| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Geelong | David Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Western Bulldogs | Shayne Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Hawthorn | Robert Bowden | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Brisbane | Matt Rendell | 13 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | St Kilda | Hugh Reimers | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Melbourne | Todd McHardy | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | Collingwood | Ben Kemp | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Adelaide | Greg Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 1998 | Collingwood | Rupert Betheras | 85 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 1999 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2000 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2001 | Port Adelaide | Jared Poulton | 54 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Sydney | ||||||
| 2003 | Richmond | Andrew Raines | 129 (56) | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2005 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2006 | Western Bulldogs | Paul O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 2009 | Western Bulldogs | Shane Thorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Collingwood | Paul Seedsman | 132 (49) | 66 | 9 | AA40: 2021 | |
| 2011 | St Kilda | Jason Blake | 20 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | Rookie | North Melbourne | Sam Gibson | 122 (117) | 47 | 17 | |
| 2013 | Rookie | Adelaide | Kyle Hartigan | 132 (110) | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | FS | West Coast | Alec Waterman | 22 (0) | 27 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Hawthorn | Mitch Lewis | 69 | 123 | 4 | ||
| 2017 | Essendon | Matt Guelfi | 97 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Port Adelaide | Boyd Woodcock | 12 | 7 | 0 |