| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Geelong | Andrew Rogers | 75 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1989 | Priority | North Melbourne | Michael Gallagher | 38 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1990 | St Kilda | Tony Antrobus | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Western Bulldogs | Greg Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Brisbane | Martin Heffernan | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Sydney | Peter Filandia | 70 | 38 | 9 | ||
| 1994 | Brisbane | Ross Lyon | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1995 | St Kilda | Andrew McLean | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Richmond | Brett Evans | 28 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Western Bulldogs | Scott Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Richmond | Clay Sampson | 27 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Hawthorn | Barry Young | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Sydney | Stephen Tingay | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Sydney | Tony Lockett | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 2003 | North Melbourne | Shane Harvey | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Essendon | Ty Zantuck | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Brisbane | Ben Fixter | 27 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Richmond | Kent Kingsley | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Fremantle | Josh Head | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Richmond | Ben Cousins | 32 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 2009 | Port Adelaide | Scott Harding | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Fremantle | John Anthony | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | GWS | ||||||
| 2012 | Essendon | Will Hams | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | GWS | ||||||
| 2014 | GWS |