| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Hawthorn | Jamie Bond | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | West Coast | Steven Schwerdt | 25 (0) | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Fitzroy | Dean Harding | 19 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Carlton | Matthew Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Geelong | Damian Crowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Western Bulldogs | Daryl Griffin | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | St Kilda | Lucas Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Hawthorn | Richard Vandenberg | 145 | 64 | 19 | ||
| 1998 | Carlton | ||||||
| 1999 | Richmond | Ty Zantuck | 77 (68) | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Western Bulldogs | ||||||
| 2001 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2002 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 2003 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2004 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2006 | Adelaide | Bryce Campbell | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Port Adelaide | Jason Davenport | 28 | 29 | 6 | ||
| 2009 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2010 | Rookie | West Coast | Lewis Stevenson | 9 (0) | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Geelong | Orren Stephenson | 15 (8) | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Rookie | Fremantle | Clancee Pearce | 50 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2014 | Port Adelaide | Jesse Palmer | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Carlton | Jarrod Garlett | 13 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Western Bulldogs | Will Hayes | 13 (11) | 4 | 0 |