The Rhodes Scholarship perpetuates the commitment to learning, research and humanity of businessman and philanthropist Cecil Rhodes, who died in 1902 leaving his estate to fund the scholarship.
Candidates are selected on the basis of outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service. The Rhodes Scholarships support students who demonstrate strong propensity to emerge as 'leaders for the world's future'.
| Name | Year | Degree |
| Isobel Montgomery | 2019 | B A, B Media, B A (Hons) |
| Dr Claudia Paul | 2018 | MBBS |
| Dr Danielle Fitzpatrick | 2016 | MBBS |
| Kelli Francis-Staite | 2015 | B Ma & Comp Sc |
| Mahesh Umapathysivam | 2014 | B Med Sc (Hons), MBBS |
| Dr Alyssa Fitzpatrick | 2013 | MBBS |
| Mark Hassall | 2012 | B Med Sc (Hons) |
| Dr Christopher Wong | 2011 | MBBS, AMusA |
| Rebecca Richards | 2011 | BA |
| Benedict Francis Coxon | 2009 | LLB (Hons) |
| Sam Stranks | 2008 | BA, B Sc (Hons) |
| Dr Nicole Krzys | 2007 | MBBS, BA (Hons) |
| Jonathan Webb | 2006 | BA, B Sc (Mol Biol), B Sc (Hons) |
| Matt Wenham | 2005 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Hannah Tonkin | 2005 | LL B |
| Phillip Killicoat | 2004 | BA, B Ec (Hons) |
| Rachel Swift | 2004 | BA, B Sc (Hons) |
| Dr Thomas Smith | 2003 | MBBS |
| Tamson Pietsch | 2003 | BA (Hons) |
| Benjamin Allgrove | 2002 | B Com, LLB (Hons) |
| Zoe Morrison | 1999 | BA (Hons) |
| Dr Rachel Buxton | 1998 | BA (Hons) |
| Anthony Paul Roediger | 1997 | B Ec, LL B (Hons) |
| Dr Natalie Betts (nee Olesnicky) | 1996 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Dr Elizabeth Mary Leane | 1995 | BA (Hons), B Sc |
| Dr Georgina Russell (nee Hurst) | 1994 | B Health Sc, B Med Sc (Hons), PhD |
| Samuel Robert Nickless | 1993 | B Ec, LLB (Hons) |
| Sarah Marie Kelly | 1992 | BA (Jur), LLB (Hons) |
| Dr Peter John Gibbard | 1991 | B Ec (Hons), LLB |
| Danielle Clode | 1990 | BA (Hons) |
| Susan Jane Coles | 1989 | BA, LLB (Hons) |
| Kathryn Jane Brown | 1988 | BA (Hons), MA |
| David John Chalmers | 1987 | B Sc (Ma & Comp Sc) (Hons) |
| Vicki Ann Spencer | 1986 | The University of Adelaide staff |
| Professor Peter David Rathjen | 1985 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Dr George Murrell | 1984 | MBBS |
| Professor Hugh Possingham | 1984 | B Sc (Ma & Comp Sc) (Hons) |
| David Robertson | 1983 | LLB, B Ec |
| Dr Stephen Wilkinson | 1982 | B Sc (Hons), M Sc |
| Vesna Maria Drapac | 1981 | BA (Hons) |
| Ursula Anne Goggs | 1981 | BA (Hons), MA |
| Jennifer Anne Coles | 1980 | BA (Hons) |
| Richard Samuel Wells | 1979 | BA (Hons) |
| Dr Robert Weston Fraser | 1977 | B Ec (Hons) |
| Mark Rogers Mussared | 1976 | BE |
| Robert McPharlin | 1975 | BE (Hons) |
| Robert Nicholas Jose | 1974 | The University of Adelaide staff |
| Simon Best | 1973 | BA (Hons) |
| Michael Roy Magarey | 1971 | LLB |
| Professor Julian Disney AO | 1970 | LLB |
| Dr Patrick John Phillips | 1969 | MBBS |
| Dr Ian Hamilton Craig | 1968 | MBBS |
| The Honourable Justice John Jeremy Doyle AC | 1967 | LLB |
| Dr Edmund Ralph Boyce Gibson | 1966 | BA |
| Dr Shaun Disney | 1965 | BA, B Sc (Hons) |
| Professor Garry Leslie Brown | 1964 | BE (Mech) (Hons) |
| Professor Peter Lindsay Rogers | 1963 | BE |
| Professor John Mitchell Finnis | 1962 | LLB |
| Dr Brian Maxwell Seppelt | 1961 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Michael Ewers Smyth | 1960 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Professor Richard Deane Terrell AO | 1959 | B Ec |
| Dr John Royle Casley-Smith | 1958 | B Sc, MBBS, D Sc |
| David Wyke Evans | 1957 | B Ec (Hons) |
| Edward Robert Pocock | 1956 | BA (Hons), MA |
| The Honourable Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson AM | 1955 | LLB |
| Professor Robert Porter | 1954 | B Med Sc, D Sc |
| Emeritus Professor R John Lawrence | 1953 | BA (Hons), Dip Soc Sc |
| Charles Robin Ashwin | 1952 | BA (Hons) |
| Emeritus Professor Roger Gilbert Opie | 1951 | MA |
| Alan Lorimer Dowding | 1950 | B Sc |
| Dr Anthony Douglas Jose | 1949 | MBBS |
| Emeritus Professor Renfrey Potts | 1948 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Norman Grantham Hosking | 1947 | B Eng, B Sc (Eng) |
| John Lewis Gough | 1946 | BA (Hons) |
| Professor Herbert Walter Piper | 1946 | BA (Hons), D Litt |
| The Honourable William Andrew Noye Wells AO | 1941 | LLB |
| Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn | 1940 | BA |
| Duncan Campbell Menzies | 1939 | BA |
| Leslie Finlay Crisp | 1938 | BA (Hons), MA |
| William Douglas Allen | 1937 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Ronald William Trafford Cowan | 1936 | BA (Hons) |
| Andrew Paul Guinand | 1934 | B Sc |
| John Joseph Pritchard | 1935 | B Sc |
| Theodor Siegfried Dorsch | 1933 | BA |
| Eric William Gray | 1932 | BA (Hons) |
| Dr Brian Gilmore Maegraith | 1931 | MBBS |
| Brian William Hone | 1930 | BA |
| Lewis Charles Wilcher | 1930 | BA (Hons) |
| John Heywood Reynolds | 1929 | BA (Hons) |
| Franz William Wagner | 1928 | B Sc (Hons) |
| Ronald Gladstone Mitton | 1927 | M Sc |
| Dr Myles Landseer Formby | 1925 | MBBS |
| Dr Frederick Lewis Thyer | 1924 | MBBS |
| Dr Donald James Robert Sumner | 1923 | MBBS |
| Thomas Ashhurst | 1922 | |
| Dr Howard Walter Florey | 1921 | MBBS |
| Herbert Isaac Coombs | 1920 | B Sc |
| Stanford Howard | 1919 | |
| Dr Leonard Charles Edward Lindon | 1918 | MBBS |
| Dr Hugh William Bell Cairns | 1917 | MBBS |
| Howard Luscombe Rayner | 1916 | |
| Francis Edgar Williams | 1915 | BA (Hons), MA |
| Alan W Morey | 1914 | |
| Dr Henry Herman Leopold A Brose | 1913 | |
| Dr Edmund Britten Jones | 1912 | MBBS |
| Cecil Thomas Madigan | 1911 | B Sc |
| Harry Thomson | 1910 | LL B |
| Henry Kenneth Fry | 1909 | B Sc (Hons), M D |
| Reginald John Rudall | 1908 | LL B |
| Dr William Ray | 1907 | MBBS |
| Walter Rupert Reynell | 1906 | B Sc |
| Roy Lister Robinson | 1905 | |
| Norman William Jolly | 1904 | B Sc (Hons) |