| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | West Coast | Ryan Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Sydney | Brad McMahon | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Sydney | Paul Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Port Adelaide | Dean Brogan | 193 (174) | 53 | 19 | Prem: 2004 | |
| 2000 | Geelong | Sam Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Sydney | Chris Obst | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | North Melbourne | Jeremy Clayton | 8 | 6 | 0 | Magarey: 2005 | |
| 2003 | Fremantle | Dylan Smith | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Melbourne | Matthew Warnock | 87 (55) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | North Melbourne | Djaran Whyman | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Collingwood | Brent Macaffer | 77 | 33 | 0 | Prem: 2010 | |
| 2007 | Sydney | Brendan Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Adelaide | Chris Schmidt | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Sydney | ||||||
| 2010 | Gold Coast | ||||||
| 2011 | Fremantle | Haiden Schloithe | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sandover: 2017 | |
| 2012 | West Coast | Jamie Bennell | 30 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Essendon | Patrick Ambrose | 71 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Collingwood | Brenden Abbott | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | GWS | Daniel Lloyd | 25 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Port Adelaide | Brett Eddy | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Port Adelaide | Cameron Hewett | 0 | 0 | 0 |