| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sydney | ||||||
| 1997 | Geelong | Shaun Baxter | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Brisbane | Jeff Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | West Coast | Kasey Green | 93 (54) | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | North Melbourne | Digby Morrell | 72 (40) | 59 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | Hawthorn | Nick Stone | 20 (17) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Essendon | Adrian Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Port Adelaide | Dale Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2005 | West Coast | Michael Embley | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Sydney | Luke Brennan | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | North Melbourne | Alan Obst | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | St Kilda | Brad Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Carlton | Levi Casboult | 198 (154) | 215 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | West Coast | Jeremy McGovern | 178 | 37 | 17 | AA: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; AA40: 2015; Prem: 2018 | |
| 2011 | Fremantle | Sam Menegola | 117 (0) | 81 | 25 | AA40: 2020 | |
| 2012 | GWS | ||||||
| 2013 | Port Adelaide | Brent Renouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Adelaide | Anthony Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Geelong | Tom Ruggles | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | West Coast | Fraser McInnes | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Melbourne |