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 and the Western Bulldogs have won one each.
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] |
| Club | Premierships | Runners-up | Grand finals | Seasons since last premiership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Seasons | Total | Seasons | |||
| Adelaide | 3 | 2017, 2019, S6 | 1 | 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| Brisbane | 2 | 2021, 2023 | 3 | 2017, 2018, S7 | 5 | 0 |
| Melbourne | 1 | S7 | 1 | S6 | 2 | 1 |
| Western Bulldogs | 1 | 2018 | 0 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Carlton | 0 | — | 1 | 2019 | 1 | — |
| North Melbourne | 0 | — | 1 | 2023 | 1 | — |
| Essendon | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Collingwood | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Fremantle | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Geelong | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Gold Coast | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Greater Western Sydney | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| St Kilda | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| West Coast | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
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 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | 2.33 | 1.75 |
| Brisbane | 2017–present | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28.57% | 3.50 | 1.40 |
| Melbourne | 2017–present | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14.29% | 7.00 | 3.50 |
| Western Bulldogs | 2017–present | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14.29% | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| North Melbourne | 2019–present | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 5.00 |
| Carlton | 2017–present | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 7.00 |
| Collingwood | 2017–present | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Fremantle | 2017–present | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Greater Western Sydney | 2017–present | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Geelong | 2019–present | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Gold Coast | 2020–present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Richmond | 2020–present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| St Kilda | 2020–present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| West Coast | 2020–present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Essendon | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Hawthorn | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Port Adelaide | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Sydney | 2022 (S7)–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
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