NL Rookie of the Year
Last Updated: 12/07/2006
(*) Unanimous selection
| Year | Player | Team |
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | Hanley Ramirez | Florida |
| 2005 | Ryan Howard | Philadelphia |
| 2004 | Jason Bay | Pittsburgh |
| 2003 | Dontrelle Willis | Florida |
| 2002 | Jason Jennings | Colorado |
| 2001 | Albert Pujols* | St. Louis |
| 2000 | Rafael Furcal | Atlanta |
| 1999 | Scott Williamson | Cincinnati |
| 1998 | Kerry Wood | Chicago Cubs |
| 1997 | Scott Rolen | Philadelphia |
| 1996 | Todd Hollandsworth | Los Angeles |
| 1995 | Hideo Nomo | Los Angeles |
| 1994 | Raul Mondesi | Los Angeles |
| 1993 | Mike Piazza | Los Angeles |
| 1992 | Eric Karros | Los Angeles |
| 1991 | Jeff Bagwell | Houston |
| 1990 | Dave Justice | Atlanta |
| 1989 | Jerome Walton | Chicago Cubs |
| 1988 | Chris Sabo | Cincinnati |
| 1987 | Benito Santiago | San Diego |
| 1986 | Todd Worrell | St. Louis |
| 1985 | Vince Coleman | St. Louis |
| 1984 | Dwight Gooden | New York Mets |
| 1983 | Darryl Strawberry | New York Mets |
| 1982 | Steve Sax | Los Angeles |
| 1981 | Fernando Valenzuela | Los Angeles |
| 1980 | Steve Howe | Los Angeles |
| 1979 | Rick Sutcliffe | Los Angeles |
| 1978 | Bob Horner | Atlanta |
| 1977 | Andre Dawson | Montreal |
| 1976 | (tie) Pat Zachry | Cincinnati |
| Butch Metzger | San Diego (tie) | |
| 1975 | John Montefusco | San Francisco |
| 1974 | Bake McBride | St. Louis |
| 1973 | Gary Matthews | San Francisco |
| 1972 | Jon Matlack | New York Mets |
| 1971 | Earl Williams | Atlanta |
| 1970 | Carl Morton | Montreal |
| 1969 | Ted Sizemore | Los Angeles |
| 1968 | Johnny Bench | Cincinnati |
| 1967 | Tom Seaver | New York |
| 1966 | Tommy Helms | Cincinnati |
| 1965 | Jim Lefebvre | Los Angeles |
| 1964 | Richie Allen | Philadelphia |
| 1963 | Pete Rose | Cincinnati |
| 1962 | Ken Hubbs | Chicago Cubs |
| 1961 | Billy Williams | Chicago Cubs |
| 1960 | Frank Howard | Los Angeles |
| 1959 | Willie McCovey | San Francisco |
| 1958 | Orlando Cepeda | San Francisco |
| 1957 | Jack Sanford | Philadelphia |
| 1956 | Frank Robinson | Cincinnati |
| 1955 | Bill Virdon | St. Louis |
| 1954 | Wally Moon | St. Louis |
| 1953 | Junior Gilliam | Brooklyn |
| 1952 | Joe Black | Brooklyn |
| 1951 | Willie Mays | New York Giants |
| 1950 | Sam Jethroe | Milwaukee |
| 1949 | Don Newcombe | Brooklyn |
| 1948 | Alvin Dark | Boston |
| 1947 | Jackie Robinson | Brooklyn |