The Hawthorn Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
This article lists all seasons dating back to Hawthorn's inaugural season in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA, later MAFA), followed by the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Hawthorn has also had a women's team since 2018, currently competing in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and formerly in the VFL Women's (VFLW).
Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 AFL season.
Premiers/Minor premiers | Runner–up | Finals appearance | Wooden spoon | Coleman Medalist | Brownlow Medalist |
Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of 2024.
Premiers/Minor premiers | Runners–up | Finals appearance | Wooden spoon | AFLW leading goalkicker | AFLW best and fairest |
Year | League | W | L | D | Finish | Finals | Coach | Captain | Leading goalkicker | Best and fairest | Ref |
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2018 | VFLW | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1st | Premiers | Patrick Hill | Emma Mackie | Sarah Perkins | Jayde Van Dyk | [124] |
2019 | VFLW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7th | Bec Goddard | Tamara Luke | Phoebe McWilliams | Rosie Dillon | [125] | |
2020 | VFLW | (No season) | Bec Goddard | Tamara Luke | (No season) | ||||||
2021 | VFLW | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9th | Bec Goddard | Meg Hutchins | Jessie Williams | Tamara Luke | [126] | |
2022 | VFLW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2nd | Lost semi-final | Bec Goddard | Tamara Luke | Kristy Stratton Jessie Williams | Jordan Mifsud | [127] |
2022 S7 | AFLW | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15th | Bec Goddard | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | Jess Duffin | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | [128] | |
2023 | AFLW | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14th | Bec Goddard | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | Aine McDonagh | Emily Bates | [129] | |
2024 | AFLW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | Lost semi-final | Daniel Webster | Emily Bates | Aine McDonagh | Eliza West | [130] |
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Son of Tom Ferguson, Captain of Hawthorn when the Club played in the MJFA in 1906
A noteworthy feature of the Hawthorn-Port Rovers game as a splendid defence by Hawthorn in the last quarter. Skipper Eastman did the best work, the ball only passing him once during the whole quarter.