The New Brunswick Sportsman of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual, not necessarily a member of the NBWF who is deemed to have contributed greatly to the fish and wildlife resources of the Province of New Brunswick.

• 2018 – 2019 > Ron Whitehead
• 2017 – 2018 > Jason Soucy
• 2016 – 2017 > Gerry Williamson
• 2015 – 2016 > Fred Wheaton
• 2014 – 2015 > Mac Dunfield
• 2013 – 2014 > Roland Michaud
• 2012 – 2013 > Rod Currie
• 2011 – 2012 > D. J. (Jim) Marriner
• 2010 – 2011 > Nathalie Michaud
• 2009 – 2010 > Jim Foster
• 2008 – 2009 > Rod Cumberland
• 2007 – 2008 > Ron Whitehead
• 2006 – 2007 > Warren Duncan
• 2005 – 2006 > Gerry Parker
• 2004 – 2005 > Charlie Leblanc
• 2003 – 2004 > Everett Mosher
• 2002 – 2003 > Brenton Renton
• 2001 – 2002 > Jean –Claude Robichaud
• 2000 – 2001 > H.E. (Hal) Wood