125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
For the 2021 season of the AFL Women's competition, see 2021 AFL Women's season.
2021 AFL premiership season
Date
16 March – 25 September 2021
Teams
18
Premiers
Melbourne 13th premiership
Runners-up
Western Bulldogs (2nd runners-up)
Minor premiers
Melbourne 10th minor premiership
Brownlow Medallist
Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide – 36 votes)
Coleman Medallist
Harry McKay (Carlton – 58 goals)
Attendance
Matches played
207
Total attendance
3,976,228 (19,209 per match)
Highest
78,113 (Round 6, Collingwood vs Essendon)
← 2020
2022 →
The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 18 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The season was played during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and saw disruptions but to a much lesser extent than the 2020 season. Virus outbreaks resulted in restrictions on crowds and the relocation of forty games outside their originally fixtured states, but the season was played without suspension and with only minor disruptions to the scheduled dates of matches.
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated the Western Bulldogs by 74 points in the 2021 AFL Grand Final, which was played at Optus Stadium in Perth.
The 2021AFLseason was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
The 2024 AFLseason is the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
The 2022 AFLseason was the 126th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
following the completion of the 2020 AFLseason. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National, Pre-season and Rookie drafts were held as a "virtual...
culminating in the 2021AFL Grand Final. The top eight teams from the 2021AFL Premiership season qualified for the finals series. AFL finals series have...
September 2021. It was the 126th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2021AFLseason. As the...
The 2000 AFLseason was the 104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
The 2023 AFLseason was the 127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
The 2019 AFLseason was the 123rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2022 AFLseason. Due to the League wanting to ensure that matches are not cancelled or...
The 2005 AFLseason was the 109th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
following is a List of current AFL team squads for the 2024 AFLseason. Sports portal Australia portal List of current AFL Women's team squads List of current...
The 2011 AFLseason was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
China to expand its audience. The AFL premiership season currently consists of a 23-match regular (or home-and-away) season, which runs from March to September...
in the round 5 of the 2021AFLseason between Geelong and North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. Notably, De Koning’s first goal in AFL football was during the...
The 1991 AFLseason was the 95th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known previously as the Victorian Football League until 1989...
Football League (AFL). Gulden was nominated for the 2021AFL Rising Star award and won the AFLPA best first-year player award in 2021. He was selected...
The 2017 AFLseason was the 121st season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
The 1994 AFLseason was the 98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
Football League (AFL) who have either made their AFL debut or played for a new club during the 2021AFLseason. List of AFL Women's debuts in 2021 Full listing...
The 2016 AFLseason was the 120th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
The 2004 AFLseason was the 108th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
The 2015 AFLseason was the 119th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
The 1996 AFLseason was the 100th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
draft to select Holmes. Holmes made his AFL debut in round 3 of the 2021AFLseason against Hawthorn in the traditional Easter Monday clash. Holmes' mother...
The 1995 AFLseason was the 99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia...
The 2018 AFLseason was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
The 2020 AFLseason was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
Global Information