| 1949 | Clarence Bouma | 1973 | Arthur H. Lewis | 1997 | Moisés Silva | ||
| Calvin Theological Seminary | Bethel College | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1950 | Clarence Bouma | 1974 | Richard Longenecker | 1998 | Norman L. Geisler | ||
| Calvin Theological Seminary | Wycliffe College | Southern Evangelical Seminary | |||||
| 1951 | Merrill Tenney | 1975 | Bruce K. Waltke | 1999 | Wayne A. Grudem | ||
| Wheaton College | Dallas Theological Seminary | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | |||||
| 1952 | Charles Woodbridge | 1976 | Simon J. Kistemaker | 2000 | John H. Sailhamer | ||
| Fuller Theological Seminary | Reformed Theological Seminary | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1953 | Frank Neuberg | 1977 | Walter C. Kaiser Jr. | 2001 | Darrell L. Bock | ||
| Wheaton College | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | Dallas Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1954 | John Walvoord | 1978 | Stanley N. Gundry | 2002 | Millard J. Erickson | ||
| Dallas Theological Seminary | Moody Bible Institute | George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University | |||||
| 1955 | Harold Kuhn | 1979 | Marten H. Woudstra | 2003 | David M. Howard Jr. | ||
| Asbury Theological Seminary | Calvin Theological Seminary | Bethel Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1956 | Roger Nicole | 1980 | Wilber B. Wallis | 2004 | Gregory K. Beale | ||
| Gordon Divinity School | Covenant Theological Seminary | Wheaton College | |||||
| 1957 | Ned Stonehouse | 1981 | Kenneth L. Barker | 2005 | Craig A. Blaising | ||
| Westminster Seminary | Dallas Theological Seminary | Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1958 | Warren Young | 1982 | Alan F. Johnson | 2006 | Edwin M. Yamauchi | ||
| Northern Baptist Seminary | Wheaton College | Miami University of Ohio | |||||
| 1959 | Gilbert Johnson | 1983 | Louis Goldberg | 2007 | Francis Beckwith (resigned) | ||
| Nyack Missionary College | Moody Bible Institute | Baylor University | |||||
| 1960 | Allan MacRae | 1984 | W. Haddon Robinson | 2008 | C. Hassell Bullock | ||
| Faith Seminary | Denver Seminary | Wheaton College | |||||
| 1961 | Laird Harris | 1985 | Richard V. Pierard | 2009 | Bruce A. Ware | ||
| Covenant Seminary | Indiana State University | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1962 | Ralph Earle | 1986 | Gleason L. Archer Jr. | 2010 | Eugene H. Merrill | ||
| Nazarene Seminary | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | Dallas Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1963 | Vernon Grounds | 1987 | Walter M. Dunnett | 2011 | Clinton E. Arnold | ||
| Conservative Baptist Seminary | Northwestern College | Talbot School of Theology | |||||
| 1964 | Burton Goddard | 1988 | Elmer B. Smick | 2012 | Paul R. House | ||
| Gordon Divinity School | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | Beeson Divinity School | |||||
| 1965 | Gordon Clark | 1989 | James A. Borland | 2013 | Robert W. Yarbrough | ||
| Butler University | Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary | Covenant Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1966 | J. Barton Payne | 1990 | Robert L. Thomas | 2014 | Thomas R. Schreiner | ||
| Wheaton College | The Master’s Seminary | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1967 | Stephen Paine | 1991 | H. Wayne House | 2015 | Scott B. Rae | ||
| Houghton College | Dallas Theological Seminary | Talbot School of Theology | |||||
| 1968 | Kenneth Kantzer | 1992 | Gordon R. Lewis | 2016 | Daniel B. Wallace | ||
| Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | Denver Seminary | Dallas Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1969 | Carl F. H. Henry | 1993 | Gerry Breshears | 2017 | Sam Storms | ||
| Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Western Conservative Baptist Seminary | Bridgeway Church / Enjoying God Ministries | |||||
| 1970 | Robert Cooley | 1994 | L. Russ Bush | 2018 | David S. Dockery | ||
| Evangel College | Southeastern Baptist Seminary | Trinity International University | |||||
| 1971 | Harold Lindsell | 1995 | George W. Knight, III | 2019 | Michael J. Kruger | ||
| Christianity Today | Knox Theological Seminary | Reformed Theological Seminary | |||||
| 1972 | Robert L. Saucy | 1996 | Robert C. Newman | 2020 | Craig S. Keener | ||
| Talbot Seminary | Biblical Theological Seminary | Asbury Theological Seminary |