| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
Essendon |
Wayne Otway |
|
168cm |
73kg |
36 |
65 |
0 |
14 |
|
| 1982 |
|
Essendon |
Brenton Phillips |
|
180cm |
83kg |
71 (10) |
33 |
0 |
11 |
Magarey: 1993 |
| 1986 |
|
Collingwood |
Grantley Fielke |
West Adelaide |
178cm |
78kg |
40 (16) |
21 |
0 |
2 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Geelong |
Darren Jones |
Moe |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Sydney |
Dion Scott |
East Devonport |
190cm |
105kg |
79 (6) |
61 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Sydney |
Brad Tunbridge |
East Fremantle |
195cm |
93kg |
50 |
17 |
0 |
14 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Paul Gow |
Guildford Grammar/Swan Districts |
189cm |
88kg |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Essendon |
Michael Symons |
Subiaco |
182cm |
75kg |
109 |
80 |
0 |
11 |
|
| 1992 |
|
West Coast |
Paul Symmons |
West Perth |
189cm |
87kg |
99 |
36 |
0 |
12 |
|
| 1993 |
|
St Kilda |
Michael Frost |
Swan Hill |
186cm |
92kg |
11 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Liston: 1998 |
| 1994 |
|
Hawthorn |
Daniel Harford |
St Mary's (NFL)/Parade College/Northern U18 |
177cm |
81kg |
162 (153) |
69 |
0 |
19 |
|
| 1995 |
|
Sydney |
Jared Crouch |
Rostrevor College/Norwood |
173cm |
80kg |
223 |
51 |
13 |
6 |
Prem: 2005 |
| 1996 |
|
Geelong |
Leigh Brockman |
North Hobart/Tasmania U18 |
193cm |
92kg |
12 (2) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Collingwood |
Chris Tarrant |
South Mildura/Bendigo U18 |
193cm |
94kg |
268 (196) |
367 |
50 |
29 |
AA: 2003 |
| 1998 |
|
Sydney |
Jude Bolton |
St Bernard's College/Calder U18 |
181cm |
83kg |
325 |
196 |
226 |
89 |
Prem: 2005, 2012 |
| 1999 |
|
Geelong |
Joel Corey |
East Perth |
191cm |
88kg |
276 |
79 |
257 |
92 |
AA: 2007, 2008; B&F: 2005, 2008; Prem: 2007, 2009, 2011 |
| 2000 |
|
North Melbourne |
Daniel Motlop |
Wanderers/North Adelaide |
185cm |
90kg |
130 (47) |
208 |
57 |
21 |
AA40: 2008 |
| 2001 |
|
Geelong |
Jimmy Bartel |
Bell Park/St Joseph's College/Geelong U18 |
187cm |
89kg |
305 |
202 |
399 |
116 |
AA: 2007, 2008; Brownlow: 2007; Norm Smith: 2011; AA40: 2009; Prem: 2007, 2009, 2011 |
| 2002 |
|
Hawthorn |
Luke Brennan |
North Ballarat U18 |
186cm |
89kg |
28 (19) |
12 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 2003 |
|
St Kilda |
Raphael Clarke |
St Marys |
188cm |
82kg |
85 |
9 |
11 |
0 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Adelaide |
John Meesen |
Geelong U18 |
200cm |
100kg |
6 (2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Richmond |
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls |
East Perth |
188cm |
82kg |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2006 |
|
Collingwood |
Ben Reid |
Alpine Eagles/Wangaratta Rovers/Murray U18 |
195cm |
102kg |
152 |
73 |
65 |
9 |
AA: 2011; Prem: 2010 |
| 2007 |
|
Brisbane |
Lachie Henderson |
Birregurra/Geelong College/Geelong U18 |
196cm |
96kg |
206 (15) |
117 |
74 |
17 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Richmond |
Ty Vickery |
East Sandringham/Hampton Rovers/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
200cm |
98kg |
125 (119) |
160 |
45 |
8 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Port Adelaide |
John Butcher |
Maffra/Gippsland U18 |
197cm |
93kg |
31 |
41 |
4 |
1 |
|
| 2010 |
|
Essendon |
Dyson Heppell |
Leongatha/Gippsland U18 |
189cm |
85kg |
253 |
68 |
305 |
71 |
AA: 2014; Rising Star: 2011; B&F: 2014; AFLCA Young: 2012; AFLPA 1st: 2011 |
| 2011 |
|
Brisbane |
Billy Longer |
Macleod/Northern U18 |
202cm |
101kg |
66 (9) |
4 |
17 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
Brisbane |
Sam Mayes |
Port Pirie Bulldogs/North Adelaide |
187cm |
84kg |
121 (101) |
34 |
24 |
5 |
|
| 2013 |
FS |
North Melbourne |
Luke McDonald |
Kew Comets/Oakleigh U18/Werribee |
190cm |
85kg |
203 |
18 |
28 |
4 |
B&F: 2020 |
| 2014 |
|
Gold Coast |
Peter Wright |
Moonee Valley/Calder U18 |
203cm |
100kg |
133 (66) |
205 |
106 |
20 |
B&F: 2022 |
| 2015 |
|
Gold Coast |
Callum Ah Chee |
Kelmscott/South Fremantle |
182cm |
71kg |
143 (45) |
75 |
18 |
0 |
Prem: 2024 |
| 2016 |
|
Fremantle |
Griffin Logue |
Guildford Grammar/Swan Districts |
193cm |
95kg |
81 (64) |
10 |
18 |
0 |
|
| 2017 |
|
St Kilda |
Nick Coffield |
Eltham/Whitefriars College/Northern U18 |
191cm |
82kg |
60 (52) |
2 |
13 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
North Melbourne |
Tarryn Thomas |
North Launceston/Tasmania U18/North Melbourne (VFL) |
188cm |
82kg |
69 |
56 |
22 |
10 |
|
| 2019 |
|
Fremantle |
Caleb Serong |
Warragul/Geelong Grammar/Gippsland U18 |
179cm |
88kg |
103 |
30 |
270 |
63 |
AA: 2023, 2024; Rising Star: 2020; B&F: 2023, 2024; AFLCA Young: 2021; AFLPA 1st: 2020 |
| 2020 |
|
Essendon |
Nik Cox |
Montmorency/Ivanhoe Grammar/Northern U18 |
200cm |
87kg |
53 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Fremantle |
Jye Amiss |
Busselton/East Perth |
196cm |
83kg |
47 |
81 |
4 |
1 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Geelong |
Jhye Clark |
Queenscliff/Geelong U18 |
181cm |
77kg |
16 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Adelaide |
Dan Curtin |
West Coast JFC/Scotch College (WA)/Claremont |
197cm |
95kg |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|