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The 2022 AFL grand final was won by the Geelong Cats over the Sydney Swans by 81 points.
Unlike previous years where a rematch was played the next week, the AFL now uses extra time to decide the premier in the unlikely event of a tie.
The teams will play two five-minute periods of extra time if scores are level at the end of the fourth quarter. If scores are still locked after the two extra-time periods have concluded, the siren will not sound until one team gains the lead again – at which point the match will immediately end and they’ll be crowned premiers.
Season | Premier | Runner Up | Score |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Geelong Cats | Sydney Swans | 20.13 (133) – 8.4 (52) |
2021 | Melbourne | Western Bulldogs | 21.14 (140) – 10.6 (66) |
2020 | Richmond | Geelong | 12.9 (81) – 7.8 (50) |
2019 | Richmond | GWS Giants | 17.12 (114) – 3.7 (25) |
2018 | West Coast Eagles | Collingwood | 11.13 (79) – 11.8 (74) |
2017 | Richmond | Adelaide Crows | 16.12 (108) – 8.12 (60) |
2016 | Western Bulldogs | Sydney Swans | 13.11 (89) – 10.7 (67) |
2015 | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | 16.11 (107) – 8.13 (61) |
2014 | Hawthorn | Sydney Swans | 21.11 (137) – 11.8 (74) |
2013 | Hawthorn | Fremantle | 11.11 (77) – 8.14 (62) |
2012 | Sydney Swans | Hawthorn | 14.7 (91) – 11.15 (81) |
2011 | Geelong Cats | Collingwood | 18.11 (119) – 12.9 (81) |
2010 | Collingwood | St Kilda | 1. 9.14 (68) – 10.8 (68) |
2. 16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52) | |||
2009 | Geelong Cats | St Kilda | 12.8 (80) – 9.14 (68) |
2008 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 18.7 (115) – 11.23 (89) |
2007 | Geelong Cats | Port Adelaide | 24.19 (163) – 6.8 (44) |
2006 | West Coast Eagles | Sydney Swans | 12.13 (85) – 12.12 (84) |
2005 | Sydney Swans | West Coast Eagles | 8.10 (58) – 7.12 (54) |
2004 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 17.11 (113) – 10.13 (73) |
2003 | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | 20.14 (134) – 12.12 (84) |
2002 | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood | 10.15 (75) – 9.12 (66) |
2001 | Brisbane Lions | Essendon | 15.18 (108) – 12.10 (82) |
2000 | Essendon | Melbourne | 19.21 (135) – 11.9 (75) |
1999 | North Melbourne | Carlton | 19.10 (124) – 12.17 (89) |
1998 | Adelaide Crows | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) – 8.22 (70) |
1997 | Adelaide Crows | St Kilda | 19.11 (125) – 13.16 (94) |
1996 | North Melbourne | Sydney Swans | 19.17 (131) – 13.10 (88) |
1995 | Carlton | Geelong | 21.15 (141) – 11.14 (80) |
1994 | West Coast Eagles | Geelong | 20.23 (143) – 8.15 (63) |
1993 | Essendon | Carlton | 20.13 (133) – 13.11 (89) |
1992 | West Coast Eagles | Geelong | 16.17 (113) – 12.13 (85) |
1991 | Hawthorn | West Coast Eagles | 20.19 (139) – 13.8 (86) |
1990 | Collingwood | Essendon | 13.11 (89) – 5.11 (41) |
1989 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 21.18 (144) – 21.12 (138) |
1988 | Hawthorn | Melbourne | 22.20 (152) – 6.20 (56) |
1987 | Carlton | Hawthorn | 15.14 (104) – 9.17 (71) |
1986 | Hawthorn | Carlton | 16.14 (110) – 9.14 (68) |
1985 | Essendon | Hawthorn | 26.14 (170) – 14.8 (92) |
1984 | Essendon | Hawthorn | 14.21 (105) – 12.9 (81) |
1983 | Hawthorn | Essendon | 20.20 (140) – 8.9 (57) |
1982 | Carlton | Richmond | 14.19 (103) – 12.13 (85) |
1981 | Carlton | Collingwood | 12.20 (92) – 10.12 (72) |
1980 | Richmond | Collingwood | 23.21 (159) – 9.24 (78) |
1979 | Carlton | Collingwood | 11.16 (82) – 11.11 (77) |
1978 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne | 18.13 (121) – 15.13 (103) |
1977 | North Melbourne | Collingwood | 1. 9.22 (76) – 10.16 (76) |
2. 21.25 (151) – 19.10 (124) | |||
1976 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne | 13.22 (100) – 10.10 (70) |
1975 | North Melbourne | Hawthorn | 19.8 (122) – 9.13 (67) |
1974 | Richmond | North Melbourne | 18.20 (128) – 13.9 (87) |
1973 | Richmond | Carlton | 16.20 (116) – 12.14 (86) |
1972 | Carlton | Richmond | 28.9 (177) – 22.18 (150) |
1971 | Hawthorn | St Kilda | 12.10 (82) – 11.9 (75) |
1970 | Carlton | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) – 14.17 (101) |
1969 | Richmond | Carlton | 12.13 (85) – 8.12 (60) |
1968 | Carlton | Essendon | 7.14 (56) – 8.5 (53) |
1967 | Richmond | Geelong | 16.18 (114) – 15.15 (105) |
1966 | St Kilda | Collingwood | 10.14 (74) – 10.13 (73) |
1965 | Essendon | St Kilda | 14.21 (105) – 9.16 (70) |
1964 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.16 (64) – 8.12 (60) |
1963 | Geelong Cats | Hawthorn | 15.19 (109) – 8.12 (60) |
1962 | Essendon | Carlton | 13.12 (90) – 8.10 (58) |
1961 | Hawthorn | Footscray | 13.16 (94) – 7.9 (51) |
1960 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.14 (62) – 2.2 (14) |
1959 | Melbourne | Essendon | 17.13 (115) – 11.12 (78) |
1958 | Collingwood | Melbourne | 12.10 (82) – 9.10 (64) |
1957 | Melbourne | Essendon | 17.14 (116) – 7.13 (55) |
1956 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 17.19 (121) – 6.12 (48) |
1955 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.16 (64) – 5.6 (36) |
1954 | Footscray | Melbourne | 15.12 (102) – 7.9 (51) |
1953 | Collingwood | Geelong | 11.11 (77) – 8.17 (65) |
1952 | Geelong Cats | Collingwood | 13.8 (86) – 5.10 (40) |
1951 | Geelong Cats | Essendon | 11.15 (81) – 10.10 (70) |
1950 | Essendon | North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) – 7.12 (54) |
1949 | Essendon | Carlton | 18.17 (125) – 6.16 (52) |
1948 | Melbourne | Essendon | 1. 10.9 (69) – 7.27 (69) |
2. 13.11 (89) – 7.8 (50) | |||
1947 | Carlton | Essendon | 13.8 (86) – 11.19 (85) |
1946 | Essendon | Melbourne | 22.18 (150) – 13.9(87) |
1945 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 15.13 (103) – 10.15 (75) |
1944 | Fitzroy | Richmond | 9.12 (66) – 7.9 (51) |
1943 | Richmond | Essendon | 12.14 (86) – 11.15 (81) |
1942 | Essendon | Richmond | 19.18 (132) – 11.13 (79) |
1941 | Melbourne | Essendon | 19.13 (127) – 13.20 (98) |
1940 | Melbourne | Richmond | 15.17 (107) – 10.8 (68) |
1939 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 21.22 (148) – 14.11 (95) |
1938 | Carlton | Collingwood | 15.10 (100) – 13.7 (85) |
1937 | Geelong Cats | Collingwood | 18.14 (122) – 12.18 (90) |
1936 | Collingwood | South Melbourne | 11.23 (89) – 10.18 (78) |
1935 | Collingwood | South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) – 7.16 (58) |
1934 | Richmond | South Melbourne | 19.14 (128) – 12.17 (89) |
1933 | South Melbourne | Richmond | 9.17 (71) – 4.5 (29) |
1932 | Richmond | Carlton | 13.14 (92) – 12.11 (83) |
1931 | Geelong Cats | Richmond | 9.14 (68) – 7.6 (48) |
1930 | Collingwood | Geelong | 14.16 (100) – 9.16 (70) |
1929 | Collingwood | Richmond | 11.13 (79) – 7.8 (50) |
1928 | Collingwood | Richmond | 13.18 (96) – 9.9 (63) |
1927 | Collingwood | Richmond | 2.13 (25) – 1.7 (13) |
1926 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 17.17 (119) – 9.8 (62) |
1925 | Geelong Cats | Collingwood | 10.19 (79) – 9.15 (69) |
1924 | Essendon | No grand final | |
1923 | Essendon | Fitzroy | 8.15 (63) – 6.10 (46) |
1922 | Fitzroy | Collingwood | 11.13 (79) – 9.14 (68) |
1921 | Richmond | Carlton | 5.6 (36) – 4.8 (32) |
1920 | Richmond | Collingwood | 7.10 (52) – 5.5 (35) |
1919 | Collingwood | Richmond | 11.12 (78) – 7.11 (53) |
1918 | South Melbourne | Collingwood | 9.8 (62) – 7.15 (57) |
1917 | Collingwood | Fitzroy | 9.20 (74) – 5.9 (39) |
1916 | Fitzroy | Carlton | 12.13 (85) – 8.8 (56) |
1915 | Carlton | Collingwood | 11.12 (78) – 6.9 (45) |
1914 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) – 4.15 (39) |
1913 | Fitzroy | St Kilda | 7.14 (56) – 5.13 (43) |
1912 | Essendon | South Melbourne | 5.17 (47) – 4.9 (33) |
1911 | Essendon | Collingwood | 5.11 (41) – 4.11 (35) |
1910 | Collingwood | Carlton | 9.7 (61) – 6.11 (47) |
1909 | South Melbourne | Carlton | 4.14 (38) – 4.12 (36) |
1908 | Carlton | Essendon | 5.5 (35) – 3.8 (26) |
1907 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 6.14 (50) – 6.9 (45) |
1906 | Carlton | Fitzroy | 15.4 (94) – 6.9 (45) |
1905 | Fitzroy | Collingwood | 4.6 (30) – 2.5 (17) |
1904 | Fitzroy | Carlton | 9.7 (61) – 5.7 (37) |
1903 | Collingwood | Fitzroy | 4.7 (31) – 3.11 (29) |
1902 | Collingwood | Essendon | 9.6 (60) – 3.9 (27) |
1901 | Essendon | Collingwood | 6.7 (43) – 2.4 (16) |
1900 | Melbourne | Fitzroy | 4.10 (34) – 3.12 (30) |
1899 | Fitzroy | South Melbourne | 3.9 (27) – 3.8 (26) |
1898 | Fitzroy | Essendon | 5.8 (38) – 3.5 (23) |
1897 | Essendon | No grand final |