2000s
- 2000 (27th) - Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live
- 2001 (28th) - David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Tom Eplin as Jake McKinnon, As the World Turns
- Jon Hensley as Holden Snyder, As the World Turns
- John McCook as Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
- 2002 (29th) - Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Hunt Block as Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns
- Vincent Irizarry as David Hayward, All My Children
- Robert Newman as Josh Lewis, Guiding Light
- Jack Scalia as Chris Stamp, All My Children
- 2003 (30th) - Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital
- Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light
- Doug Davidson as Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Ricky Paull Goldin as Gus Aitoro, Guiding Light
- Thorsten Kaye as Ian Thornhart, Port Charles
- 2004 (31st) - Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light
- Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Roger Howarth as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Thorsten Kaye as Ian Thornhart, Port Charles
- 2005 (32nd) - Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless
- Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light
- Steve Burton as Jason Morgan, General Hospital
- Roger Howarth as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin, All My Children
- Jack Wagner as Dominick Marone, The Bold and the Beautiful
- 2006 (33rd) - Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital
- Thorsten Kaye as Zach Slater, All My Children
- Robert Newman as Josh Lewis, Guiding Light
- Ron Raines as Alan Spaulding, Guiding Light
- 2007 (34th) - Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Ricky Paull Goldin as Gus Aitoro, Guiding Light
- Michael Park as Jack Snyder, As the World Turns
- 2008 (35th) - Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- David Canary as Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children
- Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless
- Thaao Penghlis as Tony DiMera, Days of our Lives
- 2009 (36th) - Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless
- Daniel Cosgrove as Bill Lewis, Guiding Light
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, General Hospital
- Thorsten Kaye as Zach Slater, All My Children
- Peter Reckell as Bo Brady, Days of our Lives
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