| YEAR | HORSE | mph | count |
| 2007 | Street Sense | 36.83 | 1 |
| 2006 | Barbaro | 37.07 | 2 |
| 2005 | Giacomo | 36.64 | 3 |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | 36.26 | 4 |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | 37.13 | 5 |
| 2002 | War Emblem | 37.16 | 6 |
| 2001 | Monarchos | 37.5 | 7 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | 37.16 | 8 |
| 1999 | Charismatic | 36.5 | 9 |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | 36.76 | 10 |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | 36.76 | 11 |
| 1996 | Grindstone | 37.16 | 12 |
| 1995 | Thunder Gulch | 37.1 | 13 |
| 1994 | Go for Gin | 36.38 | 14 |
| 1993 | Sea Hero | 36.76 | 15 |
| 1992 | Lil E. Tee | 36.59 | 16 |
| 1991 | Strike the Gold | 36.56 | 17 |
| 1990 | Unbridled | 36.89 | 18 |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | 36 | 19 |
| 1988 | Winning Colors | 36.82 | 20 |
| 1987 | Alysheba | 36.47 | 21 |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | 36.64 | 22 |
| 1985 | Spend a Buck | 37.44 | 23 |
| 1984 | Swale | 36.76 | 24 |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | 36.82 | 25 |
| 1982 | Gato Del Sol | 36.7 | 26 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | 36.89 | 27 |
| 1980 | Genuine Risk | 36.89 | 28 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | 36.76 | 29 |
| 1978 | Affirmed | 37.13 | 30 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | 36.82 | 31 |
| 1976 | Bold Forbes | 37.01 | 32 |
| 1975 | Foolish Pleasure | 36.89 | 33 |
| 1974 | Cannonade | 36.29 | 34 |
| 1973 | Secretariat | 37.69 | 35 |
| 1972 | Riva Ridge | 36.95 | 36 |
| 1971 | Canonero II | 36.53 | 37 |
| 1970 | Dust Commander | 36.47 | 38 |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | 36.95 | 39 |
| 1968 | Forward Pass(via DQ) | 36.82 | 40 |
| 1967 | Proud Clarion | 37.31 | 41 |
| 1966 | Kauai King | 36.89 | 42 |
| 1965 | Lucky Debonair | 37.13 | 43 |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | 37.5 | 44 |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | 36.95 | 45 |
| 1962 | Decidedly | 37.38 | 46 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | 36.29 | 47 |
| 1960 | Venetian Way | 36.76 | 48 |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee | 36.82 | 49 |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | 36 | 50 |
| 1957 | Iron Liege | 36.82 | 51 |
| 1956 | Needles | 36.47 | 52 |
| 1955 | Swaps | 36.95 | 53 |
| 1954 | Determine | 36.59 | 54 |
| 1953 | Dark Star | 36.89 | 55 |
| 1952 | Hill Gail | 37.01 | 56 |
| 1951 | Count Turf | 36.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Middleground | 37.01 | 58 |
| 1949 | Ponder | 36.23 | 59 |
| 1948 | Citation | 36 | 60 |
| 1947 | Jet Pilot | 35.49 | 61 |
| 1946 | Assault | 35.55 | 62 |
| 1945 | Hoop Jr. | 35.43 | 63 |
| 1944 | Pensive | 36.23 | 64 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | 36.29 | 65 |
| 1942 | Shut Out | 36.17 | 66 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | 37.07 | 67 |
| 1940 | Gallahadion | 36 | 68 |
| 1939 | Johnstown | 36.47 | 69 |
| 1938 | Lawrin | 36.06 | 70 |
| 1937 | War Admiral | 36.53 | 71 |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | 36.41 | 72 |
| 1935 | Omaha | 36 | 73 |
| 1934 | Cavalcade | 36.29 | 74 |
| 1933 | Brokers Tip | 35.49 | 75 |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | 35.94 | 76 |
| 1931 | Twenty Grand | 36.95 | 77 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | 35.27 | 78 |
| 1929 | Clyde Van Dusen | 34.4 | 79 |
| 1928 | Reigh Count | 34.51 | 80 |
| 1927 | Whiskery | 35.71 | 81 |
| 1926 | Bubbling Over | 36.35 | 82 |
| 1925 | Flying Ebony | 35.27 | 83 |
| 1924 | Black Gold | 35.94 | 84 |
| 1923 | Zev | 35.89 | 85 |
| 1922 | Morvich | 36.12 | 86 |
| 1921 | Behave Yourself | 36.23 | 87 |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | 34.88 | 88 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | 34.67 | 89 |
| 1918 | Exterminator | 34.4 | 90 |
| 1917 | Omar Khayyam | 36.12 | 91 |
| 1916 | George Smith | 36.29 | 92 |
| 1915 | Regret | 35.89 | 93 |
| 1914 | Old Rosebud | 36.47 | 94 |
| 1913 | Donerail | 36.06 | 95 |
| 1912 | Worth | 34.78 | 96 |
| 1911 | Meridian | 36 | 97 |
| 1910 | Donau | 35.6 | 98 |
| 1909 | Wintergreen | 35.1 | 99 |
| 1908 | Stone Street | 33.28 | 100 |
| 1907 | Pink Star | 33.94 | 101 |
| 1906 | Sir Huon | 34.94 | 102 |
| 1905 | Agile | 34.4 | 103 |
| 1904 | Elwood | 35.1 | 104 |
| 1903 | Judge Himes | 34.88 | 105 |
| 1902 | Alan-a-Dale | 34.99 | 106 |
| 1901 | His Eminence | 35.27 | 107 |
| 1900 | Lieut. Gibson | 35.66 | 108 |
| 1899 | Manuel | 34.09 | 109 |
| 1898 | Plaudit | 34.88 | 110 |
| 1897 | Typhoon II | 34.04 | 111 |
| 1896 | Ben Brush | 35.27 | 112 |
| 1895 | Halma | 34.35 | 113 |
| 1894 | Chant | 33.54 | 114 |
| 1893 | Lookout | 33.92 | 115 |
| 1892 | Azra | 33.5 | 116 |
| 1891 | Kingman | 31.36 | 117 |
| 1890 | Riley | 32.73 | 118 |
| 1889 | Spokane | 35.02 | 119 |
| 1888 | Macbeth II | 34.13 | 120 |
| 1887 | Montrose | 33.92 | 121 |
| 1886 | Ben Ali | 34.57 | 122 |
| 1885 | Joe Cotton | 34.35 | 123 |
| 1884 | Buchanan | 33.71 | 124 |
| 1883 | Leonatus | 33.13 | 125 |
| 1882 | Apollo | 33.71 | 126 |
| 1881 | Hindoo | 33.75 | 127 |
| 1880 | Fonso | 34.35 | 128 |
| 1879 | Lord Murphy | 34.39 | 129 |
| 1878 | Day Star | 34.35 | 130 |
| 1877 | Baden Baden | 34.18 | 131 |
| 1876 | Vagrant | 34.13 | 132 |
| 1875 | Aristides | 34.26 | 133 |