PWI Rookie of the Year

Award winners and runners-up

Year	Winner	First runner-up	Second runner-up	Third runner-up
1972	Mike Graham	.	.	.
1973	Bob Orton, Jr. / Tony Garea	.	.	.
1974	Larry Zbyszko	.	.	.
1975	Ric Flair	.	.	.
1976	Bob Backlund	Chavo Guerrero	Steve Keirn	Johnny Rivera
1977	Ricky Steamboat	Jimmy Snuka	Big John Studd	Skip Young
1978	Tommy Rich	Jay Youngblood	David Von Erich	Tully Blanchard
1979	Sweet Brown Sugar	Steve Travis	Bryan St. John	Eddie Gilbert
1980	Terry Taylor	Barry Windham	Rick McGraw	Tom Prichard
1981	David Sammartino	Brad Rheingans	Curt Hennig	Ron Richie
1982	Brad Armstrong	Tiger Mask	Mike Rotunda	Kamala
1983	Angelo Mosca, Jr.	King Kong Bundy	Scott Armstrong	Arn Anderson
1984	Mike Von Erich	Nikita Koloff	Krusher Khruschev	Kevin Kelly
1985	Nord the Barbarian	Kendall Windham	Dan Spivey	Sam Houston
1986	Lex Luger	Bam Bam Bigelow	Sting	Tom Magee
1987	Owen Hart	Big Bubba Rogers	Shane Douglas	Doug Furnas
1988	Madusa Miceli	Chris Benoit	Maxx Payne	Scott Steiner
1989	The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom)	Dustin Rhodes	Scotty the Body	Johnathan Holliday
1990	Steve Austin	El Gigante	Brad Anderson	Chris Chavis
1991	Johnny B. Badd	The Patriot	Terri Power	The Lightning Kid
1992	Erik Watts	Diamond Dallas Page	Vladimir Koloff	Chaz
1993	Vampire Warrior	Robbie Eagle	Kent and Keith Cole	The Headhunters
1994	911	Bob Holly	Abbudah Singh	Mikey Whipwreck
1995	Alex Wright	Craig Pittman	Lawrence Taylor	Madd Maxxine
1996	The Giant	Steve McMichael	Rocky Maivia	Joe Gomez
1997	Prince Iaukea	Ernest Miller	Chris Chetti	Brakkus
1998	Goldberg	Sable	Droz	Mark Henry
1999	Shane McMahon	Evan Karagias	Vince McMahon	Lash LeRoux
2000	Kurt Angle	Lita	Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire	Chuck Palumbo
2001	Randy Orton	Brock Lesnar	K-Kwik	The Prototype
2002	Maven	Christopher Nowinski	Nidia	Taylor Matheny
2003	Zach Gowen	Sylvain Grenier	Trinity	Matt Morgan
2004	Monty Brown	Petey Williams	Johnny Nitro	Matt Cappotelli
2005	Bobby Lashley	Christy Hemme	Mikey Batts	Ken Doane
2006	The Boogeyman	Charles Evans	Akebono	Cody Runnels
2007	Hornswoggle	Ted DiBiase, Jr.	Pelle Primeau	Mike DiBiase
2008	Joe Hennig	Brett DiBiase	Ricky Steamboat, Jr.	Ryan McBride
2009	Mike Sydal	Jesse Neal	Brittney Savage	JT Flash
2010	David Otunga	Tamina	Percy Watson	Corey Hollis
2011	Ace Hawkins	Nick Madrid	Leakee	Briley Pierce
2012	Veda Scott	The Big O	Jason Jordan	Bambi Hall
2013	Tim Zbyszko	Cody Hall	Lucipher Lords	Matt King
2014	Charlotte	Enzo Amore	Mojo Rawley	Chad Gable
2015	Moose	Tessa Blanchard	Braun Strowman	Dana Brooke
2016	Nia Jax	Lio Rush	Matt Riddle	Shayna Baszler
2017	Otis Dozovic	Ray Gonzalez Jr.	Andy Williams	Hirai Kawato
2018	Ronda Rousey	Tomoyuki Oka	Kacy Catanzaro	Taynara Conti
2019	Brian Pillman Jr.	Jessamyn Duke	Utami Hayashishita	Tracy Williams
2020	Dominik Mysterio	Anna Jay	Joshua Wavra	Abadon
2021	Jade Cargill	Bron Breakker	Bad Bunny	Brock Anderson
2022	Hook

See also

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
• WWE