 Year | Item |
| 2024 | Zack Sabre Jr. |
| 2023 | Tetsuya Naito |
| 2022 | Kazuchika Okada |
| 2021 | Shingo Takagi |
| 2020 | Tetsuya Naito |
| 2019 | Kazuchika Okada |
| 2018 | Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2017 | Tetsuya Naito |
| 2016 | Tetsuya Naito |
| 2015 | Kazuchika Okada |
| 2014 | Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2013 | Kazuchika Okada |
| 2012 | Kazuchika Okada |
| 2011 | Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2010 | Takashi Sugiura |
| 2009 | Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2008 | Keiji Muto |
| 2007 | Mitsuharu Misawa |
| 2006 | Minoru Suzuki |
| 2005 | Satoshi Kojima |
| 2004 | Kensuke Sasaki |
| 2003 | Yoshihiro Takayama |
| 2002 | Bob Sapp |
| 2001 | Keiji Muto |
| 2000 | Kazushi Sakuraba |
| 1999 | Keiji Muto |
| 1998 | Kenta Kobashi |
| 1997 | Masahiro Chono |
| 1996 | Kenta Kobashi |
| 1995 | Keiji Muto |
| 1994 | Shinya Hashimoto |
| 1993 | Genichiro Tenryu |
| 1992 | Nobuhiko Takada |
| 1991 | Jumbo Tsuruta |
| 1990 | Atsushi Onita |
| 1989 | Akira Maeda |
| 1988 | Genichiro Tenryu |
| 1987 | Genichiro Tenryu |
| 1986 | Genichiro Tenryu |
| 1985 | Tatsumi Fujinami |
| 1984 | Jumbo Tsuruta |
| 1983 | Jumbo Tsuruta |
| 1982 | Tiger Mask |
| 1981 | Antonio Inoki |
| 1980 | Antonio Inoki |
| 1979 | Giant Baba |
| 1978 | Antonio Inoki |
| 1977 | Antonio Inoki |
| 1976 | Antonio Inoki |
| 1975 | Giant Baba |
| 1974 | Antonio Inoki |
