| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Carlton | ||||||
| 1997 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 1998 | St Kilda | Chris Gowans | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Sydney | Brett White | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Western Bulldogs | Damien Skurrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Adelaide | Nathan Bock | 140 (113) | 63 | 17 | AA: 2008; B&F: 2008 | |
| 2002 | West Coast | Mark Nicoski | 112 | 61 | 2 | ||
| 2003 | West Coast | Michael Embley | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | West Coast | Beau Maister | 44 (23) | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | Melbourne | Danny Hughes | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | St Kilda | Luke Van Rheenen | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Adelaide | Jared Petrenko | 76 | 50 | 3 | ||
| 2008 | North Melbourne | Luke Delaney | 63 (26) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | North Melbourne | Matthew Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Collingwood | Thomas Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Richmond | Ben Darrou | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Fremantle | Alex Howson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | North Melbourne | Kayne Turner | 79 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Gold Coast | Adam Saad | 109 (48) | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2015 | Collingwood | Josh Smith | 34 (32) | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Melbourne | Tim Smith | 13 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Western Bulldogs | Roarke Smith | 21 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Essendon | Matt Dea | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | West Coast | Mitch O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Melbourne |