Draft:AFL Era Statistics


In 1990, the Victorian Football League was renamed as the Australian Football League (AFL) due to its national expansion, incorporating teams from states other than Victoria. This also coincided with the more equitable approaches to team development, such as the AFL Draft (introduced in 1986), Salary Cap (introduced in 1987) and abolition of the existing zone-based recruiting that had created vastly unbalanced periods of competition and disproportionate wealth amongst the clubs. As a result, there has been an increase in public and media attention to the relevancy and fairness of AFL-era statistics[1], in preference over the inherent historic nepotism of state-based leagues[2].

AFL Premiership Tally

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Premierships in the AFL Era
Team Total Year(s)
Hawthorn 5 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
Brisbane 4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2024
Geelong 4 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022
West Coast 4 1992, 1994, 2006, 2018
Collingwood 3 1990, 2010, 2023
Richmond 3 2017, 2019, 2020
Adelaide 2 1997, 1998
North Melbourne 2 1996, 1999
Sydney 2 2005, 2012
Essendon 2 1993, 2000
Carlton 1 1995
Melbourne 1 2021
Port Adelaide 1 2004
Western Bulldogs 1 2016
Fremantle 0 -
Gold Coast 0 -
GWS 0 -
St Kilda 0 -

AFL Wooden Spoon Tally

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Wooden Spoons in the AFL Era
Team Total Year(s)
Brisbane 6 1990, 1991, 1995^, 1996^, 1998, 2017
Carlton 5 2002, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2018
Melbourne 3 1997, 2008, 2009
Sydney 3 1992, 1993, 1994
Richmond 3 2004, 2007, 2024
Gold Coast 2 2011, 2019
GWS 2 2012, 2013
North Melbourne 2 2021, 2022
St Kilda 2 2000, 2014
West Coast 2 2010, 2023
Adelaide 1 2020
Collingwood 1 1999
Essendon 1 2016
Fremantle 1 2001
Western Bulldogs 1 2003
Geelong 0 -
Hawthorn 0 -
Port Adelaide 0 -

^Denotes the Fitzroy Football Club prior to merging with the Brisbane Bears



References

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  1. ^ "Great debuts and false starts of the AFL era". afl.com.au. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. ^ Monagle, Peter (2023-06-24). "The Greatest Club of The AFL Era 1990-2022". The Mongrel Punt. Retrieved 2024-12-12.