| Year | Club | Player | Games | Goals | Votes | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Carlton | Anthony Loone | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | Collingwood | Troy Lehmann | 44 (31) | 34 | 5 | ||
| 1990 | Sydney | Lee Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | St Kilda | Scott Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Richmond | Robert Schaefer | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 1996 | Melbourne | Duncan O'Toole | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Hawthorn | Nathan Thompson | 179 (119) | 327 | 43 | ||
| 1998 | Sydney | ||||||
| 1999 | Collingwood | Nick Stone | 20 (0) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | St Kilda | Daniel Wulf | 30 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 2002 | Fremantle | ||||||
| 2003 | Richmond | ||||||
| 2006 | North Melbourne | Aaron Edwards | 90 (78) | 137 | 3 | ||
| 2008 | Brisbane | ||||||
| 2009 | Rookie | Port Adelaide | Daniel Stewart | 36 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Rookie | Adelaide | Ricky Henderson | 147 (78) | 66 | 18 | |
| 2011 | Rookie | Adelaide | Matthew Wright | 140 (75) | 118 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Port Adelaide | ||||||
| 2013 | Rookie | Melbourne | Mitch Clisby | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Carlton |