- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Croatia
- CSSR
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- GDR
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- USA
- USSR
- Uzbekistan
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
Player of the year .:. GDR
| Year | Player |
| 1991 | Torsten Gütschow |
| 1990 | Ulf Kirsten |
| 1989 | Andreas Trautmann |
| 1988 | Andreas Thom |
| 1987 | René Müller |
| 1986 | René Müller |
| 1985 | Dixie Dörner |
| 1984 | Dixie Dörner |
| 1983 | Joachim Streich |
| 1982 | Rüdiger Schnuphase |
| 1981 | Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin |
| 1980 | Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin |
| 1979 | Joachim Streich |
| 1978 | Jürgen Croy |
| 1977 | Dixie Dörner |
| 1976 | Jürgen Croy |
| 1975 | Jürgen Pommerenke |
| 1974 | Bernd Bransch |
| 1973 | Hans-Jürgen Kreische |
| 1972 | Jürgen Croy |
| 1971 | Peter Ducke |
| 1970 | Roland Ducke |
| 1969 | Eberhard Vogel |
| 1968 | Bernd Bransch |
| 1967 | Dieter Erler |
| 1966 | Jürgen Nöldner |
| 1965 | Horst Weigang |
| 1964 | Klaus Urbanczyk |
| 1963 | Manfred Kaiser |
