| Year | Player | Height | Weight | Club | Age | Prior Games | Season Games | Season Goals | Drafted | From | Clubs | Career Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jai Newcombe | 186cm | 85kg | Hawthorn | 20 | 7 | 22 | 8 | #2 Mid-Season 2020 | Poowong/Gippsland U18/Box Hill | Hawthorn | 57 |
| 2021 | Caleb Serong | 179cm | 88kg | Fremantle | 19 | 14 | 22 | 8 | #8 National 2019 | Warragul/Geelong Grammar/Gippsland U18 | Fremantle | 86 |
| 2020 | Sam Walsh | 184cm | 77kg | Carlton | 19 | 22 | 17 | 8 | #1 National 2018 | St Joseph's/Geelong U18 | Carlton | 101 |
| 2019 | Tim Kelly | 182cm | 82kg | Geelong | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | #24 National 2017 | Palmyra JFC/South Fremantle | Geelong, West Coast | 130 |
| 2018 | Tom Stewart | 190cm | 88kg | Geelong | 24 | 21 | 22 | 1 | #40 National 2016 | South Barwon/Geelong U18/Geelong (VFL) | Geelong | 154 |
| 2017 | Clayton Oliver | 187cm | 86kg | Melbourne | 19 | 13 | 22 | 4 | #4 National 2015 | Mooroopna/Bendigo U18/Murray U18/Richmond (VFL) | Melbourne | 168 |
| 2016 | Isaac Heeney | 184cm | 80kg | Sydney | 19 | 14 | 24 | 28 | #18 National 2014 | Cardiff/NSW-ACT U18/Sydney (NEAFL) | Sydney | 183 |
| 2015 | Marcus Bontempelli | 194cm | 84kg | Western Bulldogs | 19 | 16 | 21 | 17 | #4 National 2013 | Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18 | Western Bulldogs | 222 |
| 2014 | Jaeger O'Meara | 182cm | 82kg | Gold Coast | 19 | 22 | 22 | 11 | #1 Mini-Draft 2011 | Dongara/Perth | Gold Coast, Hawthorn, Fremantle | 169 |
| 2013 | Jeremy Cameron | 194cm | 91kg | GWS | 19 | 16 | 21 | 62 | GWS Underage 2010 | Dartmoor/North Ballarat U18 | Greater Western Sydney, Geelong | 236 |
| 2012 | Dyson Heppell | 189cm | 85kg | Essendon | 19 | 23 | 20 | 3 | #8 National 2010 | Leongatha/Gippsland U18 | Essendon | 241 |
| 2011 | Nathan Fyfe | 190cm | 88kg | Fremantle | 19 | 18 | 21 | 18 | #20 National 2009 | Lake Grace-Pingrup/Aquinas College (WA)/Claremont | Fremantle | 224 |
| 2010 | Stephen Hill | 182cm | 82kg | Fremantle | 19 | 22 | 23 | 19 | #3 National 2008 | Quinns Districts/West Perth | Fremantle | 218 |
| 2009 | Cyril Rioli | 177cm | 80kg | Hawthorn | 19 | 25 | 19 | 21 | #12 National 2007 | St Marys/Scotch College | Hawthorn | 189 |
| 2008 | Joel Selwood | 182cm | 87kg | Geelong | 19 | 21 | 24 | 6 | #7 National 2006 | Sandhurst/Catholic College Bendigo/Bendigo U18 | Geelong | 355 |
| 2007 | Scott Pendlebury | 191cm | 91kg | Collingwood | 18 | 9 | 23 | 20 | #5 National 2005 | Sale/Gippsland U18 | Collingwood | 389 |
| 2006 | Ryan Griffen | 188cm | 87kg | Western Bulldogs | 19 | 17 | 24 | 7 | #3 National 2004 | Goolwa-Port Elliot/South Adelaide | Western Bulldogs, Greater Western Sydney | 257 |
| 2005 | Adam Cooney | 185cm | 87kg | Western Bulldogs | 19 | 19 | 22 | 21 | #1 National 2003 | Flagstaff Hill/West Adelaide | Western Bulldogs, Essendon | 250 |
| 2004 | Daniel Wells | 181cm | 79kg | North Melbourne | 18 | 18 | 22 | 13 | #2 National 2002 | Kwinana/Peel | North Melbourne, Collingwood | 258 |
| 2003 | Chris Judd | 189cm | 88kg | West Coast | 19 | 22 | 23 | 29 | #3 National 2001 | East Sandringham/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | West Coast, Carlton | 279 |