| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 1997 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 1998 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 1999 | Carlton | Jordan Doering | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Collingwood | Andrew Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 2002 | Collingwood | Tom Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Brisbane | Josh Drummond | 94 | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2005 | Essendon | Tim O'Keefe | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | North Melbourne | Tim Hutchison | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Richmond | Cameron Howat | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Hawthorn | Luke Breust | 284 | 529 | 29 | AA: 2014, 2018; AA40: 2023; Prem: 2013, 2014, 2015 | |
| 2009 | Intl | Collingwood | Shae McNamara | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Brisbane | Albert Proud | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Essendon | Mark Baguley | 134 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Collingwood | Ben Hudson | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Fremantle | Jacob Ballard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Essendon | Jake Long | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Richmond | Adam Marcon | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | GWS | ||||||
| 2018 | Gold Coast | Harrison Wigg | 0 | 0 | 0 |