| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Western Bulldogs | Jason Lappin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Melbourne | Jamie Cann | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Fremantle | Ashley Clancy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Collingwood | Leigh Sheehan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | St Kilda | Justin Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Fremantle | Josh Head | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Carlton | Laurence Angwin | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2004 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2005 | Carlton | Craig Flint | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Carlton | Michael Jamison | 150 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Richmond | Jarrod Silvester | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Melbourne | Rhys Healey | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Adelaide | Luke Thompson | 20 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | North Melbourne | Cameron Pedersen | 80 (16) | 70 | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Collingwood | Lachlan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | GWS | ||||||
| 2013 | Hawthorn | Dallas Willsmore | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Sydney | Sean McLaren | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | West Coast | Jordan Snadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Sydney | Ben Ronke | 44 | 39 | 5 | ||
| 2017 | Adelaide | Patrick Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Collingwood | Tim Broomhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 2020 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2021 | Collingwood | Isaac Chugg | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Sydney | Cameron Owen | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | North Melbourne |