| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sydney | ||||||
| 1997 | North Melbourne | Craig Folino | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | North Melbourne | Kent Kingsley | 125 (12) | 239 | 13 | ||
| 1999 | Brisbane | Jason Anthonisz | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | North Melbourne | Rod Tregenza | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Hawthorn | Djaran Whyman | 3 (0) | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Adelaide | Jason Porplyzia | 130 | 181 | 15 | AA40: 2009 | |
| 2003 | Port Adelaide | Salim Hassan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Geelong | Nick Batchelor | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Adelaide | Tom Redden | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Adelaide | James Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Collingwood | Kevin Dyas | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | St Kilda | Tom Simpkin | 31 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Hawthorn | Jarrod Kayler-Thomson | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Essendon | Jay Neagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Essendon | Cory Dell'Olio | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Sydney | Xavier Richards | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Port Adelaide | Sam Gray | 103 (96) | 84 | 21 | ||
| 2014 | Richmond | Jason Castagna | 134 | 127 | 2 | Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
| 2015 | Western Bulldogs | Luke Goetz | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | West Coast | Drew Petrie | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | GWS | Sam Reid | 65 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | GWS | ||||||
| 2019 | Gold Coast | Matt Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2022 | Brisbane | Nakia Cockatoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Gold Coast |