View the complete chronological list of premiership winners from 1897 to present.
| Year | Premiership team | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Brisbane Lions | Sydney Swans |
| 2023 | Collingwood | Brisbane Lions |
| 2022 | Geelong Cats | Sydney Swans |
| 2021 | Melbourne | Western Bulldogs |
| 2020 | Richmond | Geelong |
| 2019 | Richmond | GWS Giants |
| 2018 | West Coast | Collingwood |
| 2017 | Richmond | Adelaide |
| 2016 | Western Bulldogs | Sydney Swans |
| 2015 | Hawthorn | West Coast |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | Sydney Swans |
| 2013 | Hawthorn | Fremantle Dockers |
| 2012 | Sydney Swans | Hawthorn |
| 2011 | Geelong | Collingwood |
| 2010 | Collingwood | St Kilda |
| 2009 | Geelong | St Kilda |
| 2008 | Hawthorn | Geelong |
| 2007 | Geelong | Port Adelaide |
| 2006 | West Coast | Sydney Swans |
| 2005 | Sydney Swans | West Coast |
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane Lions |
| 2003 | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood |
| 2002 | Brisbane Lions | Collingwood |
| 2001 | Brisbane Lions | Essendon |
| 2000 | Essendon | Melbourne |
| 1999 | North Melbourne | Carlton |
| 1998 | Adelaide | North Melbourne |
| 1997 | Adelaide | St Kilda |
| 1996 | North Melbourne | Sydney Swans |
| 1995 | Carlton | Geelong |
| 1994 | West Coast | Geelong |
| 1993 | Essendon | Carlton |
| 1992 | West Coast | Geelong |
| 1991 | Hawthorn | West Coast |
| 1990 | Collingwood | Essendon |
| 1989 | Hawthorn | Geelong |
| 1988 | Hawthorn | Melbourne |
| 1987 | Carlton | Hawthorn |
| 1986 | Hawthorn | Carlton |
| 1985 | Essendon | Hawthorn |
| 1984 | Essendon | Hawthorn |
| 1983 | Hawthorn | Essendon |
| 1982 | Carlton | Richmond |
| 1981 | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 1980 | Richmond | Collingwood |
| 1979 | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 1978 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne |
| 1977 | North Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1976 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne |
| 1975 | North Melbourne | Hawthorn |
| 1974 | Richmond | North Melbourne |
| 1973 | Richmond | Carlton |
| 1972 | Carlton | Richmond |
| 1971 | Hawthorn | St Kilda |
| 1970 | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 1969 | Richmond | Carlton |
| 1968 | Carlton | Essendon |
| 1967 | Richmond | Geelong |
| 1966 | St Kilda | Collingwood |
| 1965 | Essendon | St Kilda |
| 1964 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1963 | Geelong | Hawthorn |
| 1962 | Essendon | Carlton |
| 1961 | Hawthorn | Footscray |
| 1960 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1959 | Melbourne | Essendon |
| 1958 | Collingwood | Melbourne |
| 1957 | Melbourne | Essendon |
| 1956 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1955 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1954 | Footscray | Melbourne |
| 1953 | Collingwood | Geelong |
| 1952 | Geelong | Collingwood |
| 1951 | Geelong | Essendon |
| 1950 | Essendon | North Melbourne |
| 1949 | Essendon | Carlton |
| 1948 | Melbourne | Essendon |
| 1947 | Carlton | Essendon |
| 1946 | Essendon | Melbourne |
| 1945 | Carlton | South Melbourne |
| 1944 | Fitzroy | Richmond |
| 1943 | Richmond | Essendon |
| 1942 | Essendon | Richmond |
| 1941 | Melbourne | Essendon |
| 1940 | Melbourne | Richmond |
| 1939 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1938 | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 1937 | Geelong | Collingwood |
| 1936 | Collingwood | South Melbourne |
| 1935 | Collingwood | South Melbourne |
| 1934 | Richmond | South Melbourne |
| 1933 | South Melbourne | Richmond |
| 1932 | Richmond | Carlton |
| 1931 | Geelong | Richmond |
| 1930 | Collingwood | Geelong |
| 1929 | Collingwood | Richmond |
| 1928 | Collingwood | Richmond |
| 1927 | Collingwood | Richmond |
| 1926 | Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1925 | Geelong | Collingwood |
| 1924 | Essendon | Richmond |
| 1923 | Essendon | Fitzroy |
| 1922 | Fitzroy | Collingwood |
| 1921 | Richmond | Carlton |
| 1920 | Richmond | Collingwood |
| 1919 | Collingwood | Richmond |
| 1918 | South Melbourne | Collingwood |
| 1917 | Collingwood | Fitzroy |
| 1916 | Fitzroy | Carlton |
| 1915 | Carlton | Collingwood |
| 1914 | Carlton | South Melbourne |
| 1913 | Fitzroy | St Kilda |
| 1912 | Essendon | South Melbourne |
| 1911 | Essendon | Collingwood |
| 1910 | Collingwood | Carlton |
| 1909 | South Melbourne | Carlton |
| 1908 | Carlton | Essendon |
| 1907 | Carlton | South Melbourne |
| 1906 | Carlton | Fitzroy |
| 1905 | Fitzroy | Collingwood |
| 1904 | Fitzroy | Carlton |
| 1903 | Collingwood | Fitzroy |
| 1902 | Collingwood | Essendon |
| 1901 | Essendon | Collingwood |
| 1900 | Melbourne | Fitzroy |
| 1899 | Fitzroy | South Melbourne |
| 1898 | Fitzroy | Essendon |
| 1897 | Essendon | Geelong |
