| 1981 |
|
Richmond |
Peter Hofner |
Riverside/Port Adelaide (SANFL) |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1982 |
|
Sydney |
Peter Motley |
Blackwood HS/Sturt |
185cm |
82kg |
19 (0) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
AA: 1983, 1985 |
| 1986 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Richard Cousins |
Spalding/Rostrevor College/Central District |
196cm |
100kg |
60 |
21 |
0 |
8 |
|
| 1987 |
|
Essendon |
Andrew Rogers |
Risdon/Woodville |
188cm |
90kg |
83 (8) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
|
| 1988 |
|
Geelong |
Ray Sterrett |
East Fremantle |
185cm |
86kg |
20 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1989 |
|
North Melbourne |
Mark Brayshaw |
Claremont |
187cm |
85kg |
32 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1990 |
|
Melbourne |
Allen Jakovich |
South Fremantle/Port Hedland/Southern Districts/Woodville |
187cm |
98kg |
54 (47) |
208 |
0 |
15 |
|
| 1991 |
|
Sydney |
Paul Burton |
Claremont |
183cm |
81kg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1992 |
|
North Melbourne |
Robert Pyman |
North Whyalla/West Torrens/Woodville-West Torrens |
180cm |
79kg |
40 (16) |
17 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1993 |
|
Fitzroy |
Trent Cummings |
Narrandera/Central District |
182cm |
84kg |
29 (27) |
19 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1994 |
|
Fitzroy |
Robert McMahon |
Moe/Gippsland U18 |
191cm |
85kg |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1995 |
|
St Kilda |
Daniel Healy |
Hamley Bridge/Central District |
189cm |
87kg |
38 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
Gardiner: 1999 |
| 1996 |
|
Port Adelaide |
John Rombotis |
Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
181cm |
85kg |
22 (9) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1997 |
|
Fremantle |
James Walker |
North Ballarat U18 |
179cm |
82kg |
151 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 1998 |
|
Carlton |
Murray Vance |
Murray U18 |
189cm |
87kg |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 1999 |
|
Brisbane |
Damian Cupido |
Croydon/Eastern U18 |
184cm |
90kg |
53 (13) |
66 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 2000 |
|
North Melbourne |
Dylan Smith |
Woodend Hawks JFC/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
175cm |
77kg |
21 (11) |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 |
|
West Coast |
Ashley Sampi |
Trinity College (WA)/South Fremantle |
178cm |
87kg |
78 |
97 |
4 |
1 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Steven Salopek |
Dandenong U18 |
185cm |
83kg |
121 |
53 |
56 |
10 |
|
| 2003 |
|
Essendon |
Kepler Bradley |
Kingsley JFC/West Perth |
198cm |
100kg |
117 (49) |
87 |
38 |
4 |
|
| 2004 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Tom Williams |
St Joseph's College (Terrace)/Morningside |
198cm |
100kg |
85 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
|
| 2005 |
|
Hawthorn |
Beau Dowler |
Silverton/Oakleigh U18 |
196cm |
88kg |
16 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2006 |
|
Hawthorn |
Mitch Thorp |
North Launceston/Tasmania U18 |
194cm |
87kg |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2007 |
|
Essendon |
David Myers |
Victoria Park JFC/Wesley College (WA)/Perth |
191cm |
92kg |
123 |
40 |
28 |
5 |
|
| 2008 |
|
Carlton |
Chris Yarran |
Midvale/Swan Districts |
180cm |
84kg |
119 |
90 |
70 |
10 |
|
| 2009 |
|
Sydney |
Gary Rohan |
Cobden/Geelong U18 |
189cm |
89kg |
204 (106) |
216 |
77 |
9 |
Prem: 2022 |
| 2010 |
|
Richmond |
Reece Conca |
Victoria Park JFC/Trinity College (WA)/Perth |
185cm |
83kg |
150 (104) |
25 |
37 |
4 |
|
| 2011 |
|
Port Adelaide |
Chad Wingard |
Murray Bridge Imperials/Sturt |
181cm |
81kg |
218 (147) |
300 |
310 |
49 |
AA: 2013, 2015; B&F: 2013 |
| 2012 |
Comp |
Western Bulldogs |
Jack Macrae |
Kew Rovers/Carey Grammar/Oakleigh U18 |
188cm |
80kg |
252 (249) |
59 |
417 |
106 |
AA: 2019, 2020, 2021; Ayres: 2021; AA40: 2018, 2022; Prem: 2016 |
| 2013 |
|
Collingwood |
Matthew Scharenberg |
PHOS Camden/Immanuel College/Glenelg |
191cm |
88kg |
41 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 2014 |
|
GWS |
Caleb Marchbank |
Benalla/Murray U18 |
193cm |
90kg |
63 (7) |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
| 2015 |
|
Essendon |
Aaron Francis |
Loxton North/Prince Alfred College/West Adelaide |
190cm |
86kg |
74 (54) |
13 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 2016 |
|
Carlton |
Sam Petrevski-Seton |
Halls Creek/Claremont |
180cm |
74kg |
121 (94) |
24 |
27 |
6 |
|
| 2017 |
|
Collingwood |
Jaidyn Stephenson |
Ferntree Gully/Eastern U18 |
189cm |
75kg |
122 (54) |
130 |
37 |
6 |
Rising Star: 2018 |
| 2018 |
|
Gold Coast |
Ben King |
East Sandringham/Old Haileybury/Haileybury College/Sandringham U18 |
202cm |
87kg |
97 |
194 |
53 |
14 |
|
| 2019 |
|
Adelaide |
Fischer McAsey |
East Brighton/Caulfield Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
197cm |
91kg |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2020 |
|
Hawthorn |
Denver Grainger-Barras |
Kalamunda/Darling Range Sports College/Swan Districts |
195cm |
78kg |
28 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2021 |
|
Adelaide |
Josh Rachele |
Shepparton Swans/Caulfield Grammar/Murray U18 |
180cm |
81kg |
59 |
76 |
26 |
1 |
|
| 2022 |
|
Gold Coast |
Bailey Humphrey |
Moe/Gippsland U18 |
186cm |
83kg |
42 |
26 |
8 |
0 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Western Bulldogs |
Ryley Sanders |
North Launceston/Tasmania U18/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 |
186cm |
86kg |
17 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
| 2024 |
|
Melbourne |
Harvey Langford |
Mount Martha/Mornington SC/Dandenong U18 |
190cm |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|