| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Brisbane | Chris O'Sullivan | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Essendon | Glenn Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | St Kilda | Brian Wilson | 7 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | St Kilda | Michael Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Essendon | Matthew Wadewitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Fremantle | Dean Grainger | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | Melbourne | Ashley Gehling | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Richmond | Brent Frewen | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Port Adelaide | ||||||
| 1998 | Melbourne | Luke Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Essendon | Robert Forster-Knight | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 2001 | Collingwood | Tristen Walker | 28 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Carlton | Brad Fisher | 99 | 127 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Carlton | Adrian Deluca | 46 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2005 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2006 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 2007 | North Melbourne | Blake Grima | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Adelaide | Will Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Rookie | Carlton | Sam Jacobs | 204 (13) | 49 | 30 | AA40: 2012, 2014, 2017 |
| 2010 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2011 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2012 | Rookie | Melbourne | Michael Evans | 12 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013 | GWS | ||||||
| 2014 | GWS | ||||||
| 2016 | Richmond | Ryan Garthwaite | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | North Melbourne | Tristan Xerri | 37 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Essendon | Brayden Ham | 45 | 9 | 0 |