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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 ...
The inaugural premiership was awarded as a result of a round-robin finals system; [2] this format was replaced after the first season, and a grand final has been held every season since 1898 to determine the premiers, [3] with the exception of 1924 when a modified round-robin system was used.
The Victorian Football Association was the top Victorian competition in Australian rules football from 1877 until 1896, and has been the second-tier Victorian competition since. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club which wins the VFL Grand Final.
The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season. Prior to 1990 it was known as the VFL Grand Final, as the league was then known as the Victorian Football League, and both were renamed due to the national expansion of the competition.
Up until 1954 a 'grand final' match was only held if the minor premiers were beaten. [11] The adoption of the VFL's Page–McIntyre system for the 1954 NSWRFL season meant for the first time grand finals would become necessary every season, so the term grand final has become used to describe all premiership deciders.
The pre-finals bye has many critics, who take the view that qualifying final winners are put at a disadvantage by losing match fitness and readiness as a result of two byes in three weeks; [17] [18] [19] this view is supported by the percentage of qualifying final winners who then won their preliminary finals dropping from 94% in 2007–2015 to ...
This is a list of records from the Australian Football League (AFL) since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).
This is a list of VFL/AFL Grand Final records, ... Biggest comeback to win – Three Quarter time: 23: by Essendon vs Hawthorn 1984 Biggest comeback to draw – Three ...