| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Western Bulldogs | Ben Sexton | 43 (39) | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Essendon | Gerrard Harrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | St Kilda | Sam Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Western Bulldogs | Jamie Madigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Adelaide | Sam Smart | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Richmond | Shaun Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Adelaide | Ben Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Collingwood | Scott Whiston | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Hawthorn | Kris Barlow | 102 | 74 | 2 | ||
| 1999 | Carlton | Trent Hotton | 61 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2000 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2001 | Essendon | ||||||
| 2002 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2006 | Port Adelaide | David Rodan | 120 (111) | 88 | 31 | ||
| 2009 | Rookie | Western Bulldogs | Liam Picken | 175 | 79 | 11 | Prem: 2016 |
| 2010 | Hawthorn | ||||||
| 2011 | FS | Geelong | Jed Bews | 166 | 16 | 1 | Prem: 2022 |
| 2012 | Rookie | Brisbane | Jack Crisp | 222 (8) | 72 | 34 | B&F: 2021, 2022; AA40: 2022; Prem: 2023 |
| 2013 | Rookie | Adelaide | Rory Laird | 212 | 28 | 93 | AA: 2017, 2018; B&F: 2018, 2021, 2022; AA40: 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022 |
| 2014 | FS | Brisbane | Josh Clayton | 2 | 0 | 0 |