The 21-year-old earned a maximum 10 votes in the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year race.
Each week the head coaches votes on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis. Coaches vote only on their own matches, but may vote for players on the opposing team.
Past winners of the prestigious award include Gary Ablett (2007-08), Simon Goodwin and Adam Goodes (joint winners in 2006), Barry Hall (2005) and Warren Tredrea (2004).
Brownlow favourite Dane Swan climbed up the leaderboard after polling six votes for his 36 touch effort. Swan now sits 14 votes behind leader Gary Ablett.
Dale Thomas received five votes, a season-high, with five tackles and three goals.
Heath Shaw and Nick Maxwell both polled one vote.
Collingwood v Brisbane
10 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
7 Jonathan Brown (BL)
6 Dane Swan (Coll)
5 Dale Thomas (Coll)
1 Heath Shaw (Coll)
1 Nick Maxwell (Coll)
Voting leaderboard from rounds 1-18
66 Dane Swan (12 games)
35 Alan Didak (seven games)
34 Scott Pendlebury (nine games)
32 Leon Davis (six games)
21 Josh Fraser (three games)
13 Heath Shaw (three games)
12 Tarkyn Lockyer (two games)
11 Brad Dick (two games)
11 Harry O’Brien (five games)
9 Paul Medhurst (one game)
9 Shane O’Bree (three games)
8 Nick Maxwell (four games)
7 Dale Thomas (two game)
4 Leigh Brown (one game)
4 Travis Cloke (one game)
3 John Anthony (one game)
2 Cameron Wood (one game)
1 Simon Prestigiacomo (one game)
1 Ben Johnson (one game)
LEADERBOARD
80 Gary Ablett (Geel)
79 Chris Judd (Carl)
75 Jonathan Brown (BL)
72 Paul Chapman (Geel)
72 Nick Riewoldt (St K)
71 Nick Dal Santo (St K)
66 Dane Swan (Coll)
62 Lenny Hayes (St K)
61 Leigh Montagna (St K)
58 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
