| 1967 Detroit Lions | Mel Farr | |
| 1968 Detroit Lions | Earl McCullouch | |
| 1969 Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill | |
| 1970 Buffalo Bills | Dennis Shaw | |
| 1971 Green Bay Packers | John Brockington | |
| 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris | |
| 1973 Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman | |
| 1974 San Diego Chargers | Don Woods | |
| 1975 Washington Redskins | Mike Thomas | |
| 1976 Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White | |
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett | |
| 1978 Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell | |
| 1979 St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson | |
| 1980 Detroit Lions | Billy Sims | |
| 1981 New Orleans Saints | George Rogers | |
| 1982 Los Angeles Raiders | Marcus Allen | |
| 1983 Los Angeles Rams | Eric Dickerson | |
| 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers | Louis Lipps | |
| 1985 Cincinnati Bengals | Eddie Brown | |
| 1986 New Orleans Saints | Rueben Mayes | |
| 1987 Miami Dolphins | Troy Stradford | |
| 1988 New England Patriots | John Stephens | |
| 1989 Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders | |
| 1990 Dallas Cowboys | Emmitt Smith | |
| 1991 New England Patriots | Leonard Russell | |
| 1992 Cincinnati Bengals | Carl Pickens | |
| 1993 Los Angeles Rams | Jerome Bettis | |
| 1994 Indianapolis Colts | Marshall Faulk | |
| 1995 New England Patriots | Curtis Martin | |
| 1996 Houston Oilers | Eddie George | |
| 1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Warrick Dunn | |
| 1998 Minnesota Vikings | Randy Moss | |
| 1999 Indianapolis Colts | Edgerrin James | |
| 2000 Denver Broncos | Mike Anderson | |
| 2001 Chicago Bears | Anthony Thomas | |
| 2002 Denver Broncos | Clinton Portis | |
| 2003 Arizona Cardinals | Anquan Boldin | |
| 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger | |
| 2005 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Cadillac Williams | |
| 2006 Tennessee Titans | Vince Young | |
| 2007 Minnesota Vikings | Adrian Peterson | |
| 2008 Atlanta Falcons | Matt Ryan | |
| 2009 Minnesota Vikings | Percy Harvin | |
| 2010 St. Louis Rams | Sam Bradford | |
| 2011 Carolina Panthers | Cam Newton | |
| 2012 Washington Redskins | Robert Griffin | |
| 2013 Green Bay Packers | Eddie Lacy | |
| 2014 New York Giants | Odell Beckham | |
| 2015 St. Louis Rams | Todd Gurley | |
| 2016 Dallas Cowboys | Dak Prescott | |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints | Alvin Kamara | |
| 2018 New York Giants | Saquon Barkley | |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals | Kyler Murray | |
| 2020 Los Angeles Chargers | Justin Herbert | |
| 2021 Cincinnati Bengals | Ja'Marr Chase | |
| 2022 New York Jets | Garrett Wilson | |