The Richmond Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Richmond, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). From its founding in 1885 until 1907 Richmond competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). It left the VFA to join the VFL in 1908 and has competed in each season since. Richmond have won 2 VFA/VFL premierships and 13 VFL/AFL premierships.
VFL/AFL premiers |
Grand finalist |
Minor premiers |
H&A | Home and away season finishing position |
Fin. | Finals finishing position |
W | Number of home and away season wins |
L | Number of home and away season losses |
D | Number of home and away season draws |
Fin. matches | Finals matches played |
B&F | Best and fairest winner |
Goal | Leading goalkicker |
Italics | Season in progress |
Ref. | Reference |
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Game type | Played | Wins | Losses | Draws | W–L% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home & Away season | Home | 1126 | 650 | 461 | 15 | .585 |
Away | 1126 | 495 | 622 | 9 | .443 | |
Total | 2252 | 1145 | 1083 | 24 | .514 | |
Finals | 94 | 56 | 37 | 1 | .602 | |
Overall | 2346 | 1201 | 1120 | 25 | .517 |
Correct as at the end of the 2022 season. [117]
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