Premiers

Grand Finals

Season
1987	Carlton	d.	Hawthorn
1988	Hawthorn	d.	Melbourne
1989	Hawthorn	d.	Geelong
1990	Collingwood	d.	Essendon
1991	Hawthorn	d.	West Coast Eagles
1992	West Coast Eagles	d.	Geelong
1993	Essendon	d.	Carlton
1994	West Coast Eagles	d.	Geelong
1995	Carlton	d.	Geelong
1996	North Melbourne	d.	Sydney Swans
1997	Adelaide	d.	St Kilda
1998	Adelaide	d.	North Melbourne
1999	North Melbourne	d.	Carlton
2000	Essendon	d.	Melbourne
2001	Brisbane Lions	d.	Essendon
2002	Brisbane Lions	d.	Collingwood
2003	Brisbane Lions	d.	Collingwood
2004	Port Adelaide	d.	Brisbane Lions
2005	Sydney Swans	d.	West Coast Eagles
2006	West Coast Eagles	d.	Sydney Swans
2007	Geelong	d.	Port Adelaide
2008	Hawthorn	d.	Geelong
2009	Geelong	d.	St Kilda
2010	Collingwood	d.	St Kilda
2011	Geelong	d.	Collingwood
2012	Sydney Swans	d.	Hawthorn
2013	Hawthorn	d.	Fremantle
2014	Hawthorn	d.	Sydney Swans

Appearances

Grand Finals	Premiers	Runners-up	Club
8	6	2	Hawthorn
8	3	5	Geelong
5	3	2	West Coast Eagles
4	3	1	Brisbane Lions
5	2	3	Collingwood
5	2	3	Sydney Swans
4	2	2	Carlton
4	2	2	Essendon
3	2	1	North Melbourne
2	2	—	Adelaide
2	1	1	Port Adelaide
3	—	3	St Kilda
2	—	2	Melbourne
1	—	1	Fremantle
—	—	—	Richmond
1	1	—	Western Bulldogs
—	—	—	Gold Coast Suns
—	—	—	Greater Western Sydney

Duels

			Grand Finals
(2)   Brisbane Lions	v	Collingwood   (0)	2002, 2003
(2)   Hawthorn	v	Geelong   (0)	1989, 2008
(1)   Hawthorn	v	Sydney Swans   (1)	2012, 2014
(1)   Sydney Swans	v	West Coast Eagles   (1)	2005, 2006
(2)   West Coast Eagles	v	Geelong   (0)	1992, 1994