| Year | Player | Height | Weight | Club | Age | Prior Games | Season Games | Season Goals | Drafted | From | Clubs | Career Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Daniel Healy | 189cm | 87kg | St Kilda | 24 | 31 | 7 | 4 | #6 National 1995 | Central District | St Kilda | 38 |
| 1998 | Simon Arnott | 186cm | 82kg | Sydney | 21 | 26 | 4 | 1 | #87 National 1994 | Wesley College/Collegians | Sydney, Geelong | 56 |
| 1997 | Brad Lloyd | 183cm | 83kg | 21 | #67 National 1997 | Williamstown | Hawthorn | 11 | ||||
| 1996 | Trent Nichols | 173cm | 77kg | North Melbourne | 26 | 91 | 2 | 0 | #17 National 1986 | Sandy Bay | Richmond, West Coast, North Melbourne | 112 |
| 1995 | Simon Crawshay | 200cm | 93kg | Hawthorn | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | #22 National 1991 | Melbourne Grammar | Hawthorn | 19 |
| 1994 | David Bain | 176cm | 67kg | Fitzroy | 27 | 86 | 12 | 4 | #16 National 1988 | East Perth | Brisbane, Fitzroy | 98 |
| 1993 | Rod Keogh | 180cm | 83kg | 21 | 22 | #27 National 1988 | Castlemaine | Melbourne, St Kilda | 82 | |||
| 1992 | Mick Dwyer | 178cm | 81kg | St Kilda | 23 | 53 | 12 | 10 | Lyndale | St Kilda, Fitzroy | 88 | |
| 1991 | Stephen Anderson | 170cm | 70kg | Collingwood | 22 | 4 | 2 | #26 Mid-Season 1989 | South Warrnambool | Collingwood | 4 | |
| 1990 | Rod Keogh | 180cm | 83kg | Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 4 | #27 National 1988 | Castlemaine | Melbourne, St Kilda | 82 | |
| 1989 | Michael Kol | 183cm | 74kg | Geelong | 27 | 60 | 3 | 0 | Geelong | 63 | ||
| 1988 | Tony Liberatore | 163cm | 77kg | Western Bulldogs | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | Brunswick City/North Melbourne U19s/North Melbourne Reserves | Western Bulldogs | 283 | |
| 1987 | Bradley Gotch | 166cm | 66kg | St Kilda | 24 | 55 | 14 | 24 | Whitefriars College/East Doncaster | Fitzroy, St Kilda | 96 | |
| 1986 | Tony Liberatore | 163cm | 77kg | Western Bulldogs | 19 | 4 | 1 | Brunswick City/North Melbourne U19s/North Melbourne Reserves | Western Bulldogs | 283 | ||
| 1985 | Greg Dear | 198cm | 99kg | Hawthorn | 21 | 5 | 1 | Churchill/Traralgon | Hawthorn, Richmond | 190 | ||
| 1985 | James Bennett | 188cm | 79kg | Hawthorn | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Wesley College/Collegians | Hawthorn | 7 | |
| 1983 | John Taylor | 194cm | 92kg | Western Bulldogs | 19 | 2 | 2 | Western Bulldogs | 2 | |||
| 1982 | Roger Merrett | 195cm | 99kg | Essendon | 21 | 28 | 13 | 4 | Kaniva | Essendon, Brisbane | 313 | |
| 1981 | Malcolm Reed | 180cm | 80kg | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 3 | 0 | Geelong | 81 | ||
| 1981 | Daryl Vernon | 175cm | 76kg | Richmond | 20 | 4 | 1 | Richmond, Sydney | 17 | |||
| 1980 | Bill Valli | 171cm | 71kg | Essendon | 29 | 17 | 1 | 0 | Collingwood, Essendon | 18 |