| 2024 | Prof. Dr. med. Tim Pohlemann & Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Glanemann | Homburg |
| 2023 | Prof. Dr. med. Christoph-Thomas Germer | Würzburg |
| 2023 | Prof. Dr. med. Christoph-Thomas Germer | Würburg |
| 2022 | Prof. Dr. med. Robert Schwab | Koblenz |
| 2021 | Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Benz | Böblingen |
| 2020 | Coronabedingt entfallen | |
| 2019 | Prof. Dr. med. Doris Henne-Bruns | Ulm |
| 2018 | Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Gundlach | Singen |
| 2017 | Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Willis | Ludwigshafen |
| 2016 | Prof. Dr. med. Ludger Staib | Esslingen |
| 2015 | Prof. Dr. med. Hauke Lang | Mainz |
| 2014 | PD Dr. med. Achim Hellinger | Fulda |
| 2013 | Prof. Dr. med. Alfred Königsrainer | Tübingen |
| 2012 | Prof. Dr. med. Wolf O. Bechstein | Frankfurt |
| 2011 | Prof. Dr. med. Winfried Padberg | Gießen |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. med. Markus W. Büchler | Heidelberg |
| 2009 | Prof. Dr. med. Dietmar Lorenz | Wiesbaden |
| 2008 | Prof. Dr. med. habil. Dr. h.c. Ulrich T Hopt | Freiburg |
| 2007 | Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Bindewald | Worms |
| 2006 | Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Hirner† | Bonn |
| 2005 | Prof. Dr. med. Arnulf Thiede | Würzburg |
| 2004 | Prof. Dr. med. Günter Mangold / Prof. Dr. med. Helmut Schmelzeisen† | Lahr |
| 2003 | Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Bittner | Stuttgart |
| 2002 | Prof. Dr. med. Hanshelmut Thiele | Bruchsal |
| 2001 | Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Rothmund | Marburg |
| 2000 | Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Arbogast | Pforzheim |
| 1999 | Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Günther Beger | Ulm |
| 1998 | Prof. Dr. med. Gernot Feifel† | Homburg |
| 1997 | Prof. Dr. med. Horst Dieter Becker | Tübingen |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Schönleben | Ludwigshafen |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. med. Theo Junginger | Mainz |
| 1994 | Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Zehle | Friedrichshafen |
| 1993 | Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Bähr | Karlsruhe |
| 1992 | Prof. Dr. med. Günther Kieninger | Stuttgart |
| 1991 | Prof. Dr. med. Alfred Lamesch † | Luxembourg |
| 1990 | Prof. Dr. med. Christian Herfarth † | Heidelberg |
| 1989 | Prof. Dr. med. Felix Largiadér † | Zürich |
| 1988 | Prof. Dr. med. Albrecht Encke† | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1987 | Prof. Dr. med. Eduard H. Farthmann † | Freiburg |
| 1986 | Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm Hartel | Ulm |
| 1985 | Prof. Dr. med. Ingolf Staib sen. † | Darmstadt |
| 1984 | Prof. Dr. med. Konrad Schwemmle | Gießen |
| 1983 | Prof. Dr. med. Werner Overbeck † | Kaiserslautern |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. med. Michael Trede † | Mannheim |
| 1981 | Prof. Dr. med. Hans Reitter † | Fulda |
| 1980 | Prof. Dr. med. Ernst Kern † | Würzburg |
| 1979 | Prof. Dr. med. Louis Francois Hollender † | Strasbourg |
| 1978 | Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Heinz Schriefers † | Koblenz |
| 1977 | Prof. Dr. med. Martin Allgöwer † | Basel |
| 1976 | Prof. Dr. med. Horst Hamelmann† | Marburg/L. |
| 1975 | Prof. Dr. med. Leo Koslowski † | Tübingen |
| 1974 | Prof. Dr. med. Ewald Weisschedel † | Konstanz |
| 1973 | Prof. Dr. med. Edgar Ungeheuer † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1972 | Prof. Dr. med. Max Schwaiger † | Freiburg |
| 1971 | Prof. Dr. med. Kurt Spohn † | Karlsruhe |
| 1970 | Prof. Dr. med. Heinz Gelbke † | Ludwigshafen |
| 1969 | Prof. Dr. med. Fritz Kümmerle † | Mainz |
| 1968 | Prof. Dr. med. Fritz Linder † | Heidelberg |
| 1967 | Prof. Dr. med. Hans Oberdalhoff † | Mannheim |
| 1966 | Prof. Dr. med. Heinrich Lüdeke † | Homburg/Saar |
| 1965 | Prof. Dr. med. Alfred Gütgemann † | Bonn |
| 1964 | Prof. Dr. med. Max Schwaiger † | Marburg/L. |
| 1963 | Prof. Dr. med. Georg Brandt † | Mainz |
| 1962 | Dr. med. Giacomo Neff † | Schaffhausen |
| 1961 | Prof. Dr. med. Werner Wachsmuth † | Würzburg |
| 1960 | Prof. Dr. med. Walter Dick † | Tübingen |
| 1959 | Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich Hesse † | Saarbrücken |
| 1958 | Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Krauss † | Freiburg |
| 1957 | Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Geißendörfer † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1956 | Prof. Dr. med. Karl Vossschulte † | Gießen |
| 1955 | Prof. Dr. med. Georg Brandt † | Mainz |
| 1954 | Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Nissen † | Basel |
| 1953 | Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Zenker † | Marburg/L. |
| 1952 | Prof. Dr. med. Raichle † | Stuttgart |
| 1951 | Prof. Dr. med. Werner Wachsmuth † | Würzburg |
| 1950 | Prof. Dr. med. Theodor Naegeli † | Tübingen |
| 1949 | | |
| 1948 | Prof. Dr. med. Karl Kleinschmidt † | Wiesbaden |
| 1948 | Prof. Dr. med. Eduard Rehn † | Freiburg |
| 1947 | Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Heinrich Bauer† | |
| 1939 | Prof. Dr. med. Martin Kirschner † | Heidelberg |
| 1938 | PD Dr. med. Bernhard Klapp † | Marburg/L. |
| 1937 | Prof. Dr. med. Willy Usadel † | Tübingen |
| 1936 | Prof. Dr. med. Nicolai Guleke † | Jena |
| 1935 | Prof. Dr. med. Albert Fischer † | Gießen |
| 1934 | Prof. Dr. med. Victor Schmieden † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1932 | Prof. Dr. med. Eduard Rehn † | Freiburg |
| 1931 | Prof. Dr. med. Heile † / Prof. Dr. med. Kleinschmidt† | Wiesbaden |
| 1931 | Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm Jehn † | Mainz |
| 1930 | Prof. Dr. med. Carl Henschen † | Basel |
| 1929 | Prof. Dr. med. Martin Kirschner † | Tübingen |
| 1929 | Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Klapp † | Marburg/L. |
| 1928 | Prof. Dr. med. Erich Lexer † / Prof. Dr. med. Hans Kraske † | Freiburg |
| 1928 | Prof. Dr. med. Eugen Enderlen † | Heidelberg |
| 1927 | Prof. Dr. med. Landow † / Prof. Dr. med. Heile† | Wiesbaden |
| 1926 | Prof. Dr. med. Nicolai Guleke † | Jena |
| 1926 | Prof. Dr. med. Franz Hofmeister†/Prof. Dr. med. Karl Steinthal† | Stuttgart |
| 1925 | Prof. Dr. med. Arthur Läwen † | Marburg |
| 1924 | Prof. Dr. med. Victor Schmieden † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1923 | Prof. Dr. med. Albert Fischer † | Gießen |
| 1923 | Prof. Dr. med. Victor Schmieden † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1922 | Prof. Dr. med. Fritz König † | Würzburg |
| 1921 | Prof. Dr. med. Eugen Enderlen † | Heidelberg |
| 1920 | Prof. Dr. med. Erich Lexer † | Freiburg |
| 1920 | Prof. Dr. med. Victor Schmieden † | Frankfurt/M. |
| 1916 | Prof. Dr. med. Max Wilms † | Heidelberg |
| 1914 | Prof. Dr. med. Ludwig Rehn sen. † | Frankfurt |
| 1914 | Prof. Dr. med. Max Wilms † | Heidelberg |
| 1913 | Prof. Dr. med. Ludwig Rehn sen. † | Frankfurt |
| 1913 | Prof. Dr. med. Fritz König † | Marburg |
| 1913 | Prof. Dr. med. Ludwig Rehn sen. † | Frankfurt |
