- 1924: Red Grange, Illinois
- 1925: Tim Lowry, Northwestern
- 1926: Benny Friedman, Michigan
- 1927: Ken Rouse, Chicago
- 1928: Chuck Bennett, Indiana
- 1929: Bill Glassgow, Iowa
- 1930: Wes Fesler, Ohio State
- 1931: Clarence Munn, Minnesota
- 1932: Harry Newman, Michigan
- 1933: Joe Laws, Iowa
- 1934: Pug Lund, Minnesota
- 1935: Jay Berwanger, Chicago
- 1936: Vern Huffman, Indiana
- 1937: Corbett Davis, Indiana
- 1938: Howard Weiss, Wisconsin
- 1939: Nile Kinnick, Iowa
- 1940: Tom Harmon, Michigan
- 1941: Jack Graf, Ohio State
- 1942: Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin
- 1943: Otto Graham, Northwestern
- 1944: Les Horvath, Ohio State
- 1945: Ollie Cline, Ohio State
- 1946: Alex Agase, Illinois
- 1947: Chalmers Elliott, Michigan
- 1948: Art Murakowski, Northwestern
- 1949: Red Wilson, Wisconsin
- 1950: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State
- 1951: Bill Reichardt, Iowa
- 1952: Paul Giel, Minnesota
- 1953: Paul Giel, Minnesota
- 1954: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin
- 1955: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Ohio State
- 1956: Ken Ploen, Iowa
- 1957: Jim Pace, Michigan
- 1958: Randy Duncan, Iowa
- 1959: Bill Burrell, Illinois
- 1960: Tom Brown, Minnesota
- 1961: Sandy Stephens, Minnesota
- 1962: Ron Vander Kelen, Wisconsin
- 1963: Dick Butkus, Illinois
- 1964: Bob Timberlake, Michigan
- 1965: Jim Grabowski, Illinois
- 1966: Bob Griese, Purdue
- 1967: Leroy Keyes, Purdue
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- 1968: Ron Johnson, Michigan
- 1969: Mike Phipps, Purdue
- 1970: Mike Adamle, Northwestern
- 1971: Eric Allen, Michigan State
- 1972: Otis Armstrong, Purdue
- 1973: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
- 1974: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
- 1975: Cornelius Greene, Ohio State
- 1976: Rob Lytle, Michigan
- 1977: Larry Bethea, Michigan State
- 1978: Rick Leach, Michigan
- 1979: Tim Clifford, Indiana
- 1980: Mark Herrmann, Purdue
- 1981: Art Schlichter, Ohio State
- 1982: Anthony Carter, Michigan
- 1983: Don Thorp, Illinois
- 1984: Keith Byars, Ohio State
- 1985: Chuck Long, Iowa
- 1986: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
- 1987: Lorenzo White, Michigan State
- 1988: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
- 1989: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
- 1990: Nick Bell, Iowa
- 1991: Desmond Howard, Michigan
- 1992: Lee Gissendaner, Northwestern
- 1993: Brent Moss, Wisconsin
- 1994: Kerry Collins, Penn State
- 1995: Eddie George, Ohio State
- 1996: Orlando Pace, Ohio State
- 1997: Charles Woodson, Michigan
- 1998: Joe Germaine, Ohio State
- 1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
- 2000: Drew Brees, Purdue
- 2001: Antwaan Randle El, Indiana
- 2002: Brad Banks, Iowa
- 2003: Chris Perry, Michigan
- 2004: Braylon Edwards, Michigan
- 2005: Michael Robinson, Penn State
- 2006: Troy Smith, Ohio State
- 2007: Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
- 2008: Shonn Greene, Iowa
- 2009: Daryll Clark, Penn State and Brandon Graham, Michigan
- 2010: Denard Robinson, Michigan
- 2011: Montee Ball, Wisconsin
- 2012: Braxton Miller. Ohio State
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