| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Essendon | Simon Jorgenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Brisbane | David Brown | 91 (0) | 73 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Essendon | James Hird | 253 | 343 | 125 | AA: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003; Brownlow: 1996; B&F: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007; Norm Smith: 2000; Prem: 1993, 2000 | |
| 1991 | Carlton | Bevan Smillie | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | West Coast | Brett Spinks | 40 (21) | 49 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | Carlton | Aaron Hamill | 190 (92) | 239 | 22 | ||
| 1996 | Richmond | Daniel Donati | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Richmond | ||||||
| 1998 | Richmond | Ray Hall | 99 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 1999 | Adelaide | Balraj Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Geelong | Hamish Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2002 | Carlton | Karl Norman | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Richmond | Simon Fletcher | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Sydney | Jesse White | 127 (71) | 148 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2009 | Rookie | Fremantle | Greg Broughton | 95 (53) | 17 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2011 | GWS | Setanta Ó hAilpín | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Rookie | West Coast | Brad Dick | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2014 | Sydney |