List of AFL Women's premiers

This page is a complete chronological listing of AFL Women's premiers. The AFL Women's (AFLW) is the elite national competition in women's Australian rules football.

Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Women's Grand Final. The grand final was hosted by the minor premier in the first two seasons when no finals series existed, and was hosted by the preliminary final winner with the most premiership points (percentage would have come into consideration if points were the same) in 2019 when a conference system was in place.[1] Since 2021, the grand final has been hosted by the higher-ranked preliminary final winner.[2] In 2020, no premiership was awarded after the season was curtailed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Adelaide has won the most premierships with three, while Brisbane has won two, and Melbourne, North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs have won one each.

List of premiers

The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.

No premiership was awarded
Season Premiers Runners-up Best on ground Venue Crowd Date Ref.
Club Score Club Score Player Club
2017 Adelaide 4.11 (35) Brisbane 4.5 (29) Erin Phillips Adelaide Carrara Stadium 15,610 25 March 2017 [4]
2018 Western Bulldogs 4.3 (27) Brisbane 3.3 (21) Monique Conti Western Bulldogs Princes Park 7,083 24 March 2018 [5]
2019 Adelaide (2) 10.3 (63) Carlton 2.6 (18) Erin Phillips Adelaide Adelaide Oval 53,034 31 March 2019 [6]
2020 [3]
2021 Brisbane 6.2 (38) Adelaide 3.2 (20) Kate Lutkins Brisbane Adelaide Oval 22,934 17 April 2021 [7]
2022 (S6) Adelaide (3) 4.5 (29) Melbourne 2.4 (16) Anne Hatchard Adelaide Adelaide Oval 16,712 9 April 2022 [8]
2022 (S7) Melbourne 2.7 (19) Brisbane 2.3 (15) Shannon Campbell Brisbane Springfield Central Stadium 7,412 27 November 2022 [9]
2023 Brisbane (2) 7.2 (44) North Melbourne 4.3 (27) Breanna Koenen Brisbane Princes Park 12,616 3 December 2023 [10]
2024 North Melbourne 6.3 (39) Brisbane 1.3 (9) Jasmine Garner North Melbourne Princes Park 12,122 30 November 2024 [11]

Premiership statistics

Premierships by team

Club Premierships Runners-up Grand finals Seasons since
last premiership
Total Seasons Total Seasons
Adelaide 3 2017, 2019, S6 1 2021 4 3
Brisbane 2 2021, 2023 4 2017, 2018, S7, 2024 6 1
Melbourne 1 S7 1 S6 2 2
North Melbourne 1 2024 1 2023 2 0
Western Bulldogs 1 2018 0 — 1 7
Carlton 0 — 1 2019 1 —
Collingwood 0 — 0 — 0 —
Essendon 0 — 0 — 0 —
Fremantle 0 — 0 — 0 —
Geelong 0 — 0 — 0 —
Gold Coast 0 — 0 — 0 —
Greater Western Sydney 0 — 0 — 0 —
Hawthorn 0 — 0 — 0 —
Port Adelaide 0 — 0 — 0 —
Richmond 0 — 0 — 0 —
St Kilda 0 — 0 — 0 —
Sydney 0 — 0 — 0 —
West Coast 0 — 0 — 0 —

Premiership frequency

The 2020 season is not included in the latter three columns, as the season was not fully contested and no premiership was awarded.

Club Seasons Seasons Premierships Runners-up Strike rate Average seasons per
Premiership Grand final
Adelaide 2017–present 9 3 1 37.50% 2.67 2.00
Brisbane 2017–present 9 2 4 25.00% 4.00 1.33
Melbourne 2017–present 9 1 1 12.50% 8.00 4.00
North Melbourne 2019–present 7 1 1 16.67% 6.00 3.00
Western Bulldogs 2017–present 9 1 0 12.50% 8.00 8.00
Carlton 2017–present 9 0 1 0.00% — 8.00
Collingwood 2017–present 9 0 0 0.00% — —
Fremantle 2017–present 9 0 0 0.00% — —
Greater Western Sydney 2017–present 9 0 0 0.00% — —
Geelong 2019–present 7 0 0 0.00% — —
Gold Coast 2020–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
Richmond 2020–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
St Kilda 2020–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
West Coast 2020–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
Essendon 2022 (S7)–present 3 0 0 0.00% — —
Hawthorn 2022 (S7)–present 3 0 0 0.00% — —
Port Adelaide 2022 (S7)–present 3 0 0 0.00% — —
Sydney 2022 (S7)–present 3 0 0 0.00% — —

See also

References

  1. ^ Black, Sarah (18 March 2019). "Preliminary finals locked in: Full venue and time info". womens.afl. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ "REVEALED: Grand Final timeslot and potential venues". womens.afl. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Canil, Jourdan (22 March 2020). "No premiership in 2020: AFLW season ends immediately". womens.afl. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ Matthews, Bruce (25 March 2017). "Match report: Crows soar to flag in thriller". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. ^ Matthews, Bruce (24 March 2018). "AFLW match report: Dogs take out flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ Gaskin, Lee (31 March 2019). "Crows soar to flag in front of record crowd, but injury hits superstar". womens.afl. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ^ Phelan, Jennifer (17 April 2021). "Third time lucky: Lions nab first flag after epic decider". womens.afl. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ Black, Sarah (9 April 2022). "DYNASTY: Crows exorcise Grand Final Demons to win third premiership". womens.afl. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  9. ^ Black, Sarah (27 November 2022). "Match report: Dee-licious: Daisy gets her flag as Demons stun Lions". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ Black, Sarah (3 December 2023). "Lion-hearted: Brisbane storms home over Roos to secure flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  11. ^ Black, Sarah (30 November 2024). "Roo-demption! North completes unbeaten season to win first flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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