The Ken Catchpole Medal has been awarded to the Shute Shield's most valuable player each year since 1981.

Former Wallaby and Eastwood forward Scott Fava and Warringah No.10 Hamish Angus are the only two players to win the award three times, with Fava having done so in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and Angus in 2012, 2014 and 2019.

Past Winners: 

1981: Neale Murphy - Western Suburbs

1982: Geoff Richards - Eastern Suburbs

1983: Peter Lucas - St. George

1984: Richard Moriarty - Western Suburbs

1985: Phillip Cox - Manly

1986: Peter Lucas - St. George

1986: David Niu - St. George

1986: Sione Tahaafe - Eastwood

1987: Steven Lidbury - Warringah

1988: Jim Fewtrell - Warringah

1989: Simon Poidevin - Randwick

1990: Matt Foldi - Warringah

1991: Marty Roebuck - Eastwood

1992: Ross Reynolds - Gordon

1993: Phil Kearns - Randwick

1994: Mark Catchpole - Warringah

1995: Nick Harvey - Northern Suburbs

1996: Dirk Williams - Eastern Suburbs

1997: Adam Leach - Eastwood

1998: Mark Catchpole - Sydney University

1999: Peter Besseling - Penrith & Keith Gleeson - Northern Suburbs

2000: Sam Harris - Warringah

2001: Des Tuiavi'i - West Harbour

2002: Scott Fava - Eastwood

2003: Scott Fava - Eastwood

2004: Scott Fava - Eastwood

2005: Tim Donnelly - Eastwood

2006: Peter Hewat - Manly

2007: Gavin DeBartolo - Eastern Suburbs

2008: Scott Fardy - Warringah

2008: Dave Harvey - Gordon

2009: Andrew Smith - Northern Suburbs

2010: Brendan McKibbin - Eastern Suburbs

2011: Dave Harvey - Northern Suburbs

2012: Hamish Angus - Warringah

2013: Hugh Perrett - Eastwood

2014: Hamish Angus - Warringah

2015: David Horwitz - Randwick

2016: Will Miller - Northern Suburbs

2017: Tayler Adams - West Harbour

2018: Adrian Musico - Parramatta

2019: Hamish Angus - Warringah

2020: Mahe Vailanu - Gordon

2021: Not awarded due to Covid-19.

2022: Max Douglas - Manly

2023: Michael Icely - Eastwood

2024: Andrew Deegan - Randwick