Winners
- Players in bold text also won the Major League Soccer MVP Award award for that season.
| Year | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mark Dodd, Dallas | Leonel Alvarez, Dallas John Doyle, San Jose Robin Fraser, Los Angeles |
Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Roberto Donadoni, MetroStars Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Preki, Kansas City Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay |
Eduardo Hurtado, Los Angeles Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay |
| 1997 | Brad Friedel, Columbus | Jeff Agoos, D.C. United Thomas Dooley, Columbus Richard Gough, Kansas City Eddie Pope, D.C. United |
Mark Chung, Kansas City Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Preki, Kansas City Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay |
Ronald Cerritos, San Jose Jaime Moreno, D.C. United |
| 1998 | Zach Thornton, Chicago | Thomas Dooley, Columbus Robin Fraser, Los Angeles Lubos Kubik, Chicago Eddie Pope, D.C. United |
Chris Armas, Chicago Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Peter Nowak, Chicago |
Stern John, Columbus Cobi Jones, Los Angeles |
| 1999 | Kevin Hartman, Los Angeles | Jeff Agoos, D.C. United Lubos Kubik, Chicago Robin Fraser, Los Angeles |
Chris Armas, Chicago Mauricio Cienfuegos, Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Eddie Lewis, San Jose Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay |
Jason Kreis, Dallas Jaime Moreno, D.C. United |
| 2000 | Tony Meola, Kansas City | Robin Fraser, Los Angeles Greg Vanney, Los Angeles Peter Vermes, Kansas City |
Chris Armas, Chicago Peter Nowak, Chicago Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay Hristo Stoichkov, Chicago Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay |
Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay Clint Mathis, MetroStars |
| 2001 | Tim Howard, MetroStars | Jeff Agoos, San Jose Carlos Llamosa, Miami Pablo Mastroeni, Miami Greg Vanney, Los Angeles |
Chris Armas, Chicago Peter Nowak, Chicago Preki, Miami |
Alex Pineda Chacon, Miami Diego Serna, Miami John Spencer, Colorado |
| 2002 | Tim Howard, MetroStars | Wade Barrett, San Jose Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Alexi Lalas, Los Angeles |
Mark Chung, Colorado Ronnie Ekelund, San Jose Óscar Pareja, Dallas Steve Ralston, New England |
Jeff Cunningham, Columbus Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles Taylor Twellman, New England |
| 2003 | Pat Onstad, San Jose | Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago Ryan Nelsen, D.C. United Eddie Pope, MetroStars |
Chris Armas, Chicago DaMarcus Beasley, Chicago Mark Chung, Colorado Landon Donovan, San Jose Preki, Kansas City |
Ante Razov, Chicago John Spencer, Colorado |
| 2004 | Joe Cannon, Colorado | Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Robin Fraser, Columbus Ryan Nelsen, D.C. United Eddie Pope, MetroStars |
Eddie Gaven, MetroStars Amado Guevara, MetroStars Ronnie O'Brien, Dallas Kerry Zavagnin, Kansas City |
Brian Ching, San Jose Jaime Moreno, D.C. United |
| 2005 | Pat Onstad, San Jose | Chris Albright, Los Angeles Danny Califf, San Jose Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City |
Clint Dempsey, New England Dwayne De Rosario, San Jose Christian Gomez, D.C. United Shalrie Joseph, New England Ronnie O'Brien, Dallas |
Jaime Moreno, D.C. United Taylor Twellman, New England |
| 2006 | Troy Perkins, D.C. United | Bobby Boswell, D.C. United Jose Burciaga Jr., Kansas City Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City |
Ricardo Clark, Houston Clint Dempsey, New England Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Christian Gomez, D.C. United Justin Mapp, Chicago |
Jeff Cunningham, Salt Lake Jaime Moreno, D.C. United |
| 2007 | Brad Guzan, Chivas USA | Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA Michael Parkhurst, New England Eddie Robinson, Houston |
Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Christian Gomez, D.C. United Shalrie Joseph, New England Ben Olsen, D.C. United |
Juan Pablo Angel, New York Luciano Emilio, D.C. United |
| 2008 | Jon Busch, Chicago | Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Chad Marshall, Columbus Bakary Soumaré, Chicago |
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Chicago Shalrie Joseph, New England Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA Robbie Rogers, Columbus Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus |
Kenny Cooper, Dallas Landon Donovan, Los Angeles |
| 2009 | Zach Thornton, Chivas USA | Geoff Cameron, Houston Wilman Conde, Chicago Chad Marshall, Columbus |
Dwayne DeRosario, Toronto Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Stuart Holden, Houston Shalrie Joseph, New England Freddie Ljungberg, Seattle |
Conor Casey, Colorado Jeff Cunningham, Dallas |
| 2010 | Donovan Ricketts, Los Angeles | Nat Borchers, Salt Lake Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Jámison Olave, Salt Lake |
Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto Landon Donovan, Los Angeles David Ferreira, Dallas Sébastien Le Toux, Philadelphia Javier Morales, Salt Lake |
Edson Buddle, Los Angeles Chris Wondolowski, San Jose |
| 2011 | Kasey Keller, Seattle | Todd Dunivant, Los Angeles Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Jámison Olave, Salt Lake |
David Beckham, Los Angeles Brad Davis, Houston Dwayne De Rosario, D.C. United Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Brek Shea, Dallas |
Thierry Henry, New York Chris Wondolowski, San Jose |
| 2012 | Jimmy Nielsen, Sporting KC | Víctor Bernárdez, San Jose Matt Besler, Sporting KC Aurélien Collin, Sporting KC |
Osvaldo Alonso, Seattle Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Chris Pontius, D.C. United Graham Zusi, Sporting KC |
Thierry Henry, New York Robbie Keane, Los Angeles Chris Wondolowski, San Jose |
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