VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics

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This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. The grand final has been played in all VFL/AFL seasons except for 1897 and 1924 (where the premiership was awarded without a grand final being played), and has been an annual tradition in its current format since 1931.

Since the introduction by the League of equalisation policies of a salary cap and draft in 1987,[1] every team currently competing in the Australian Football League (except for Gold Coast, which has not yet qualified for a finals series) has qualified for a preliminary final. This has had a significant impact on the spread of premierships: since 1990, thirteen clubs have won a premiership, compared with only five clubs between 1967 and 1989.[2] Essendon and Carlton have won the most VFL/AFL premierships, with a total of 16 each. Of the teams currently competing in the Australian Football League, only Fremantle, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney (three of the competition's four newest clubs) are yet to win a premiership.

Premierships by team

Club Years in competition Premierships Runners-up Premiership years Runner-up years
Essendon 1897–present 16 14 1897, 1901, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000 1898, 1902, 1908, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1983, 1990, 2001
Carlton 1897–present 16 13 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995 1904, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1949, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1993, 1999
Collingwood 1897–present 15 27 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010 1901, 1905, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2018
Hawthorn 1925–present 13 6 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 1963, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2012
Melbourne 1897–present 12 5 1900, 1926, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964 1946, 1954, 1958, 1988, 2000
Richmond 1908–present 11 12 1920, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980, 2017 1919, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1972, 1982
Geelong 1897–present 9 9 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011 1897, 1930, 1953, 1967, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2008
Fitzroy 1897–1996 8 5 1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944 1900, 1903, 1906, 1917, 1923
South Melbourne / Sydney 1897–present 5 12 1909, 1918, 1933, 2005, 2012 1899, 1907, 1912, 1914, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1996, 2006, 2014, 2016
North Melbourne 1925–present 4 5 1975, 1977, 1996, 1999 1950, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1998
West Coast 1987–present 4 3 1992, 1994, 2006, 2018 1991, 2005, 2015
Brisbane Lions 1997–present 3 1 2001, 2002, 2003 2004
Adelaide 1991–present 2 1 1997, 1998 2017
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1925–present 2 1 1954, 2016 1961
St Kilda 1897–present 1 6 1966 1913, 1965, 1971, 1997, 2009, 2010
Port Adelaide 1997–present 1 1 2004 2007
Fremantle 1995–present 0 1 2013
University 1908–1914 0 0
Brisbane Bears 1987–1996 0 0
Gold Coast 2011–present 0 0
Greater Western Sydney 2012–present 0 0

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Premiership frequency

Club Years in competition Seasons Premierships Runners-up Percentage of premierships won Average years
Based by seasons in comp per premiership per grand final
Hawthorn 1925–present 94 13 6 13.83% 7.23 4.95
Brisbane Lions 1997–present 22 3 1 13.64% 7.33 5.50
Essendon 1897–1915, 1918–present 120 16 14 13.33% 7.50 4.00
Carlton 1897–present 122 16 13 13.11% 7.56 4.21
West Coast 1987–present 32 4 3 12.50% 8.00 4.57
Collingwood 1897–present 122 15 27 12.30% 8.13 2.90
Melbourne 1897–1915, 1919–present 119 12 5 10.08% 9.92 7.00
Richmond 1908–present 111 11 12 9.91% 10.09 4.83
Fitzroy 1897–1996 100 8 5 8.00% 12.50 7.69
Geelong 1897–1915, 1917–1941, 1944–present 119 9 9 7.56% 13.11 6.61
Adelaide 1991–present 28 2 1 7.14% 14.00 9.33
Port Adelaide 1997–present 22 1 1 4.55% 22.00 11.00
North Melbourne 1925–present 94 4 5 4.26% 23.50 10.44
South Melbourne / Sydney 1897–present 122 5 12 4.10% 24.40 7.18
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1925–present 94 2 1 2.13% 47.00 31.33
St Kilda 1897–1915, 1918–present 120 1 6 0.83% 120.00 17.14
Fremantle 1995–present 24 0 1 – – 24.00
Brisbane Bears 1987–1996 10 0 0 – – –
University 1908–1914 7 0 0 – – –
Gold Coast 2011–present 8 0 0 – – –
Greater Western Sydney 2012–present 7 0 0 – – –

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Premiership droughts

The following tables summarise the longest periods of time between premierships won by clubs. The first table is limited to droughts lasting 50 or more years, while the latter two are specific to each club (the first of which spans the entire competition, including all 20 teams). The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought.

+ Drought began upon club's entry to league
† Drought ended upon club's exit from league
— Current drought

Longest premiership droughts

Club Seasons Start End Grand final appearances during drought
South Melbourne / Sydney 72 1933 2005 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1996
St Kilda 68a 1897+ 1966 1913, 1965
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 62 1954 2016 1961
Melbourne 54 1964 — 1988, 2000
St Kilda 52 1966 — 1971, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2010 replay
Fitzroy 52 1944 1996†
North Melbourne 51 1925+ 1975 1950, 1974

a As St Kilda did not contest the 1916 and 1917 seasons, the duration of this drought was either 68 contested seasons, or 70 calendar years.

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Longest club premiership droughts

Club Seasons Start End Grand final appearances during drought
Adelaide 20 1998 — 2017
Brisbane Bears 10 1987+ 1996†
Brisbane Lions 15 2003 — 2004
Carlton 23 1915 1938 1916, 1921, 1932
1995 — 1999
Collingwood 32 1958 1990 1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1977 replay, 1979, 1980, 1981
Essendon 19 1965 1984 1968, 1983
Fitzroy 52 1944 1996†
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 62 1954 2016 1961
Fremantle 24 1995+ — 2013
Geelong 44 1963 2007 1967, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995
Gold Coast 8 2011+ —
Greater Western Sydney 7 2012+ —
Hawthorn 37 1925+ 1961
Melbourne 54 1964 — 1988, 2000
North Melbourne 51 1925+ 1975 1950, 1974
Port Adelaide 14 2004 — 2007
Richmond 37 1980 2017 1982
St Kilda 68a 1897+ 1966 1913, 1965
South Melbourne / Sydney 72 1933 2005 1934, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1996
University 7 1908+ 1914†
West Coast 12 1994 2006 2005
2006 2018 2015

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Current club premiership droughts

* Also the longest club premiership drought
Club Seasons Start Grand final appearances during drought
Adelaide 20* 1998 2017
Brisbane Lions 15 2003 2004
Carlton 23 1995 1999
Collingwood 8 2010 2011, 2018
Essendon 18 2000 2001
Fremantle 24* 1995+ 2013
Geelong 7 2011
Gold Coast 8* 2011+
Greater Western Sydney 7* 2012+
Hawthorn 3 2015
Melbourne 54* 1964 1988, 2000
North Melbourne 19 1999
Port Adelaide 14* 2004 2007
Richmond 1 2017
St Kilda 52 1966 1971, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2010 replay
Sydney 6 2012 2014, 2016
West Coast 0 2018
Western Bulldogs 2 2016

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Consecutive appearances

Consecutive premierships

The most VFL/AFL premierships won consecutively is four, achieved only once, by Collingwood (1927–1930). Teams have won three premierships in a row on a further five occasions, and back-to-back premierships have been won on a further seventeen occasions.

# Club Years
4 Collingwood 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
3 Carlton 1906, 1907, 1908
Melbourne 1939, 1940, 1941
Melbourne 1955, 1956, 1957
Brisbane Lions 2001, 2002, 2003
Hawthorn 2013, 2014, 2015
2 Fitzroy 1898, 1899
Collingwood 1902, 1903
Fitzroy 1904, 1905
Essendon 1911, 1912
Carlton 1914, 1915
Richmond 1920, 1921
Essendon 1923, 1924
Collingwood 1935, 1936
Essendon 1949, 1950
Geelong 1951, 1952
Melbourne 1959, 1960
Richmond 1973, 1974
Carlton 1981, 1982
Essendon 1984, 1985
Hawthorn 1988, 1989
Adelaide 1997, 1998

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Consecutive grand finals

The most consecutive years in which a club has featured in the VFL/AFL grand final is seven, achieved by Melbourne and Hawthorn.

# Club Years Win/loss
7 Melbourne 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 L, W, W, W, L, W, W
Hawthorn 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 W, L, L, W, L, W, W
6 Collingwood 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 L, L, W, W, W, W
Essendon 1946, 1947, 19481, 1949, 1950, 1951 W, L, L, W, W, L
5 Carlton 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 W, W, W, L, L
Collingwood 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 W, W, L, L, L
North Melbourne 1974, 1975, 1976, 19772, 1978 L, W, L, W, L
4 Fitzroy 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 L, W, W, L
Collingwood 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 W, L, W, L
Richmond 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 L, W, L, W
South Melbourne 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 W, L, L, L
Brisbane Lions 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 W, W, W, L
Hawthorn 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 L, W, W, W
3 Fitzroy 1898, 1899, 1900 W, W, L
Collingwood 1901, 1902, 1903 L, W, W
Carlton 1914, 1915, 1916 W, W, L
Richmond 1919, 1920, 1921 L, W, W
Richmond 1927, 1928, 1929 L, L, L
Melbourne 1939, 1940, 1941 W, W, W
Essendon 1941, 1942, 1943 L, W, L
Richmond 1942, 1943, 1944 L, W, L
Geelong 1951, 1952, 1953 W, W, L
Carlton 1968, 1969, 1970 W, L, W
Richmond 1972, 1973, 1974 L, W, W
Collingwood 1979, 1980, 1981 L, L, L
Essendon 1983, 1984, 1985 L, W, W
Geelong 2007, 2008, 2009 W, L, W

1 Essendon drew the 1948 VFL Grand Final, and was defeated by Melbourne in the replay.
2 North Melbourne drew the 1977 VFL Grand Final, and defeated Collingwood in the replay.

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Premierships at all levels

Club Seniors Reserves Under-19s Women's Night Total
Essendon 16 8 5 — 6 35
Carlton 16 8 6 0 4 34
Melbourne 12 12 6 0 3 33
Richmond 11 9 11 — 1 32
Collingwood 15 7 4 0 2 28
Hawthorn 13 4 1 — 9 27
Geelong 9 13 1 — 3 26
North Melbourne 4 7 7 — 5 23
Fitzroy 8 3 2 — 2 15
Footscray / Western Bulldogs 2 6 1 1 4 14
South Melbourne / Sydney 5 0 1 — 4 10
St Kilda 1 3 1 — 4 9
Adelaide 2 — — 1 2 5
West Coast 4 — — — 0 4
Brisbane Lions 3 — — 0 1 4
Port Adelaide 1 — — — 2 3
Brisbane Bears 0 1 — — 0 1
University 0 0 — — — 0
Fremantle 0 — — 0 0 0
Gold Coast 0 — — — 0 0
Greater Western Sydney 0 — — 0 0 0

Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.

Premierships across multiple grades in a season

A club has won premierships in three grades in a single year on only two occasions – Essendon in 1950, and Richmond in 1973. During the years that it was achievable, no club ever won a senior, reserves, under-19s and night premiership in a single year.

Season Club Seniors Reserves Under-19s Women's Night Total
1950 VFL season Essendon Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A 3/3
1951 VFL season Carlton No Yes Yes N/A N/A 2/3
1952 VFL season Essendon No Yes Yes N/A N/A 2/3
1956 VFL season South Melbourne No No Yes N/A Yes
[note 1] 		2/4
1965 VFL season Collingwood No Yes Yes N/A N/A
[note 2] 		2/3
1971 VFL season Melbourne No No Yes N/A Yes
[note 3] 		2/4
1972 VFL season Hawthorn No Yes Yes N/A N/A 2/3
1973 VFL season Richmond Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A 3/3
1977 VFL season Richmond No Yes Yes N/A No 2/4
1984 VFL season Essendon Yes No No N/A Yes 2/4
1985 VFL season Hawthorn No Yes No N/A Yes 2/4
1986 VFL season Hawthorn Yes No No N/A Yes 2/4
1988 VFL season Hawthorn Yes No No N/A Yes 2/4
1991 AFL season Hawthorn Yes No No N/A Yes 2/4
1993 AFL season Essendon Yes No N/A N/A Yes 2/3
1995 AFL season North Melbourne No Yes N/A N/A Yes 2/3
2000 AFL season Essendon Yes N/A N/A N/A Yes 2/2
2009 AFL season Geelong Yes N/A N/A N/A Yes 2/2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 1956 VFL Night Series Competition was only for the teams who missed the finals (5th to 12th on ladder).
  2. ^ The 1965 VFL Night Series Competition was only for the teams who missed the finals (5th to 12th on ladder).
  3. ^ The 1971 VFL Night Series Competition was only for the teams who missed the finals (5th to 12th on ladder).

References

  1. ^ NAB AFL Draft Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ An object lesson in the perils of hindsight

Sources

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