| Year |
|
Club |
Player |
Original Club |
Height |
Weight |
Games |
Goals |
Coaches
Votes |
Brownlow
Votes |
Honours |
| 1981 |
|
Hawthorn |
John Platten |
Elizabeth/Central District |
170cm |
70kg |
258 |
228 |
0 |
143 |
AA: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992; Brownlow: 1987; B&F: 1987, 1994; Magarey: 1984; Prem: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991 |
| 1982 |
|
Fitzroy |
Grantley Fielke |
Loxton/West Adelaide |
178cm |
78kg |
40 (0) |
21 |
0 |
2 |
Magarey: 1985 |
| 1986 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Matthew Mansfield |
Glenorchy |
188cm |
79kg |
32 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Essendon |
Jamie Cox |
Wynyard |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Richmond |
Matthew Francis |
St Patrick's College/Ballan |
196cm |
86kg |
55 (19) |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1989 |
|
Essendon |
Ashley Green |
Warragul |
189cm |
87kg |
23 (0) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Melbourne |
Garry Merritt |
Tatura |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Melbourne |
Phil Gilbert |
Claremont |
185cm |
89kg |
39 (25) |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1992 |
|
West Coast |
Lee Walker |
East Perth |
197cm |
97kg |
16 (0) |
13 |
0 |
1 |
|
| 1993 |
|
Essendon |
Robert Stevenson |
Taylors Lakes/Western U18 |
188cm |
82kg |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1994 |
|
Fitzroy |
Ben Holland |
Blackfriars/North Adelaide |
197cm |
97kg |
191 (0) |
179 |
10 |
8 |
|
| 1995 |
|
St Kilda |
Barry Hall |
Broadford/Murray U18 |
194cm |
104kg |
289 (88) |
746 |
278 |
92 |
AA: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010; AFLCA: 2005; B&F: 2004; Prem: 2005 |
| 1996 |
|
Collingwood |
Brent Tuckey |
Stawell/Ballarat FC/North Ballarat U18 |
192cm |
94kg |
22 (19) |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Hawthorn |
Chris Obst |
Western U18 |
185cm |
80kg |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1998 |
FS |
Collingwood |
Nick Davis |
St George/NSW-ACT U18 |
184cm |
83kg |
168 (71) |
235 |
30 |
10 |
Prem: 2005 |
| 1999 |
|
Melbourne |
Brad Green |
North Launceston/Tasmania U18 |
184cm |
83kg |
254 |
350 |
122 |
23 |
B&F: 2010; AA40: 2010 |
| 2000 |
FS |
Collingwood |
Jason Cloke |
Park Orchards/Yarra Valley Grammar/Eastern U18 |
189cm |
90kg |
76 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
|
| 2001 |
|
Brisbane |
Jason Gram |
Gippsland U18 |
186cm |
88kg |
156 (2) |
71 |
114 |
19 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Brisbane |
Troy Selwood |
Bendigo U18 |
189cm |
88kg |
75 |
11 |
26 |
1 |
|
| 2003 |
|
Fremantle |
David Mundy |
Seymour/Murray U18 |
192cm |
91kg |
376 |
161 |
521 |
120 |
AA: 2015; B&F: 2010; AA40: 2010, 2013, 2021 |
| 2004 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Ryan Willits |
Northern U18 |
198cm |
99kg |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Essendon |
Courtenay Dempsey |
Manunda/Brisbane Boys' College/Kenmore/Morningside |
187cm |
85kg |
133 |
35 |
35 |
0 |
|
| 2006 |
|
Carlton |
Shaun Grigg |
Redan/St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18 |
190cm |
85kg |
214 (43) |
96 |
133 |
27 |
Prem: 2017 |
| 2007 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Callan Ward |
Spotswood/Western U18 |
185cm |
83kg |
315 (60) |
157 |
341 |
97 |
B&F: 2012; AA40: 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| 2008 |
|
Melbourne |
James Strauss |
Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 |
185cm |
84kg |
24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Richmond |
Ben Griffiths |
Blackburn/Whitefriars College/Eastern U18 |
200cm |
104kg |
63 |
42 |
14 |
4 |
|
| 2010 |
|
Hawthorn |
Isaac Smith |
Temora/East Wagga-Kooringal/Wagga/NSW-ACT U18/Redan/North Ballarat |
188cm |
82kg |
280 (210) |
205 |
186 |
34 |
Norm Smith: 2022; Prem: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022 |
| 2011 |
|
Essendon |
Elliott Kavanagh |
Williamstown/PEGS/Western U18 |
187cm |
80kg |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2012 |
|
Collingwood |
Ben Kennedy |
Brighton Districts & Old Scholars/Sacred Heart College/Glenelg |
174cm |
76kg |
40 (25) |
28 |
4 |
0 |
|
| 2013 |
Comp |
St Kilda |
Blake Acres |
Edgewater-Woodvale/West Perth |
191cm |
86kg |
168 (75) |
60 |
54 |
14 |
|
| 2014 |
|
Carlton |
Blaine Boekhorst |
Port Hedland/Wesley College (WA)/Swan Districts |
185cm |
75kg |
25 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
Sandover: 2022 |
| 2015 |
|
Hawthorn |
Ryan Burton |
PHOS Camden/Sacred Heart College/North Adelaide |
191cm |
90kg |
154 (47) |
24 |
47 |
2 |
|
| 2016 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Tim English |
Brookton-Pingelly/Christ Church Grammar/South Fremantle |
205cm |
87kg |
131 |
77 |
100 |
25 |
AA: 2023 |
| 2017 |
|
Gold Coast |
Wil Powell |
Scarborough JFC/Claremont |
184cm |
65kg |
105 |
15 |
50 |
0 |
|
| 2018 |
|
Carlton |
Liam Stocker |
East Sandringham/Haileybury College/Old Haileybury/Sandringham U18 |
183cm |
85kg |
67 (28) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2019 |
|
Geelong |
Sam De Koning |
Mornington/Mount Martha/Dandenong U18 |
201cm |
86kg |
62 |
4 |
29 |
0 |
Prem: 2022 |
| 2020 |
|
Collingwood |
Finlay Macrae |
Surrey Park/Xavier College/Oakleigh U18 |
188cm |
80kg |
21 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Melbourne |
Jacob van Rooyen |
Claremont |
193cm |
91kg |
41 |
58 |
8 |
3 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Collingwood |
Ed Allan |
Mosman Park JFC/Claremont |
194cm |
83kg |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Hawthorn |
Will McCabe |
Hamley Bridge/Sacred Heart College/Tanunda/Central District |
197cm |
86kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2024 |
|
GWS |
Harry Oliver |
St Bedes Mentone (VAFA)/Brighton Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
181cm |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|