Winners
| Year | Place | Player | Nationality | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1st | Ahmed Radhi | Iraq | Al-Rasheed | 26 |
| 1989 | 1st | Kim Joo-Sung | South Korea | Daewoo Royals | 38 |
| 1990 | 1st | Kim Joo-Sung | South Korea | Daewoo Royals | 36 |
| 2nd | Farshad Pious | Iran | Persepolis | 28 | |
| 3rd | Adnan Al-Talyani | UAE | Al Shaab | 16 | |
| 1991 | 1st | Kim Joo-Sung | South Korea | Daewoo Royals | 31 |
| 2nd | Chung Yong-Hwan | South Korea | Daewoo Royals | 28 | |
| 3rd | Samad Marfavi | Iran | Esteghlal | 16 | |
| 1992 | 1st | No Award | |||
| 1993 | 1st | Kazuyoshi Miura | Japan | Verdy Kawasaki | 30 |
| 2nd | Yousuf Al-Thunayan | Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | 17 | |
| 3rd | Mehdi Fonounizadeh | Iran | Bank Tejarat | 13 | |
| 1994 | 1st | Saeed Owairan | Saudi Arabia | Al-Shabab | |
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| 1995 | 1st | Masami Ihara | Japan | Yokohama Marinos | |
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| 1996 | 1st | Khodadad Azizi | Iran | Bahman | |
| 2nd | Ali Daei | Iran | Persepolis | ||
| 3rd | Ko Jeong-Woon | South Korea | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | ||
| 1997 | 1st | Hidetoshi Nakata | Japan | Bellmare | |
| 2nd | Khodadad Azizi | Iran | Persepolis | ||
| 3rd | Karim Bagheri | Iran | Persepolis | ||
| 1998 | 1st | Hidetoshi Nakata | Japan | Perugia | |
| 2nd | Fan Zhiyi | China | Crystal Palace | ||
| 3rd | Jasem Al Huwaidi | Kuwait | Al-Salmiya | ||
| 1999 | 1st | Ali Daei | Iran | Bayern Munich/Hertha Berlin | |
| 2nd | Hidetoshi Nakata | Japan | Perugia | ||
| 3rd | Sun Wen | China | China | ||
| 2000 | 1st | Nawaf Al Temyat | Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | |
| 2nd | Hiroshi Nanami | Japan | Júbilo Iwata | ||
| 3rd | Ryuzo Morioka | Japan | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
| 2001 | 1st | Fan Zhiyi | China | Dundee | |
| 2nd | Abdullah Al-Shehan | Saudi Arabia | Al-Shabab | ||
| 3rd | Li Tie | China | Liaoning | ||
| 2002 | 1st | Shinji Ono | Japan | Feyenoord | |
| 2nd | Junichi Inamoto | Japan | Fulham | ||
| 3rd | Ahn Jung-Hwan | South Korea | Perugia | ||
| 2003 | 1st | Mehdi Mahdavikia | Iran | HSV | |
| 2nd | Therdsak Chaiman | Thailand | BEC Tero Sasana | ||
| 3rd | Maxim Shatskikh | Uzbekistan | Dinamo Kiev | ||
| 2004 | 1st | Ali Karimi | Iran | Al-Ahli | |
| 2nd | A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | Al-Ahli | ||
| 3rd | Shunsuke Nakamura | Japan | Reggina | ||
| 2005 | 1st | Hamad Al-Montashari | Saudi Arabia | Al-Ittihad | |
| 2nd | Sami Al Jaber | Saudi Arabia | Alhilal | ||
| 3rd | Maxim Shatskikh | Uzbekistan | Dinamo Kiev | ||
| 2006 | 1st | Khalfan Ibrahim | Qatar | Al-Sadd | |
| 2nd | Bader Al-Mutwa | Kuwait | Al Qadisiya | ||
| 3rd | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | ||
| 2007 | 1st | Yasser Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | |
| 2nd | Younis Mahmoud | Iraq | Al-Gharafa | ||
| 3rd | Nashat Akram | Iraq | Al-Ain | ||
| 2008 | 1st | Server Djeparov | Uzbekistan | Bunyodkor | |
| 2nd | Ismael Matar | UAE | Al-Wahda | ||
| 3rd | Sebastián Soria | Qatar | Qatar SC | ||
| 2009 | 1st | Yasuhito Endō | Japan | Gamba Osaka | 120 |
| 2nd | Sayed Adnan | Bahrain | Al-Khor | 100 | |
| 2nd | Kengo Nakamura | Japan | Kawasaki Frontale | 100 | |
| 2010 | 1st | Saša Ognenovski | Australia | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 102 |
| 2nd | Farhad Majidi | Iran | Esteghlal | 90 | |
| 3rd | Bader Al-Mutwa | Kuwait | Qadsia SC | 87 | |
| 2011 | 1st | Server Djeparov | Uzbekistan | Al-Shabab | 100 |
| 2nd | Hadi Aghily | Iran | Al-Arabi | 95 | |
| 3rd | Keisuke Honda | Japan | CSKA Moscow | 87 | |
| 2012 | 1st | Lee Keun-Ho | South Korea | Ulsan Hyundai | 102 |
| 2nd | Ali Karimi | Iran | Persepolis | 94 | |
| 3rd | Zheng Zhi | China | Guangzhou Evergrande | 86 |
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