| Year | Club | Player | Original Club | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Western Bulldogs | Neil Craig | Maitland (SA)/Norwood/Sturt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1982 | St Kilda | Allan Sidebottom | Midvale/Swan Districts | 193cm | 86kg | 58 (55) | 18 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 1986 | St Kilda | Steven Sims | Modbury/West Torrens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1987 | Brisbane | Chris McDermott | Brighton HS (SA)/Glenelg | 182cm | 92kg | 117 (0) | 25 | 0 | 17 | AA: 1992; B&F: 1992 | |
| 1988 | West Coast | Todd Breman | Subiaco | 183cm | 80kg | 48 (23) | 39 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1989 | Western Bulldogs | Matthew Croft | Mildura Imperials | 191cm | 94kg | 186 | 72 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 1990 | Carlton | James Cook | North Hobart | 190cm | 95kg | 77 (25) | 139 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1991 | Fitzroy | Marcus Seecamp | East Perth | 185cm | 87kg | 140 (51) | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1992 | Priority | Brisbane | Nathan Chapman | Kangaroo Flat | 189cm | 83kg | 76 (60) | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1993 | Priority | Brisbane | Nigel Lappin | Chiltern | 188cm | 86kg | 279 | 174 | 50 | 93 | AA: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; B&F: 2004; AA40: 2007; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| 1994 | Priority | Sydney | Anthony Rocca | Reservoir Lakeside/Northern U18 | 195cm | 105kg | 242 (22) | 415 | 59 | 32 | |
| 1995 | Priority | Fitzroy | Matthew Primus | Grovedale/Geelong U18/Norwood | 198cm | 109kg | 157 (20) | 81 | 13 | 41 | AA: 2001, 2002; B&F: 2002 |
| 1996 | Comp | Essendon | Chris Heffernan | Terang/Geelong U18 | 187cm | 81kg | 170 (123) | 56 | 0 | 6 | Prem: 2000 |
| 1997 | Richmond | Brad Ottens | Immanuel College/Glenelg | 202cm | 106kg | 245 (129) | 261 | 60 | 21 | AA: 2001; Prem: 2007, 2009, 2011 | |
| 1998 | Fremantle | Justin Longmuir | West Perth | 196cm | 98kg | 139 | 166 | 26 | 15 | ||
| 1999 | Priority | Fremantle | Paul Hasleby | Northampton/Mazenod College (WA)/East Fremantle | 182cm | 87kg | 208 | 131 | 88 | 67 | AA: 2003; Rising Star: 2000; Christian: 2000, 2004; AFLPA 1st: 2000 |
| 2000 | St Kilda | Justin Koschitzke | Albury FC/Murray U18 | 197cm | 97kg | 200 | 247 | 100 | 33 | Rising Star: 2001 | |
| 2001 | Priority | St Kilda | Luke Ball | Ashburton/Xavier College/Sandringham U18 | 183cm | 83kg | 223 (142) | 91 | 207 | 39 | AA: 2005; B&F: 2005; Prem: 2010 |
| 2002 | North Melbourne | Daniel Wells | Kwinana/Peel | 181cm | 79kg | 258 (243) | 166 | 357 | 73 | B&F: 2011, 2013; AFLCA Young: 2004; AFLPA 1st: 2003; AA40: 2011, 2013 | |
| 2003 | Priority | Carlton | Andrew Walker | Echuca/Caulfield Grammar/Bendigo U18 | 190cm | 90kg | 202 | 139 | 110 | 24 | |
| 2004 | Priority | Hawthorn | Jarryd Roughead | Leongatha/Gippsland U18 | 193cm | 100kg | 283 | 578 | 292 | 59 | AA: 2013, 2014; Coleman: 2013; Prem: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| 2005 | Priority | Collingwood | Dale Thomas | Drouin/Gippsland U18 | 185cm | 86kg | 258 (157) | 155 | 152 | 23 | AA: 2011; Prem: 2010 |
| 2006 | Essendon | Scott Gumbleton | Halls Head/Peel | 197cm | 99kg | 35 | 45 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Richmond | Trent Cotchin | West Preston/Parade College/PEGS/Northern U18 | 185cm | 85kg | 306 | 141 | 594 | 148 | AA: 2012; Brownlow: 2012; AFLCA: 2012; B&F: 2011, 2012, 2014; AA40: 2018; Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
| 2008 | West Coast | Nic Naitanui | Midvale/Swan Districts | 201cm | 109kg | 213 | 112 | 358 | 33 | AA: 2012, 2020, 2021; B&F: 2020, 2021; AA40: 2015 | |
| 2009 | Melbourne | Jack Trengove | Kybybolite/Prince Alfred College/Sturt | 185cm | 82kg | 89 (86) | 39 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Gold Coast | Harley Bennell | Pinjarra/Peel | 185cm | 82kg | 88 (81) | 98 | 86 | 26 | ||
| 2011 | GWS | Stephen Coniglio | Upper Swan/Swan Districts | 182cm | 81kg | 220 | 123 | 323 | 74 | AA40: 2016, 2023 | |
| 2012 | GWS | Jonathan O'Rourke | Gisborne/Calder U18 | 184cm | 80kg | 21 (9) | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | GWS | Josh Kelly | East Brighton/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U18 | 184cm | 74kg | 222 | 140 | 364 | 94 | AA: 2017; B&F: 2017, 2021; AA40: 2022 | |
| 2014 | Melbourne | Christian Petracca | Park Orchards/Warrandyte/Beverley Hills/Whitefriars College/Eastern U18 | 186cm | 94kg | 197 | 194 | 450 | 114 | AA: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; B&F: 2020, 2023; Norm Smith: 2021; Prem: 2021 | |
| 2015 | Brisbane | Josh Schache | Seymour/Murray U18 | 199cm | 98kg | 76 (27) | 79 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | GWS | Tim Taranto | St Kevin's College/Parkdale/Sandringham U18 | 186cm | 83kg | 160 (114) | 77 | 214 | 57 | B&F: 2019, 2023 | |
| 2017 | Fremantle | Andrew Brayshaw | Hampton Rovers/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 | 184cm | 82kg | 154 | 53 | 296 | 77 | AA: 2022; MVP: 2022; B&F: 2022; AA40: 2024 | |
| 2018 | Gold Coast | Jack Lukosius | Henley/Woodville-West Torrens | 195cm | 83kg | 118 (116) | 80 | 59 | 15 | ||
| 2019 | Gold Coast | Noah Anderson | Boroondara Hawks JFC/Hawthorn Citizens/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18 | 191cm | 87kg | 111 | 43 | 243 | 58 | B&F: 2023; AFLCA Young: 2021; AA40: 2023, 2024 | |
| 2020 | Adelaide | Riley Thilthorpe | Goodwood/Adelaide HS/West Adelaide | 201cm | 100kg | 61 | 79 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Western Bulldogs | Sam Darcy | Glen Iris/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 | 205cm | 93kg | 34 | 55 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | Brisbane | Will Ashcroft | Southport/Sandringham U18 | 182cm | 78kg | 39 | 14 | 62 | 10 | Norm Smith: 2024; Prem: 2024 | |
| 2023 | North Melbourne | Colby McKercher | Launceston College/Launceston/Tasmania U18 | 182cm | 76kg | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | North Melbourne | Finn O'Sullivan | Koroit/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18 | 183cm | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |