| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1986 |
|
Melbourne |
Darren Jarman |
Gaza/North Adelaide |
186cm |
230 (0) |
386 |
0 |
96 |
AA: 1992, 1995, 1996; B&F: 1995; Prem: 1991, 1997, 1998 |
| 1987 |
|
Collingwood |
Brendan Tranter |
Maryborough FC |
177cm |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Melbourne |
Andrew Ford |
North Ballarat |
178cm |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Fitzroy |
Grant Coffee |
Elizabeth/Central District |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Fitzroy |
Steven Byers |
New Norfolk |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Richmond |
Glenn Hoffman |
Jeparit |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1992 |
|
North Melbourne |
Matthew Capuano |
Creswick/North Ballarat U18/Geelong U18 |
198cm |
107 (82) |
37 |
0 |
2 |
Prem: 1996, 1999 |
| 1993 |
|
Geelong |
Grant Tanner |
Norwood |
184cm |
69 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1994 |
|
North Melbourne |
Matthew Belleville |
Western U18 |
187cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1995 |
|
Melbourne |
Mark Bradly |
East Fremantle |
197cm |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1996 |
|
Richmond |
Steven McKee |
Myrtleford |
199cm |
84 (20) |
14 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Carlton |
Craig Black |
Dandenong U18 |
180cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Richmond |
Marc Dragicevic |
Geelong U18 |
180cm |
48 |
25 |
0 |
1 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Hawthorn |
Tim Hazell |
Southern Districts |
188cm |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 |
|
Richmond |
Chris Newman |
Dandenong U18 |
183cm |
268 |
56 |
80 |
17 |
|
| 2001 |
|
Melbourne |
Brad Miller |
Mount Gravatt |
194cm |
157 (133) |
120 |
47 |
8 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Fremantle |
Ryan Crowley |
Gisborne/Calder U18 |
188cm |
196 (188) |
118 |
78 |
5 |
B&F: 2012 |
| 2003 |
|
St Kilda |
Sam Fisher |
Barmera-Monash/West Adelaide |
191cm |
228 |
22 |
145 |
6 |
AA: 2008; B&F: 2008, 2011; AA40: 2007, 2011 |
| 2004 |
|
Collingwood |
Adam Iacobucci |
Calder U18 |
180cm |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Brett Montgomery |
South Croydon/Essendon Reserves/Springvale |
180cm |
18 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2006 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Robbie Gray |
East Burwood/Oakleigh U18 |
183cm |
271 |
367 |
453 |
94 |
AA: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018; AFLCA: 2014; B&F: 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| 2007 |
|
Fremantle |
Mark Johnson |
Calder U18 |
179cm |
14 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Essendon |
Michael Still |
Northern U18 |
194cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Sydney |
Trent Dennis-Lane |
Carine JFC/Subiaco |
182cm |
29 (19) |
39 |
1 |
3 |
|
| 2010 |
|
Hawthorn |
Angus Dewar |
Ongerup/Claremont |
192cm |
26 (25) |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 2011 |
|
Richmond |
Matt Arnot |
Vermont/Mazenod College/Oakleigh U18/Port Melbourne |
180cm |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
Gold Coast |
Timmy Sumner |
Woodville South/Woodville-West Torrens |
187cm |
17 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
|
Essendon |
Orazio Fantasia |
Payneham Norwood Union/Norwood Morialta HS/Norwood |
178cm |
120 (80) |
157 |
83 |
12 |
|
| 2014 |
|
Geelong |
Dean Gore |
Hahndorf/Sturt |
182cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2015 |
|
Fremantle |
Sam Collins |
Donvale/Oakleigh U18/Box Hill |
194cm |
167 (14) |
0 |
78 |
4 |
B&F: 2020, 2024; AA40: 2024, 2025 |
| 2016 |
Qld Zone |
Brisbane |
Jacob Allison |
Padua College (Qld)/Aspley/Queensland U18/Brisbane (NEAFL) |
194cm |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2017 |
Qld Zone |
Gold Coast |
Connor Nutting |
Broadbeach/Gold Coast (NEAFL) |
185cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Brisbane |
Noah Answerth |
Caulfield/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
184cm |
98 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
Prem: 2024 |
| 2019 |
|
Collingwood |
Trey Ruscoe |
Booragoon JFC/Aquinas College (WA)/East Fremantle |
190cm |
18 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2020 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Dominic Bedendo |
Myrtleford/Murray U18 |
188cm |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Hugh Jackson |
Crystal Brook/North Adelaide |
182cm |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Richmond |
Steely Green |
Brookton-Pingelly/South Fremantle |
179cm |
42 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Aiden O'Driscoll |
Northam Saints JFC/Perth |
176cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Sydney |
Riak Andrew |
Berwick/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully)/Dandenong U18 |
193cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2025 |
|
Collingwood |
Zac McCarthy |
Kew Comets/Oakleigh U18 |
199cm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|