List of AFL Women's minor premiers

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List of AFL Women's minor premiers - Wikipedia

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This page is a complete chronological listing of AFL Women's minor premiers. The AFL Women's (AFLW) is the elite national competition in women's Australian rules football.

The team that finishes the home-and-away season on top of the premiership ladder is known as the "minor premier". In the inaugural two AFL Women's seasons, the minor premier hosted the AFL Women's Grand Final, as there was no finals series. This was unlike the Australian Football League (AFL), where the AFL Grand Final is the culmination of a finals series, and finishing on top of the ladder provides only minor benefits. No award has yet been given to the AFL Women's minor premier, and the main league award is the AFL Women's premiership, which is awarded to the winner of the AFL Women's Grand Final.

There were no officially recognised minor premiers in 2019 and 2020 due to the use of a conference system in those seasons.^[1]^[2] The league reverted to a single ladder in 2021, thus making the recognition of minor premiers an obvious process.^[3]

List of minor premiers

The following is a list of minor premiers, ladder details and results.

	No official minor premier due to the use of a conference system

Season	Minor premier	Points	Percentage	Second place	Margin	Final result	Premiers
2017	Brisbane	26	151.4	Adelaide	6 points	Runners-up	Adelaide
2018	Western Bulldogs	20	142.5	Brisbane	4 points	Premiers
2019							Adelaide
2020							—^[a]
2021	Adelaide	28	208.4	Brisbane	13.4%	Runners-up	Brisbane
2022 (S6)	Adelaide (2)	36	216.6	Melbourne	30.1%	Premiers
2022 (S7)	Brisbane (2)	36	282.4	Melbourne	0.3%	Runners-up	Melbourne
2023	Adelaide (3)	36	190.8	Melbourne	4 points	Third	Brisbane
2024	North Melbourne	42	315.4	Hawthorn	2 points	Premiers

Notes

^ No premiership was awarded after the season was curtailed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Minor premiership wins

Club	Seasons in competition	Minor premierships	Minor premiers and premiers in same season		Most recent minor premiership
Club	Seasons in competition	Minor premierships	Total	Seasons	Most recent minor premiership
Adelaide	2017–present	3	1	S6	2023
Brisbane	2017–present	2	0	—	2022 (S7)
North Melbourne	2019–present	1	1	2024	2024
Western Bulldogs	2017–present	1	1	2018	2018
Carlton	2017–present	0	—	—	—
Collingwood	2017–present	0	—	—	—
Fremantle	2017–present	0	—	—	—
Greater Western Sydney	2017–present	0	—	—	—
Melbourne	2017–present	0	—	—	—
Geelong	2019–present	0	—	—	—
Gold Coast	2020–present	0	—	—	—
Richmond	2020–present	0	—	—	—
St Kilda	2020–present	0	—	—	—
West Coast	2020–present	0	—	—	—
Essendon	2022 (S7)–present	0	—	—	—
Hawthorn	2022 (S7)–present	0	—	—	—
Port Adelaide	2022 (S7)–present	0	—	—	—
Sydney	2022 (S7)–present	0	—	—	—

References

^ Black, Sarah (7 September 2018). "AFLW: League to adopt conference system". afl.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ Black, Sarah (7 September 2018). "AFLW 2019: How the conference system works". afl.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ Tash Gunawardana (28 March 2021). "Crows are the minor premiers in 2021, after a classy win". World Footy News.
^ Canil, Jourdan (22 March 2020). "No premiership in 2020: AFLW season ends immediately". womens.afl. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

External links

Official AFL Women's website

v t e AFL Women's minor premiers
2017: Brisbane 2018: Western Bulldogs 2021: Adelaide 2022 (S6): Adelaide 2022 (S7): Brisbane 2023: Adelaide 2024: North Melbourne
No minor premiership was awarded in 2019 or 2020, as a conference system was in place.

AFL Women's

Clubs

Current	Adelaide Brisbane Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Future	Tasmania