The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) minor premiership is awarded to the team that finishes on top of the minor round ladder at the end of the Home and Away season.
There were no Grand Finals contested between 1877 (the inaugural season) and 1897, hence the Minor Premier was also the Premiership winner. There were 3 exceptions -
For 1877 the inaugural season - the two top teams were declared joint Champions. Each team had played a different total of games against slightly different opponents but had only both lost one game each. The 3rd-place team finished with more points (from more games played) but had lost 3 games.
In 1889 there was a play off as the two teams finished the season on the same points.
In 1894 the season was divided into two halves - 1st and 2nd Round. The winner of each round then competed in a Premiership playoff.
| Club | Minor Premierships | Runner Up | Total Top Two |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Adelaide | 44 | 28 | 72 |
| Norwood | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| North Adelaide | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Central District | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Sturt | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| Glenelg | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Woodville-West Torrens | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| South Adelaide | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| West Adelaide | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| West Torrens (1897-1990) * | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Victorian (1877-1884) * | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adelaide II (1885-1893) * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adelaide (AFL Crows Reserves) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
(1) Victorian Club renamed to North Adelaide in 1883 and resigned and folded before the 1885 season commenced. No connection with the current North Adelaide.
(2) Adelaide II was formed from merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks from Adelaide Suburban Association. No connection with the former Old Adelaide.
(3) West Torrens and Woodville merged at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens.