Minor premiers

The team on top of the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season, every year since 1897.

Minor premiers winners

2026	Fremantle	76	19-4, 137.2%
2025	Adelaide	72	18-5, 139.3%
2024	Sydney	68	17-6, 126.7%
2023	Collingwood	72	18-5, 127%
2022	Geelong	72	18-4, 144.2%
2021	Melbourne	70	17-4-1, 130.8%
2020	Port Adelaide	56	14-3, 136.4%
2019	Geelong	64	16-6, 135.7%
2018	Richmond	72	18-4, 136.1%
2017	Adelaide	62	15-6-1, 136%
2016	Sydney	68	17-5, 151.2%
2015	Fremantle	68	17-5, 118.7%
2014	Sydney	68	17-5, 142.9%
2013	Hawthorn	76	19-3, 135.7%
2012	Hawthorn	68	17-5, 154.6%
2011	Collingwood	80	20-2, 167.7%
2010	Collingwood	70	17-4-1, 141.7%
2009	St Kilda	80	20-2, 155.7%
2008	Geelong	84	21-1, 161.8%
2007	Geelong	72	18-4, 152.8%
2006	West Coast	68	17-5, 120.4%
2005	Adelaide	68	17-5, 136.5%
2004	Port Adelaide	68	17-5, 132.4%
2003	Port Adelaide	72	18-4, 127.2%
2002	Port Adelaide	72	18-4, 132.4%
2001	Essendon	68	17-5, 134.5%
2000	Essendon	84	21-1, 159.1%
1999	Essendon	72	18-4, 126%
1998	North Melbourne	64	16-6, 117.4%
1997	St Kilda	60	15-7, 119.6%
1996	Sydney	66	16-5-1, 123.9%
1995	Carlton	80	20-2, 137.8%
1994	West Coast	64	16-6, 132.2%
1993	Essendon	54	13-6-1, 119.1%
1992	Geelong	64	16-6, 145.6%
1991	West Coast	76	19-3, 162.2%
1990	Essendon	68	17-5, 139.2%
1989	Hawthorn	76	19-3, 153.2%
1988	Hawthorn	76	19-3, 142.3%
1987	Carlton	72	18-4, 138%
1986	Hawthorn	72	18-4, 141.6%
1985	Essendon	76	19-3, 138.4%
1984	Essendon	72	18-4, 128.2%
1983	North Melbourne	64	16-6, 127.8%
1982	Richmond	72	18-4, 126.2%
1981	Carlton	68	17-5, 130.3%
1980	Geelong	68	17-5, 125.1%
1979	Carlton	76	19-3, 139.6%
1978	North Melbourne	64	16-6, 120.9%
1977	Collingwood	72	18-4, 130.7%
1976	Carlton	66	16-5-1, 132.8%
1975	Hawthorn	68	17-5, 137.3%
1974	Richmond	68	17-5, 129.3%
1973	Collingwood	76	19-3, 125.5%
1972	Carlton	74	18-3-1, 134.3%
1971	Hawthorn	76	19-3, 153.7%
1970	Collingwood	72	18-4, 136.5%
1969	Collingwood	60	15-5, 129%
1968	Essendon	66	16-3-1, 130.3%
1967	Richmond	60	15-3, 145.9%
1966	Collingwood	60	15-3, 157.2%
1965	St Kilda	56	14-4, 136.3%
1964	Melbourne	56	14-4, 138.1%
1963	Hawthorn	54	13-4-1, 130.6%
1962	Essendon	64	16-2, 130.4%
1961	Hawthorn	56	14-4, 125.1%
1960	Melbourne	56	14-4, 143.1%
1959	Melbourne	54	13-4-1, 142.7%
1958	Melbourne	60	15-3, 123.7%
1957	Melbourne	50	12-5-1, 138.8%
1956	Melbourne	64	16-2, 146%
1955	Melbourne	60	15-3, 150.5%
1954	Geelong	52	13-5, 133.1%
1953	Geelong	60	15-3, 143.3%
1952	Geelong	66	16-2-1, 134.7%
1951	Geelong	56	14-4, 135.4%
1950	Essendon	68	17-1, 162.2%
1949	North Melbourne	56	14-5, 119.1%
1948	Essendon	66	16-2-1, 137.2%
1947	Carlton	60	15-4, 134%
1946	Essendon	60	15-4, 140.7%
1945	South Melbourne	64	16-4, 131.8%
1944	Richmond	54	13-4-1, 131.2%
1943	Richmond	40	10-5, 123.1%
1942	Essendon	48	12-3, 127.1%
1941	Carlton	56	14-4, 120.3%
1940	Melbourne	56	14-4, 125.8%
1939	Melbourne	60	15-3, 128.4%
1938	Carlton	56	14-4, 116.1%
1937	Geelong	60	15-3, 135.3%
1936	South Melbourne	64	16-2, 118.5%
1935	South Melbourne	64	16-2, 137.6%
1934	Richmond	60	15-3, 121.3%
1933	Richmond	60	15-3, 141.1%
1932	Carlton	60	15-3, 137.8%
1931	Geelong	60	15-3, 151.4%
1930	Collingwood	60	15-3, 144.3%
1929	Collingwood	72	18-0, 171.7%
1928	Collingwood	60	15-3, 134.6%
1927	Collingwood	60	15-3, 150.6%
1926	Collingwood	60	15-3, 149.3%
1925	Geelong	60	15-2, 152.7%
1924	Essendon	46	11-4-1, 131.6%
1923	Essendon	52	13-3, 135.8%
1922	Collingwood	48	12-4, 127.8%
1921	Carlton	56	13-1-2, 142%
1920	Richmond	56	14-2, 146.4%
1919	Collingwood	52	13-3, 162.3%
1918	South Melbourne	52	13-1, 143.1%
1917	Collingwood	42	10-4-1, 133.4%
1916	Carlton	40	10-2, 137.2%
1915	Collingwood	56	14-2, 166.1%
1914	Carlton	56	13-3-2, 129.7%
1913	Fitzroy	64	16-2, 144.3%
1912	South Melbourne	56	14-4, 157%
1911	Essendon	62	15-2-1, 178.3%
1910	Carlton	60	15-3, 160.1%
1909	South Melbourne	56	14-4, 168.9%
1908	Carlton	68	17-1, 169.4%
1907	Carlton	52	13-4, 155.7%
1906	Carlton	56	14-3, 153.5%
1905	Collingwood	60	15-2, 175%
1904	Fitzroy	48	12-5, 128.2%
1903	Collingwood	60	15-2, 159.4%
1902	Collingwood	60	15-2, 199.5%
1901	Geelong	56	14-3, 142.9%
1900	Fitzroy	52	13-4, 166.3%
1899	Fitzroy	56	14-3, 156.3%
1898	Essendon	52	13-4, 196.9%
1897	Geelong	44	11-3, 183.8%

Calculated from every recorded VFL/AFL game.