| Year | Player | Height | Weight | Club | Age | Prior Games | Season Games | Season Goals | Drafted | From | Clubs | Career Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jack Sinclair | 180cm | 80kg | St Kilda | 27 | 141 | 24 | 6 | #1 Rookie 2014 | Kew Comets/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18/Old Scotch/Port Melbourne | St Kilda | 168 |
| 2022 | Jack Sinclair | 180cm | 80kg | St Kilda | 26 | 119 | 22 | 4 | #1 Rookie 2014 | Kew Comets/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18/Old Scotch/Port Melbourne | St Kilda | 168 |
| 2021 | Jack Steele | 187cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 25 | 97 | 22 | 13 | #24 National 2014 | Belconnen/NSW-ACT U18/Greater Western Sydney (NEAFL) | Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda | 162 |
| 2020 | Jack Steele | 187cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 24 | 78 | 19 | 11 | #24 National 2014 | Belconnen/NSW-ACT U18/Greater Western Sydney (NEAFL) | Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda | 162 |
| 2019 | Sebastian Ross | 187cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 25 | 102 | 22 | 6 | #25 National 2011 | Horsham FC/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18/North Ballarat | St Kilda | 202 |
| 2018 | Jack Steven | 180cm | 79kg | St Kilda | 27 | 154 | 22 | 13 | #42 National 2007 | Lorne/Geelong U18 | St Kilda, Geelong | 192 |
| 2017 | Sebastian Ross | 187cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 23 | 59 | 22 | 5 | #25 National 2011 | Horsham FC/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18/North Ballarat | St Kilda | 202 |
| 2016 | Jack Steven | 180cm | 79kg | St Kilda | 25 | 112 | 22 | 14 | #42 National 2007 | Lorne/Geelong U18 | St Kilda, Geelong | 192 |
| 2015 | Jack Steven | 180cm | 79kg | St Kilda | 24 | 90 | 22 | 9 | #42 National 2007 | Lorne/Geelong U18 | St Kilda, Geelong | 192 |
| 2014 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 31 | 259 | 22 | 49 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2013 | Jack Steven | 180cm | 79kg | St Kilda | 22 | 51 | 22 | 16 | #42 National 2007 | Lorne/Geelong U18 | St Kilda, Geelong | 192 |
| 2012 | Lenny Hayes | 186cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 31 | 241 | 22 | 7 | #11 National 1998 | Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT U18 | St Kilda | 297 |
| 2011 | Sam Fisher | 191cm | 94kg | St Kilda | 28 | 144 | 23 | 2 | #55 National 2003 | Barmera-Monash/West Adelaide | St Kilda | 228 |
| 2010 | Lenny Hayes | 186cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 29 | 214 | 25 | 9 | #11 National 1998 | Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT U18 | St Kilda | 297 |
| 2009 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 26 | 158 | 24 | 78 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2008 | Sam Fisher | 191cm | 94kg | St Kilda | 25 | 71 | 25 | 5 | #55 National 2003 | Barmera-Monash/West Adelaide | St Kilda | 228 |
| 2007 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 24 | 114 | 20 | 42 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2006 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 23 | 91 | 23 | 60 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2005 | Luke Ball | 183cm | 83kg | St Kilda | 20 | 41 | 24 | 12 | #2 National 2001 | Ashburton/Xavier College/Sandringham U18 | St Kilda, Collingwood | 223 |
| 2005 | Steven Baker | 179cm | 83kg | St Kilda | 24 | 90 | 24 | 3 | #27 National 1998 | South Colac/Geelong U18 | St Kilda | 203 |
| 2004 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 21 | 50 | 25 | 67 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2003 | Lenny Hayes | 186cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 22 | 71 | 22 | 13 | #11 National 1998 | Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT U18 | St Kilda | 297 |
| 2002 | Nick Riewoldt | 193cm | 96kg | St Kilda | 19 | 6 | 22 | 21 | #1 National 2000 | Broadbeach/Southport | St Kilda | 336 |
| 2001 | Peter Everitt | 201cm | 102kg | St Kilda | 26 | 147 | 21 | 30 | Hastings | St Kilda, Hawthorn, Sydney | 291 | |
| 2000 | Andrew Thompson | 180cm | 82kg | St Kilda | 27 | 67 | 21 | 14 | #62 National 1996 | Melbourne Grammar/Old Melburnians | St Kilda | 221 |
| 1999 | Nathan Burke | 180cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 28 | 249 | 21 | 4 | Pines | St Kilda | 323 | |
| 1998 | Robert Harvey | 181cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 26 | 179 | 24 | 13 | Seaford | St Kilda | 383 | |
| 1997 | Robert Harvey | 181cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 25 | 154 | 25 | 18 | Seaford | St Kilda | 383 | |
| 1996 | Nathan Burke | 180cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 25 | 180 | 22 | 15 | Pines | St Kilda | 323 | |
| 1995 | Nicky Winmar | 183cm | 81kg | St Kilda | 29 | 153 | 22 | 21 | Pingelly/South Fremantle | St Kilda, Western Bulldogs | 251 | |
| 1994 | Robert Harvey | 181cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 22 | 98 | 18 | 6 | Seaford | St Kilda | 383 | |
| 1993 | Nathan Burke | 180cm | 85kg | St Kilda | 22 | 120 | 20 | 9 | Pines | St Kilda | 323 | |
| 1992 | Robert Harvey | 181cm | 86kg | St Kilda | 20 | 57 | 24 | 9 | Seaford | St Kilda | 383 | |
| 1991 | Tony Lockett | 191cm | 108kg | St Kilda | 24 | 124 | 17 | 127 | Ballarat Grammar/North Ballarat | St Kilda, Sydney | 281 | |
| 1990 | Stewart Loewe | 194cm | 108kg | St Kilda | 21 | 73 | 22 | 50 | Frankston P&C/Peninsula Grammar/Haileybury College/Mount Eliza | St Kilda | 321 | |
| 1989 | Nicky Winmar | 183cm | 81kg | St Kilda | 23 | 41 | 22 | 43 | Pingelly/South Fremantle | St Kilda, Western Bulldogs | 251 | |
| 1988 | Danny Frawley | 191cm | 95kg | St Kilda | 24 | 85 | 21 | 0 | Bungaree/St Patrick's College/East Ballarat | St Kilda | 240 | |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett | 191cm | 108kg | St Kilda | 20 | 71 | 22 | 117 | Ballarat Grammar/North Ballarat | St Kilda, Sydney | 281 | |
| 1986 | Greg Burns | 183cm | 83kg | St Kilda | 27 | 116 | 20 | 19 | St Kilda | 169 | ||
| 1985 | Paul Morwood | 182cm | 71kg | St Kilda | 25 | 123 | 22 | 3 | South Melbourne, Sydney, St Kilda, Collingwood | 170 | ||
| 1984 | Greg Burns | 183cm | 83kg | St Kilda | 25 | 80 | 19 | 14 | St Kilda | 169 | ||
| 1983 | Max Crow | 194cm | 89kg | St Kilda | 27 | 136 | 21 | 29 | Essendon, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs | 188 | ||
| 1982 | Peter Kiel | 175cm | 73kg | St Kilda | 23 | 22 | 13 | St Kilda, Melbourne | 81 | |||
| 1981 | Trevor Barker | 183cm | 78kg | St Kilda | 24 | 112 | 19 | 6 | St Kilda | 230 | ||
| 1980 | Jeff Dunne | 176cm | 76kg | St Kilda | 23 | 37 | 21 | 2 | St Kilda, Richmond | 102 |