| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
Sydney |
Mark Naley |
Colonel Light Gardens/Sacred Heart College/South Adelaide |
177cm |
80kg |
65 (0) |
74 |
0 |
23 |
AA: 1986, 1987; Magarey: 1991; Prem: 1987 |
| 1982 |
|
Geelong |
Baden Harper |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1986 |
|
Richmond |
Richard Anderson |
Adelaide Uni/Solomontown/Norwood |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Fitzroy |
Andrew Brockhurst |
Reynella/South Adelaide |
188cm |
83kg |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
North Melbourne |
John McNamara |
Port Fairy |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
West Coast |
Peter Matera |
South Fremantle |
183cm |
89kg |
253 |
217 |
0 |
126 |
AA: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997; B&F: 1997; Norm Smith: 1992; Prem: 1992, 1994 |
| 1990 |
|
Collingwood |
Jason McCartney |
Nhill |
191cm |
95kg |
182 (38) |
63 |
0 |
6 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Sydney |
Andrew McGovern |
Claremont |
177cm |
84kg |
83 (20) |
9 |
0 |
4 |
|
| 1992 |
Priority |
Brisbane |
Justin Leppitsch |
Springvale/Dandenong U18 |
191cm |
97kg |
227 |
194 |
10 |
20 |
AA: 1999, 2002, 2003; B&F: 1999; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| 1993 |
Priority |
Sydney |
Glenn Gorman |
Maryborough FC/Assumption College/Geelong U18 |
187cm |
82kg |
2 (0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1994 |
|
Essendon |
Scott Lucas |
Camperdown/Mercy Regional College/St Bernard's College/Geelong U18 |
192cm |
98kg |
270 |
471 |
123 |
58 |
B&F: 2003, 2006; AA40: 2007; Prem: 2000 |
| 1995 |
|
Fitzroy |
Scott Bamford |
North Adelaide |
183cm |
68kg |
59 (22) |
33 |
0 |
2 |
|
| 1996 |
Comp |
Sydney |
Mark Kinnear |
Kilmore/Assumption College/Calder U18 |
188cm |
88kg |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Essendon |
Mark Bolton |
Ringwood/Eastern U18 |
196cm |
91kg |
124 |
50 |
1 |
4 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Sydney |
Ryan Fitzgerald |
Port Noarlunga/South Adelaide |
199cm |
96kg |
18 (10) |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Fremantle |
Matthew Pavlich |
Sacred Heart College/Woodville-West Torrens |
192cm |
99kg |
353 |
700 |
531 |
126 |
AA: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; B&F: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011; Christian: 2002, 2005, 2008; AA40: 2010, 2012 |
| 2000 |
|
Carlton |
Luke Livingston |
Bendigo U18 |
192cm |
97kg |
46 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 |
|
Fremantle |
Graham Polak |
East Fremantle |
194cm |
94kg |
111 (73) |
25 |
20 |
6 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Tim Walsh |
Northern U18 |
196cm |
93kg |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2003 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Farren Ray |
Kwinana/Peel |
187cm |
84kg |
209 (75) |
59 |
56 |
9 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Richmond |
Richard Tambling |
Southern Districts |
180cm |
80kg |
124 (108) |
62 |
41 |
9 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Carlton |
Josh Kennedy |
Northampton/East Fremantle |
196cm |
99kg |
293 (22) |
723 |
388 |
90 |
AA: 2015, 2016, 2017; Coleman: 2015, 2016; AA40: 2011, 2013; Prem: 2018 |
| 2006 |
|
Brisbane |
Matthew Leuenberger |
Hale School/East Perth |
203cm |
104kg |
137 (108) |
31 |
59 |
11 |
|
| 2007 |
|
Melbourne |
Cale Morton |
Lake Grace-Pingrup/Hale School/Claremont |
192cm |
88kg |
76 (73) |
34 |
17 |
4 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Hamish Hartlett |
Edwardstown/Sacred Heart College/West Adelaide |
185cm |
83kg |
193 |
77 |
155 |
26 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Fremantle |
Anthony Morabito |
Harvey Brunswick Leschenault/Peel |
189cm |
93kg |
26 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
|
| 2010 |
|
West Coast |
Andrew Gaff |
Kew Comets/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
181cm |
83kg |
280 |
84 |
388 |
110 |
AA: 2015, 2018; B&F: 2015; AA40: 2016, 2019, 2020 |
| 2011 |
|
GWS |
Will Hoskin-Elliott |
North Sunshine/Western U18 |
186cm |
76kg |
227 (52) |
188 |
41 |
11 |
Prem: 2023 |
| 2012 |
Comp |
Melbourne |
Jimmy Toumpas |
Flinders Park/St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens |
183cm |
79kg |
37 (27) |
7 |
3 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Marcus Bontempelli |
Eltham/Marcellin College/Northern U18 |
194cm |
84kg |
241 |
234 |
749 |
188 |
AA: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024; MVP: 2021, 2023, 2024; AFLCA: 2019; B&F: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024; AFLCA Young: 2015; AFLPA 1st: 2014; AA40: 2017, 2022; Prem: 2016 |
| 2014 |
|
GWS |
Jarrod Pickett |
Jandakot/South Fremantle |
177cm |
75kg |
17 (0) |
8 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2015 |
|
Melbourne |
Clayton Oliver |
Mooroopna/Bendigo U18/Murray U18/Richmond (VFL) |
187cm |
86kg |
189 |
55 |
488 |
121 |
AA: 2018, 2021, 2022; AFLCA: 2021, 2022; B&F: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022; AFLCA Young: 2017; AA40: 2020; Prem: 2021 |
| 2016 |
|
Gold Coast |
Ben Ainsworth |
Morwell/Gippsland U18/Casey |
178cm |
76kg |
138 |
115 |
45 |
3 |
|
| 2017 |
|
North Melbourne |
Luke Davies-Uniacke |
Rye/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18 |
187cm |
85kg |
114 |
43 |
148 |
45 |
B&F: 2024 |
| 2018 |
|
St Kilda |
Max King |
East Sandringham/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
204cm |
90kg |
83 |
159 |
57 |
14 |
|
| 2019 |
|
GWS |
Lachie Ash |
Shepparton FC/Notre Dame College (Shepparton)/Murray U18 |
186cm |
80kg |
107 |
7 |
30 |
0 |
|
| 2020 |
|
Sydney |
Logan McDonald |
Applecross Mt Pleasant/Aquinas College (WA)/Perth |
196cm |
86kg |
70 |
93 |
13 |
2 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Collingwood |
Nick Daicos |
Balwyn Greythorn/Kew Rovers/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
183cm |
73kg |
76 |
48 |
275 |
77 |
AA: 2023, 2024; Rising Star: 2022; AFLCA: 2024; B&F: 2024; AFLCA Young: 2023; AFLPA 1st: 2022; Prem: 2023 |
| 2022 |
|
North Melbourne |
George Wardlaw |
St Peters/Oakleigh U18 |
182cm |
79kg |
27 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
| 2023 |
|
North Melbourne |
Zane Duursma |
Foster/Foster SC/Gippsland U18 |
190cm |
80kg |
15 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Adelaide |
Sid Draper |
Willunga/Cardijn College/South Adelaide |
182cm |
|
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|