It followed a campaign in which Adams,27,played every match,averaging 22.7 disposals per game.
He led Collingwood for disposals,inside 50s,tackles and clearances. Adams,who was traded from Greater Western Sydney for Heath Shaw at the end of 2013,was runner-up in the Magpies'best and fairest three years ago. Adams also won this year's Gavin Brown Award for applying pressure.
Adams was a runaway Copeland winner with 100 votes,29 ahead of Pies captain Scott Pendlebury. Even at 32,Pendlebury remains a marvel. His runner-up finish made it 10 top-two finishes in the award,and 12 top-three placings.
Dashing defender Jack Crisp repeated his 2019 finish of third spot,where he also placed in 2015. Crisp has played an AFL-high 141 consecutive matches for the Pies since being traded from the Brisbane Lions at the end of 2014.
Having been named All-Australian for the first time,key defender Darcy Moore finished fourth,while fellow backman Brayden Maynard rounded out the top five.
The much-improved Josh Daicos was sixth,ahead of Jamie Elliott and Brodie Grundy who tied for seventh on 47 votes. For Grundy it summed up a year in which he struggled to reach great heights on the back of signing a seven-year contract extension.