2000 AFL season explained

Year:	2000
Date:	8 March—2 September 2000
Teams:	16
Premcount:	16
Rucount:	5
Mpcount:	16
Preseasonname:	Ansett Australia Cup
Pscount:	4
Brownlowmedal:	Shane Woewodin
Votes:	24
Colemanmedal:	Matthew Lloyd
Goals:	94
Matches:	185
Attendance:	6,307,373
Highattendha:	91,571 (round 20, v)
Highattendfinals:	96,249 (grand final, v)

The 2000 AFL season was the 104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 16 clubs and ran from 8 March until 2 September, comprising a 22-match home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The season was scheduled earlier than usual to avoid a clash with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

won the premiership, defeating by 60 points in the 2000 AFL Grand Final; it was Essendon's 16th VFL/AFL premiership. Essendon also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 21–1 win–loss record, with its home-and-away and overall (24–1) win–loss records standing as the best in the league's history. Melbourne's Shane Woewodin won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Essendon's Matthew Lloyd won the Coleman Medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Ansett Australia Cup

See main article: 2000 Ansett Australia Cup. The 2000 pre-season began with the 2000 Ansett Australia Cup. Unlike most pre-season competitions which start in February, the 2000 series started on 31 December 1999 with a one-off "Match of the Millennium" between and, which was notable for Brendan Fevola kicking twelve goals, a pre-season record.^[1] defeated the by 41 points in the grand final.^[2]

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables

Round 22

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB		Qualififed for finals

|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 1 || align=left | (P) || 22 || 21 || 1 || 0 || 2816 || 1770 || 159.1 || 84|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 2 || align=left | || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2667 || 1979 || 134.8 || 64|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 3 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2557 || 2159 || 118.4 || 56|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 4 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2447 || 2304 || 106.2 || 56|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 5 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 9 || 1 || 2234 || 2306 || 96.9 || 50|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 6 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2602 || 2222 || 117.1 || 48|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 7 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2321 || 2241 || 103.6 || 48|- style=background:#FFFFBB| 8 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2198 || 2251 || 97.6 || 48|-| 9 || align=left | || 22 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 2068 || 2221 || 93.1 || 44|-| 10 || align=left | || 22 || 10 || 12 || 0 || 2254 || 2219 || 101.6 || 40|-| 11 || align=left | || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 2255 || 2347 || 96.1 || 36|-| 12 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 1886 || 2618 || 72.0 || 32|-| 13 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 14 || 1 || 2216 || 2399 || 92.4 || 30|-| 14 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 14 || 1 || 1928 || 2295 || 84.0 || 30|-| 15 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 2089 || 2431 || 85.9 || 28|-| 16 || align=left | || 22 || 2 || 19 || 1 || 1855 || 2631 || 70.5 || 10|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 103.4
Source: AFL Tables

Progression by round

Team	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
align=left	bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=C9F0FF		bgcolor=CCFFCC
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align=left		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB
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align=left									bgcolor=FFFFBB								bgcolor=FFFFBB			bgcolor=FFFFBB				bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB
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align=left				bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF										bgcolor=FFFFBB
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align=left	bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB			bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF									bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left	bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB		bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left						bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF				bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=C0C0C0

Source: AFL Tables

Home matches and membership

Team	Home match attendance							Membership
	Hosted	Total	Highest	Lowest	Average			1999^[3]	2000	Change
	1999^[4]	2000^[5]	Highest	Lowest	Change			1999^[3]	2000	Change
align=left		11	423,171	42,659	30,350	bgcolor=EBECF0	39,393	38,470		bgcolor=EBECF0	42,120	42,896
align=left		11	301,470	34,743	21,956	bgcolor=EBECF0	21,890	27,406		bgcolor=EBECF0	16,931	20,295
align=left		11	378,551	91,571	16,415	bgcolor=EBECF0	35,037	34,414		bgcolor=EBECF0	25,719	27,571
align=left		11	495,134	88,390	29,072	bgcolor=EBECF0	39,126	45,012		bgcolor=EBECF0	32,358	28,932
align=left		11	531,879	67,172	34,567	bgcolor=EBECF0	57,309	48,353		bgcolor=EBECF0	29,858	34,278
align=left		11	245,928	37,710	10,826	bgcolor=EBECF0	23,972	22,357		bgcolor=EBECF0	24,896	24,925
align=left		11	305,014	47,071	17,399	bgcolor=EBECF0	24,840	27,729		bgcolor=EBECF0	21,032	25,595
align=left		11	378,592	53,776	16,004	bgcolor=EBECF0	34,864	34,417		bgcolor=EBECF0	32,120	26,879
align=left		11	243,017	36,514	7,334	bgcolor=EBECF0	25,890	22,092		bgcolor=EBECF0	22,080	22,156
align=left		11	413,153	75,033	16,120	bgcolor=EBECF0	31,955	37,559		bgcolor=EBECF0	19,713	18,227
align=left		11	290,149	41,101	19,511	bgcolor=EBECF0	31,269	26,377		bgcolor=EBECF0	37,166	34,925
align=left		11	484,132	73,465	23,578	bgcolor=EBECF0	40,533	44,012		bgcolor=EBECF0	29,047	26,869
align=left		11	268,638	38,151	17,509	bgcolor=EBECF0	33,182	24,422		bgcolor=EBECF0	20,793	17,855
align=left		11	281,190	34,687	19,789	bgcolor=EBECF0	30,539	25,563		bgcolor=EBECF0	31,175	30,177
align=left		11	364,500	40,519	22,232	bgcolor=EBECF0	30,868	33,136		bgcolor=EBECF0	36,212	38,868
align=left		11	336,293	45,527	18,134	bgcolor=EBECF0	24,023	30,572		bgcolor=EBECF0	20,491	18,056
Total	176	5,740,811	91,571	7,334	32,793	32,618	175	441,711	438,504	3,207

Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

See main article: 2000 AFL finals series.

All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables

Grand final

See main article: 2000 AFL Grand Final.

Win/loss table

The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more 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). Opponents are listed above the margins and home matches are in bold.

Team	Home-and-away season																						Finals series
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	F1	F2	F3	GF
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	11 (9–13–0)
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	6 (12–10–0)	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	2 (16–6–0)	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=C0C0C0
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	15 (7–15–0)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	1 (21–1–0)	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	12 (8–14–0)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCCCFF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	5 (12–9–1)	bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	8 (12–10–0)	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	4 (14–8–0)	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=C0C0C0
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFFFBB	3 (14–8–0)	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCCCFF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	14 (7–14–1)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	9 (11–11–0)
align=left		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCCCFF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	16 (2–19–1)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	10 (10–12–0)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCCCFF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	13 (7–14–1)
align=left		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC		bgcolor=FFCFCF		bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=CCFFCC	bgcolor=FFCFCF	bgcolor=FFFFBB	7 (12–10–0)	bgcolor=FFCFCF

Source: AFL Tables

Season notes

became the first team in VFL/AFL history to win 21 matches in a home-and-away season.^[6]
By winning the grand final, Essendon set a new record for the most wins in a season (24); the club also set a new record for the highest average winning margin in a season (51 points).^[7]

Awards

Major awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Shane Woewodin of Melbourne.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to James Hird of Essendon.
The AFL Rising Star was awarded to Paul Hasleby of Fremantle.
The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda.

Leading goalkickers

! rowspan=2 style=width:2em | #! rowspan=2 | Player! rowspan=2 | Team! colspan=22 | Home-and-away season (Coleman Medal)! colspan=4 | Finals series! rowspan=2 | Total! rowspan=2 | Games! rowspan=2 | Average|-! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! F1 !! F2 !! F3 !! GF|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 1| align=left | Matthew Lloyd || align=left | || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 7₇ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 7₁₄ || 4₁₈ || 4₂₂ || 3₂₅ || 3₂₈ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 5₃₃ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 5₃₈ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 6₄₄ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 1₄₅ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 7₅₂ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 6₅₈ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 1₅₉ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 4₆₃ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 3₆₆ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 3₆₉ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 4₇₃ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 9₈₂ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 5₈₇ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 1₈₈ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 2₉₀ || bgcolor=CCFFCC | 4₉₄ || 7₁₀₁ || X₁₀₁ || 4₁₀₅ || 4₁₀₉ || 109 || 25 || 4.36|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 2| align=left | Jeff Farmer || align=left | || 2₂ || 1₃ || 3₆ || 5₁₁ || 1₁₂ || 4₁₆ || 7₂₃ || –₂₃ || –₂₃ || 3₂₆ || 2₂₈ || 1₂₉ || 0₂₉ || 9₃₈ || 7₄₅ || 2₄₇ || 1₄₈ || 4₅₂ || 2₅₄ || 8₆₂ || 0₆₂ || 3₆₅ || 0₆₅ || X₆₅ || 8₇₃ || 3₇₆ || 76 || 23 || 3.30|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 3| align=left | Lance Whitnall || align=left | || 1₁ || 5₆ || 5₁₁ || 1₁₂ || 4₁₆ || 4₂₀ || 2₂₂ || 0₂₂ || 0₂₂ || 3₂₅ || 2₂₇ || 3₃₀ || 3₃₃ || 6₃₉ || 6₄₅ || 9₅₄ || 1₅₅ || 5₆₀ || 0₆₀ || 3₆₃ || 0₆₃ || 2₆₅ || 3₆₈ || 2₇₀ || 0₇₀ || || 70 || 25 || 2.80|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 4| align=left | Wayne Carey || align=left | || 2₂ || –₂ || 2₄ || 0₄ || 3₇ || 4₁₁ || 1₁₂ || –₁₂ || 6₁₈ || 7₂₅ || 1₂₆ || 5₃₁ || 1₃₂ || 5₃₇ || 3₄₀ || 2₄₂ || 5₄₇ || 4₅₁ || 3₅₄ || 4₅₈ || 1₅₉ || 3₆₂ || 1₆₃ || 3₆₆ || 3₆₉ || || 69 || 23 || 3.00|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 5| align=left | Alastair Lynch || align=left | || –₀ || 0₀ || 4₄ || 3₇ || 5₁₂ || 2₁₄ || 0₁₄ || –₁₄ || 4₁₈ || 6₂₄ || 5₂₉ || 3₃₂ || 4₃₆ || 2₃₈ || 3₄₁ || 4₄₅ || 2₄₇ || 2₄₉ || 3₅₂ || 2₅₄ || 3₅₇ || 4₆₁ || 5₆₆ || 2₆₈ || colspan=2 | || 68 || 22 || 3.09|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 6| align=left | Scott Lucas || align=left | || –₀ || –₀ || 2₂ || 5₇ || 3₁₀ || 6₁₆ || 6₂₂ || 1₂₃ || 1₂₄ || 3₂₇ || 4₃₁ || 0₃₁ || 3₃₄ || 2₃₆ || 1₃₇ || 3₄₀ || 2₄₂ || 5₄₇ || 4₅₁ || 0₅₁ || 0₅₁ || 2₅₃ || 2₅₅ || X₅₅ || 2₅₇ || 0₅₇ || 57 || 23 || 2.48|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 7| align=left | Daniel Bradshaw || align=left | || 4₄ || 7₁₁ || 2₁₃ || 3₁₆ || 0₁₆ || 3₁₉ || 0₁₉ || 0₁₉ || –₁₉ || –₁₉ || –₁₉ || –₁₉ || 7₂₆ || 3₂₉ || 4₃₃ || 4₃₇ || 5₄₂ || 1₄₃ || 5₄₈ || 4₅₂ || 2₅₄ || 2₅₆ || 0₅₆ || –₅₆ || colspan=2 | || 56 || 19 || 2.95|-! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=2 | 8| align=left | Clive Waterhouse || align=left | || 2₂ || 3₅ || 1₆ || 2₈ || 1₉ || 2₁₁ || 2₁₃ || 4₁₇ || 6₂₃ || 1₂₄ || 4₂₈ || 1₂₉ || –₂₉ || 4₃₃ || 5₃₈ || 0₃₈ || 2₄₀ || 0₄₀ || 2₄₂ || 3₄₅ || 7₅₂ || 1₅₃ || colspan=4 | || 53 || 21 || 2.52|-| align=left | Michael O'Loughlin || align=left | || 5₅ || 0₅ || 3₈ || 0₈ || 2₁₀ || 2₁₂ || 0₁₂ || 0₁₂ || 1₁₃ || 1₁₄ || 3₁₇ || 0₁₇ || 5₂₂ || 3₂₅ || 1₂₆ || 4₃₀ || 2₃₂ || 3₃₅ || 6₄₁ || 4₄₅ || 3₄₈ || 5₅₃ || colspan=4 | || 53 || 22 || 2.41|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 10| align=left | Luke Power || align=left | || 1₁ || 1₂ || 1₃ || 0₃ || –₃ || 3₆ || 1₇ || 1₈ || 6₁₄ || 2₁₆ || 3₁₉ || 5₂₄ || 2₂₆ || 2₂₈ || 3₃₁ || 2₃₃ || 1₃₄ || 3₃₇ || 1₃₈ || 3₄₁ || 3₄₄ || 3₄₇ || 5₅₂ || –₅₂ || colspan=2 | || 52 || 22 || 2.36|-| colspan=32 | |-! scope=row style=text-align:center | | align=left | Peter Everitt || align=left | || 4₄ || 9₁₃ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 7₂₀ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 3₂₃ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 5₂₈ || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 3₃₁ || 0₃₁ || 3₃₄ || 2₃₆ || 0₃₆ || 3₃₉ || 0₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || –₃₉ || 0₃₉ || 0₃₉ || 1₄₀ || colspan=4 | || 40 || 15 || 2.67|}

Source: AFL Tables

Sources

2000 AFL season at AFL Tables
2000 AFL season at Australian Football

Notes and References

Web site: Tate. Andrew. New Year moments. The Age. 4 January 2009. 6 December 2021. 20 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160320125111/http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/new-year-moments/2009/01/03/1230681816302.html. live.
Book: AFL 2001: The official statistical history of the AFL. 2001 . Lovett, Michael. 16. 0-9585286-7-5.
Web site: AFL Club Member Summary 1984-2021. Sports Industry AU. 5 March 2023.
Web site: Attendances 1999. AFL Tables. 5 March 2023.
Web site: Attendances 2000. AFL Tables. 5 March 2023.
Web site: Eddy. Dan. Grand Final Moments: Greatness. essendonfc.com.au. 27 September 2017. 10 December 2021. 9 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209161732/https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/299869/grand-final-moments-greatness. live.
Web site: 2000 Premiership. essendonfc.com.au. 21 December 2021. 21 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221022628/https://www.essendonfc.com.au/club/history/premierships/2000. live.