The 2025 AFL season is the upcoming 129th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season will feature 18 clubs and run from 6 March to 27 September.[1]

2025 AFL premiership season
Date6 March—27 September 2025
Teams18
← 2024

Background

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In September 2022, the AFL announced a seven-year, $4.5 billion broadcast rights deal with the Seven Network, Foxtel and Telstra, the biggest sports broadcast rights deal in Australian history, effective from the 2025 season.[2] Key points of the deal included:

  • Seven and its streaming service 7plus would broadcast Thursday night, Friday night, Sunday afternoon and all marquee matches, with the first 16[a] rounds of the home-and-away season featuring Thursday night matches.[3]
  • Foxtel and its streaming service Kayo would broadcast every match of the season outside of the grand final,[3] and would utilise its own commentary teams and graphics for all matches for the first time;[5] another Foxtel streaming service, Binge, would also simulcast some matches and include other Foxtel football programs.[6]
  • All Saturday matches outside of marquee matches would be exclusive to Foxtel and Kayo for the first eight rounds of the season, while all Saturday night matches in the last eight rounds of the season would be exclusive to Seven.[3]
  • Seven would broadcast matches involving non-Victorian clubs live into their local markets, outside of select matches on delay.[3]

Ahead of the season's fixture release in November 2024, the AFL further elaborated that the season would feature Thursday night matches in 23 of the 25 rounds, with each of the first 16 rounds plus seven other rounds, as part of a floating fixture to be determined later in the season, having matches on Thursday nights.[4] The following day, the AFL announced the addition on Sunday night matches as a semi-regular fixture in 2025, with nine of the first 16 rounds featuring a Sunday night match.[7] North Melbourne also announced that it would play two of its home matches each season in Western Australia from 2025 to 2027,[b] as part of a deal with the AFL, Tourism Western Australia and the Western Australian government to provide financial security to the club, as well as its strategy to exit its existing deal to play home matches in Tasmania, where it had played at least two per season since 2012; in 2025, the club will play its Western Australia home matches consecutively, in rounds 13 and 14, and two matches in Tasmania as part of the final year of the club's deal with the state.[8] In the same month, Adelaide unveiled a new club logo,[9] while Gold Coast unveiled a new club logo and playing guernseys as part of a complete rebrand of the club.[10]

The season will begin on 6 March with a match between reigning premiers the Brisbane Lions and Geelong, during which the Lions will unfurl their 2024 premiership flag.[11] The match will be one of four played in Opening Round, an initiative introduced in 2024, where the New South Wales and Queensland clubs (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney and Sydney) would contest matches against four Victorian clubs (Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood and Hawthorn, respectively in 2025) to open the season; all eight clubs would then have a bye before round 5 so that all clubs would have played the same number of matches leading into Gather Round.[12] The Western Bulldogs will host a match against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round 2, its first home match at the venue since 2009, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its entry into the VFL/AFL.[13] In round 5, Gather Round, which will be played in South Australia for the third consecutive year, will feature matches in the Barossa Valley region for the first time, with two matches to be played at Barossa Park, a new $40 million recreational facility in Lyndoch, along with two matches at Norwood Oval and the other five at Adelaide Oval, including two separately ticketed matches on the Saturday.[14] Hawthorn will also host a match to celebrate its 100-year anniversary in the VFL/AFL, against Richmond in round 8.[15]

In round 11, during Sir Doug Nicholls Round, the Dreamtime at the 'G match between Essendon and Richmond was moved to the Friday night primetime slot for the first time, having traditionally been held on a Saturday night during the round;[16] a double-header will be held the following day at Marvel Stadium, featuring several Sir Doug Nicholls Round activations in the Docklands precinct throughout the day.[7]

Coach appointments

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New coach Club Date of appointment Previous coach Ref.
Andrew McQualter West Coast 30 September 2024 Adam Simpson [17]

Home-and-away season

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All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Opening Round

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Opening Round
Thursday, 6 March (6:50 pm) Brisbane Lions v Geelong The Gabba
Friday, 7 March (7:40 pm) Sydney v Hawthorn Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 8 March (4:15 pm) Gold Coast v Essendon People First Stadium
Sunday, 9 March (3:20 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood Engie Stadium
Bye

Round 1

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Round 1
Thursday, 13 March (7:30 pm) Richmond v Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 14 March (7:40 pm) Hawthorn v Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 15 March (1:20 pm) Geelong v Fremantle GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 15 March (4:15 pm) Sydney v Brisbane Lions Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 15 March (7:35 pm) Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 15 March (7:35 pm) Collingwood v Port Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 16 March (12:05 pm) Adelaide v St Kilda Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 16 March (3:20 pm) Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 16 March (3:10 pm) West Coast v Gold Coast Optus Stadium

Round 2

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Round 2
Thursday, 20 March (7:30 pm) Carlton v Hawthorn Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 21 March (7:40 pm) Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 22 March (1:20 pm) Essendon v Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 22 March (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide v Richmond Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 22 March (7:35 pm) St Kilda v Geelong Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 23 March (12:10 pm) Brisbane Lions v West Coast The Gabba
Sunday, 23 March (3:20 pm) North Melbourne v Melbourne Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 23 March (3:10 pm) Fremantle v Sydney Optus Stadium
Bye

Round 3

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Round 3
Thursday, 27 March (7:30 pm) Essendon v Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium
Friday, 28 March (7:40 pm) Carlton v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 29 March (1:20 pm) Melbourne v Gold Coast Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 29 March (4:15 pm) St Kilda v Richmond Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 29 March (7:35 pm) Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney University of Tasmania Stadium
Sunday, 30 March (2:50 pm) Adelaide v North Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 30 March (3:10 pm) West Coast v Fremantle Optus Stadium
Bye

Round 4

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Round 4
Thursday, 3 April (7:30 pm) Collingwood v Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 4 April (7:40 pm) Geelong v Melbourne GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 5 April (12:20 pm) Gold Coast v Adelaide People First Stadium
Saturday, 5 April (4:15 pm) Richmond v Brisbane Lions Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 5 April (7:35 pm) North Melbourne v Sydney Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 6 April (1:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney v West Coast Engie Stadium
Sunday, 6 April (2:50 pm) Port Adelaide v St Kilda Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 6 April (3:10 pm) Fremantle v Western Bulldogs Optus Stadium
Bye

Round 5

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Round 5 (Gather Round)
Thursday, 10 April (7:10 pm) Adelaide v Geelong Adelaide Oval
Friday, 11 April (7:10 pm) Collingwood v Sydney Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 12 April (12:05 pm) North Melbourne v Gold Coast Barossa Park
Saturday, 12 April (12:50 pm) Carlton v West Coast Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 12 April (3:45 pm) Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions Norwood Oval
Saturday, 12 April (7:05 pm) Melbourne v Essendon Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 13 April (12:05 pm) Richmond v Fremantle Barossa Park
Sunday, 13 April (2:50 pm) St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney Norwood Oval
Sunday, 13 April (6:50 pm) Port Adelaide v Hawthorn Adelaide Oval

Round 6

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Round 6
Thursday, 17 April (7:30 pm) Brisbane Lions v Collingwood The Gabba
Friday, 18 April (3:20 pm) North Melbourne v Carlton Marvel Stadium
Friday, 18 April (4:10 pm) West Coast v Essendon Optus Stadium
Saturday, 19 April (1:20 pm) Melbourne v Fremantle Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 19 April (3:45 pm) Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 19 April (7:35 pm) Richmond v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 20 April (3:20 pm) Sydney v Port Adelaide Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 20 April (7:20 pm) Western Bulldogs v St Kilda Marvel Stadium
Monday, 21 April (3:20 pm) Geelong v Hawthorn Melbourne Cricket Ground

Round 7

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Round 7 (Anzac Appeal Round)
Thursday, 24 April (7:30 pm) Melbourne v Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 25 April (3:20 pm) Collingwood v Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
Friday, 25 April (6:10 pm) Fremantle v Adelaide Optus Stadium
Saturday, 26 April (1:20 pm) St Kilda v Brisbane Lions Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 26 April (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide v North Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 26 April (7:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs Manuka Oval
Sunday, 27 April (1:10 pm) Gold Coast v Sydney People First Stadium
Sunday, 27 April (3:20 pm) Carlton v Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 27 April (4:40 pm) Hawthorn v West Coast Marvel Stadium

Round 8

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Round 8
Thursday, 1 May (7:30 pm) Essendon v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium
Friday, 2 May (7:40 pm) St Kilda v Fremantle Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 3 May (1:20 pm) Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Mars Stadium
Saturday, 3 May (3:45 pm) Adelaide v Carlton Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 3 May (7:35 pm) Collingwood v Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 3 May (5:35 pm) West Coast v Melbourne Optus Stadium
Sunday, 4 May (1:10 pm) Sydney v Greater Western Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 4 May (3:20 pm) Hawthorn v Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 4 May (7:20 pm) Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast The Gabba

Round 9

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Round 9
Thursday, 8 May (6:10 pm) Fremantle v Collingwood Optus Stadium
Friday, 9 May (7:40 pm) St Kilda v Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 10 May (1:20 pm) Melbourne v Hawthorn Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 10 May (4:15 pm) Essendon v Sydney Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 10 May (7:35 pm) Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs TIO Stadium
Saturday, 10 May (7:40 pm) Port Adelaide v Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 11 May (1:10 pm) Richmond v West Coast Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 11 May (3:20 pm) Geelong v Greater Western Sydney GMHBA Stadium
Sunday, 11 May (4:40 pm) North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions Ninja Stadium

Round 10

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Round 10 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round week 1)
Thursday, 15 May (7:30 pm) Gold Coast v Hawthorn TIO Stadium
Friday, 16 May (7:40 pm) Sydney v Carlton Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, 17 May (1:20 pm) Collingwood v Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 17 May (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide v Geelong Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 17 May (4:15 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Fremantle Engie Stadium
Saturday, 17 May (7:35 pm) Western Bulldogs v Essendon Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 18 May (1:10 pm) Richmond v North Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 18 May (3:20 pm) Brisbane Lions v Melbourne The Gabba
Sunday, 18 May (2:40 pm) West Coast v St Kilda Optus Stadium

Round 11

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Round 11 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round week 2)
Thursday, 22 May (7:30 pm) Geelong v Western Bulldogs GMHBA Stadium
Friday, 23 May (7:40 pm) Essendon v Richmond Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 24 May (12:35 pm) Carlton v Greater Western Sydney Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 24 May (4:15 pm) Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 24 May (7:35 pm) North Melbourne v Collingwood Marvel Stadium
Saturday, 24 May (6:10 pm) Fremantle v Port Adelaide Optus Stadium
Sunday, 25 May (1:10 pm) Adelaide v West Coast Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 25 May (3:20 pm) Melbourne v Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday, 25 May (4:40 pm) St Kilda v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium

Round 12

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Round 12
Thursday, 29 May (7:30 pm) Brisbane Lions v Essendon The Gabba
Friday, 30 May (7:40 pm) Collingwood v Hawthorn Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 31 May (1:20 pm) Gold Coast v Fremantle People First Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (4:15 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Richmond Engie Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (7:35 pm) Sydney v Adelaide Sydney Cricket Ground
Sunday, 1 June (3:20 pm) Melbourne v St Kilda TIO Traeger Park
Sunday, 1 June (5:20 pm) West Coast v Geelong Optus Stadium
Bye

Round 13

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Round 13
Thursday, 5 June (7:30 pm) Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn Marvel Stadium
Friday, 6 June (7:10 pm) Adelaide v Brisbane Lions Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 7 June (1:20 pm) Richmond v Sydney Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 7 June (4:15 pm) Geelong v Gold Coast GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 7 June (7:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Port Adelaide Engie Stadium
Sunday, 8 June (1:20 pm) North Melbourne v West Coast Hands Oval
Sunday, 8 June (7:20 pm) Carlton v Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
Monday, 9 June (3:20 pm) Melbourne v Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
Bye

Round 14

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Round 14
Thursday, 12 June (7:30 pm) St Kilda v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
Friday, 13 June (7:40 pm) Hawthorn v Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium
Saturday, 14 June (1:20 pm) Brisbane Lions v Greater Western Sydney The Gabba
Saturday, 14 June (4:15 pm) Essendon v Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 14 June (5:35 pm) North Melbourne v Fremantle Optus Stadium
Sunday, 15 June (2:50 pm) Port Adelaide v Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Sunday, 15 June (4:10 pm) West Coast v Carlton Optus Stadium
Bye

Round 15

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Round 15
Thursday, 19 June (6:10 pm) Fremantle v Essendon Optus Stadium
Friday, 20 June (7:40 pm) Geelong v Brisbane Lions GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 21 June (1:20 pm) Carlton v North Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 21 June (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide v Sydney Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 21 June (7:35 pm) Collingwood v St Kilda Marvel Stadium
Sunday, 22 June (1:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Gold Coast Engie Stadium
Sunday, 22 June (3:20 pm) Western Bulldogs v Richmond Marvel Stadium
Bye

Round 16

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Round 16
Dates and times TBC Collingwood v West Coast Marvel Stadium
Fremantle v St Kilda Optus Stadium
Gold Coast v Melbourne People First Stadium
Hawthorn v North Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium
Port Adelaide v Carlton Adelaide Oval
Richmond v Adelaide Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sydney v Western Bulldogs Sydney Cricket Ground
Bye

Round 17

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Round 17
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Melbourne Adelaide Oval
Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide The Gabba
Carlton v Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium
Geelong v Richmond GMHBA Stadium
North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
St Kilda v Hawthorn Marvel Stadium
Sydney v Fremantle Sydney Cricket Ground
West Coast v Greater Western Sydney Optus Stadium

Round 18

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Round 18
Dates and times TBC Carlton v Brisbane Lions Marvel Stadium
Fremantle v Hawthorn Optus Stadium
Gold Coast v Collingwood People First Stadium
Greater Western Sydney v Geelong Engie Stadium
Melbourne v North Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Port Adelaide v West Coast Adelaide Oval
Richmond v Essendon Melbourne Cricket Ground
St Kilda v Sydney Marvel Stadium
Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Mars Stadium

Round 19

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Round 19
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Gold Coast Adelaide Oval
Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs The Gabba
Carlton v Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Collingwood v Fremantle Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon v Greater Western Sydney Marvel Stadium
Geelong v St Kilda GMHBA Stadium
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium
Sydney v North Melbourne Sydney Cricket Ground
West Coast v Richmond Optus Stadium

Round 20

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Round 20
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Essendon v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium
Fremantle v West Coast Optus Stadium
Gold Coast v Brisbane Lions People First Stadium
Greater Western Sydney v Sydney Engie Stadium
Hawthorn v Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
North Melbourne v Geelong Marvel Stadium
Richmond v Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
St Kilda v Melbourne Marvel Stadium

Round 21

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Round 21
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Hawthorn Adelaide Oval
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions Melbourne Cricket Ground
Fremantle v Carlton Optus Stadium
Geelong v Port Adelaide GMHBA Stadium
Gold Coast v Richmond People First Stadium
Melbourne v West Coast Marvel Stadium
St Kilda v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium
Sydney v Essendon Sydney Cricket Ground
Western Bulldogs v Greater Western Sydney Marvel Stadium

Round 22

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Round 22
Dates and times TBC Brisbane Lions v Sydney The Gabba
Carlton v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium
Geelong v Essendon GMHBA Stadium
Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne Manuka Oval
Hawthorn v Collingwood Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne v Western Bulldogs Melbourne Cricket Ground
Port Adelaide v Fremantle Adelaide Oval
Richmond v St Kilda Melbourne Cricket Ground
West Coast v Adelaide Optus Stadium

Round 23

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Round 23
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Collingwood Adelaide Oval
Carlton v Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium
Essendon v St Kilda Marvel Stadium
Fremantle v Brisbane Lions Optus Stadium
Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney People First Stadium
Hawthorn v Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
North Melbourne v Richmond Ninja Stadium
Sydney v Geelong Sydney Cricket Ground
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Marvel Stadium

Round 24

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Round 24
Dates and times TBC Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn The Gabba
Collingwood v Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon v Carlton Melbourne Cricket Ground
Greater Western Sydney v St Kilda Engie Stadium
North Melbourne v Adelaide Marvel Stadium
Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Adelaide Oval
Richmond v Geelong Melbourne Cricket Ground
West Coast v Sydney Optus Stadium
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Marvel Stadium

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Collingwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Essendon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fremantle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Geelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gold Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Greater Western Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hawthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 North Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Port Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 St Kilda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Western Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Progression by round

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4 Finished the round in first place 0 Finished the round in last place
4 Finished the round inside the top eight
41 Subscript indicates the ladder position at the end of the round
Team O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
St Kilda
Sydney
West Coast
Western Bulldogs

Home matches and membership

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The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season, excluding neutral matches (Gather Round).

Team Home match attendance Membership
Hosted Total Highest Lowest Average 2024[18] 2025 Change
2024[19] 2025 Change
Adelaide 0 40,821 75,477
Brisbane Lions 0 30,864 63,268
Carlton 0 58,311 106,345
Collingwood 0 66,880 110,628
Essendon 0 50,478 83,664
Fremantle 0 46,891 62,237
Geelong 0 36,291 90,798
Gold Coast 0 15,584 26,157
Greater Western Sydney 0 12,275 36,629
Hawthorn 0 36,037 83,823
Melbourne 0 34,929 65,479
North Melbourne 0 21,954 50,628
Port Adelaide 0 36,922 66,015
Richmond 0 47,582 98,489
St Kilda 0 29,257 60,467
Sydney 0 38,202 73,757
West Coast 0 46,234 103,498
Western Bulldogs 0 28,523 62,328
Total/overall 0 37,815 1,319,687

Win–loss table

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The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If multiple matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Home matches are in bold, neutral matches (Gather Round) are underlined and opponents are listed above the margins.

+ Win Qualified for finals
- Loss X Bye
Draw Eliminated
Team Home-and-away season Ladder Finals series
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 F1 F2 F3 GF
Adelaide X STK ESS NM GC GEE GWS FRE CAR PA COL WC SYD BL HAW X RIC MEL WB GC PA HAW WC COL NM 1
(0–0–0)
Brisbane Lions GEE SYD WC X RIC WB COL STK GC NM MEL HAW ESS ADE GWS GEE X PA CAR WB GC COL SYD FRE HAW 2
(0–0–0)
Carlton X RIC HAW WB COL WC NM GEE ADE STK SYD GWS X ESS WC NM PA COL BL MEL HAW FRE GC PA ESS 3
(0–0–0)
Collingwood GWS PA WB X CAR SYD BL ESS GEE FRE ADE NM HAW MEL X STK WC CAR GC FRE RIC BL HAW ADE MEL 4
(0–0–0)
Essendon GC HAW ADE PA X MEL WC COL NM SYD WB RIC BL CAR GEE FRE X GC RIC GWS WB SYD GEE STK CAR 5
(0–0–0)
Fremantle X GEE SYD WC WB RIC MEL ADE STK COL GWS PA GC X NM ESS STK SYD HAW COL WC CAR PA BL WB 6
(0–0–0)
Geelong BL FRE STK X MEL ADE HAW CAR COL GWS PA WB WC GC ESS BL X RIC GWS STK NM PA ESS SYD RIC 7
(0–0–0)
Gold Coast ESS WC V MEL ADE NM RIC SYD BL WB HAW STK FRE GEE X GWS MEL ESS COL ADE BL RIC CAR GWS PA 8
(0–0–0)
Greater Western Sydney COL MEL X HAW WC STK ADE WB SYD GEE FRE CAR RIC PA BL GC X WC GEE ESS SYD WB NM GC STK 9
(0–0–0)
Hawthorn SYD ESS CAR GWS X PA GEE WC RIC MEL GC BL COL WB ADE X NM STK FRE PA CAR ADE COL MEL BL 10
(0–0–0)
Melbourne X GWS NM GC GEE ESS FRE RIC WC HAW BL SYD STK COL PA X GC ADE NM CAR STK WC WB HAW COL 11
(0–0–0)
North Melbourne X WB MEL ADE SYD GC CAR PA ESS BL RIC COL X WC FRE CAR HAW WB MEL SYD GEE STK GWS RIC ADE 12
(0–0–0)
Port Adelaide X COL RIC ESS STK HAW SYD NM WB ADE GEE FRE X GWS MEL SYD CAR BL WC HAW ADE GEE FRE CAR GC 13
(0–0–0)
Richmond X CAR PA STK BL FRE GC MEL HAW WC NM ESS GWS SYD X WB ADE GEE ESS WC COL GC STK NM GEE 14
(0–0–0)
St Kilda X ADE GEE RIC PA GWS WB BL FRE CAR WC GC MEL X WB COL FRE HAW SYD GEE MEL NM RIC ESS GWS 15
(0–0–0)
Sydney HAW BL FRE X NM COL PA GC GWS ESS CAR MEL ADE RIC X PA WB FRE STK NM GWS ESS BL GEE WC 16
(0–0–0)
West Coast X GC BL FRE GWS CAR ESS HAW MEL RIC STK ADE GEE NM CAR X COL GWS PA RIC FRE MEL ADE WB SYD 17
(0–0–0)
Western Bulldogs X NM COL CAR FRE BL STK GWS PA GC ESS GEE X HAW STK RIC SYD NM ADE BL ESS GWS MEL WC FRE 18
(0–0–0)

Notes

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  1. ^ The deal originally accounted for the first 15 rounds,[3] however with the addition of Opening Round, this was extended to the first 16 rounds ahead of the 2025 season.[4]
  2. ^ As part of the deal, North Melbourne will play home matches against the two Western Australian clubs, Fremantle and West Coast, with one of the matches played at Hands Oval and the other at Optus Stadium.[8]

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