| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Collingwood | Andrew Pugsley | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Fremantle | Paul Maher | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Carlton | Damian Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Richmond | Royce Vardy | 34 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Fremantle | Roger Hayden | 128 | 14 | 4 | AA40: 2007 | |
| 2001 | Geelong | Will Slade | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2003 | Geelong | James Allan | 0 | 0 | 0 | Magarey: 2007, 2010, 2011 | |
| 2004 | Adelaide | Jonathon Griffin | 97 (41) | 36 | 7 | ||
| 2005 | Richmond | Jeremy Humm | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Port Adelaide | Gavin Grose | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Essendon | Jarrod Atkinson | 17 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Essendon | Thomas German | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Geelong | Jack Weston | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Sydney | Max Otten | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Port Adelaide | Danny Butcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Brisbane | Callum Bartlett | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 2014 | GWS | ||||||
| 2015 | Gold Coast | Darcy MacPherson | 97 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Fremantle | Luke Strnadica | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Fremantle | Stefan Giro | 15 (14) | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Brisbane | Jacob Allison | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Adelaide | Ben Crocker | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Essendon | Dylan Clarke | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | GWS | Jacob Wehr | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Adelaide | Paul Seedsman | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Western Bulldogs | Taylor Duryea | 2 | 0 | 0 |