| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Richmond | Jeremy Crough | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Priority | Brisbane | Bradley Edwards | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | Geelong | Sean Simpson | 114 | 18 | 9 | ||
| 1991 | Carlton | Mark Athorn | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Sydney | John Hutton | 18 (5) | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Priority | Fitzroy | Steven Stretch | 25 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1994 | St Kilda | Glen Coghlan | 29 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | Hawthorn | Gordon Fode | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | St Kilda | Brett Cook | 18 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | North Melbourne | Damian Houlihan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Port Adelaide | Jared Poulton | 88 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | St Kilda | Fred Campbell | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Adelaide | Chris Ladhams | 54 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Adelaide | Trent Hentschel | 71 | 94 | 6 | ||
| 2002 | Melbourne | Guy Rigoni | 27 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2003 | Geelong | Paul Koulouriotis | 18 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | Fremantle | Jarrad Schofield | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Richmond | Matt White | 153 (105) | 98 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | Hawthorn | Josh Thurgood | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Essendon | John Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Brisbane | Tom Rockliff | 208 (154) | 100 | 87 | AA: 2014; B&F: 2011, 2014 | |
| 2009 | West Coast | Ryan Neates | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Hawthorn | Cameron Bruce | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | GWS | ||||||
| 2012 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2013 | Sydney | ||||||
| 2014 | Sydney |