| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
North Melbourne |
Craig Holden |
Trinity College (WA)/Swan Districts |
178cm |
80kg |
109 (29) |
24 |
0 |
2 |
AA: 1987 |
| 1982 |
|
Melbourne |
Keith Thomas |
Athelstone/Norwood |
179cm |
78kg |
28 (0) |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1986 |
|
Geelong |
Michael Taylor |
Port Fairy |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1987 |
|
St Kilda |
Michael Quirk |
Alpine Eagles/Myrtleford |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Richmond |
Chris Naish |
Wangaratta Tigers JFC/Wangaratta FC |
172cm |
71kg |
161 (143) |
228 |
0 |
15 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Brisbane |
Brad Rowe |
East Fremantle |
174cm |
76kg |
73 (14) |
80 |
0 |
7 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Geelong |
Stewart Devlin |
Horsham FC |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Melbourne |
Jason Norrish |
Hale School/Claremont |
179cm |
89kg |
148 (20) |
25 |
0 |
8 |
B&F: 1998 |
| 1992 |
|
Sydney |
Jason Spinks |
South Fremantle |
191cm |
85kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1993 |
|
Sydney |
Adam Heuskes |
Norwood |
190cm |
93kg |
125 (49) |
12 |
0 |
12 |
AA: 1997 |
| 1994 |
|
St Kilda |
Joel Smith |
Yarrawonga/Murray U18 |
185cm |
88kg |
221 (58) |
90 |
21 |
23 |
AA: 2001, 2003; B&F: 2001 |
| 1995 |
|
Hawthorn |
Brendan Krummel |
East Fremantle |
185cm |
88kg |
64 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1996 |
|
Essendon |
Daniel McAlister |
Smithton/Tasmania U18 |
185cm |
88kg |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Brisbane |
Luke Power |
Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
180cm |
79kg |
302 (282) |
226 |
201 |
84 |
AA: 2004; Prem: 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| 1998 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Michael Stevens |
Murray U18 |
179cm |
80kg |
61 (17) |
19 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Fremantle |
Leigh Brown |
Heyfield/Gippsland U18 |
194cm |
104kg |
246 (63) |
138 |
44 |
8 |
Prem: 2010 |
| 2000 |
|
West Coast |
Andrew McDougall |
South Perth JFC/Wesley College (WA)/Perth |
197cm |
103kg |
43 (38) |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 |
|
St Kilda |
Xavier Clarke |
St Marys |
181cm |
80kg |
106 (105) |
49 |
22 |
5 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Sydney |
Jarrad McVeigh |
Pennant Hills/NSW-ACT U18 |
183cm |
82kg |
325 |
201 |
353 |
55 |
AA: 2013; B&F: 2008, 2013; Prem: 2012 |
| 2003 |
|
Melbourne |
Brock McLean |
Calder U18 |
184cm |
85kg |
157 (94) |
76 |
181 |
47 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Hawthorn |
Lance Franklin |
Dowerin/Wesley College (WA)/Perth |
196cm |
103kg |
354 (182) |
1066 |
705 |
186 |
AA: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018; Coleman: 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017; B&F: 2008; AA40: 2007, 2009, 2013, 2021; Prem: 2008, 2013 |
| 2005 |
|
Collingwood |
Scott Pendlebury |
Sale/Gippsland U18 |
191cm |
91kg |
410 |
201 |
892 |
223 |
AA: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019; AFLCA: 2013; B&F: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; Norm Smith: 2010; AFLCA Young: 2007; AA40: 2009, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020; Prem: 2010, 2023 |
| 2006 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Travis Boak |
Torquay/Geelong U18 |
183cm |
85kg |
376 |
211 |
590 |
174 |
AA: 2013, 2014, 2020; B&F: 2011, 2019; AA40: 2019 |
| 2007 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Jarrad Grant |
Frankston Bombers/Peninsula Grammar/Dandenong U18 |
192cm |
84kg |
95 (81) |
94 |
23 |
5 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Essendon |
Michael Hurley |
Macleod/Northern U18 |
195cm |
97kg |
194 |
109 |
220 |
32 |
AA: 2015, 2017 |
| 2009 |
|
North Melbourne |
Ben Cunnington |
Cobden/Geelong U18 |
185cm |
87kg |
238 |
98 |
365 |
71 |
B&F: 2014, 2019; AA40: 2019 |
| 2010 |
|
Brisbane |
Jared Polec |
Seaton/Woodville-West Torrens |
188cm |
85kg |
148 (16) |
75 |
108 |
24 |
|
| 2011 |
|
GWS |
Matt Buntine |
Berwick/Dandenong U18 |
189cm |
86kg |
67 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Jake Stringer |
Eaglehawk/Sandhurst/Bendigo U18/Bendigo Gold |
191cm |
92kg |
217 (89) |
370 |
213 |
29 |
AA: 2015; AA40: 2021; Prem: 2016 |
| 2013 |
|
Gold Coast |
Kade Kolodjashnij |
Prospect/Launceston/Tasmania U18 |
190cm |
81kg |
80 (78) |
14 |
24 |
0 |
|
| 2014 |
|
Collingwood |
Jordan De Goey |
Ashburton/St Kevin's College/Oakleigh U18 |
187cm |
82kg |
175 |
206 |
276 |
61 |
AA40: 2018, 2023; Prem: 2023 |
| 2015 |
|
Essendon |
Darcy Parish |
Winchelsea/Geelong U18 |
181cm |
73kg |
162 |
55 |
185 |
50 |
AA: 2021 |
| 2016 |
NSW Zone |
GWS |
Will Setterfield |
Scots (Albury)/NSW-ACT U18/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
190cm |
80kg |
74 (2) |
14 |
9 |
1 |
|
| 2017 |
|
Fremantle |
Adam Cerra |
Wesley College/Norwood (Vic)/Eastern U18 |
186cm |
80kg |
136 (76) |
36 |
129 |
16 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Connor Rozee |
South Augusta/North Adelaide |
185cm |
74kg |
136 |
119 |
290 |
52 |
AA: 2022, 2023; B&F: 2022 |
| 2019 |
|
Sydney |
Dylan Stephens |
Red Cliffs/Walkerville/St Peter's College (SA)/Norwood |
183cm |
74kg |
65 (43) |
12 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 2020 |
|
Sydney |
Braeden Campbell |
Pennant Hills/Knox Grammar/Sydney (NEAFL) |
181cm |
75kg |
78 |
22 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Gold Coast |
Mac Andrew |
Berwick/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully)/Dandenong U18 |
201cm |
74kg |
46 |
9 |
31 |
0 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Essendon |
Elijah Tsatas |
Surrey Park/Oakleigh U18 |
187cm |
80kg |
13 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Hawthorn |
Nick Watson |
East Ringwood/Caulfield Grammar/Eastern U18 |
170cm |
68kg |
25 |
34 |
11 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Brisbane |
Levi Ashcroft |
St Kilda City/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
181cm |
|
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|