| 1. Cheriff | 1968 | Dr. Franz-Josef Zewelz † |
| 2. Cheriff | 1969 | Harry Putzar † |
| 3. Cheriff | 1970 | Ludwig Schriefers † |
| 4. Cheriff | 1971 | Willy Weymann † |
| 5. Cheriff | 1972 | Josef Meeger † |
| 6. Cheriff | 1973 | Wilfried Bendt † |
| 7. Cheriff | 1974 | Hans-Willi Gerke † |
| 8. Cheriff | 1975 | Dr. Franz-Josef Antwerpes |
| 9. Cheriff | 1976 | Fritz Nyssen † |
| 10. Cheriff | 1977 | Peter Blum † |
| 11. Cheriff | 1978 | Hans Tappiser † |
| 12. Cheriff | 1979 | Willi Tillmann † |
| 13. Cheriff | 1980 | Dr. Volker Müller |
| 14. Cheriff | 1981 | Georg Delfosse † |
| 15. Cheriff | 1982 | Rudolf Hammanns † |
| 16 | 1983 | Jochen Häntsch |
| 17 | 1984 | Theo Lücker |
| 18 | 1985 | Matthias Meiners |
| 19 | 1986 | Dr. Günter Weinforth |
| 20 | 1987 | Theo Drouven † |
| 21 | 1988 | Leo Tack † |
| 22 | 1989 | Hans-Willy Bouren |
| 23 | 1990 | Heinz Janhsen |
| 24 | 1991 | Hans Puffer † |
| 25 | 1992 | Hans Kramer † |
| 26 | 1993 | Peter Tillemans † |
| 27 | 1994 | Anto C.G. Dohmen |
| 28 | 1995 | Bernd Casaretto |
| 29 | 1996 | Georg Buchholtz † |
| 30 | 1997 | Peter Zaum |
| 31 | 1998 | Manfred Aktun † |
| 32 | 1999 | Georg Metz † |
| 33 | 2000 | Hans-Wilhelm Janissen-Brass |
| 34 | 2001 | Hans Kaiser † |
| 36 | 2003 | Walter Ditges |
| 37 | 2004 | Helmut Schatten |
| 38 | 2005 | Bernd Ahlers |
| 39 | 2006 | Theo Pimpertz † |
| 40 | 2007 | Wolfgang Genenger |
| 41 | 2008 | Bernd Zaum |
| 42 | 2009 | Günter Thönnessen |
| 43 | 2010 | Christoph Hölters |
| 44 | 2011 | Michael Reiners |
| 45 | 2012 | Frank Schiffers |
| 46 | 2013 | Klaus Fleßers |
| 47 | 2014 | Stefan Vander |
| 48 | 2015 | Dr. Stefan Berrisch |
| 49 | 2016 | Hans-Christian Willms |
| 50 | 2017 | Uwe Backes |
| 51 | 2018 | Marcel Puller |
| 52 | 2019 | Frank Kersbaum |
| 53 | 2020 | Christoph Grundmann |
| 54 | 2023 | Günter Jansen |
| 55 | 2024 | Peter Hillekes |
