| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Western Bulldogs | Mark Williams | 14 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Richmond | David Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Brisbane | Matthew Ryan | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | North Melbourne | Alex Ishchenko | 70 | 12 | 14 | ||
| 1992 | Richmond | Stuart Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Richmond | Haydn Robins | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Adelaide | Peter Vardy | 137 (96) | 206 | 8 | Prem: 1998 | |
| 1995 | Sydney | Kent Butcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Hawthorn | Jon Hassall | 44 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1997 | St Kilda | Matthew Carr | 162 (28) | 66 | 7 | ||
| 1998 | St Kilda | Tony Francis | 19 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1999 | Sydney | Ben Fixter | 54 (27) | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Western Bulldogs | Nicholas Bruton | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2002 | Collingwood | Luke Mullins | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Hawthorn | Doug Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | Elijah Ware | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | North Melbourne | Cameron Thurley | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | St Kilda | Matthew Clarke | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | West Coast | Patrick McGinnity | 93 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | Essendon | Kyle Hardingham | 65 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Gold Coast | Aaron Hall | 161 (103) | 94 | 31 | ||
| 2012 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2013 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2014 | Carlton |