| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1986 |
|
Richmond |
Gregory Whittlesea |
Yankalilla/Sturt |
183cm |
86kg |
4 (0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AA: 1988; Magarey: 1988 |
| 1987 |
|
Fitzroy |
Keith Allan |
Salisbury West JFC/Central District |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Hawthorn |
Justin McGrath |
St Patrick's College/Ballarat YCW |
180cm |
74kg |
8 (0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Collingwood |
Shayne Bennett |
Broadview/North Adelaide |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Richmond |
Matthew Clarke |
West Gambier/Richmond U19s |
200cm |
100kg |
258 (0) |
38 |
4 |
35 |
B&F: 1997 |
| 1991 |
|
Sydney |
Andrew Dunkley |
Devon/St Kilda Reserves/North Launceston |
192cm |
100kg |
217 |
11 |
0 |
26 |
|
| 1992 |
|
Adelaide |
Matthew Powell |
South Adelaide |
175cm |
87kg |
16 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1993 |
|
Hawthorn |
Rayden Tallis |
Knox JFC/Wantirna South/Eastern U18 |
184cm |
85kg |
163 |
27 |
0 |
6 |
|
| 1994 |
|
Fremantle |
Ryan Smith |
West Perth |
190cm |
86kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1995 |
|
Brisbane |
Daniel Bradshaw |
Wodonga FC |
190cm |
92kg |
231 (222) |
524 |
143 |
40 |
AA40: 2008; Prem: 2001, 2003 |
| 1996 |
|
North Melbourne |
Cameron Mooney |
Turvey Park/NSW-ACT U18 |
195cm |
99kg |
221 (11) |
297 |
81 |
15 |
AA: 2007; Prem: 1999, 2007, 2009 |
| 1997 |
|
Collingwood |
Ben Kinnear |
Central District |
193cm |
98kg |
50 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Essendon |
Ilija Grgic |
MHSOB |
203cm |
106kg |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Sydney |
Ryan O'Keefe |
St Kevin's College/Calder U18 |
187cm |
88kg |
286 |
261 |
341 |
77 |
AA: 2006; B&F: 2009; Norm Smith: 2012; AA40: 2008; Prem: 2005, 2012 |
| 2000 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Daniel Cross |
Albury FC/Murray U18 |
187cm |
87kg |
249 (210) |
34 |
220 |
49 |
B&F: 2008; AA40: 2008 |
| 2001 |
|
Fremantle |
Paul Medhurst |
Hale School/Claremont |
179cm |
84kg |
168 (99) |
274 |
54 |
20 |
AA: 2008 |
| 2002 |
|
Adelaide |
Robert Shirley |
Woodville-West Torrens |
184cm |
86kg |
128 |
28 |
37 |
5 |
|
| 2003 |
|
North Melbourne |
Brent LeCras |
West Perth |
190cm |
93kg |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Adelaide |
Chris Knights |
Waverley Blues/Vermont/Eastern U18 |
184cm |
84kg |
102 (96) |
75 |
38 |
9 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Brisbane |
Joel Patfull |
Payneham Norwood Union/Norwood Morialta HS/Norwood |
190cm |
88kg |
220 (182) |
26 |
68 |
6 |
B&F: 2012, 2013 |
| 2006 |
|
Hawthorn |
Garry Moss |
Marist JFC/East Perth |
181cm |
74kg |
14 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 2007 |
|
Brisbane |
Matt Austin |
St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 |
186cm |
82kg |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Fremantle |
Ben Bucovaz |
Geelong U18 |
188cm |
90kg |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Geelong |
Josh Cowan |
Daylesford/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 |
184cm |
82kg |
16 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2010 |
|
Fremantle |
Josh Mellington |
Murray U18 |
185cm |
84kg |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2011 |
|
GWS |
Tom Downie |
Benalla/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 |
203cm |
95kg |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
North Melbourne |
Daniel Currie |
Eltham/Northern U18 |
201cm |
96kg |
10 (4) |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
|
Hawthorn |
James Sicily |
Keilor/Western U18/Williamstown |
186cm |
77kg |
179 |
76 |
306 |
52 |
AA: 2023; B&F: 2022; AA40: 2019, 2022, 2024 |
| 2014 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Dougal Howard |
East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga/Albury FC/NSW-ACT U18/Murray U18 |
199cm |
92kg |
138 (45) |
15 |
22 |
0 |
|
| 2015 |
|
Sydney |
Jordan Dawson |
Robe/Scotch College (SA)/Sturt |
190cm |
84kg |
156 (64) |
78 |
303 |
80 |
AA: 2023, 2025; B&F: 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 2016 |
|
St Kilda |
Ed Phillips |
Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
186cm |
76kg |
15 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2017 |
|
GWS |
Zac Langdon |
Dampier/Guildford Grammar/Claremont |
175cm |
75kg |
56 (31) |
32 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Melbourne |
Marty Hore |
Leitchville-Gunbower/Bendigo U18/Collingwood (VFL) |
189cm |
81kg |
20 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 2019 |
|
Essendon |
Ned Cahill |
Mount Eliza/Padua College/Dandenong U18 |
178cm |
77kg |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2020 |
|
North Melbourne |
Eddie Ford |
Yarraville Seddon/Western U18 |
189cm |
83kg |
40 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Dante Visentini |
Xavier College/Sandringham U18 |
201cm |
88kg |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2022 |
|
North Melbourne |
Cooper Harvey |
Yarrambat/Northern U18 |
180cm |
80kg |
10 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Hawthorn |
Calsher Dear |
Beaumaris/St Bede's College/Sandringham U18 |
195cm |
87kg |
26 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Collingwood |
Will Hayes |
Subiaco/Christ Church Grammar/Claremont |
181cm |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|