List of AFL Grand Final Winners

VFL/AFL Premiers

Currently the top eight teams in the AFL competition play off in the finals, eventually with a grand final match usually played in the last week of September. Read about the AFL finals system. Below are the winners of the Grand Final since the first one in 1898, over 110 years ago.

There have been three drawn grand finals (1948, 1977 and 2010), which required a replay match the following week.

Collingwood have played in the most Grand Finals. Essendon and Carlton have been premiers 16 times, Collingwood 15. Only one team have won four consecutive grand finals, Collingwood in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930.

Hawthorn won their third straight grand final in 2015, making a total of 13 grand final wins for them.

In 2016, the Western Bulldogs appeared in their first Grand Final since 1961, beating the Sydney Swans by 22 points. The bulldogs won three consecutive finals from a record seventh position on the ladder to progress through to the Grand Final.

The 2017 winner Richmond completed the greatest 12-month turnaround in AFL history, after finishing 13th on the ladder in 2016, the Tigers won their first premiership in 37 years in 2017.

The 2018 Grand Final was won by the West Coast Eagles.

List of AFL Grand Final Winners

Season	Premier	Runner Up	Score
2018	West Coast Eagles	Collingwood	11.13 (79) d. 11.8 (74)
2017	Richmond	Adelaide	16.12 (108) d. 8.12 (60)
2016	Western Bulldogs	Sydney	13.11 (89) d. 10.7 (67)
2015	Hawthorn	West Coast Eagles	16.11 (107) d. 8.13 (61)
2014	Hawthorn	Sydney	21.11 (137) d. 11.8 (74)
2013	Hawthorn	Fremantle	11.11 (77) d. 8.14 (62)
2012	Sydney Swans	Hawthorn	14.7 (91) - 11.15 (81)
2011	Geelong	Collingwood	18.11 (119) - 12.9 (81)
2010	Collingwood	St Kilda	1. 9.14 (68) - 10.8 (68) 2. 16.12 (108) - 7.10 (52) - replay
2009	Geelong	St Kilda	12.8 (80) - 9.14 (68)
2008	Hawthorn	Geelong	18.7 (115) - 11.23 (89)
2007	Geelong	Port Adelaide	24.19 (163) - 6.8 (44)
2006	West Coast	Sydney	12.13 (85) - 12.12 (84)
2005	Sydney	West Coast	8.10 (58) - 7.12 (54)
2004	Port Adelaide	Brisbane	17.11 (113) - 10.13 (73)
2003	Brisbane	Collingwood	20.14 (134) - 12.12 (84)
2002	Brisbane	Collingwood	10.15 (75) - 9.12 (66)
2001	Brisbane	Essendon	15.18 (108) - 12.10 (82)
2000	Essendon	Melbourne	19.21 (135) - 11.9 (75)
1999	North Melbourne	Carlton	19.10 (124) - 12.17 (89)
1998	Adelaide	North Melbourne	15.15 (105) - 8.22 (70)
1997	Adelaide	St Kilda	19.11 (125) - 13.16 (94)
1996	North Melbourne	Sydney	19.17 (131) - 13.10 (88)
1995	Carlton	Geelong	21.15 (141) - 11.14 (80)
1994	West Coast	Geelong	20.23 (143) - 8.15 (63)
1993	Essendon	Carlton	20.13 (133) - 13.11 (89)
1992	West Coast	Geelong	16.17 (113) - 12.13 (85)
1991	Hawthorn	West Coast	20.19 (139) - 13.8 (86)
1990	Collingwood	Essendon	13.11 (89) - 5.11 (41)
1989	Hawthorn	Geelong	21.18 (144) - 21.12 (138)
1988	Hawthorn	Melbourne	22.20 (152) - 6.20 (56)
1987	Carlton	Hawthorn	15.14 (104) - 9.17 (71)
1986	Hawthorn	Carlton	16.14 (110) - 9.14 (68)
1985	Essendon	Hawthorn	26.14 (170) - 14.8 (92)
1984	Essendon	Hawthorn	14.21 (105) - 12.9 (81)
1983	Hawthorn	Essendon	20.20 (140) - 8.9 (57)
1982	Carlton	Richmond	14.19 (103) - 12.13 (85)
1981	Carlton	Collingwood	12.20 (92) - 10.12 (72)
1980	Richmond	Collingwood	23.21 (159) - 9.24 (78)
1979	Carlton	Collingwood	11.16 (82) - 11.11 (77)
1978	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	18.13 (121) - 15.13 (103)
1977	North Melbourne	Collingwood	1. 9.22 (76) - 10.16 (76) 2. 21.25 (151) - 19.10 (124)
1976	Hawthorn	North Melbourne	13.22 (100) - 10.10 (70)
1975	North Melbourne	Hawthorn	19.8 (122) - 9.13 (67)
1974	Richmond	North Melbourne	18.20 (128) - 13.9 (87)
1973	Richmond	Carlton	16.20 (116) - 12.14 (86)
1972	Carlton	Richmond	28.9 (177) - 22.18 (150)
1971	Hawthorn	St Kilda	12.10 (82) - 11.9 (75)
1970	Carlton	Collingwood	17.9 (111) - 14.17 (101)
1969	Richmond	Carlton	12.13 (85) - 8.12 (60)
1968	Carlton	Essendon	7.14 (56) - 8.5 (53)
1967	Richmond	Geelong	16.18 (114) - 15.15 (105)
1966	St Kilda	Collingwood	10.14 (74) - 10.13 (73)
1965	Essendon	St Kilda	14.21 (105) - 9.16 (70)
1964	Melbourne	Collingwood	8.16 (64) - 8.12 (60)
1963	Geelong	Hawthorn	15.19 (109) - 8.12 (60)
1962	Essendon	Carlton	13.12 (90) - 8.10 (58)
1961	Hawthorn	Footscray	13.16 (94) - 7.9 (51)
1960	Melbourne	Collingwood	8.14 (62) - 2.2 (14)
1959	Melbourne	Essendon	17.13 (115) - 11.12 (78)
1958	Collingwood	Melbourne	12.10 (82) - 9.10 (64)
1957	Melbourne	Essendon	17.14 (116) - 7.13 (55)
1956	Melbourne	Collingwood	17.19 (121) - 6.12 (48)
1955	Melbourne	Collingwood	8.16 (64) - 5.6 (36)
1954	Footscray	Melbourne	15.12 (102) - 7.9 (51)
1953	Collingwood	Geelong	11.11 (77) - 8.17 (65)
1952	Geelong	Collingwood	13.8 (86) - 5.10 (40)
1951	Geelong	Essendon	11.15 (81) - 10.10 (70)
1950	Essendon	North Melbourne	13.14 (92) - 7.12 (54)
1949	Essendon	Carlton	18.17 (125) - 6.16 (52)
1948	Melbourne	Essendon	1. 10.9 (69) - 7.27 (69) 2. 13.11 (89) - 7.8 (50)
1947	Carlton	Essendon	13.8 (86) - 11.19 (85)
1946	Essendon	Melbourne	22.18 (150) - 13.9(87)
1945	Carlton	South Melbourne	15.13 (103) - 10.15 (75)
1944	Fitzroy	Richmond	9.12 (66) - 7.9 (51)
1943	Richmond	Essendon	12.14 (86) - 11.15 (81)
1942	Essendon	Richmond	19.18 (132) - 11.13 (79)
1941	Melbourne	Essendon	19.13 (127) - 13.20 (98)
1940	Melbourne	Richmond	15.17 (107) - 10.8 (68)
1939	Melbourne	Collingwood	21.22 (148) - 14.11 (95)
1938	Carlton	Collingwood	15.10 (100) - 13.7 (85)
1937	Geelong	Collingwood	18.14 (122) - 12.18 (90)
1936	Collingwood	South Melbourne	11.23 (89) - 10.18 (78)
1935	Collingwood	South Melbourne	11.12 (78) - 7.16 (58)
1934	Richmond	South Melbourne	19.14 (128) - 12.17 (89)
1933	South Melbourne	Richmond	9.17 (71) - 4.5 (29)
1932	Richmond	Carlton	13.14 (92) - 12.11 (83)
1931	Geelong	Richmond	9.14 (68) - 7.6 (48)
1930	Collingwood	Geelong	14.16 (100) - 9.16 (70)
1929	Collingwood	Richmond	11.13 (79) - 7.8 (50)
1928	Collingwood	Richmond	13.18 (96) - 9.9 (63)
1927	Collingwood	Richmond	2.13 (25) - 1.7 (13)
1926	Melbourne	Collingwood	17.17 (119) - 9.8 (62)
1925	Geelong	Collingwood	10.19 (79) - 9.15 (69)
1924	Essendon	Richmond	No Grand Final
1923	Essendon	Fitzroy	8.15 (63) - 6.10 (46)
1922	Fitzroy	Collingwood	11.13 (79) - 9.14 (68)
1921	Richmond	Carlton	5.6 (36) - 4.8 (32)
1920	Richmond	Collingwood	7.10 (52) - 5.5 (35)
1919	Collingwood	Richmond	11.12 (78) - 7.11 (53)
1918	South Melbourne	Collingwood	9.8 (62) - 7.15 (57)
1917	Collingwood	Fitzroy	9.20 (74) - 5.9 (39)
1916	Fitzroy	Carlton	12.13 (85) - 8.8 (56)
1915	Carlton	Collingwood	11.12 (78) - 6.9 (45)
1914	Carlton	South Melbourne	6.9 (45) - 4.15 (39)
1913	Fitzroy	St Kilda	7.14 (56) - 5.13 (43)
1912	Essendon	South Melbourne	5.17 (47) - 4.9 (33)
1911	Essendon	Collingwood	5.11 (41) - 4.11 (35)
1910	Collingwood	Carlton	9.7 (61) - 6.11 (47)
1909	South Melbourne	Carlton	4.14 (38) - 4.12 (36)
1908	Carlton	Essendon	5.5 (35) - 3.8 (26)
1907	Carlton	South Melbourne	6.14 (50) - 6.9 (45)
1906	Carlton	Fitzroy	15.4 (94) - 6.9 (45)
1905	Fitzroy	Collingwood	4.6 (30) - 2.5 (17)
1904	Fitzroy	Carlton	9.7 (61) - 5.7 (37)
1903	Collingwood	Fitzroy	4.7 (31) - 3.11 (29)
1902	Collingwood	Essendon	9.6 (60) - 3.9 (27)
1901	Essendon	Collingwood	6.7 (43) - 2.4 (16)
1900	Melbourne	Fitzroy	4.10 (34) - 3.12 (30)
1899	Fitzroy	South Melbourne	3.9 (27) - 3.8 (26)
1898	Fitzroy	Essendon	5.8 (38) - 3.5 (23)
1897	Essendon	Geelong	No Grand Final