The first winner of the award was Kevin Muscat in 2006, who became the first player to win it twice in 2007.

Since then, three other players have won the award more than once: Danny Allsopp (2007 and 2009), Archie Thompson (2008 and 2010) and Leigh Broxham (2019 and 2020).

Muscat won again in 2009 to become first player to receive the award thrice.

Voting takes place on a 3-2-1 basis, as allocated by the Melbourne Victory coaching staff.

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne Victory