| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Carlton | ||||||
| 1997 | Port Adelaide | ||||||
| 1998 | Sydney | Brett Kirk | 241 | 96 | 81 | AA: 2004; B&F: 2005, 2007; AA40: 2007, 2008; Prem: 2005 | |
| 1999 | Hawthorn | Timothy Malseed | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Western Bulldogs | David Sheahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Adelaide | Ben Rutten | 229 | 9 | 9 | AA: 2005 | |
| 2002 | Geelong | Shannon Byrnes | 131 (108) | 117 | 10 | Prem: 2007, 2009 | |
| 2003 | West Coast | Jaymie Graham | 37 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | West Coast | Ashley Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Port Adelaide | Tim Looby | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Collingwood | Martin Clarke | 73 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Adelaide | Ed Curnow | 221 (0) | 53 | 21 | ||
| 2008 | North Melbourne | Ben Speight | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | West Coast | Ashton Hams | 39 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Geelong | George Burbury | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Brisbane | Jack Crisp | 232 (18) | 75 | 34 | B&F: 2021, 2022; AA40: 2022; Prem: 2023 | |
| 2012 | Richmond | Cadeyn Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Adelaide | Jake Kelly | 153 (110) | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Western Bulldogs | Daniel Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | St Kilda | Josh Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Collingwood | Liam Mackie | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2019 | GWS | ||||||
| 2020 | Gold Coast | Rhys Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Gold Coast |