| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Geelong | Spiro Malakellis | 67 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | Hawthorn | Gregory Whittlesea | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Collingwood | Derek Percival | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Western Bulldogs | Mark Majerczak | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Essendon | Ben Doolan | 76 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1993 | Essendon | Barry Young | 89 (76) | 45 | 7 | ||
| 1994 | Brisbane | Shannon Corcoran | 7 (5) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | St Kilda | Matthew Young | 97 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 1996 | Hawthorn | Nigel Credlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |