((f)ilm and (v)ideo were used as separate categories in most years prior to 2009)
1980s
Richard Pacheco (1984) (f)
Eric Edwards (1985) (f)
Harry Reems (f) / Eric Edwards (v) (1986)
Mike Horner (f) / Buck Adams (v) (1987)
John Leslie (f) / Robert Bullock (v) (1988)
Robert Bullock (f) / Buck Adams (v) (1989)
1990s
Jon Martin (1990) (v)
Randy Spears (f) / Eric Edwards (v) (1991)
Buck Adams (f) / Tom Byron (v) (1992)
Mike Horner (f) / Joey Silvera (v) (1993)
Mike Horner (f) / Jonathan Morgan (v) (1994)
Buck Adams (f) / Steven St. Croix (v) (1995)
Mike Horner (f) / Jon Dough (v) (1996)
Jamie Gillis (f) / Jon Dough (v) (1997)
Steven St. Croix (f) / Tom Byron (v) (1998)
James Bonn (f) / Michael J. Cox (v) (1999)
2000s
James Bonn (f) / Randy Spears (v) (2000)
Evan Stone (f) / Joel Lawrence (v) (2001)
Anthony Crane (f) / Mike Horner (v) (2002)
Brad Armstrong (f) / Dale DaBone (v) (2003)
Randy Spears (f) / Evan Stone (v) (2004)
Justin Sterling (f) / Barrett Blade (v) (2005)
Randy Spears (f) / Evan Stone (v) (2006)
Randy Spears (f) / Evan Stone (v) (2007)
Tom Byron (f) / Brad Armstrong (v) (2008)
Evan Stone (2009)
2010s
Eric Swiss (2010)
Tom Byron (2011)
Dale DaBone (2012)
Steven St. Croix (2013)
Tommy Pistol (2014)
Steven St. Croix (2015)
Tommy Pistol (2016)
Xander Corvus (2017)
Tommy Pistol (2018)
Seth Gamble (2019)
2020s
Seth Gamble
2020
2021
Tommy Pistol (2022)
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