| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
Melbourne |
Danny Hughes |
Cummins Ramblers/Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
189cm |
90kg |
135 (124) |
24 |
0 |
6 |
AA: 1988; B&F: 1985 |
| 1982 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Peter Walker |
East Launceston |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1986 |
|
Hawthorn |
Clayton Lamb |
Camden/West Adelaide |
185cm |
86kg |
1 (0) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Carlton |
Peter Bubner |
Hamley Bridge/Central District |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Melbourne |
Darren Bennett |
East Fremantle |
196cm |
98kg |
74 |
208 |
0 |
12 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Richmond |
Allister Scott |
Inverloch-Kongwak/Scotch College |
187cm |
88kg |
19 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Essendon |
Todd Ridley |
Sorrento Duncraig JFC/Claremont |
187cm |
87kg |
48 (25) |
37 |
0 |
5 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Hawthorn |
Shane Crawford |
Finley/Assumption College |
174cm |
80kg |
305 |
224 |
76 |
159 |
AA: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002; Brownlow: 1999; MVP: 1999; B&F: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003; Prem: 2008 |
| 1992 |
|
Carlton |
Andrew McKay |
Lucindale/Glenelg |
185cm |
90kg |
244 |
28 |
0 |
45 |
AA: 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001; B&F: 2003; Prem: 1995 |
| 1993 |
|
Geelong |
David Ugrinic |
Woodville-West Torrens |
183cm |
78kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1994 |
|
St Kilda |
Chris Hemley |
Bell Post Hill/Geelong U18 |
192cm |
93kg |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1995 |
|
Fremantle |
Brad Rowe |
East Fremantle |
174cm |
76kg |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1996 |
|
Adelaide |
Tom Gilligan |
Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18 |
198cm |
96kg |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
West Coast |
Callum Chambers |
Lucknow/Gippsland U18 |
184cm |
78kg |
66 (54) |
41 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Melbourne |
Chris Lamb |
Murray U18 |
192cm |
98kg |
21 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Robert Murphy |
Warragul/Gippsland U18 |
187cm |
83kg |
312 |
183 |
204 |
51 |
AA: 2011, 2015; AA40: 2008 |
| 2000 |
|
Brisbane |
Ashley McGrath |
South Fremantle |
182cm |
86kg |
214 |
170 |
66 |
11 |
Prem: 2003 |
| 2001 |
|
St Kilda |
Nick Dal Santo |
Mandurang JFC/Kennington-Sandhurst JFC/Bendigo U18 |
185cm |
85kg |
322 (260) |
156 |
427 |
140 |
AA: 2005, 2009, 2011; AA40: 2007, 2010 |
| 2002 |
|
Fremantle |
Byron Schammer |
West Adelaide |
176cm |
79kg |
129 |
38 |
32 |
20 |
|
| 2003 |
|
Essendon |
Brent Stanton |
Banyule/Northern U18 |
185cm |
84kg |
255 |
158 |
241 |
67 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Melbourne |
Matthew Bate |
Croydon/Eastern U18 |
192cm |
91kg |
102 |
98 |
45 |
7 |
|
| 2005 |
|
West Coast |
Shannon Hurn |
Angaston/Central District |
187cm |
94kg |
333 |
50 |
232 |
29 |
AA: 2018, 2019; Prem: 2018 |
| 2006 |
|
Richmond |
Jack Riewoldt |
Clarence/Tasmania U18 |
195cm |
94kg |
347 |
787 |
310 |
62 |
AA: 2010, 2015, 2018; Coleman: 2010, 2012, 2018; B&F: 2010, 2018; AA40: 2012; Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| 2007 |
|
West Coast |
Brad Ebert |
St Michael's College (SA)/Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
189cm |
90kg |
260 (76) |
140 |
219 |
57 |
|
| 2008 |
|
St Kilda |
Tom Lynch |
Beaumaris/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
191cm |
88kg |
164 (6) |
203 |
122 |
17 |
AA40: 2016, 2017 |
| 2009 |
|
Adelaide |
Daniel Talia |
Greenvale/Assumption College/Calder U18 |
195cm |
95kg |
200 |
6 |
64 |
3 |
AA: 2014, 2016; Rising Star: 2012; B&F: 2014; AA40: 2019 |
| 2010 |
|
Gold Coast |
Seb Tape |
Kenilworth/Westminster School/Glenelg |
191cm |
87kg |
40 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 2011 |
|
GWS |
Taylor Adams |
St Joseph's/St Joseph's College/Geelong U18 |
179cm |
84kg |
225 (31) |
85 |
293 |
56 |
AA: 2020; B&F: 2020 |
| 2012 |
Comp |
Gold Coast |
Jesse Lonergan |
Launceston/Tasmania U18 |
183cm |
89kg |
60 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
|
Carlton |
Patrick Cripps |
Northampton/East Fremantle |
193cm |
91kg |
207 |
113 |
591 |
186 |
AA: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024; Brownlow: 2022, 2024; MVP: 2019; B&F: 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024; AA40: 2023 |
| 2014 |
|
Fremantle |
Lachie Weller |
Burnie/Broadbeach/Southport/Queensland U18/Gold Coast (NEAFL) |
182cm |
77kg |
142 (47) |
47 |
66 |
12 |
|
| 2015 |
NSW Zone |
GWS |
Matthew Kennedy |
Collingullie-Glenfield Park/NSW-ACT U18 |
188cm |
88kg |
118 (19) |
57 |
33 |
7 |
|
| 2016 |
|
West Coast |
Daniel Venables |
PEGS/Keilor/Western U18 |
186cm |
81kg |
21 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
Prem: 2018 |
| 2017 |
|
West Coast |
Jarrod Brander |
Wentworth/Bendigo U18/Western Sydney University |
195cm |
92kg |
27 (22) |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Collingwood |
Isaac Quaynor |
Beverley Hills/Bulleen-Templestowe/East Doncaster/East Doncaster SC/Oakleigh U18 |
180cm |
83kg |
108 |
5 |
21 |
2 |
AA40: 2023; Prem: 2023 |
| 2019 |
|
Hawthorn |
Will Day |
PHOS Camden/Sacred Heart College/West Adelaide |
189cm |
76kg |
70 |
13 |
72 |
17 |
B&F: 2023 |
| 2020 |
|
North Melbourne |
Tom Powell |
Unley/Scotch College (SA)/Sturt |
183cm |
74kg |
68 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Essendon |
Ben Hobbs |
Horsham FC/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 |
183cm |
79kg |
47 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Jedd Busslinger |
Coolbinia/East Perth |
196cm |
83kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Melbourne |
Koltyn Tholstrup |
Newtown Condingup/Cunderdin Ag College/Subiaco |
186cm |
86kg |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Essendon |
Isaac Kako |
Northern Saints/Parade College/Calder U18 |
176cm |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|