| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | St Kilda | Ian Dargie | 11 (10) | 1 | 0 | Sandover: 1991, 1994 | |
| 1989 | Melbourne | Anthony Tohill | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Geelong | Brad Dowling | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Richmond | John Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Collingwood | Tristan Lynch | 72 (0) | 15 | 2 | ||
| 1994 | Brisbane | Michael Agnello | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Hawthorn | Brad Scott | 168 (22) | 45 | 7 | Prem: 2001, 2002 | |
| 1997 | Hawthorn | Hayden Burgiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | North Melbourne | Shannon Motlop | 64 (54) | 36 | 0 | Prem: 1999 | |
| 1999 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 2000 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2001 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2002 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2006 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2008 | Carlton | ||||||
| 2009 | Collingwood | Simon Buckley | 26 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Rookie | Carlton | Jeff Garlett | 155 (77) | 270 | 6 | AA40: 2017 |
| 2011 | Rookie | Sydney | Nathan Gordon | 21 (0) | 18 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Rookie | Port Adelaide | Tom Jonas | 203 | 2 | 4 | AA40: 2017, 2018, 2020 |
| 2013 | Rookie | West Coast | Simon Tunbridge | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | NSW Zone | GWS | Jeremy Finlayson | 112 (66) | 157 | 9 |