List of VFL Women's premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL Women's premiers. The VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria.
Darebin and North Melbourne Werribee have won the most premierships with two, with Hawthorn, Collingwood, Essendon, and Port Melbourne winning one each premiership.
The Lisa Hardeman Medal, named after women's football advocate Lisa Hardeman, is awarded to the player judged best-on-ground in the VFLW grand final.[1][2]
List of premiers
The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.
Premierships by team
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
This table summarises all premierships won by each team.
| Club | Grand final matches |
Premierships | Runners-up | Years since last premiership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Darebin | 2 | 2 | 2016, 2017 | 0 | — | 8 |
| North Melbourne Werribee | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2025 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Collingwood | 3 | 1 | 2019 | 2 | 2023, 2025 | 5 |
| Essendon | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Port Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 2019, 2024 | — |
| Hawthorn | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 0 | — | — |
| Diamond Creek | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2017 | — |
| Geelong Cats | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2018 | — |
| Melbourne University | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2016 | — |
| Southern Saints | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2022 | — |
| Box Hill | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Carlton | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Casey | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Cranbourne | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Eastern Devils | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Geelong Magpies | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Knox | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Northern Territory | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Richmond | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Seaford | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| St Kilda Sharks | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Western Spurs | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Williamstown | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Premiership frequency
Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
The 2021 season is not included in the latter three columns, as the season was not fully contested and no premiership was awarded. The cancelled 2020 season is also not included in these columns or the seasons column.
| Club | Years in competition |
Seasons | Premierships | Runners-up | Strike rate (based on seasons in competition) |
Average years per | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Grand final | ||||||
| North Melbourne Werribee | 2021–present | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Darebin | 2016–present | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.00% | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Port Melbourne | 2021–present | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20.00% | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Collingwood | 2018–present | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16.67% | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Essendon | 2018–present | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16.67% | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Box Hill / Hawthorn | 2017–present | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14.29% | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Diamond Creek | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 2.0 |
| Western Spurs / Western Bulldogs | 2016–present | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | — | 4.0 |
| Melbourne University | 2016–2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 4.0 |
| Southern Saints / Sandringham | 2018–present | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 6.0 |
| Geelong Cats | 2017–present | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 7.0 |
| Carlton | 2018–present | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Casey | 2018–present | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Williamstown | 2018–present | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Cranbourne | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Eastern Devils | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Northern Territory | 2018–2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Richmond | 2018–2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Seaford | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| St Kilda Sharks | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Geelong Magpies | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Knox | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
References
- ↑ "Lisa Hardeman awarded AFL life membership". Western Bulldogs. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ Murray, Tara (9 February 2023). "Life membership for Hardeman". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Darebin Falcons triumph in VFL women's grand final". The Age. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020.
- ↑ "VFL Women's 2016 Grand Final". websites.mygameday.app. 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "Darebin claims VFL Women's premiership". vfl.com.au. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "REVIEW: VFL Women's Grand Final". vfl.com.au. 23 September 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
- ↑ "Magpies fly to VFLW premiership". vfl.com.au. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019.
- ↑ Cherny, Daniel (16 June 2020). "VFL revamped, VFLW season substituted with new series". The Age. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
- ↑ "VFLW Grand Final called off, no premiership awarded". womens.afl. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021.
- ↑ Vinall, Marnie (3 July 2022). "'Living the dream': Essendon get VFLW premiership ahead of inaugural AFLW season". The Age. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ↑ Rhodes, Brendan (30 July 2023). "It's Flag Port as Borough makes history". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023.
- ↑ Rhodes, Brendan (21 July 2024). "Roos bounce to premiership". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ↑ Elliott, Jack (30 August 2025). "VFLW GF match report: Roos go back to back". nmfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.