1990s
- 1990 (17th) - Andrew Kavovit as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Bryan Buffington as Bill Lewis III, Guiding Light
- 1991 (18th) - Rick Hearst as Alan-Michael Spaulding, Guiding Light
- Bryan Buffington as Bill Lewis III, Guiding Light
- Justin Gocke as Brandon Capwell, Santa Barbara
- Andrew Kavovit as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Kristoff St. John as Adam Marshall, Generations
- 1992 (19th) - Kristoff St. John as Neil Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Scott DeFreitas as Andy Dixon, As the World Turns
- Jeff Phillips as Hart Jessup, Guiding Light
- James Patrick Stuart as Will Cortlandt, All My Children
- Dondre Whitfield as Terrence Frye, All My Children
- 1993 (20th) - Monti Sharp as David Grant, Guiding Light
- Matt Borlenghi as Brian Bodine, All My Children
- Bryan Buffington as Bill Lewis III, Guiding Light
- Kristoff St. John as Neil Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Dondre Whitfield as Terrence Frye, All My Children
- 1994 (21st) - Roger Howarth as Todd Manning, One Life to Live
- Bryan Buffington as Bill Lewis III, Guiding Light
- Scott DeFreitas as Andy Dixon, As the World Turns
- Monti Sharp as David Grant, Guiding Light
- Dondre Whitfield as Terrence Frye, All My Children
- 1995 (22nd) - Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Jason Biggs as Pete Wendall, As the World Turns
- Bryan Buffington as Bill Lewis III, Guiding Light
- Tommy Michaels as Tim Dillon, All My Children
- 1996 (23rd) - Kevin Mambo as Marcus Williams, Guiding Light
- Nathan Fillion as Joey Buchanan, One Life to Live
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Shemar Moore as Malcolm Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Joshua Morrow as Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless
- 1997 (24th) - Kevin Mambo as Marcus Williams, Guiding Light
- Steve Burton as Jason Morgan, General Hospital
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Shemar Moore as Malcolm Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Joshua Morrow as Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless
- 1998 (25th) - Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Jensen Ackles as Eric Brady, Days of our Lives
- Tyler Christopher as Nikolas Cassadine, General Hospital
- Bryant Jones as Nate Hastings, The Young and the Restless
- Kevin Mambo as Marcus Williams, Guiding Light
- Joshua Morrow as Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless
- 1999 (26th) - Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Jensen Ackles as Eric Brady, Days of our Lives
- Jason Winston George as Michael Bourne, Sunset Beach
- Bryant Jones as Nate Hastings, The Young and the Restless
- Joshua Morrow as Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Jacob Young as Rick Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
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