Most goals in the home-and-away season. Presented as the Coleman Medal since 1981 and recognised back to 1955; earlier years show the season's leading goalkicker, finals included.
| 2026 | Charlie Curnow | Sydney | 69 | – |
| 2025 | Jeremy Cameron | Geelong | 83 | – |
| 2024 | Jesse Hogan | Greater Western Sydney | 69 | – |
| 2023 | Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 78 | – |
| 2022 | Charlie Curnow | Carlton | 64 | – |
| 2021 | Harry McKay | Carlton | 58 | – |
| 2020 | Tom Hawkins | Geelong | 42 | – |
| 2019 | Jeremy Cameron | Greater Western Sydney | 67 | – |
| 2018 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 65 | – |
| 2017 | Lance Franklin | Sydney | 69 | – |
| 2016 | Josh Kennedy | West Coast | 80 | – |
| 2015 | Josh Kennedy | West Coast | 75 | – |
| 2014 | Lance Franklin | Sydney | 67 | – |
| 2013 | Jarryd Roughead | Hawthorn | 68 | – |
| 2012 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 65 | – |
| 2011 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 71 | – |
| 2010 | Jack Riewoldt | Richmond | 78 | – |
| 2009 | Brendan Fevola | Carlton | 86 | – |
| 2008 | Lance Franklin | Hawthorn | 102 | – |
| 2007 | Jonathan Brown | Brisbane Lions | 77 | – |
| 2006 | Brendan Fevola | Carlton | 84 | – |
| 2005 | Fraser Gehrig | St Kilda | 74 | – |
| 2004 | Fraser Gehrig | St Kilda | 90 | – |
| 2003 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 87 | – |
| 2002 | David Neitz | Melbourne | 75 | – |
| 2001 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 96 | – |
| 2000 | Matthew Lloyd | Essendon | 94 | – |
| 1999 | Scott Cummings | West Coast | 88 | – |
| 1998 | Tony Lockett | Sydney | 107 | – |
| 1997 | Tony Modra | Adelaide | 81 | – |
| 1996 | Tony Lockett | Sydney | 114 | – |
| 1995 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 118 | – |
| 1994 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 113 | – |
| 1993 | Gary Ablett | Geelong | 124 | – |
| 1992 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 139 | – |
| 1991 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 118 | – |
| 1990 | John Longmire | North Melbourne | 98 | – |
| 1989 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 128 | – |
| 1988 | Jason Dunstall | Hawthorn | 124 | – |
| 1987 | Tony Lockett | St Kilda | 117 | – |
| 1986 | Brian Taylor | Collingwood | 100 | – |
| 1985 | Simon Beasley | Footscray | 93 | – |
| 1984 | Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 102 | – |
| 1983 | Bernie Quinlan | Fitzroy | 106 | – |
| 1982 | Malcolm Blight | North Melbourne | 94 | – |
| 1981 | Michael Roach | Richmond | 86 | – |
| 1980 | Michael Roach | Richmond | 107 | – |
| 1979 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 91 | – |
| 1978 | Kelvin Templeton | Footscray | 118 | – |
| 1977 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 99 | – |
| 1976 | Larry Donohue | Geelong | 99 | – |
| 1975 | Leigh Matthews | Hawthorn | 67 | – |
| 1974 | Doug Wade | North Melbourne | 91 | – |
| 1973 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 84 | – |
| 1972 | Peter McKenna | Collingwood | 130 | – |
| 1971 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 140 | – |
| 1970 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 146 | – |
| 1969 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 122 | – |
| 1968 | Peter Hudson | Hawthorn | 125 | – |
| 1967 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 79 | – |
| 1966 | Ted Fordham | Essendon | 73 | – |
| 1965 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 56 | – |
| 1964 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 68 | – |
| 1963 | John Peck | Hawthorn | 69 | – |
| 1962 | Doug Wade | Geelong | 62 | – |
| 1961 | Tom Carroll | Carlton | 54 | – |
| 1960 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 67 | – |
| 1959 | Ron Evans | Essendon | 69 | – |
| 1958 | Ian Brewer | Collingwood | 67 | – |
| 1957 | Jack Collins | Footscray | 74 | – |
| 1956 | William Young | St Kilda | 56 | – |
| 1955 | Noel Rayson | Geelong | 77 | – |
| 1954 | Jack Collins | Footscray | 84 | leading goalkicker |
| 1953 | John Coleman | Essendon | 97 | leading goalkicker |
| 1952 | John Coleman | Essendon | 103 | leading goalkicker |
| 1951 | George Goninon | Geelong | 86 | leading goalkicker |
| 1950 | John Coleman | Essendon | 120 | leading goalkicker |
| 1949 | John Coleman | Essendon | 100 | leading goalkicker |
| 1948 | Lindsay White | Geelong | 86 | leading goalkicker |
| 1947 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 97 | leading goalkicker |
| 1946 | Bill Brittingham | Essendon | 66 | leading goalkicker |
| 1945 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 67 | leading goalkicker |
| 1944 | Fred Fanning | Melbourne | 87 | leading goalkicker |
| 1943 | Dick Harris | Richmond | 63 | leading goalkicker |
| 1942 | Lindsay White | South Melbourne | 80 | leading goalkicker |
| 1941 | Norm Smith | Melbourne | 89 | leading goalkicker |
| 1940 | Jack Titus | Richmond | 100 | leading goalkicker |
| 1939 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 121 | leading goalkicker |
| 1938 | Ron Todd | Collingwood | 120 | leading goalkicker |
| 1937 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 72 | leading goalkicker |
| 1936 | Bill Mohr | St Kilda | 101 | leading goalkicker |
| 1935 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 103 | leading goalkicker |
| 1934 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 150 | leading goalkicker |
| 1933 | Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 109 | leading goalkicker |
| 1932 | George Moloney | Geelong | 109 | leading goalkicker |
| 1931 | Harry Vallence | Carlton | 86 | leading goalkicker |
| 1930 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 118 | leading goalkicker |
| 1929 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 124 | leading goalkicker |
| 1928 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 89 | leading goalkicker |
| 1927 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 97 | leading goalkicker |
| 1926 | Gordon Coventry | Collingwood | 83 | leading goalkicker |
| 1925 | Lloyd Hagger | Geelong | 78 | leading goalkicker |
| 1924 | Jack Moriarty | Fitzroy | 82 | leading goalkicker |
| 1923 | Greg Stockdale | Essendon | 68 | leading goalkicker |
| 1922 | Horrie Clover | Carlton | 56 | leading goalkicker |
| 1921 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 64 | leading goalkicker |
| 1920 | George Bayliss | Richmond | 63 | leading goalkicker |
| 1919 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 56 | leading goalkicker |
| 1918 | Ern Cowley | Carlton | 35 | leading goalkicker |
| 1917 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 54 | leading goalkicker |
| 1916 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 48 | leading goalkicker |
| 1915 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 66 | leading goalkicker |
| 1915 | Jimmy Freake | Fitzroy | 66 | leading goalkicker |
| 1914 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 57 | leading goalkicker |
| 1913 | Jimmy Freake | Fitzroy | 56 | leading goalkicker |
| 1912 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 56 | leading goalkicker |
| 1911 | Harry Brereton | Melbourne | 46 | leading goalkicker |
| 1911 | Vin Gardiner | Carlton | 46 | leading goalkicker |
| 1910 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 58 | leading goalkicker |
| 1909 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 58 | leading goalkicker |
| 1908 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 54 | leading goalkicker |
| 1907 | Dick Lee | Collingwood | 47 | leading goalkicker |
| 1906 | Mick Grace | Carlton | 50 | leading goalkicker |
| 1905 | Charlie Pannam | Collingwood | 38 | leading goalkicker |
| 1904 | Vin Coutie | Melbourne | 39 | leading goalkicker |
| 1903 | Teddy Lockwood | Collingwood | 35 | leading goalkicker |
| 1902 | Ted Rowell | Collingwood | 33 | leading goalkicker |
| 1901 | Fred Hiskins | Essendon | 34 | leading goalkicker |
| 1900 | Albert Thurgood | Essendon | 25 | leading goalkicker |
| 1899 | Eddy James | Geelong | 31 | leading goalkicker |
| 1898 | Archie Smith | Collingwood | 31 | leading goalkicker |
| 1897 | Eddy James | Geelong | 27 | leading goalkicker |
Calculated from every recorded VFL/AFL game.