| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
St Kilda |
Grant Campbell |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1982 |
|
Collingwood |
Gary Shaw |
|
173cm |
38 (32) |
38 |
0 |
2 |
|
| 1986 |
|
Melbourne |
Steven Febey |
Devonport |
184cm |
258 |
40 |
0 |
21 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Collingwood |
Graham Wright |
East Devonport |
178cm |
201 |
107 |
0 |
44 |
Prem: 1990 |
| 1988 |
|
Fitzroy |
Carl Dilena |
Blackwood/Sturt |
179cm |
33 (23) |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
St Kilda |
Jody Arnol |
North Hobart |
192cm |
13 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Fitzroy |
David Donato |
Clarence |
178cm |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Melbourne |
Darren Kowal |
Claremont |
173cm |
105 |
46 |
0 |
1 |
|
| 1992 |
Priority |
Essendon |
Michael Prior |
Noranda/East Perth |
182cm |
90 (81) |
20 |
0 |
2 |
|
| 1993 |
Priority |
Richmond |
Justin Murphy |
De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 |
185cm |
185 (12) |
151 |
11 |
20 |
|
| 1994 |
Priority |
Sydney |
Shannon Grant |
Flemington/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Western U18 |
180cm |
301 (58) |
361 |
108 |
77 |
AA: 2005; B&F: 2001; Norm Smith: 1999; Prem: 1999 |
| 1995 |
|
West Coast |
Brendon Fewster |
West Perth |
193cm |
70 (33) |
43 |
0 |
5 |
|
| 1996 |
Comp |
Brisbane |
Rory Hilton |
Wodonga FC/Murray U18 |
186cm |
91 (9) |
56 |
0 |
17 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Hawthorn |
Trent Croad |
Endeavour Hills/Narre Warren/De La Salle College/Dandenong U18 |
190cm |
222 (184) |
189 |
60 |
25 |
AA: 2005; Prem: 2008 |
| 1998 |
|
Sydney |
Nic Fosdike |
Sacred Heart College/Norwood |
180cm |
164 |
66 |
17 |
19 |
Prem: 2005 |
| 1999 |
|
Richmond |
Aaron Fiora |
Naracoorte/Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
186cm |
140 (78) |
58 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2000 |
|
Collingwood |
Alan Didak |
Blackfriars/Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
184cm |
218 |
274 |
164 |
33 |
AA: 2006, 2010; B&F: 2006; AA40: 2009; Prem: 2010 |
| 2001 |
Priority |
West Coast |
Chris Judd |
East Sandringham/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
189cm |
279 (134) |
228 |
601 |
210 |
AA: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Brownlow: 2004, 2010; MVP: 2006, 2011; B&F: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010; Norm Smith: 2005; Christian: 2006; AFLCA Young: 2003; AFLPA 1st: 2002; Prem: 2006 |
| 2002 |
|
Brisbane |
Jared Brennan |
Southern Districts |
195cm |
173 (119) |
101 |
87 |
31 |
|
| 2003 |
Priority |
Melbourne |
Colin Sylvia |
Merbein/Bendigo U18 |
186cm |
163 (157) |
130 |
110 |
27 |
|
| 2004 |
Priority |
Western Bulldogs |
Ryan Griffen |
Goolwa-Port Elliot/South Adelaide |
188cm |
257 (202) |
162 |
356 |
73 |
AA: 2013; B&F: 2010, 2013; AFLCA Young: 2006 |
| 2005 |
Priority |
Hawthorn |
Xavier Ellis |
Lakes Entrance/Melbourne Grammar/Gippsland U18 |
187cm |
120 (86) |
37 |
12 |
1 |
Prem: 2008 |
| 2006 |
|
North Melbourne |
Lachlan Hansen |
Nar Nar Goon/Gippsland U18 |
197cm |
151 |
81 |
56 |
7 |
|
| 2007 |
|
West Coast |
Chris Masten |
Rossmoyne JFC/East Fremantle |
179cm |
215 |
70 |
101 |
25 |
Prem: 2018 |
| 2008 |
|
Fremantle |
Stephen Hill |
Quinns Districts/West Perth |
182cm |
218 |
112 |
237 |
36 |
AFLCA Young: 2010; AA40: 2015 |
| 2009 |
|
Richmond |
Dustin Martin |
Castlemaine/Bendigo U18 |
187cm |
302 |
338 |
741 |
213 |
AA: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020; Brownlow: 2017; MVP: 2017; AFLCA: 2017; B&F: 2016, 2017; Ayres: 2017, 2019, 2020; Norm Smith: 2017, 2019, 2020; AA40: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023; Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| 2010 |
|
Gold Coast |
Sam Day |
Mitcham (SA)/Prince Alfred College/Sturt |
196cm |
168 (155) |
120 |
10 |
5 |
|
| 2011 |
|
GWS |
Dom Tyson |
Camberwell/Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
186cm |
113 (13) |
45 |
88 |
20 |
|
| 2012 |
|
GWS |
Lachie Plowman |
Macedon/Calder U18 |
192cm |
145 (20) |
2 |
13 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
|
St Kilda |
Jack Billings |
Kew Comets/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 |
185cm |
172 (155) |
112 |
135 |
32 |
|
| 2014 |
|
Melbourne |
Angus Brayshaw |
Hampton Rovers/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
187cm |
167 |
49 |
137 |
33 |
AA40: 2022; Prem: 2021 |
| 2015 |
NSW Zone |
Sydney |
Callum Mills |
Mosman/North Shore (NSW)/NSW-ACT U18/Sydney (NEAFL) |
186cm |
190 |
30 |
170 |
48 |
AA: 2022; Rising Star: 2016; B&F: 2022; AFLPA 1st: 2016; AA40: 2021 |
| 2016 |
|
Brisbane |
Hugh McCluggage |
South Warrnambool/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 |
186cm |
219 |
140 |
391 |
70 |
AA: 2025; AA40: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; Prem: 2024, 2025 |
| 2017 |
|
Carlton |
Paddy Dow |
Swan Hill/Bendigo U18 |
185cm |
83 (73) |
24 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Gold Coast |
Izak Rankine |
Flinders Park/West Adelaide |
179cm |
119 (48) |
166 |
200 |
30 |
AA40: 2025 |
| 2019 |
|
Melbourne |
Luke Jackson |
Willetton JFC/Bullcreek Leeming JFC/East Fremantle |
199cm |
136 (52) |
112 |
227 |
32 |
Rising Star: 2021; AA40: 2023, 2025; Prem: 2021 |
| 2020 |
|
North Melbourne |
Will Phillips |
Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
180cm |
50 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
|
| 2021 |
|
GWS |
Finn Callaghan |
Mordialloc-Braeside/St Bede's College/Sandringham U18 |
191cm |
88 |
21 |
138 |
27 |
AA40: 2025 |
| 2022 |
|
North Melbourne |
Harry Sheezel |
Ajax/Sandringham U18 |
185cm |
84 |
32 |
142 |
28 |
Rising Star: 2023; B&F: 2023, 2025; AFLCA Young: 2024; AFLPA 1st: 2023; AA40: 2024 |
| 2023 |
|
Gold Coast |
Jed Walter |
Palm Beach Currumbin SHS/Palm Beach Currumbin |
195cm |
42 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Carlton |
Jagga Smith |
Richmond JFC/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 |
183cm |
17 |
4 |
34 |
0 |
|
| 2025 |
|
Carlton |
Harry Dean |
Lavington/Murray U18 |
194cm |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|