Premiers for each year are listed first. Highlighted in red are season results where the Premiers did worse in the combined result of all matches played that season against the Runners-up. (Note the premierships in 1897 and 1924 were decided without a Grand Final.)

 

Year   P W L D G B Pts % M/W% Margin % Diff 1897 Essendon 3 2 1 0 17 12 114 103.64 66.67 4 7.15   Geelong 3 1 2 0 14 26 110 96.49 33.33                               1898 Fitzroy 4 2 2 0 14 32 116 69.05 50.00 -52 -75.78   Essendon 4 2 2 0 23 30 168 144.83 50.00                               1899 Fitzroy 3 3 0 0 18 23 131 140.86 100.00 38 69.87   Sydney 3 0 3 0 12 21 93 70.99 0.00                               1900 Melbourne 3 1 2 0 11 27 93 60.78 33.33 -60 -103.7   Fitzroy 3 2 1 0 21 27 153 164.52 66.67                               1901 Essendon 3 1 2 0 14 28 112 86.82 33.33 -17 -28.36   Collingwood 3 2 1 0 18 21 129 115.18 66.67                               1902 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 22 26 158 113.67 66.67 19 25.69   Essendon 3 1 2 0 19 25 139 87.97 33.33                               1903 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 18 24 132 103.94 66.67 5 7.72   Fitzroy 3 1 2 0 15 37 127 96.21 33.33                               1904 Fitzroy 3 3 0 0 33 27 225 218.45 100.00 122 172.67   Carlton 3 0 3 0 13 25 103 45.78 0.00                               1905 Fitzroy 3 2 1 0 11 17 83 93.26 66.67 -6 -13.97   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 10 29 89 107.23 33.33                               1906 Carlton 3 2 1 0 27 21 183 144.09 66.67 56 74.70   Fitzroy 3 1 2 0 16 31 127 69.40 33.33                               1907 Carlton 4 2 2 0 19 58 172 90.53 50.00 -18 -19.94   Sydney 4 2 2 0 26 34 190 110.47 50.00                               1908 Carlton 3 2 1 0 14 23 107 107.00 66.67 7 13.54   Essendon 3 1 2 0 13 22 100 93.46 33.33                               1909 Sydney 4 2 2 0 24 30 174 86.57 50.00 -27 -28.95   Carlton 4 2 2 0 27 39 201 115.52 50.00                               1910 Collingwood 3 1 2 0 16 22 118 73.29 33.33 -43 -63.15   Carlton 3 2 1 0 21 35 161 136.44 66.67                               1911 Essendon 3 3 0 0 29 34 208 187.39 100.00 97 134.02   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 13 33 111 53.37 0.00                               1912 Essendon 4 3 1 0 28 47 215 109.69 75.00 19 18.53   Sydney 4 1 3 0 27 34 196 91.16 25.00                               1913 Fitzroy 4 2 2 0 23 50 188 85.84 50.00 -31 -30.64   St. Kilda 4 2 2 0 30 39 219 116.49 50.00                               1914 Carlton 4 2 1 1 27 39 201 103.61 62.50 7 7.09   Sydney 4 1 2 1 26 38 194 96.52 37.50                               1915 Carlton 3 3 0 0 31 30 216 120.00 100.00 36 36.67   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 25 30 180 83.33 0.00                               1916 Fitzroy 6 3 3 0 52 65 377 93.78 50.00 -25 -12.85   Carlton 6 3 3 0 54 78 402 106.63 50.00                               1917 Collingwood 5 4 1 0 52 70 382 137.41 80.00 104 64.64   Fitzroy 5 1 4 0 38 50 278 72.77 20.00                               1918 Sydney 3 3 0 0 28 30 198 117.86 100.00 30 33.01   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 22 36 168 84.85 0.00                               1919 Collingwood 4 3 1 0 39 41 275 111.79 75.00 29 22.33   Richmond 4 1 3 0 34 42 246 89.45 25.00                               1920 Richmond 3 3 0 0 23 30 168 118.31 100.00 26 33.79   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 20 22 142 84.52 0.00                               1921 Richmond 4 2 2 0 28 36 204 80.95 50.00 -48 -42.58   Carlton 4 2 2 0 33 54 252 123.53 50.00                               1922 Fitzroy 4 2 2 0 35 45 255 88.24 50.00 -34 -25.10   Collingwood 4 2 2 0 40 49 289 113.33 50.00                               1923 Essendon 3 1 2 0 20 37 157 85.33 33.33 -27 -31.87   Fitzroy 3 2 1 0 24 40 184 117.20 66.67                               1924 Essendon 3 2 1 0 31 40 226 146.75 66.67 72 78.61   Richmond 3 1 2 0 19 40 154 68.14 33.33                               1925 Geelong 3 3 0 0 34 39 243 109.95 100.00 22 19.01   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 30 41 221 90.95 0.00                               1926 Melbourne 4 2 2 0 48 48 336 104.02 50.00 13 7.89   Collingwood 4 2 2 0 46 47 323 96.13 50.00                               1927 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 20 38 158 122.48 66.67 29 40.84   Richmond 3 1 2 0 17 27 129 81.65 33.33                               1928 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 29 45 219 121.67 66.67 39 39.47   Richmond 3 1 2 0 24 36 180 82.19 33.33                               1929 Collingwood 4 3 1 0 50 49 349 108.05 75.00 26 15.50   Richmond 4 1 3 0 47 41 323 92.55 25.00                               1930 Collingwood 3 1 2 0 33 39 237 94.42 33.33 -14 -11.48   Geelong 3 2 1 0 33 53 251 105.91 66.67                               1931 Geelong 4 3 1 0 42 52 304 115.59 75.00 41 29.08   Richmond 4 1 3 0 38 35 263 86.51 25.00                               1932 Richmond 4 3 1 0 54 66 390 110.80 75.00 38 20.54   Carlton 4 1 3 0 50 52 352 90.26 25.00                               1933 Sydney 3 2 1 0 38 41 269 125.70 66.67 55 46.15   Richmond 3 1 2 0 31 28 214 79.55 33.33                               1934 Richmond 3 3 0 0 49 40 334 136.33 100.00 89 62.97   Sydney 3 0 3 0 34 41 245 73.35 0.00                               1935 Collingwood 4 2 2 0 47 58 340 86.73 50.00 -52 -28.56   Sydney 4 2 2 0 55 62 392 115.29 50.00                               1936 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 35 60 270 105.06 66.67 13 9.87   Sydney 3 1 2 0 34 53 257 95.19 33.33                               1937 Geelong 3 2 1 0 44 42 306 114.61 66.67 39 27.35   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 37 45 267 87.25 33.33                               1938 Carlton 3 2 1 0 48 43 331 103.44 66.67 11 6.76   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 49 26 320 96.68 33.33                               1939 Melbourne 3 3 0 0 58 58 406 165.71 100.00 161 105.37   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 34 41 245 60.34 0.00                               1940 Melbourne 4 3 1 0 60 64 424 117.45 75.00 63 32.31   Richmond 4 1 3 0 53 43 361 85.14 25.00                               1941 Melbourne 2 2 0 0 35 30 240 147.24 100.00 77 79.32   Essendon 2 0 2 0 22 31 163 67.92 0.00                               1942 Essendon 3 2 1 0 37 43 265 113.73 66.67 32 25.81   Richmond 3 1 2 0 33 35 233 87.92 33.33                               1943 Richmond 4 2 2 0 46 63 339 98.83 50.00 -4 -2.35   Essendon 4 2 2 0 48 55 343 101.18 50.00                               1944 Fitzroy 4 3 1 0 43 46 304 110.95 75.00 30 20.82   Richmond 4 1 3 0 38 46 274 90.13 25.00                               1945 Carlton 2 2 0 0 23 21 159 127.20 100.00 34 48.58   Sydney 2 0 2 0 17 23 125 78.62 0.00                               1946 Essendon 3 2 1 0 53 46 364 145.60 66.67 114 76.92   Melbourne 3 1 2 0 34 46 250 68.68 33.33                               1947 Carlton 4 3 1 0 48 42 330 101.23 75.00 4 2.44   Essendon 4 1 3 0 43 68 326 98.79 25.00                               1948 Melbourne 5 1 3 1 52 46 358 89.50 30.00 -42 -22.23   Essendon 5 3 1 1 53 82 400 111.73 70.00                               1949 Essendon 3 2 1 0 41 37 283 142.93 66.67 85 72.96   Carlton 3 1 2 0 24 54 198 69.96 33.33                               1950 Essendon 4 3 1 0 50 45 345 110.93 75.00 34 20.79   Nth Melbourne 4 1 3 0 44 47 311 90.14 25.00                               1951 Geelong 3 2 1 0 33 44 242 92.72 66.67 -19 -15.13   Essendon 3 1 2 0 38 33 261 107.85 33.33                               1952 Geelong 3 3 0 0 36 32 248 208.40 100.00 129 160.42   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 15 29 119 47.98 0.00                               1953 Collingwood 4 3 1 0 43 57 315 113.31 75.00 37 25.06   Geelong 4 1 3 0 37 56 278 88.25 25.00      Prepared using TMRdb ©	Year   P W L D G B Pts % M/W% Margin % Diff 1954 WB/Footscray 2 2 0 0 25 25 175 162.04 100.00 67 100.32   Melbourne 2 0 2 0 15 18 108 61.71 0.00                               1955 Melbourne 3 2 1 0 21 39 165 127.91 66.67 36 49.73   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 18 21 129 78.18 33.33                               1956 Melbourne 4 4 0 0 49 59 353 151.50 100.00 120 85.50   Collingwood 4 0 4 0 32 41 233 66.01 0.00                               1957 Melbourne 4 3 1 0 47 60 342 136.25 75.00 91 62.86   Essendon 4 1 3 0 33 53 251 73.39 25.00                               1958 Collingwood 3 1 2 0 26 32 188 83.19 33.33 -38 -37.03   Melbourne 3 2 1 0 32 34 226 120.21 66.67                               1959 Melbourne 2 2 0 0 36 28 244 182.09 100.00 110 127.17   Essendon 2 0 2 0 19 20 134 54.92 0.00                               1960 Melbourne 3 2 1 0 26 36 192 143.28 66.67 58 73.49   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 18 26 134 69.79 33.33                               1961 Hawthorn 2 1 1 0 26 29 185 120.13 50.00 31 36.89   WB/Footscray 2 1 1 0 21 28 154 83.24 50.00                               1962 Essendon 3 3 0 0 40 39 279 144.56 100.00 86 75.38   Carlton 3 0 3 0 28 25 193 69.18 0.00                               1963 Geelong 4 3 0 1 51 60 366 140.77 87.50 106 69.73   Hawthorn 4 0 3 1 34 56 260 71.04 12.50                               1964 Melbourne 3 3 0 0 37 49 271 161.31 100.00 103 99.32   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 22 36 168 61.99 0.00                               1965 Essendon 3 3 0 0 37 45 267 140.53 100.00 77 69.37   St. Kilda 3 0 3 0 25 40 190 71.16 0.00                               1966 St. Kilda 3 1 2 0 29 34 208 71.97 33.33 -81 -66.97   Collingwood 3 2 1 0 42 37 289 138.94 66.67                               1967 Richmond 3 3 0 0 52 38 350 120.27 100.00 59 37.13   Geelong 3 0 3 0 42 39 291 83.14 0.00                               1968 Carlton 4 2 2 0 27 55 217 100.00 50.00 0 0.00*   Essendon 4 2 2 0 30 37 217 100.00 50.00                               1969 Richmond 3 2 1 0 48 39 327 108.28 66.67 25 15.92   Carlton 3 1 2 0 45 32 302 92.35 33.33                               1970 Carlton 4 1 3 0 48 40 328 76.64 25.00 -100 -53.85   Collingwood 4 3 1 0 60 68 428 130.49 75.00                               1971 Hawthorn 4 4 0 0 62 52 424 126.95 100.00 90 48.17   St. Kilda 4 0 4 0 48 46 334 78.77 0.00                               1972 Carlton 5 1 3 1 73 61 499 90.89 30.00 -50 -19.13   Richmond 5 3 1 1 77 87 549 110.02 70.00                               1973 Richmond 4 2 2 0 54 72 396 102.59 50.00 10 5.12   Carlton 4 2 2 0 55 56 386 97.47 50.00                               1974 Richmond 4 4 0 0 56 62 398 139.16 100.00 112 67.30   Nth Melbourne 4 0 4 0 39 52 286 71.86 0.00                               1975 Nth Melbourne 4 1 3 0 53 46 364 97.33 25.00 -10 -5.42   Hawthorn 4 3 1 0 54 50 374 102.75 75.00                               1976 Hawthorn 4 4 0 0 57 67 409 124.32 100.00 80 43.88   Nth Melbourne 4 0 4 0 47 47 329 80.44 0.00                               1977 Nth Melbourne 4 2 1 1 54 61 385 98.72 62.50 -5 -2.58   Collingwood 4 1 2 1 55 60 390 101.30 37.50                               1978 Hawthorn 4 3 1 0 52 56 368 107.60 75.00 26 14.67   Nth Melbourne 4 1 3 0 48 54 342 92.93 25.00                               1979 Carlton 3 2 1 0 43 48 306 100.66 66.67 2 1.31   Collingwood 3 1 2 0 45 34 304 99.35 33.33                               1980 Richmond 3 3 0 0 48 53 341 171.36 100.00 142 113.00   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 24 55 199 58.36 0.00                               1981 Carlton 3 1 2 0 34 51 255 87.03 33.33 -38 -27.87   Collingwood 3 2 1 0 43 35 293 114.90 66.67                               1982 Carlton 4 3 1 0 58 61 409 110.84 75.00 40 20.62   Richmond 4 1 3 0 53 51 369 90.22 25.00                               1983 Hawthorn 3 2 1 0 56 51 387 125.65 66.67 79 46.06   Essendon 3 1 2 0 45 38 308 79.59 33.33                               1984 Essendon 4 1 3 0 51 60 366 90.82 25.00 -37 -19.29   Hawthorn 4 3 1 0 57 61 403 110.11 75.00                               1985 Essendon 4 4 0 0 78 55 523 147.32 100.00 168 79.45   Hawthorn 4 0 4 0 53 37 355 67.88 0.00                               1986 Hawthorn 4 3 1 0 65 50 440 119.89 75.00 73 36.48   Carlton 4 1 3 0 52 55 367 83.41 25.00                               1987 Carlton 4 2 2 0 53 49 367 100.55 50.00 2 1.09   Hawthorn 4 2 2 0 53 47 365 99.46 50.00                               1988 Hawthorn 3 2 1 0 56 43 379 161.28 66.67 144 99.27   Melbourne 3 1 2 0 31 49 235 62.01 33.33                               1989 Hawthorn 2 2 0 0 47 33 315 104.65 100.00 14 9.10   Geelong 2 0 2 0 46 25 301 95.56 0.00                               1990 Collingwood 4 2 2 0 51 53 359 128.21 50.00 79 50.22   Essendon 4 2 2 0 40 40 280 77.99 50.00                               1991 Hawthorn 4 2 2 0 57 58 400 93.02 50.00 -30 -14.48   West Coast 4 2 2 0 64 46 430 107.50 50.00                               1992 West Coast 4 3 1 0 66 53 449 115.72 75.00 61 29.31   Geelong 4 1 3 0 58 40 388 86.41 25.00                               1993 Essendon 4 2 1 1 69 53 467 115.59 62.50 63 29.08   Carlton 4 1 2 1 59 50 404 86.51 37.50                               1994 West Coast 2 2 0 0 34 32 236 171.01 100.00 98 112.54   Geelong 2 0 2 0 18 30 138 58.47 0.00                               1995 Carlton 2 2 0 0 37 31 253 133.86 100.00 64 59.16   Geelong 2 0 2 0 26 33 189 74.70 0.00                               1996 Nth Melbourne 2 1 1 0 29 30 204 85.00 50.00 -36 -32.65   Sydney 2 1 1 0 37 18 240 117.65 50.00                               1997 Adelaide 2 2 0 0 29 27 201 125.63 100.00 41 46.02   St. Kilda 2 0 2 0 22 28 160 79.60 0.00                               1998 Adelaide 3 1 2 0 43 41 299 106.41 33.33 18 12.43   Nth Melbourne 3 2 1 0 37 59 281 93.98 66.67                               1999 Nth Melbourne 2 2 0 0 32 21 213 150.00 100.00 71 83.33   Carlton 2 0 2 0 20 22 142 66.67 0.00                               2000 Essendon 2 2 0 0 34 37 241 143.45 100.00 73 73.74   Melbourne 2 0 2 0 24 24 168 69.71 0.00                               2001 Brisbane 2 2 0 0 30 30 210 134.62 100.00 54 60.33   Essendon 2 0 2 0 22 24 156 74.29 0.00                               2002 Brisbane 2 1 1 0 26 30 186 103.33 50.00 6 6.56   Collingwood 2 1 1 0 26 24 180 96.77 50.00                               2003 Brisbane 4 3 1 0 56 45 381 130.03 75.00 88 53.13   Collingwood 4 1 3 0 40 53 293 76.90 25.00                               2004 Port Adelaide 2 1 1 0 29 25 199 101.53 50.00 3 3.04   Brisbane 2 1 1 0 28 28 196 98.49 50.00                               2005 Sydney 4 2 2 0 39 36 270 91.84 50.00 -24 -17.05   West Coast 4 2 2 0 41 48 294 108.89 50.00                               2006 West Coast 3 2 1 0 33 38 236 100.85 66.67 2 1.70   Sydney 3 1 2 0 34 30 234 99.15 33.33                               2007 Geelong 3 2 1 0 55 50 380 180.95 66.67 170 125.69   Port Adelaide 3 1 2 0 30 30 210 55.26 33.33                               2008 Hawthorn 2 1 1 0 29 18 192 108.47 50.00 15 16.29   Geelong 2 1 1 0 23 39 177 92.19 50.00                               2009 Geelong 2 1 1 0 25 15 165 103.77 50.00 6 7.41   St Kilda 2 1 1 0 23 21 159 96.36 50.00                               2010 Collingwood 4 2 1 1 44 53 317 131.54 62.50 76 55.51   St Kilda 4 1 2 1 33 43 241 76.03 37.50                               2011 Geelong 3 3 0 0 48 45 333 169.90 100.00 137 111.04   Collingwood 3 0 3 0 29 22 196 58.86 0.00     Prepared using TMRdb ©
* Carlton and Essendon  in 1968 are the only Premiers and Runners-up to be exactly equal in wins and points for and against each other. Equal except that Carlton won the Grand Final. (Carlton won the Grand Final rematch in 1969 15.13-103 to 6.9-45)
170 pts. - Highest season margin Premiers over Runners-up - Geelong v Port Adelaide 2007 168 pts. - 2nd highest season margin Premiers over Runners-up - Essendon v Hawthorn 1985 100 pts. - Highest season margin Runners-up over Premiers - Collingwood v Carlton 1970 81 pts. 2nd highest season margin Runners-up over Premiers - Collingwood v St Kilda 1966 172.67% - Highest percentage difference from combined season results  by a Premiers over Runners-up - Fitzroy v Carlton 1904. 160.42% - 2nd highest percentage difference from combined season results  by a Premiers over Runners-up - Geelong** v Collingwood 1952 103.7% -  Highest percentage difference from combined season results  by a  Runners-up over  Premiers - Fitzroy v Melbourne 1900. 75.78%  -  2nd highest percentage difference from combined season results  by a  Runners-up over  Premiers - Essendon v Fitzroy 1898 ** Fitzroy in 1904 and Geelong in 1952 are the only Premiers to have doubled the Runners-up score in combined season results.
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