| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Fitzroy | Dwaine Kretschmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Geelong | Ashley Coutts | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Carlton | Danny Morgan | 16 (0) | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1991 | St Kilda | Sam Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Essendon | Damien Hardwick | 207 (153) | 14 | 15 | AA: 2000; B&F: 1998; Prem: 2000, 2004 | |
| 1994 | Sydney | Simon Arnott | 56 (30) | 35 | 8 | Gardiner: 1998 | |
| 1996 | Collingwood | Brad Fuller | 19 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Carlton | ||||||
| 1999 | North Melbourne | Christian Woodley | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2001 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2002 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2006 | St Kilda | ||||||
| 2009 | Rookie | St Kilda | Zac Dawson | 129 (40) | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Rookie | Fremantle | Michael Barlow | 128 (113) | 77 | 38 | |
| 2011 | GWS | James McDonald | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2013 | Rookie | Collingwood | Sam Dwyer | 18 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Carlton |