| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Collingwood | Murray Wrensted | 10 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1989 | Brisbane | Richard Umbers | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Geelong | Jamie Lamb | 14 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Melbourne | Wayne Henwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Adelaide | Darryl Wakelin | 261 (0) | 12 | 6 | Prem: 2004 | |
| 1993 | Melbourne | Dean Irving | 23 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1994 | Hawthorn | Richard Taylor | 136 (108) | 53 | 5 | ||
| 1995 | Brisbane | Tristan Lynch | 72 (55) | 15 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | North Melbourne | Brett Chandler | 44 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | St Kilda | Jamie Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | North Melbourne | John Spaull | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Melbourne | Steven Pitt | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2003 | Richmond | Luke Weller | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Western Bulldogs | Fletcher Roberts | 51 | 0 | 0 | Prem: 2016 | |
| 2012 | Sydney | Kurt Tippett | 74 | 137 | 7 | ||
| 2013 | GWS |