| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | West Coast | Shane Cable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | West Coast | Phil Narkle | 9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Richmond | Andrew Underwood | 12 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1991 | St Kilda | Michael Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Fitzroy | Mark Zanotti | 57 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | Fitzroy | Matthew Mansfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Collingwood | Dermott Brereton | 15 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 1995 | Melbourne | Andrew Leoncelli | 146 | 66 | 26 | ||
| 1996 | Sydney | John Stevens | 78 | 45 | 9 | ||
| 1997 | North Melbourne | Brady Anderson | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Western Bulldogs | Cameron McKenzie-McHarg | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Collingwood | Simon Hawking | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Melbourne | Nick Gill | 17 (0) | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2003 | Port Adelaide | Jacob Surjan | 121 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2005 | Essendon | Chris Heffernan | 26 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Fremantle | Zac Dawson | 89 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Adelaide | Nick Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | GWS |