Annual Winners
AFL Mark of the Year Winners
- Key
| * | Player is still active in the AFL |
| # | Player also won Goal of the year for the same year |
| ^ | Player has won Mark of the Year multiple times |
| Year | Winner | Team | Match, Round, Ground | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Jesaulenko, AlexAlex Jesaulenko | Carlton | Carlton vs Collingwood, Grand Final day, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Spectacular mark over Graeme Jenkin during Grand Final day. |
| 1971 | Ruscuklic, AlexAlex Ruscuklic | Fitzroy | Fitzroy vs Carlton, Round 10, Princes Park | "High Flyer" by centre-half forward Alex Ruscuklic. |
| 1972 | Knights, PeterPeter Knights^ | Hawthorn | Hawthorn vs Collingwood, Round 17, Glenferrie Oval | Halfback Peter Knights throws a screamer against Collingwood. |
| 1973 | Atkinson, AlanAlan Atkinson | Collingwood | Collingwood vs Hawthorn, Round 21, Waverley Park | Atkinson takes "Mark of the Year" over Leon Rice on the wing. |
| 1974 | Picken, BillyBilly Picken^ | Collingwood | Collingwood vs Richmond, Round 9, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Billy Picken takes a screamer during the John Greening comeback game. |
| 1975 | Knights, PeterPeter Knights^ | Hawthorn | Hawthorn vs Carlton, Round 17, Princes Park | Juggling mark before Carlton player swung his leg, causing Knights to fall on to his chest. |
| 1976 | Picken, BillyBilly Picken^ | Collingwood | Collingwood vs St. Kilda, Round 16, Victoria Park | Overhead mark by Billy Picken against St. Kilda. |
| 1977 | Knights, PeterPeter Knights^ | Hawthorn | Collingwood vs Hawthorn, Round 9, Princes Park | Chest mark over the pack. |
| 1978 | Baker, PhilPhil Baker | North Melbourne | Hawthorn vs North Melbourne, Grand Final day, Melbourne Cricket Ground | High mark above Hawks defenders Kelvin Moore and Ian Paton in the 1978 Grand final. |
| 1979 | Roach, MichaelMichael Roach | Richmond | Richmond vs Hawthorn, Round 5, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Chest mark over Kelvin Moore Terry Moore and Ian Paton. |
| 1980 | Teasdale, GrahamGraham Teasdale | South Melbourne | South Melbourne vs Collingwood, Round 7, Lake Oval | Graham Teasdale takes a "Marvellous Mark" over Collingwoods Billy Picken. |
| 1981 | Bosustow, PeterPeter Bosustow# | Carlton | Carlton vs Geelong, Round 18, Princes Park | Chest mark over the pack. |
| 1982 | Raines, GeoffGeoff Raines | Richmond | Richmond vs Fitzroy, Round 2, Waverley Park | Leaped high above his Fitzroy opponent before falling forward with the ball firmly in his grasp. |
| 1983 | Hunter, KenKen Hunter | Carlton | Carlton vs Richmond, Round 1, Princes Park | Overhead mark running into a pack. |
| 1984 | Banks, DenisDenis Banks | Collingwood | Footscray vs Collingwood, Round 10, Western Oval | Mark running with the flight of the ball. |
| 1985 | Ablett, Sr., GaryGary Ablett, Sr.^ | Geelong | Geelong vs North Melbourne, Round 5, Kardinia Park | Specky over the pack. |
| 1986 | Buckenara, GaryGary Buckenara | Hawthorn | Hawthorn vs Carlton, Round 1, Waverley Park | A towering "high flyer" over two Carlton players. |
| 1987 | Capper, WarwickWarwick Capper | Sydney | Sydney vs Hawthorn, Qualifying Final, Waverley Park | Used Chris Langford as a stepladder to take the ball while lying on his side. |
| 1988 | Silvagni, StephenStephen Silvagni | Carlton | Collingwood vs Carlton, Round 14, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Chest mark with long hangtime over Craig Starcevich. |
| 1989 | Lynch, AlastairAlastair Lynch | Fitzroy | Fitzroy vs North Melbourne, Round 16, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Juggling mark over the pack. |
| 1990 | Mitchell, MichaelMichael Mitchell# | Richmond | Richmond vs Fitzroy, Round 5, Melbourne Cricket Ground | A juggled mark against his Fitzroy opponent. |
| 1991 | Allison, BrettBrett Allison | North Melbourne | North Melbourne vs Collingwood, Round 11, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Specky over Gavin Crosisca. |
| 1992 | Winmar, NickyNicky Winmar | St Kilda | West Coast vs St. Kilda, Round 3, Subiaco Oval | A "breathtaking" mark at Subiaco Oval. |
| 1993 | Modra, TonyTony Modra^ | Adelaide | Adelaide vs North Melbourne, Round 8, Football Park | Spectacular mark over Ian Fairley and Glenn Archer of North Melbourne. Adelaide came from behind to record a 2 point win. |
| 1994 | Ablett, Sr., GaryGary Ablett, Sr.^ | Geelong | Collingwood vs Geelong, Round 7, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Took a magnificent leap, basically sitting in Magpie Gary Pert's arms and took a one-handed juggling mark. |
| 1995 | Smith, ShaunShaun Smith | Melbourne | Brisbane vs Melbourne, Round 22, Brisbane Cricket Ground | "High Leap" over teammate Garry Lyon. |
| 1996 | Hart, BenBen Hart | Adelaide | Adelaide vs St. Kilda, Round 8, Football Park | Intercepted Peter Everitt's inside 50 entry by jumping and lying on his back 3m into the air, at the Northern End of Football Park against St Kilda. |
| 1997 | Modra, TonyTony Modra^ | Adelaide | Adelaide vs North Melbourne, Round 17, Football Park | Against North Melbourne, Modra rode high on Mick Martyn's shoulders facing towards the crowd with the ball coming in from behind. Turned in midair and grabbed the ball. |
| 1998 | Abraham, WinstonWinston Abraham | North Melbourne | North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Round 18, Manuka Oval | An overhead mark over Port's Brendon Lade. |
| 1999 | Lappin, MatthewMatthew Lappin | Carlton | Carlton vs Essendon, Round 1, Melbourne Cricket Ground | A courageous overhead mark over the pack in the opening match of the season over Judd Lalich. |
| 2000 | Modra, TonyTony Modra^ | Fremantle | Fremantle vs Geelong, Round 1, Subiaco Oval | From within a pack, Tony Modra rose on the back of his opponent to take a spectacular, from the kick by team mate Ashley Prescott. |
| 2001 | Moorcroft, GaryGary Moorcroft | Essendon | Essendon vs Western Bulldogs, Round 14, Telstra Dome | An overhead mark at full stretch after leaping onto and then springing a further metre into the air off Brad Johnson. |
| 2002 | Brown, JonathanJonathan Brown* | Brisbane | Hawthorn vs Brisbane, Round 17, Melbourne Cricket Ground | A courageous chest mark running with the flight of the ball, launching into the oncoming Jade Rawlings. |
| 2003 | Tarrant, ChrisChris Tarrant | Collingwood | Collingwood vs Geelong, Round 18, Telstra Dome | A towering chest mark over Cat defenders Matthew Scarlett and Max Rooke. |
| 2004 | Sampi, AshleyAshley Sampi | West Coast Eagles | West Coast vs Melbourne, Round 7, Melbourne Cricket Ground | Rose high with a chest mark over Paul Wheatley and Adem Yze, landing catlike on his feet. |
| 2005 | McPharlin, LukeLuke McPharlin* | Fremantle | Fremantle vs West Coast, Round 3, Subiaco Oval | A chest mark at knee height on the shoulders of an opponent in a pack of players. |
| 2006 | Ottens, BradBrad Ottens | Geelong | Geelong vs Sydney, Round 5, Telstra Stadium | A high flying mark in a pack over Darren Jolly who cushioned Ottens' fall causing additional 'hang-time'. |
| 2007 | Newton, MichaelMichael Newton | Melbourne | Melbourne vs Kangaroos, Round 17, Telstra Dome | High leap in Melbourne's forward fifty over David Neitz and Kangaroos defenders Glenn Archer and Leigh Brown. |
| 2008 | Lloyd, MatthewMatthew Lloyd | Essendon | Essendon vs Melbourne, Round 18, Melbourne Cricket Ground | A screamer, over a pack of five players late in the third quarter. |
| 2009 | Burton, BrettBrett Burton | Adelaide | Carlton vs Adelaide, Round 22, Etihad Stadium | Jumped early on a pack consisting of team mate Kurt Tippett and Carlton's Ruckman Matthew Kreuzer and received an extra lift off of Carlton backman Bret Thornton to take the mark on his chest. Commentators Dwayne Russell and Jason Dunstall dubbed it one of the marks of the century. |
| 2010 | Jurrah, LiamLiam Jurrah | Melbourne | Port Adelaide vs Melbourne, Round 21, AAMI Stadium | Huge leap over a contest between Melbourne's Jack Watts and Port Adelaide's Nick Salter. |
| 2011 | Krakouer, AndrewAndrew Krakouer* | Collingwood | Collingwood vs Adelaide, Round 9, Etihad Stadium | Very high leap on the shoulders of Adelaide's Luke Thompson. |
| 2012 | Howe, JeremyJeremy Howe* | Melbourne | Melbourne vs Sydney, Round 8, SCG | Huge screamer over Heath Grundy. |
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