[1] In 2023, the award was won by North Melbourne player Harry Sheezel.
To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played ten or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award.
[1] *ineligible to win the Rising Star due to suspension.
The winner was decided by an 11-person panel consisting of Gillon McLachlan (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Cameron Ling, Matthew Pavlich and Kevin Sheehan.
Panellists were unanimous on the top four (Jye Amiss, Will Ashcroft, Mitch Owens and Harry Sheezel), but not their order.