The 25-year-old, who has scored 11 goals and assisted a further 13 for the table-topping Cherries this season, beat Middlesbrough's Grant Leadbitter and team-mate Callum Wilson to claim the top spot.
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Fans from each club in the Championship, League One and League Two were given the chance to vote for their top three - excluding their own players - taking into account this season's form and overall class.
As expected, the Championship's current top three, Bournemouth, Watford and Middlesbrough, boast the most players in the top 50 - three apiece.
The five teams from fourth down to eighth, Norwich, Derby, Ipswich, Brentford and Wolves all share two players each.
The latter's Benik Afobe, who is the Football League's top scorer this season, narrowly makes the cut at No 50 - behind the rest of the Championship's chief goal-getters Daryl Murphy (Ipswich), Eoin Doyle (Chesterfield/Cardiff) and Troy Deeney (Watford).
Cameron Jerome, who has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Norwich this season, is one notable absentee.
A few highlights...
Highest-ranked goalkeeper: Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) - 21st
Highest-ranked defender: Daniel Ayala (Middlesbrough) - 23rd
Highest-ranked midfielder: Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) - 1st
Highest-ranked striker: Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) - 3rd
Highest-ranked League One player: Dele Alli (MK Dons) - 7th
Highest-ranked League Two player: Ryan Woods (Shrewsbury) - 12th
Total number of Championship players: 31
Total number of League One players: 12
Total number of League Two players: 7
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The full list is as follows...
(Championship players are italicised, * denotes player is on loan)
Rank | Name | Club |
1 | Matt Ritchie | Bournemouth |
2 | Grant Leadbitter | Middlesbrough |
3 | Callum Wilson | Bournemouth |
4 | Troy Deeney | Watford |
5 | Chris Martin | Derby County |
6 | Daryl Murphy | Ipswich Town |
7 | Dele Alli | MK Dons* |
8 | Will Hughes | Derby County |
9 | Massimo Luongo | Swindon Town |
10 | Jordan Rhodes | Blackburn Rovers |
11 | Nathan Redmond | Norwich City |
12 | Ryan Woods | Shrewsbury Town |
13 | Marc Richards | Northampton Town |
14 | Patrick Bamford | Middlesbrough* |
15 | Alex Pritchard | Brentford* |
16 | Odion Ighalo | Watford |
17 | Matty Done | Sheffield United |
18 | Danny Mayor | Bury |
19 | Harry Arter | Bournemouth |
20 | Ross McCormack | Fulham |
21 | Keiren Westwood | Sheffield Wednesday |
22 | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | Bristol City |
23 | Daniel Ayala | Middlesbrough |
24 | Michail Antonio | Nottingham Forest |
25 | Jed Wallace | Portsmouth |
26 | Rudy Gestede | Blackburn Rovers |
27 | Luke Freeman | Bristol City |
28 | Jonny Howson | Norwich City |
29 | Almen Abdi | Watford |
30 | Jose Baxter | Sheffield United |
31 | Lewis Dunk | Brighton & Hove Albion |
32 | Britt Assombalonga | Nottingham Forest |
33 | Christophe Berra | Ipswich Town |
34 | Sean Scannell | Huddersfield Town |
35 | Andy Williams | Swindon Town |
36 | Eoin Doyle | Cardiff City |
37 | Jonathan Forte | Oldham Athletic |
38 | Jota | Brentford |
39 | Reuben Reid | Plymouth Argyle |
40 | Johann Berg Gudmundsson | Charlton Athletic |
41 | Paddy Madden | Scunthorpe United |
42 | Joe Garner | Preston North End |
43 | Adam McGurk | Burton Albion |
44 | Joe Jacobson | Wycombe Wanderers |
45 | James Hanson | Bradford City |
46 | Lewis Cook | Leeds United |
47 | Bakary Sako | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
48 | Paul Gallagher | Preston North End* |
49 | Bruno Ecuele Manga | Cardiff City |
50 | Benik Afobe | Wolverhampton Wanderers |