| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Sydney | Robert Teal | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Western Bulldogs | Danny Del-Re | 62 | 139 | 2 | ||
| 1990 | Sydney | Mark Athorn | 45 (15) | 13 | 1 | ||
| 1991 | Collingwood | Ross Napoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | North Melbourne | Greg Eppelstun | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | Brisbane | Craig Lambert | 96 | 27 | 22 | AA: 1996; B&F: 1994 | |
| 1994 | Essendon | Mark Fraser | 65 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 1995 | Adelaide | Shane Ellen | 54 | 15 | 1 | Prem: 1997, 1998 | |
| 1996 | Carlton | Darren Hulme | 110 | 56 | 17 | ||
| 1997 | Adelaide | ||||||
| 1998 | Sydney | Scott Russell | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Port Adelaide | Wade Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Hawthorn | Matthew Dent | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2003 | Fremantle | Michael Johnson | 244 | 68 | 15 | AA: 2013 | |
| 2004 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2005 | Port Adelaide | Matt Thomas | 102 (87) | 36 | 3 | Magarey: 2013 | |
| 2006 | Collingwood | Chris Bryan | 30 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Essendon | Tom Bellchambers | 136 | 77 | 13 | ||
| 2011 | Port Adelaide | John McCarthy | 21 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Fremantle | Jack Hannath | 20 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2014 | Sydney |