Tory Dickson has leapt up the Western Bulldogs leader board in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year award after a seven-goal performance against Fremantle.

Dickson scored five votes from both Luke Beveridge and Fremantle coach Ross Lyon after his four final-quarter goals almost gave the Bulldogs an upset win.

Dickson now sits in equal second on the Bulldogs tally with 16 votes, alongside Liam Picken.

Beveridge said Dickson’s efforts had been ‘outstanding’ throughout the season.

“He was terrific Tory, he’s had a great year and he’s set himself up by training hard over the pre-season, so it’s good to see him capitalise and hit the scoreboard.

“The other parts of his game have been quite outstanding for us over recent times, hopefully we continue to grow in our forward line.”

Bulldogs captain Robert Murphy further increased his lead after polling four votes against the Dockers, and now has 22 votes for the year.

Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe polled eight votes in the match and now sits 22 votes clear of Sydney’s Dan Hannebery in the overall leaderboard.

Round seven votes – Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

10 Tory Dickson (WB)

8 Nat Fyfe (Fre)

4 Robert Murphy (WB)

3 Matthew Pavlich (Fre)

2 Michael Johnson (Fre)

2 Easton Wood (WB)

1 Jason Johannisen (WB)

Western Bulldogs leader board

22 Robert Murphy

16 Liam Picken

16 Tory Dickson

14 Jake Stringer

12 Marcus Bontempelli

7 Easton Wood

6 Matthew Boyd

5 Michael Talia

4 Will Minson

3 Luke Dahlhaus

Overall leader board

58 Nat Fyfe (Fre)

36 Dan Hannebery (Syd)

32 David Armitage (StK)

32 Matt Priddis (WC)

32 Dylan Shiel (GWS)

30 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)

29 Josh Kennedy (Syd)

27 Tom McDonald (Melb)

25 Eddie Betts (Adel)

23 David Mundy (Fre)