| Year | Player, Position |
| 1924 | Leland Parkin, QB |
| 1925 | Donald Graham, FB |
| 1926 | Nick Kutsch, HB |
| 1927 | Emerson Nelson, T |
| 1928 | Willis Glassgow, HB |
| 1929 | *Willis Glassgow, HB |
| 1930 | Oliver Sansen, FB |
| 1931 | Oliver Sansen, FB |
| 1932 | Joe Laws, HB |
| 1933 | *Joe Laws, HB |
| 1934 | Dick Crayne, FB |
| 1935 | Dick Crayne, FB |
| 1936 | Homer Harris, E |
| 1937 | Bob Lannon, E |
| 1938 | Erwin Prasse, E |
| 1939 | *Nile Kinnick, HB |
| 1940 | Mike Enich, T |
| 1941 | William Diehl, C |
| 1942 | Tom Farmer, QB |
| 1943 | Bob Liddy, G |
| 1944 | Bob Snyder, C |
| 1945 | Arthur Johnson, FB |
| 1946 | William Kay, T |
| 1947 | Harold Schoener, E |
| 1948 | Al DiMarco, QB |
| 1949 | Jack Dittmer, E |
| 1950 | Harold Bradley, T |
| 1951 | *Bill Reichardt, FB |
| 1952 | William Fenton, E |
| 1953 | William Fenton, E |
| 1954 | Warren Lawson, C |
| 1955 | Jerry Reichow, QB |
| 1956 | *Ken Ploen, QB |
| 1957 | Bob Commings, G |
| 1958 | *Randy Duncan, QB |
| 1959 | Don Norton, E |
| 1960 | Bernie Wyatt, HB |
| 1961 | Al Hinton, T |
| 1962 | Larry Ferguson, HB |
| 1963 | Mike Reilly, G |
| 1964 | Karl Noonan, FL |
| 1965 | Dave Long, DE |
| 1966 | Dick Gibbs, DB |
| 1967 | Silas McKinnie, TB |
| 1968 | Ed Podolak, TB |
| 1969 | Larry Ely, LB |
| 1970 | Dave Clement, LB |
| 1971 | Craig Clemons, DB |
| 1972 | Dan Dickel, DE |
| 1973 | Brian Rollins, SE |
| 1974 | Rob Fick, QB |
| 1975 | Andre Jackson, LB |
| 1976 | Butch Caldwell, QB |
| Tom Grine, TE | |
| 1977 | Dean Moore, LB |
| Rod Sears, DB | |
| 1978 | Brad Reid, SE |
| 1979 | Dennis Mosley, RB |
| 1980 | Keith Chappelle, WR |
| 1981 | Mel Cole, LB |
| 1982 | Bobby Stoops, DB |
| 1983 | Norm Granger, FB |
| Chuck Long, QB | |
| Dave Moritz, WR | |
| 1984 | Ronnie Harmon, RB |
| 1985 | Nate Creer, DB |
| Mike Haight, OT | |
| Bill Happel, SE | |
| Ronnie Harmon, TB | |
| Scott Helverson, WB | |
| Tom Humphrey, OG | |
| *Chuck Long, QB | |
| George Millett, DE | |
| Devon Mitchell, DB | |
| Jay Norvell, DB | |
| Kelly O’Brien, OG | |
| Hap Peterson, NG | |
| Larry Station, LB | |
| 1986 | Rick Bayless, RB |
| 1987 | Marv Cook, TE |
| Dave Haight, NG | |
| Chuck Hartlieb, QB | |
| 1988 | Marv Cook, TE |
| Joe Mott, DE | |
| 1989 | Richard Bass, FB |
| Jim Johnson, DT | |
| 1990 | Greg Aegerter, OL |
| *Nick Bell, RB | |
| Melvin Foster, LB | |
| Merton Hanks, DB | |
| Jim Johnson, DL | |
| Mike Miller, OL | |
| Matt Ruhland, DL | |
| Sean Smith, WR | |
| Tony Stewart, RB | |
| Michael Titley, TE | |
| 1991 | Rob Baxley, OL |
| Gary Clark, DB | |
| Rod Davis, DL | |
| John Derby, LB | |
| Jon Filloon, WR | |
| Ron Geater, DT | |
| Eddie Polly, DB | |
| Matt Rodgers, QB | |
| Mike Saunders, RB | |
| Jeff Skillett, K | |
| Leroy Smith, DL | |
| Dave Turner, OL | |
| Brian Wise, DB | |
| 1992 | Mike Devlin, C |
| Carlos James, DB | |
| Mike Wells, DT | |
| 1993 | Larry Blue, DE |
| Paul Burmeister, QB | |
| Harold Jasper, WR | |
| Mike Wells, DT | |
| 1994 | Kent Kahl, FB |
| Marquis Porter, DB | |
| Parker Wildeman, DL | |
| 1995 | Bobby Diaco, LB |
| Sedrick Shaw, RB | |
| Casey Wiegmann, C | |
| 1996 | Tim Dwight, WR |
| Damien Robinson, DB | |
| Sedrick Shaw, RB | |
| Ross Verba, OT | |
| 1997 | Tavian Banks, RB |
| Kerry Cooks, DB | |
| Jared DeVries, DL | |
| Tim Dwight, WR | |
| 1998 | Jared DeVries, DL |
| Derek Rose, C | |
| 1999 | Ladell Betts, RB |
| Matt Bowen, DB | |
| 2000 | Kevin Kasper, WR |
| LeVar Woods, LB | |
| 2001 | Ladell Betts, RB |
| Bob Sanders, DB | |
| 2002 | *Brad Banks, QB |
| C.J. Jones, WR | |
| Andrew Lightfoot, OG | |
| Bruce Nelson, C | |
| David Porter, OT | |
| Ben Sobieski, OG | |
| Eric Steinbach, OG | |
| Fred Barr, LB | |
| Scott Boleyn, DB | |
| Colin Cole, DT | |
| D.J. Johnson, DB | |
| Derek Pagel, DB | |
| 2003 | Robert Gallery, OT |
| Bob Sanders, DB | |
| 2004 | Drew Tate, QB |
| Jonathan Babineaux, DL | |
| 2005 | Abdul Hodge, LB |
| Chad Greenway, LB | |
| Ed Hinkel, WR | |
| Albert Young, RB |
* – – won Chicago Tribune Silver Trophy given to Big Ten MVP
Nine Hawkeyes have Earned Big Ten MVP Honors
Willis Glassgow, 1929
Joe Laws, 1933
Nile Kinnick, 1939
Bill Reichardt, 1951
Ken Ploen, 1956
Randy Duncan, 1958
Chuck Long, 1985
Nick Bell, 1990
Brad Banks, 2002