| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | St Kilda | Brendan Lowther | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Fitzroy | Robert Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | North Melbourne | Carl Dilena | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Brisbane | Jason Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Collingwood | Barry Mitchell | 51 (13) | 33 | 9 | ||
| 1993 | North Melbourne | Trent Nichols | 52 (33) | 58 | 1 | Gardiner: 1996 | |
| 1994 | North Melbourne | Keenan Reynolds | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | North Melbourne | Peter Bell | 284 (123) | 248 | 106 | AA: 1999, 2003; B&F: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004; Christian: 2003; Prem: 1996, 1999 | |
| 1996 | St Kilda | Brad Campbell | 22 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Richmond | ||||||
| 1999 | St Kilda | Sean Charles | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Collingwood |