The Greater Western Sydney Giants, also known as the GWS Giants, are an Australian rules football club based in the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales. The club joined the Australian Football League (AFL) as an expansion club, playing their first match during the first round of the 2012 AFL season. In their first twelve completed seasons, the club qualified for the finals series on six occasions, with one Grand Final appearance and no premierships.
| ‡ | Finished the home and away season in first position (minor premiers) |
|---|---|
| † | Finished the home and away season in last position (wooden spoon) |
| Premiers | Won the AFL premiership in the Grand Final |
| Runners-up | Lost the Grand Final |
| PF | Did not progress past the preliminary finals |
| SF | Did not progress past the semi-finals |
| EF | Did not progress past the elimination finals |
| DNQ | Did not qualify for finals |
| ^ | Denotes caretaker coach |
| + | Joint winner |
| Season | League | Home and away results | Finals results | Coach | Captain | Best and fairest | Leading goalkicker | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladder | W | L | D | ||||||||
| 2012 | AFL (1) | 18th† | 2 | 20 | 0 | DNQ | Kevin Sheedy | Phil Davis Luke Power Callan Ward | [1] | ||
| 2013 | AFL (2) | 18th† | 1 | 21 | 0 | DNQ | Phil Davis Callan Ward | [2] | |||
| 2014 | AFL (3) | 16th | 6 | 16 | 0 | DNQ | Leon Cameron | [3] | |||
| 2015 | AFL (4) | 11th | 11 | 11 | 0 | DNQ | [4] | ||||
| 2016 | AFL (5) | 4th | 16 | 6 | 0 | PF | [5] | ||||
| 2017 | AFL (6) | 4th | 14 | 6 | 2 | PF | [6] | ||||
| 2018 | AFL (7) | 7th | 13 | 8 | 1 | SF | [7] | ||||
| 2019 | AFL (8) | 6th | 13 | 9 | 0 | Runners-up (1) | [8] | ||||
| 2020 | AFL (9) | 10th | 8 | 9 | 0 | DNQ | Stephen Coniglio | [9] | |||
| 2021 | AFL (10) | 7th | 11 | 10 | 1 | SF | [10] | ||||
| 2022 | AFL (11) | 16th | 6 | 16 | 0 | DNQ | Leon Cameron | Stephen Coniglio Toby Greene Josh Kelly | [11] | ||
| Mark McVeigh ^ | |||||||||||
| 2023 | AFL (12) | 7th | 13 | 10 | 0 | PF | Adam Kingsley | Toby Greene | [12] | ||
| 2024 | AFL (13) | 4th | 15 | 8 | 0 | SF | [13] | ||||
| 2025 | AFL (14) | Upcoming season | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||||||
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