List of Cox Plate winners

• The race distance from 1922 to 1942 was 9½ furlongs.
• The race distance from 1943 to 1971 was 10 furlongs.
• Following Australia's adoption of the Metric system in 1972 the race distance became 2,000 metres.
• In 1974 the distance was changed to 2,050 metres and in 1986 to today's distance of 2,040 metres.
• † The 1946 Cox Plate was run in two divisions.