| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Melbourne | Daniel Ward | 136 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 1997 | Hawthorn | Glen Bowyer | 55 (35) | 14 | 2 | ||
| 1998 | Collingwood | Matthew Manfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Fremantle | Robert Haddrill | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Collingwood | Jason Heath | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | St Kilda | Ben Schwarze | 11 (0) | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | St Kilda | Jordan Barham | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Carlton | Murray Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Hawthorn | Clinton Young | 137 (116) | 69 | 9 | Prem: 2008 | |
| 2005 | Collingwood | Daniel Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Essendon | Danny Chartres | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Carlton | Lachie Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | West Coast | Adam Cockie | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Collingwood | Thomas Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Carlton | Ed Curnow | 182 | 40 | 17 | ||
| 2011 | Geelong | Cam Eardley | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 2013 | GWS | ||||||
| 2014 | Hawthorn | Jared Hardisty | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Hawthorn | Luke Surman | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Western Bulldogs | Nathan Mullenger-McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Richmond | Liam Baker | 42 | 10 | 3 | Prem: 2019, 2020 | |
| 2018 | West Coast | Harry Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Carlton | Fraser Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | North Melbourne | Connor Menadue | 0 | 0 | 0 |