super sub lights up Adelaide Oval
Sam Powell-Pepper puts the Cats to bed with this running goal getting the Power faithful on their feet
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00:29
Hawkins carried off after 300th game
Tom Hawkins gets a warm reception as he was carried off after his 300th game
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11:18
'We didn't need to take any more risks': Hinkley on subbing out Fantasia
Watch Port Adelaide's press conference after the second Qualifying Final against Geelong
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14:44
'Virtually everything that could go wrong did go wrong': Scott
Watch Geelong's press conference after the Qualifying Final against Port Adelaide
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02:09
Orazio shuts out Cats with four-goal performance
Orazio Fantasia lit it up on the finals stage with an incredible four goals to stun the Cats
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06:56
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14:21
Mini Match: Port Adelaide v Geelong
Extended highlights of the Second Qualifying Final clash between the Power and the Cats at the Adelaide Oval
Sydney v Greater Western Sydney
10 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
6 Josh Kelly (GWS)
6 Luke Parker (SYD)
4 Harry Perryman (GWS)
2 Jesse Hogan (GWS)
2 Tim Taranto (GWS)
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00:32
Papley makes the most of Giant blunder to give Swans perfect start
Tom Papley is at his usual best, finishing a 50m penalty to get the Swans on the board
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00:38
Electric Greene on fire early with two majors
Toby Greene kicks two in a row to take the lead against the Swans
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00:25
Vintage Buddy nails tough banana to get Tassie rocking
Classy Buddy Franklin secures Swans third against the Giants
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00:38
Slick Buddy nails a bouncing dribbler off the ground
Buddy Franklin kicks his second for the day with a tricky dribbling goal
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00:38
Incredible mid-air strike from crafty Giant
Daniel Lloyd keeps GWS momentum going after a brilliant opportunist goal
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00:56
Heeney keeps Swans alive with two classy majors
Isaac Heeney continues to prove himself as one of the most dynamic forwards in the league, watch as he kicks two classy majors
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00:42
Heeney gives Swans a late chance with two dashing goals
Isaac Heeney kicks another two goals in the fourth quarter against GWS
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07:42
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02:34
Greene involved in everything in best-on-ground showing
Toby Greene's three goals and work around the ground was vital for the Giants in their elimination final win against the Swans
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14:12
Cameron on Toby: 'All I know is it wouldn't have been intentional'
Watch GWS's press conference after their second Elimination Final match against Sydney
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10:32
Longmire: 'We're a shattered group at the moment'
Watch Sydney's press conference after their Elimination Final match against GWS
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14:30
Mini Match: Sydney v GWS
Extended highlights of the Elimination Final clash between the Swans and Giants
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00:20
Toby in trouble? Superstar Giant makes contact with ump
Toby Greene makes contact with umpire Matt Stevic during the three-quarter time break
Melbourne v Brisbane
10 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
7 Christian Petracca (MELB)
4 Charlie Cameron (BL)
4 Lachie Neale (BL)
3 Jake Lever (MELB)
1 Max Gawn (MELB)
1 Alex Neal-Bullen (MELB)
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00:36
Big Ben conjures big bender to open proceedings
Ben Brown gets the Demons off to the perfect start with this crafty shot
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00:30
Cameron creating absolute havoc early
Livewire Charlie Cameron looks at his dangerous best with two exciting goals in a row
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00:15
Huge Lions blow with McStay subbed off
Brisbane has suffered a cruel injury blow with Daniel McStay forced out of the game after this incident
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00:30
Jackson jumps highest in monster speccy
Luke Jackson stuns Adelaide Oval after getting some serious hangtime in this super mark
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00:37
Charlie gets motor churning to spark new life
Charlie Cameron turns on the jets once again and snaps a crucial goal for the Lions
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00:33
Freakish Fritsch making his mark
Bayley Fritsch hauls in a ripping grab and finishes off his great work with a goal
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00:34
Petracca puts game to rest with sheer class
Demons superstar Christian Petracca calls stumps with two sensational goals in the last
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07:57
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01:46
Oliver owns the stage to build on big week
Demons star Clayton Oliver produces a stunning finals performance only days after claiming the AFL Coaches' Association Player of the Year Award
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07:41
Fagan: 'Too many passengers'
Chris Fagan was disappointed 'a number of players played below their best in a big final' and confirmed the impact of injury to Dan McStay
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08:26
Goodwin: 'We're completely different than 2018'
Simon Goodwin says his team have 'really established themselves' and are in a better position to have a crack at the ultimate success in 2021
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14:52
Mini-Match: Melbourne v Brisbane
Extended highlights of the First Qualifying Final clash between the Demons and Lions at Adelaide Oval
Western Bulldogs v Essendon
7 Tom Liberatore (WB)
6 Jack Macrae (WB)
5 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
5 Cody Weightman (WB)
4 Darcy Parish (ESS)
2 Aaron Naughton (WB)
1 Jordan Ridley (ESS)
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00:42
The Package delivers a super opener
The crowd erupts as Jake Stringer lands the first blow against his former side
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00:29
Parish pounces on scraps and punishes them
Darcy Parish adds to his impressive season with an early goal in the finals
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00:47
Weightman winning frees and finding sticks
Cody Weightman continues to provide goals for the Dogs with two goals in third term
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00:36
Tensions boil over in fiery quarter
Jake Stringer imposes himself in a scuffle after fireworks are sparked between Zach Merrett and Lewis Young
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00:29
Hannan helps it home and Dogs look home
Aaron Naughton finds Mitch Hannan clear in front of goal and the Doggies look like they've done enough
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00:47
High-flying Naughton puts icing on cake
Aaron Naughton hauls in two superb marks and finishes off his good work to pile on more misery for the Bombers
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07:26
Highlights: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
The Bulldogs and Bombers clash in the first elimination final
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15:29
Bevo: 'A great experience for us all'
Luke Beveridge says his side are feeling good after having an 'even contribution' and stated 'travel doesn't bother us' when questioned about next week's tough task of overcoming the Lions in Queensland
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09:47
Rutten: 'We'll be better off for that, no doubt'
Ben Rutten says despite the disappointing loss, his side will take plenty away from experiencing finals in a year where most tipped them to finish in the bottom four
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14:53
Mini-Match: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Extended highlights of the First Elimination Final between the Bulldogs and Bombers at the University of Tasmania Stadium
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01:40
Free kicks help as Cody boots four in fiery finals affair
Small Bulldog Cody Weightman kicked four goals directly from free kicks to help his side outlast the Bombers
Leaderboard
10 Isaac Heeney SYD
10 Clayton Oliver MELB
9 Travis Boak PORT
7 Tom Liberatore WB
7 Christian Petracca MELB
7 Ollie Wines PORT
6 Aliir Aliir PORT
6 Josh Kelly GWS
6 Jack Macrae WB
6 Luke Parker SYD
5 Marcus Bontempelli WB
5 Cody Weightman WB
4 Charlie Cameron BL
4 Lachie Neale BL
4 Darcy Parish ESS
4 Harry Perryman GWS
3 Orazio Fantasia PORT
3 Tom Jonas PORT
3 Jake Lever MELB
Previous winners
2016 Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
2017 Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2018 Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)
2019 Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2020 Dustin Martin (Richmond)
