| Year | Player | Height | Weight | Club | Age | Prior Games | Season Games | Season Goals | Drafted | From | Clubs | Career Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Marcus Bontempelli | 194cm | 84kg | Western Bulldogs | 27 | 193 | 23 | 19 | #4 National 2013 | Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18 | Western Bulldogs | 216 |
| 2022 | Andrew Brayshaw | 184cm | 82kg | Fremantle | 22 | 76 | 24 | 12 | #2 National 2017 | Hampton Rovers/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 | Fremantle | 123 |
| 2021 | Marcus Bontempelli | 194cm | 84kg | Western Bulldogs | 25 | 145 | 26 | 31 | #4 National 2013 | Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18 | Western Bulldogs | 216 |
| 2020 | Lachie Neale | 176cm | 81kg | Brisbane | 26 | 159 | 19 | 14 | #58 National 2011 | Kybybolite/St Peter's College (SA)/Glenelg | Fremantle, Brisbane | 246 |
| 2019 | Patrick Cripps | 193cm | 91kg | Carlton | 23 | 81 | 20 | 13 | #13 National 2013 | Northampton/East Fremantle | Carlton | 183 |
| 2018 | Tom Mitchell | 181cm | 83kg | Hawthorn | 24 | 87 | 24 | 13 | #21 National 2011 | Ashburton/Carey Grammar/Hale School/Claremont | Sydney, Hawthorn, Collingwood | 197 |
| 2017 | Dustin Martin | 187cm | 89kg | Richmond | 25 | 153 | 25 | 37 | #3 National 2009 | Castlemaine/Bendigo U18 | Richmond | 289 |
| 2016 | Patrick Dangerfield | 185cm | 91kg | Geelong | 25 | 154 | 24 | 24 | #10 National 2007 | Anglesea/Geelong U18 | Adelaide, Geelong | 321 |
| 2015 | Nathan Fyfe | 190cm | 88kg | Fremantle | 23 | 92 | 20 | 17 | #20 National 2009 | Lake Grace-Pingrup/Aquinas College (WA)/Claremont | Fremantle | 218 |
| 2014 | Nathan Fyfe | 190cm | 88kg | Fremantle | 22 | 72 | 20 | 24 | #20 National 2009 | Lake Grace-Pingrup/Aquinas College (WA)/Claremont | Fremantle | 218 |
| 2013 | Gary Ablett | 182cm | 87kg | Gold Coast | 28 | 232 | 21 | 28 | #40 National 2001 | Modewarre/Geelong U18 | Geelong, Gold Coast | 357 |
| 2012 | Gary Ablett | 182cm | 87kg | Gold Coast | 27 | 212 | 20 | 26 | #40 National 2001 | Modewarre/Geelong U18 | Geelong, Gold Coast | 357 |
| 2011 | Chris Judd | 189cm | 88kg | Carlton | 27 | 198 | 24 | 14 | #3 National 2001 | East Sandringham/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | West Coast, Carlton | 279 |
| 2010 | Dane Swan | 185cm | 93kg | Collingwood | 25 | 125 | 26 | 24 | #58 National 2001 | Westmeadows/St Bernard's College/Calder U18 | Collingwood | 258 |
| 2009 | Gary Ablett | 182cm | 87kg | Geelong | 24 | 146 | 22 | 27 | #40 National 2001 | Modewarre/Geelong U18 | Geelong, Gold Coast | 357 |
| 2008 | Gary Ablett | 182cm | 87kg | Geelong | 23 | 125 | 21 | 26 | #40 National 2001 | Modewarre/Geelong U18 | Geelong, Gold Coast | 357 |
| 2007 | Gary Ablett | 182cm | 87kg | Geelong | 22 | 100 | 25 | 30 | #40 National 2001 | Modewarre/Geelong U18 | Geelong, Gold Coast | 357 |
| 2006 | Chris Judd | 189cm | 88kg | West Coast | 22 | 92 | 23 | 29 | #3 National 2001 | East Sandringham/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | West Coast, Carlton | 279 |
| 2005 | Ben Cousins | 179cm | 78kg | West Coast | 26 | 185 | 24 | 24 | Father-Son 1995 | Bullcreek Leeming JFC/Wesley College (WA)/East Fremantle | West Coast, Richmond | 270 |
| 2004 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 21 | 50 | 25 | 67 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2003 | Michael Voss | 183cm | 88kg | Brisbane | 27 | 198 | 25 | 20 | Morningside | Brisbane | 289 | |
| 2002 | Michael Voss | 183cm | 88kg | Brisbane | 26 | 176 | 22 | 36 | Morningside | Brisbane | 289 | |
| 2002 | Luke Darcy | 197cm | 99kg | Western Bulldogs | 26 | 133 | 22 | 23 | Father-Son 1992 | Rostrevor College/South Adelaide | Western Bulldogs | 226 |
| 2001 | Andrew McLeod | 181cm | 82kg | Adelaide | 24 | 123 | 23 | 29 | Foundation 1994 | Darwin FC/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | Adelaide, Fremantle | 340 |
| 2000 | Anthony Koutoufides | 191cm | 99kg | Carlton | 26 | 148 | 20 | 36 | Lalor | Carlton | 278 | |
| 1999 | Shane Crawford | 174cm | 80kg | Hawthorn | 24 | 114 | 22 | 14 | #13 National 1991 | Finley/Assumption College | Hawthorn | 305 |
| 1998 | Wayne Carey | 192cm | 97kg | North Melbourne | 26 | 162 | 25 | 80 | Wagga/North Adelaide | North Melbourne, Adelaide | 272 | |
| 1997 | Robert Harvey | 181cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 25 | 154 | 25 | 18 | Seaford | St Kilda | 383 | |
| 1996 | Corey McKernan | 197cm | 105kg | North Melbourne | 22 | 47 | 24 | 33 | Gladstone Park SC/Westmeadows | North Melbourne, Carlton | 237 | |
| 1995 | Wayne Carey | 192cm | 97kg | North Melbourne | 23 | 98 | 25 | 65 | Wagga/North Adelaide | North Melbourne, Adelaide | 272 | |
| 1994 | Greg Williams | 176cm | 86kg | Carlton | 30 | 180 | 22 | 15 | Golden Square | Geelong, Sydney, Carlton | 250 | |
| 1993 | Gary Ablett | 185cm | 97kg | Geelong | 31 | 167 | 17 | 124 | Drouin | Hawthorn, Geelong | 248 | |
| 1992 | Jason Dunstall | 188cm | 98kg | Hawthorn | 27 | 145 | 23 | 145 | Anglican Church Grammar/Coorparoo | Hawthorn | 269 | |
| 1991 | Jim Stynes | 199cm | 99kg | Melbourne | 24 | 87 | 24 | 15 | County Dublin | Melbourne | 264 | |
| 1990 | Darren Millane | 188cm | 89kg | Collingwood | 24 | 106 | 23 | 9 | Collingwood | 147 | ||
| 1989 | Tim Watson | 185cm | 96kg | Essendon | 27 | 220 | 24 | 23 | Dimboola | Essendon, West Coast | 307 | |
| 1988 | Gerard Healy | 184cm | 81kg | Sydney | 26 | 172 | 20 | 26 | Edithvale-Aspendale/St Bede's College | Melbourne, Sydney, Collingwood | 211 | |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett | 191cm | 108kg | St Kilda | 20 | 71 | 22 | 117 | Ballarat Grammar/North Ballarat | St Kilda, Sydney | 281 | |
| 1986 | Paul Roos | 188cm | 88kg | Fitzroy | 22 | 80 | 24 | 5 | Beverley Hills | Fitzroy, Sydney | 356 | |
| 1985 | Greg Williams | 176cm | 86kg | Geelong | 21 | 12 | 22 | 6 | Golden Square | Geelong, Sydney, Carlton | 250 | |
| 1984 | Russell Greene | 185cm | 78kg | Hawthorn | 26 | 213 | 25 | 17 | St Kilda, Hawthorn | 312 | ||
| 1983 | Terry Daniher | 188cm | 89kg | Essendon | 25 | 118 | 26 | 64 | South Melbourne, Essendon | 313 | ||
| 1982 | Leigh Matthews | 178cm | 86kg | Hawthorn | 29 | 243 | 22 | 74 | Hawthorn | 332 |