Who can stop Carter getting the double?
Carter, the World Rugby Player of the Year, is of four finalists to be named New Zealand's Player of the Year.
Test centurion, Ma'a Nonu, along with All Black teammates Dane Coles and Ben Smith, will go up against Carter for the Kelvin R Tremain Player of the Year Award.
Three champion teams are vying for the coveted Team of the Year Award at this year's New Zealand awards.
The back-to-back World Cup winning All Blacks, the world champion New Zealand Under-20 team and 2015 Super Rugby Champion Highlanders are in line for the Team of the Year awards.
The winner will be unveiled on Friday, December 1 in Auckland.
World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Nehe Milner-Skudder (Ngati Porou) excelled on his debut year in the black jersey and is nominated for the Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year.
He's up against Taranaki's Charlie Ngatai (Ngati Porou/Te Whanau-a-Apanui), who earned his first All Blacks cap in 2015, and last year's winner of this award, All Black scrumhalf Aaron Smith (Ngati Kahungunu).
Smith's electric form for the Highlanders sees the energetic halfback also earn a nod for Super Rugby Player of the Year.
He's vying for that award with teammate and flyhalf Lima Sopoaga, whose excellent season saw him earn an All Blacks cap, and bustling Hurricanes lock James Broadhurst, who also made his All Blacks debut this year.
It has been a standout year for three of New Zealand's top coaches who are nominated for Coach of the Year.
Under Steve Hansen's watch the All Blacks made history with back-to-back World Cup triumphs, retained their No.1 world ranking for the sixth straight year and lost just one match.
Two former All Blacks make up the other two nominations – Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is nominated after taking the team to their first ever Super Rugby title. Scott Robertson is recognised for steering Canterbury to their seventh NPC title and helping to mastermind New Zealand's victory at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Italy.
The All Blacks Sevens also qualified for Rio after finishing a close third to World Series winners Fiji and runners-up South Africa. New captain Scott Curry is nominated for the Richard Crawshaw Sevens Player of the Year Award, alongside speedster Rieko Ioane who embraced Sevens with style in his debut year. Playmaker Joe Webber also excelled this season and earns his first nomination.
The All Blacks, Brodie Retallick and Steve Hansen picked up the major honours in 2014.
Awards nominations
Age Grade Player of the Year
Alex Fidow (Wellington)
Charlie Gamble (Canterbury)
Akira Ioane (Auckland)
Volunteer of the Year
Tania Karaitiana and Vio Ugone (Stokes Valley RFC – Wellington)
Robert Neil (Pakuranga RFC – Auckland)
Andrew Reilly (Feilding Junior Rugby Committee – Manawatu)
Referee of the Year
Jessica Beard (Counties Manukau)
Glen Jackson (Bay of Plenty)
Richard Kelly (Taranaki Rugby)
Heartland Championship Player of the Year
Eric Duff (Mid Canterbury)
Lindsay Horrocks (Wanganui)
Stephen Perofeta (Wanganui)
Women's Sevens Player of the Year
Sarah Goss (Manawatu)
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Auckland)
Portia Woodman (Auckland)
Sevens Player of the Year
Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty)
Rieko Ioane (Auckland)
Joe Webber (Waikato)
NPC Player of the Year
George Moala (Auckland)
Ardie Savea (Wellington)
Dominic Bird (Canterbury)
Super Rugby Player of the Year
James Broadhurst (Hurricanes)
Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
Lima Sopoaga (Highlanders)
Maori Player of the Year
Charlie Ngatai (Ngati Porou/Te Whanau-a-Apanui) (Taranaki)
Nehe Milner-Skudder (Ngati Porou) (Manawatu)
Aaron Smith (Ngati Kahungunu) (Manawatu)
Women's Player of the Year
Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury)
Fiao'o Fa'amausili (Auckland)
Linda Itunu (Auckland)
Coach of the Year
Steve Hansen (All Blacks)
Jamie Joseph (Highlanders)
Scott Robertson (Canterbury, New Zealand Under 20)
Team of the Year
All Blacks
Highlanders
New Zealand Under-20
Player of the Year
Dan Carter (Canterbury)
Dane Coles (Wellington)
Ma'a Nonu (Wellington)
Ben Smith (Otago)
