| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 1997 | Carlton | Scott Freeborn | 48 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | West Coast | Andrew Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Geelong | Brent Cowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Sydney | ||||||
| 2001 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2002 | Sydney | ||||||
| 2003 | North Melbourne | ||||||
| 2004 | North Melbourne | Scott McMahon | 124 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2006 | Geelong | Jason Davenport | 28 (0) | 29 | 6 | ||
| 2007 | Brisbane | Pearce Hanley | 169 (129) | 60 | 29 | ||
| 2008 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 2009 | Richmond | Relton Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Sydney | Ben Haren | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Gold Coast | Michael Coad | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | GWS | ||||||
| 2013 | West Coast | Murray Newman | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | GWS | ||||||
| 2015 | Gold Coast | Ryan Davis | 21 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Fremantle | Brady Grey | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Adelaide | Lachlan Murphy | 101 | 68 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2019 | Port Adelaide | Riley Grundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Gold Coast | Aiden Fyfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Geelong |