Western Bulldogs star Jack Macrae has taken the lead in the Gary Ayres Award for best finals player after picking up a perfect 10 votes for his performance against Brisbane on Saturday night. 

Macrae, who was awarded six votes in the elimination final win over Essendon, racked up a massive 39 touches and kicked a crucial last-quarter goal as the Dogs pipped the Lions by a point in an all-time classic

Bailey Smith picked up eight votes for his three-goal game, while superstar Marcus Bontempelli polled two votes to take his tally to seven. 

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).

Brisbane v Western Bulldogs

10 Jack Macrae (WB)
8 Bailey Smith (WB)
5 Hugh McCluggage (BL)
3 Caleb Daniel (WB)
2 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
1 Tom Liberatore (WB)
1 Charlie Cameron (BL)

Leaderboard

16 Jack Macrae WB
10 Tom Hawkins GEEL
10 Isaac Heeney SYD
10 Clayton Oliver MELB
9 Travis Boak PORT
8 Tom Liberatore WB
8 Bailey Smith WB
8 Zach Tuohy GEEL
7 Marcus Bontempelli WB
7 Christian Petracca MELB
7 Ollie Wines PORT
6 Aliir Aliir PORT
6 Josh Kelly GWS
6 Luke Parker SYD
5 Charlie Cameron BL
5 Jack Henry GEEL
5 Hugh McCluggage BL
5 Cody Weightman WB
4 Lachie Neale BL
4 Darcy Parish ESS
4 Harry Perryman GWS
4 Lachie Whitfield GWS