Track & Field News has been formally choosing a Collegiate Men’s Indoor Athlete Of The Year since 1994.
Here are the all-time men’s No. 1s, with the event(s) in which they earned the honor:
| 2020s | |||
| 2023 | Kyle Garland | (Georgia) | heptathlon |
| 2022 | Trey Cunningham | (Florida State) | hurdles |
| 2021 | KC Lightfoot | (Baylor) | pole vault |
| 2020 | Chris Nilsen | (South Dakota) | pole vault |
| 2010s | |||
| 2019 | Grant Holloway | (Florida) | 60/60 hurdles/long jump |
| 2018 | Michael Norman | (USC) | 400 |
| 2017 | Christian Coleman | (Tennessee) | 60/200 |
| 2016 | Ryan Crouser | (Texas) | shot |
| 2015 | Shawn Barber | (Akron) | pole vault |
| 2014 | Edward Cheserek | (Oregon) | distances |
| 2013 | Lawi Lalang | (Arizona) | distances |
| 2012 | Lawi Lalang | (Arizona) | distances |
| 2011 | Will Claye | (Florida) | long/triple jumps |
| 2010 | Ashton Eaton | (Oregon) | heptathlon |
| 2000s | |||
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | (Oregon) | distances |
| 2008 | Ryan Whiting | (Arizona State) | shot |
| 2007 | Chris Solinsky | (Wisconsin) | distances |
| 2006 | Xavier Carter | (LSU) | 400 |
| 2005 | Wallace Spearmon | (Arkansas) | 200 |
| 2004 | Alistair Cragg | (Arkansas) | distances |
| 2003 | Alistair Cragg | (Arkansas) | distances |
| 2002 | Miguel Pate | (Alabama) | long jump |
| 2001 | Jannus Roberts | (SMU) | shot |
| 2000 | Terrence Trammell | (South Carolina) | 60/60 hurdles |
| 1990s | |||
| 1999 | Bernard Lagat | (Washington State) | distances |
| 1998 | Adam Goucher | (Colorado) | distances |
| 1997 | Robert Howard | (Arkansas) | jumps |
| 1996 | Einārs Tupurītis | (Wichita State) | 800 |
| 1995 | Tim Harden | (Kentucky) | sprints |
| 1994 | Erick Walder | (Arkansas) | jumps |
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