| Year | Club | Player | Original Club | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | St Kilda | Grant Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1982 | Collingwood | Gary Shaw | 173cm | 73kg | 38 (32) | 38 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1986 | Melbourne | Steven Febey | Devonport | 184cm | 82kg | 258 | 40 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 1987 | Collingwood | Graham Wright | East Devonport | 178cm | 84kg | 201 | 107 | 0 | 44 | Prem: 1990 | |
| 1988 | Fitzroy | Carl Dilena | Blackwood/Sturt | 179cm | 76kg | 33 (23) | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | St Kilda | Jody Arnol | North Hobart | 192cm | 89kg | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Fitzroy | David Donato | Clarence | 178cm | 75kg | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Melbourne | Darren Kowal | Claremont | 173cm | 74kg | 105 | 46 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1992 | Priority | Essendon | Michael Prior | Noranda/East Perth | 182cm | 79kg | 90 (81) | 20 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1993 | Priority | Richmond | Justin Murphy | De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 | 185cm | 85kg | 185 (12) | 151 | 11 | 20 | |
| 1994 | Priority | Sydney | Shannon Grant | Flemington/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Western U18 | 180cm | 85kg | 301 (58) | 361 | 108 | 77 | AA: 2005; B&F: 2001; Norm Smith: 1999; Prem: 1999 |
| 1995 | West Coast | Brendon Fewster | West Perth | 193cm | 101kg | 70 (33) | 43 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1996 | Comp | Brisbane | Rory Hilton | Wodonga FC/Murray U18 | 186cm | 92kg | 91 (9) | 56 | 0 | 17 | |
| 1997 | Hawthorn | Trent Croad | Endeavour Hills/Narre Warren/De La Salle College/Dandenong U18 | 190cm | 92kg | 222 (184) | 189 | 60 | 25 | AA: 2005; Prem: 2008 | |
| 1998 | Sydney | Nic Fosdike | Sacred Heart College/Norwood | 180cm | 82kg | 164 | 66 | 17 | 19 | Prem: 2005 | |
| 1999 | Richmond | Aaron Fiora | Naracoorte/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 186cm | 77kg | 140 (78) | 58 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Collingwood | Alan Didak | Blackfriars/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 184cm | 85kg | 218 | 274 | 164 | 33 | AA: 2006, 2010; B&F: 2006; AA40: 2009; Prem: 2010 | |
| 2001 | Priority | West Coast | Chris Judd | East Sandringham/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 | 189cm | 88kg | 279 (134) | 228 | 601 | 210 | AA: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Brownlow: 2004, 2010; MVP: 2006, 2011; B&F: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010; Norm Smith: 2005; Christian: 2006; AFLCA Young: 2003; AFLPA 1st: 2002; Prem: 2006 |
| 2002 | Brisbane | Jared Brennan | Southern Districts | 195cm | 95kg | 173 (119) | 101 | 87 | 31 | ||
| 2003 | Priority | Melbourne | Colin Sylvia | Merbein/Bendigo U18 | 186cm | 86kg | 163 (157) | 130 | 110 | 27 | |
| 2004 | Priority | Western Bulldogs | Ryan Griffen | Goolwa-Port Elliot/South Adelaide | 188cm | 87kg | 257 (202) | 162 | 356 | 73 | AA: 2013; B&F: 2010, 2013; AFLCA Young: 2006 |
| 2005 | Priority | Hawthorn | Xavier Ellis | Lakes Entrance/Melbourne Grammar/Gippsland U18 | 187cm | 80kg | 120 (86) | 37 | 12 | 1 | Prem: 2008 |
| 2006 | North Melbourne | Lachlan Hansen | Nar Nar Goon/Gippsland U18 | 197cm | 98kg | 151 | 81 | 56 | 7 | ||
| 2007 | West Coast | Chris Masten | Rossmoyne JFC/East Fremantle | 179cm | 77kg | 215 | 70 | 101 | 25 | Prem: 2018 | |
| 2008 | Fremantle | Stephen Hill | Quinns Districts/West Perth | 182cm | 82kg | 218 | 112 | 237 | 36 | AFLCA Young: 2010; AA40: 2015 | |
| 2009 | Richmond | Dustin Martin | Castlemaine/Bendigo U18 | 187cm | 89kg | 302 | 338 | 741 | 213 | AA: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020; Brownlow: 2017; MVP: 2017; AFLCA: 2017; B&F: 2016, 2017; Ayres: 2017, 2019, 2020; Norm Smith: 2017, 2019, 2020; AA40: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023; Prem: 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
| 2010 | Gold Coast | Sam Day | Mitcham (SA)/Prince Alfred College/Sturt | 196cm | 101kg | 155 | 117 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | GWS | Dom Tyson | Camberwell/Trinity Grammar/Oakleigh U18 | 186cm | 81kg | 113 (13) | 45 | 88 | 20 | ||
| 2012 | GWS | Lachie Plowman | Macedon/Calder U18 | 192cm | 90kg | 145 (20) | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | St Kilda | Jack Billings | Kew Comets/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 | 185cm | 76kg | 171 (155) | 112 | 135 | 32 | ||
| 2014 | Melbourne | Angus Brayshaw | Hampton Rovers/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 | 187cm | 88kg | 167 | 49 | 137 | 33 | AA40: 2022; Prem: 2021 | |
| 2015 | NSW Zone | Sydney | Callum Mills | Mosman/North Shore (NSW)/NSW-ACT U18/Sydney (NEAFL) | 186cm | 80kg | 162 | 28 | 154 | 48 | AA: 2022; Rising Star: 2016; B&F: 2022; AFLPA 1st: 2016; AA40: 2021 |
| 2016 | Brisbane | Hugh McCluggage | South Warrnambool/Ballarat Clarendon College/North Ballarat U18 | 186cm | 77kg | 182 | 116 | 303 | 49 | AA40: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; Prem: 2024 | |
| 2017 | Carlton | Paddy Dow | Swan Hill/Bendigo U18 | 185cm | 78kg | 83 (73) | 24 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Gold Coast | Izak Rankine | Flinders Park/West Adelaide | 179cm | 79kg | 83 (48) | 122 | 118 | 15 | ||
| 2019 | Melbourne | Luke Jackson | Willetton JFC/Bullcreek Leeming JFC/East Fremantle | 199cm | 94kg | 98 (52) | 73 | 101 | 15 | Rising Star: 2021; AA40: 2023; Prem: 2021 | |
| 2020 | North Melbourne | Will Phillips | Beverley Hills/Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh U18 | 180cm | 80kg | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | GWS | Finn Callaghan | Mordialloc-Braeside/St Bede's College/Sandringham U18 | 191cm | 86kg | 50 | 7 | 20 | 6 | ||
| 2022 | North Melbourne | Harry Sheezel | Ajax/Sandringham U18 | 185cm | 80kg | 44 | 17 | 65 | 18 | Rising Star: 2023; B&F: 2023; AFLCA Young: 2024; AFLPA 1st: 2023; AA40: 2024 | |
| 2023 | Gold Coast | Jed Walter | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS/Palm Beach Currumbin | 195cm | 97kg | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Carlton | Jagga Smith | Richmond JFC/Scotch College/Oakleigh U18 | 183cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |