1986 SANFL season

The 1986 South Australian National Football League season was the 107th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1986 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Glenelg 4th premiership
Minor premiers	North Adelaide 13th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Greg Anderson Port Adelaide (23 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Stephen Nichols Woodville (103 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	116
Total attendance	770,298 (6,641 per match)
Highest	50,538 (Grand Final, Glenelg vs. North Adelaide)

Ladder

1986 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	North Adelaide	22	16	6	0	2563	1960	56.67	32
2	Glenelg (P)	22	13	9	0	2436	2004	54.86	26
3	Port Adelaide	22	13	9	0	2232	2164	50.77	26
4	Woodville	22	13	9	0	2377	2430	49.45	26
5	Norwood	22	12	10	0	2341	2124	52.43	24
6	Central District	22	11	10	1	2200	2386	47.97	23
7	West Adelaide	22	9	13	0	2367	2251	51.26	18
8	Sturt	22	9	13	0	2032	2357	46.30	18
9	South Adelaide	22	7	14	1	2193	2335	48.43	15
10	West Torrens	22	6	16	0	1810	2540	41.61	12

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

1986 SANFL Finals

Week 4 (1986 SANFL Grand Final)

Main article: 1986 SANFL Grand Final

	1986 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 4 October (2:10pm)	North Adelaide	def. by	Glenelg	Football Park (crowd: 50,538)
	3.2 (20) 6.7 (43) 9.11 (65) 12.15 (87)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.2 (44) 12.4 (76) 17.5 (107) 21.9 (135)