Liam Picken is the narrow leader for the inaugural Gary Ayres Award for the best finals player after week two of the AFL finals.

With the clear advantage of playing in two finals so far, Picken leads from Josh Kennedy and Eddie Betts.

Here are the votes from the finals so far, plus the leaderboard:

Finals Week Two

HAWTHORN v WESTERN BULLDOGS
8 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
8 Jack Macrae (WB)
8 Liam Picken (WB)
4 Shaun Burgoyne (Haw)
1 Josh Dunkley (WB)
1 Tom Liberatore (WB)

SYDNEY SWANS v ADELAIDE
10 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
7 Isaac Heeney (Syd)
6 Nick Smith (Syd)
3 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
2 Lance Franklin (Syd)
2 Tom Papley (Syd)

Finals Week One

WEST COAST v WESTERN BULLDOGS
10 Caleb Daniel (WB)
6 Luke Dahlhaus (WB)
4 Liam Picken (WB)
3 Joel Hamling (WB)
3 Jason Johannisen (WB)
2 Lachie Hunter (WB)
2 Tom Liberatore (WB)

GEELONG v HAWTHORN
8 Joel Selwood (Geel)
6 Jordan Lewis (Haw)
5 Mark Blicavs (Geel)
5 Cam Guthrie (Geel)
3 Shaun Burgoyne (Haw)
2 Luke Breust (Haw)
1 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)

SYDNEY SWANS v GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
10 Jeremy Cameron (GWS)
7 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
7 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
2 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
2 Devon Smith (GWS)
1 Heath Grundy (Syd)
1 Josh Kennedy (Syd)

ADELAIDE v NORTH MELBOURNE
10 Eddie Betts (Adel)
8 Brodie Smith (Adel)
5 Tom Lynch (Adel)
5 Taylor Walker (Adel)
1 Matt Crouch (Adel)
1 Daniel Talia (Adel)

Leaderboard

12 Liam Picken (WB)
11 Josh Kennedy (SYD)
10 Eddie Betts (ADEL)
10 Jeremy Cameron (GWS)
10 Caleb Daniel (WB)
8 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
8 Jack Macrae (WB)
8 Joel Selwood (GEEL)
8 Brodie Smith (ADEL)
7 Shaun Burgoyne (HAW)
7 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
7 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
7 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)