List of West Australian Football League premiers explained

This is a list of the West Australian Football League premiers, the premier state-based Australian rules football league in Western Australia, and includes premiers of the Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906), West Australian Football League (1907-1924), Western Australian Football League (1925-1927), Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979), West Australian Football League (1980-1989), WA State League (1990), West Australian Football League (1991-1996), Westar Rules (1997–2000) and West Australian Football League (2001-).

In 1967, WAFL football historian Dave Clement discovered a discrepancy between the official premiership list as published by the league and what he had determined from examination of records from the time. The original list has Fremantle winning six of the first seven premierships; however, documentation was found that the Unions club had won three premierships in succession.^[1] The discrepancy was not officially acknowledged and fixed until the League's centenary in 1985.^[2]

In the early years, a number of cups were awarded to clubs who won the premiership, including the "Dixson Cup"^[1] and the "Farley Cup".^[3]

On March 27, 1907, the WAFA was renamed the West Australian Football League (WAFL).^[4] The 1907 grand final ended in a controversial manner, after Perth were awarded their first premiership by protesting the results.

On Wednesday October 12, 1927, the WAFL was renamed the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) – the "national" in the name being adopted by the SANFL, TANFL and other leagues when the Australian Football Council became the Australian National Football Council earlier in that year.^[5]

Prior to 1931, premierships were either awarded to the team leading the ladder or who won a final. If the top team lost the final, then they had the right to call for a challenge match to be played the following week to determine the premiership.

In 1931 the system changed to the Page finals system where the top two teams play in the second semi final, with the loser having a second chance and the winner progressing straight to the Grand Final. The winner of the third and fourth placed teams who played in the first semi final play the loser of the second semi final in the preliminary final.^[6]

Since 1945, the best player on ground in the Grand Final has been awarded the Simpson Medal.

Premiers

Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1885
1886	Fremantle	Victorians (2)
1887	Unions	Victorians (3)
1888	Unions (2)	Rovers
1889	Unions (3)	Rovers (2)
1890	Fremantle (II) (4)	Metropolitan
1891	Rovers (2)	West Perth
1892	Fremantle (II) (5)	West Perth (2)
1893	Fremantle (II) (6)	West Perth (3)
1894	Fremantle (II) (7)	West Perth (4)
1895	Fremantle (II) (8)	Rovers (3)		Poss Watson
1896	Fremantle (II) (9)	Imperials		Poss Watson
1897	West Perth	Imperials (2)		Barney Grecian
1898	Fremantle (II) (10)	West Perth (5)		Poss Watson
1899	West Perth (2)	East Fremantle		Barney Grecian
1900	East Fremantle	South Fremantle		Thomas C Wilson
1901	West Perth (3)	East Fremantle (2)		Les Jones & Billy Plunkett
1902	East Fremantle (2)	North Fremantle		John Atkinson Chadwick
1903	East Fremantle (3)	West Perth (6)		John Atkinson Chadwick
1904	East Fremantle (4)	Perth	12.11 (83) – 3.7 (25)	Thomas C Wilson
1905	West Perth (4)	East Fremantle (3)		Billy Plunkett & Shooter Ford
			(Replay)
1906	East Fremantle (5)	West Perth (7)	12.3 (75) – 5.6 (36)	Thomas C Wilson

West Australian Football League (1907–1927)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1907	Perth	East Fremantle (4)		Jack Leckie		Claremont Showground	8,500
1908	East Fremantle (6)	Perth (2)	5.7 (37) – 0.8 (8)	Thomas C Wilson		Fremantle Oval	–
1909	East Fremantle (7)	Perth (3)	8.8 (56) – 4.6 (30)	Thomas C Wilson		WACA Ground	–
1910	East Fremantle (8)	East Perth	5.5 (35) – 2.10 (22)	James Doig		Fremantle Oval	–
1911	East Fremantle (9)	West Perth (8)	14.12 (96) – 7.3 (45)	James Doig		Subiaco Oval	–
1912	Subiaco	East Fremantle (5)	5.8 (38) – 4.5 (29)			Perth Oval	4,000
1913	Subiaco (2)	Perth (4)	6.7 (43) – 4.7 (31)			WACA Ground	10,000
1914	East Fremantle (10)	South Fremantle (2)	5.13 (43) – 3.6 (24)	Harry Sharpe		Subiaco Oval	–
1915	Subiaco (3)	Perth (5)	3.3 (21) – 2.7 (19)			Perth Oval	–
1916	South Fremantle	East Fremantle (6)	7.12 (54) – 5.5 (35)	F Collins^[7]		WACA Ground	–
1917	South Fremantle (2)	East Fremantle (7)	6.5 (41) – 3.8 (26)	F Collins^[8]		WACA Ground	–
1918	East Fremantle (11)	East Perth (2)	11.8 (74) – 8.5 (53)	W. J. “Nipper” Truscott		Subiaco Oval	8,000
1919	East Perth	East Fremantle (8)	10.8 (68) – 7.4 (46)	Chris Slattery		WACA Ground	–
1920	East Perth (2)	East Fremantle (9)	6.16 (52) – 4.6 (30)	Charlie McKenzie &<br> Chris Slattery		WACA Ground	12,000
1921	East Perth (3)	East Fremantle (10)	5.9 (39) – 4.8 (32)	Vern Harold &<br> Charlie McKenzie		Subiaco Oval	–
1922	East Perth (4)	West Perth (9)	7.13 (55) – 5.9 (39)	Vern Harold		Subiaco Oval	12,721
1923	East Perth (5)	East Fremantle (11)	9.9 (63) – 7.4 (46)	Vern Harold		Subiaco Oval	16,371
1924	Subiaco (4)	East Fremantle (12)	7.9 (51) – 3.6 (24)	Snowy Hamilton		Perth Oval	10,519
1925	East Fremantle (12)	Subiaco	10.10 (70) – 6.7 (43)	John “Jerry” Dolan		Perth Oval	15,112
1926	East Perth (6)	Subiaco (2)	11.19 (85) – 5.5 (35)	Harold Gepp		WACA Ground	–
1927	East Perth (7)	South Fremantle (3)	10.12 (72) – 7.9 (51)	Harold Gepp		Subiaco Oval	–

Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1928			10.13 (73) – 8.8 (56)	John “Jerry” Dolan		Subiaco Oval	–
1929	East Fremantle (14)	South Fremantle (4)	8.22 (70) – 5.9 (39)	Dinny Coffey		Subiaco Oval	11,021
1930	East Fremantle (15)	South Fremantle (5)	12.15 (87) – 9.11 (65)	Jerry Dolan		Subiaco Oval	–
1931	East Fremantle (16)	Subiaco (3)	9.13 (67) – 7.7 (49)	Juda Bee	Barney Sheedy	Subiaco Oval	10,859
1932	West Perth (5)	East Perth (4)	18.9 (117) – 11.8 (74)			Subiaco Oval	14,182
1933	East Fremantle (17)	Subiaco (4)	10.13 (73) – 7.7 (49)	Jerry Dolan	Jerry Dolan	Subiaco Oval	15,919
1934	West Perth (6)	East Fremantle (13)	11.7 (73) – 5.9 (39)	Don Marinko, Sr.	Johnny Leonard	Perth Oval	10,464
1935	West Perth (7)	Subiaco (5)	11.8 (74) – 7.9 (51)	Don Marinko, Sr.	Johnny Leonard	Perth Oval	19,154
1936	East Perth (8)	Claremont	11.5 (71) – 9.6 (60)	Mick Cronin	Jerry Dolan	Subiaco Oval	20.874
1937	East Fremantle (18)	Claremont (2)	14.13 (97) – 13.9 (87)	Ross Hutchinson	Ross Hutchinson	Subiaco Oval	16,460
1938	Claremont	East Fremantle (14)		George Moloney	Johnny Leonard	Subiaco Oval	19,104
			(Replay)				15,402
1939	Claremont (2)	East Fremantle (15)	14.11 (95) – 11.10 (76)	George Moloney	Johnny Leonard	Subiaco Oval	19,193
1940	Claremont (3)	South Fremantle (6)	13.13 (91) – 9.20 (74)	George Moloney	Johnny Leonard	Subiaco Oval	19,876
1941	West Perth (8)	East Fremantle (16)	14.14 (98) – 10.17 (77)	Spike Pola	Ross Hutchinson	Subiaco Oval	15,835
1942	West Perth (9)	Claremont (3)	19.16 (130) – 11.13 (79)	Len Harman	Joe Brooker	Subiaco Oval	5,308
1943	East Fremantle (19)	Swan Districts	17.15 (117) – 11.11 (77)	Jim Conway	Jerry Dolan	Subiaco Oval	8,415
1944	East Perth (9)	East Fremantle (17)	14.13 (97) – 4.17 (41)	Allan Watts	Cec Rowland	Subiaco Oval	8,991
1945	East Fremantle (20)	South Fremantle (7)	12.15 (87) – 7.9 (51)	George Meiers	Jerry Dolan	Subiaco Oval	19,509
1946	East Fremantle (21)	West Perth (10)	11.13 (79) – 10.13 (73)	Charlie Doig	Jerry Dolan	Subiaco Oval	24,841
1947	South Fremantle (3)	West Perth (11)	13.8 (86) – 9.17 (71)	Ross Hutchinson	Ross Hutchinson	Subiaco Oval	25,112
1948	South Fremantle (4)	West Perth (12)	13.9 (87) – 8.15 (63)	Clive Lewington	Ross Hutchinson	Subiaco Oval	28,660
1949	West Perth (10)	Perth (6)	16.13 (109) – 12.7 (79)	Stan Heal	Stan Heal	Subiaco Oval	34,049
1950	South Fremantle (5)	Perth (7)	12.23 (95) – 13.11 (89)	Clive Lewington	Clive Lewington	Subiaco Oval	31,325
1951	West Perth (11)	South Fremantle (8)	13.10 (88) – 12.13 (85)	Ray Schofield	Stan Heal	Subiaco Oval	30,006
1952	South Fremantle (6)	West Perth (13)	12.19 (91) – 10.10 (70)	Harry Carbon	Clive Lewington	Subiaco Oval	29,701
1953	South Fremantle (7)	West Perth (14)	18.12 (120) – 8.13 (61)	Steve Marsh	Clive Lewington	Subiaco Oval	34,207
1954	South Fremantle (8)	East Fremantle (18)	21.14 (140) – 9.8 (62)	Frank Treasure	Clive Lewington	Subiaco Oval	36,098
1955	Perth (2)	East Fremantle (19)	11.11 (77) – 11.9 (75)	Keith Harper	Ern Henfry	Subiaco Oval	41,659
1956	East Perth (10)	South Fremantle (9)	10.17 (77) – 9.10 (64)	Jack Sheedy	Jack Sheedy	Subiaco Oval	34,959
1957	East Fremantle (22)	East Perth (5)	10.18 (78) – 9.8 (62)	Steve Marsh	Steve Marsh	Subiaco Oval	38,021
1958	East Perth (11)	East Fremantle (20)	8.17 (65) – 8.15 (63)	Tom Everett	Jack Sheedy	Subiaco Oval	36,668
1959	East Perth (12)	Subiaco (6)	12.19 (91) – 9.14 (68)	Jack Sheedy	Jack Sheedy	Subiaco Oval	45,245
1960	West Perth (12)	East Perth (6)	17.13 (115) – 12.1 (83)	Brian Foley	Arthur Olliver	Subiaco Oval	42,850
1961	Swan Districts	East Perth (7)	17.9 (111) – 12.15 (87)	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Subiaco Oval	41,102
1962	Swan Districts (2)	East Fremantle (21)	14.10 (94) – 10.16 (76)	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Subiaco Oval	46,659
1963	Swan Districts (3)	East Fremantle (22)	17.10 (112) – 13.12 (90)	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Subiaco Oval	41,101
1964	Claremont (4)	East Fremantle (23)	14.18 (102) – 15.8 (98)	Les Mumme	Jim Conway	Subiaco Oval	45,120
1965	East Fremantle (24)	Swan Districts (2)	18.18 (126) – 16.6 (102)	Bob Johnson	Bob Johnson	Subiaco Oval	46,744
1966	Perth (3)	East Perth (8)	11.25 (91) – 10.15 (75)	Mal Atwell	Mal Atwell	Subiaco Oval	46,763
1967	Perth (4)	East Perth (9)	18.12 (120) – 15.12 (102)	Mal Atwell	Mal Atwell	Subiaco Oval	42,625
1968	Perth (5)	East Perth (10)	16.14 (110) – 13.8 (86)	Mal Atwell	Mal Atwell	Subiaco Oval	40,315
1969	West Perth (13)	East Perth (11)	21.21 (147) – 10.14 (74)	Graham Farmer	Graham Farmer	Subiaco Oval	51,385
1970	South Fremantle (9)	Perth (8)	15.7 (97) – 6.18 (54)	Hassa Mann	Hassa Mann	Subiaco Oval	40,620
1971	West Perth (14)	East Perth (12)	14.17 (101) – 9.15 (69)	Graham Farmer	Graham Farmer	Subiaco Oval	50,975
1972	East Perth (13)	Claremont (4)	9.17 (71) – 8.8 (56)	Mal Brown	Mal Brown	Subiaco Oval	46,055
1973	Subiaco (5)	West Perth (15)	10.12 (72) – 6.4 (40)	Ross Smith	Ross Smith	Subiaco Oval	46,885
1974	East Fremantle (24)	Perth (9)	17.20 (122) – 15.10 (100)	Graham Melrose	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	40,758
1975	West Perth (15)	South Fremantle (10)	23.17 (155) – 7.9 (51)	Bill Dempsey	Graham Campbell	Subiaco Oval	52,322
1976	Perth (6)	East Perth (13)	13.14 (92) – 11.3 (69)	Colin Lofts	Ken Armstrong	Subiaco Oval	45,823
1977	Perth (7)	East Fremantle (24)	26.13 (169) – 14.12 (96)	Colin Lofts	Ken Armstrong	Subiaco Oval	44,381
1978	East Perth (14)	Perth (10)	11.15 (81) – 12.7 (79)	Barry Cable	Barry Cable	Subiaco Oval	45,126
1979	East Fremantle (25)	South Fremantle (11)	21.19 (145) – 16.16 (112)	Brian Peake	Brad Smith	Subiaco Oval	52,781

West Australian Football League (1980–1989)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1980				Noel Carter	Mal Brown	Subiaco Oval	46,208
1981	Claremont (5)	South Fremantle (12)	16.15 (111) – 12.24 (96)	Graham Moss	Graham Moss	Subiaco Oval	50,517
1982	Swan Districts (4)	Claremont (5)	18.19 (127) – 11.12 (78)	Graham Melrose	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	50,833
1983	Swan Districts (5)	Claremont (6)	15.14 (104) – 12.11 (83)	Keith Narkle	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	47,760
1984	Swan Districts (6)	East Fremantle (25)	20.18 (138) – 15.12 (102)	Keith Narkle	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	41,831
1985	East Fremantle (26)	Subiaco (7)	15.12 (102) – 14.13 (97)	Ron Alexander	Ron Alexander	Subiaco Oval	42,657
1986	Subiaco (6)	East Fremantle (26)	19.16 (130) – 8.13 (61)	Neil Taylor	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Subiaco Oval	38,389
1987	Claremont (6)	Subiaco (8)	20.20 (140) – 10.9 (69)	Gerard Neesham	Gerard Neesham	Subiaco Oval	32,340
1988	Subiaco (7)	Claremont (7)	19.8 (122) – 8.12 (60)	Greg Carpenter	Haydn Bunton, Jr.	Subiaco Oval	28,183
1989	Claremont (7)	South Fremantle (13)	15.16 (109) – 5.9 (39)	John Scott	Gerard Neesham	Subiaco Oval	38,198

West Australian Football League (1991–1996)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1991				Mark Hann	Gerard Neesham	Subiaco Oval	22,731
1992	East Fremantle (27)	South Fremantle (14)	12.19 (91) – 9.13 (67)	Steve Malaxos	Ken Judge	Subiaco Oval	30,130
1993	Claremont (9)	West Perth (16)	13.14 (92) – 8.14 (62)	Darrell Panizza	Gerard Neesham	Subiaco Oval	32,404
1994	East Fremantle (28)	Claremont (9)	13.13 (91) – 10.10 (70)	Steve Malaxos	Ken Judge	Subiaco Oval	17,594
1995	West Perth (16)	Subiaco (10)	21.11 (137) – 12.9 (81)	Darren Harris	John Dimmer	Subiaco Oval	30,712
1996	Claremont (10)	East Perth (14)	13.8 (86) – 12.12 (84)	Jeremy Guard	Darrell Panizza	Subiaco Oval	29,771

Westar Rules (1997–2000)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1997				Jon Dorotich &<br />Peter Worsfold	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	32,371
1998	East Fremantle (29)	West Perth (17)	20.10 (130) – 13.9 (87)	Stephen Bilcich	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	23,258
1999	West Perth (17)	South Fremantle (15)	14.13 (97) – 11.6 (72)	Kim Rigoll	John Dimmer	Subiaco Oval	25,473
2000	East Perth (15)	East Fremantle (28)	18.11 (119) – 11.14 (80)	Jeremy Barnard	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	30,174

West Australian Football League (2001–)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
				Jeremy Barnard	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	23,842
	East Perth (17)	West Perth (18)	15.14 (104) – 5.14 (44)	Jeremy Barnard	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	31,382
	West Perth (18)	Subiaco (11)	13.9 (87) – 9.10 (64)	Steve Trewhella	Darren Harris	Subiaco Oval	17,775
	Subiaco (8)	Claremont (10)	15.9 (99) – 7.9 (51)	Richard Maloney	Peter German	Subiaco Oval	21,507
2005	South Fremantle (12)	Claremont (11)	17.8 (110) – 7.12 (54)	David Gault	John Dimmer	Subiaco Oval	22,570
2006	Subiaco (9)	South Fremantle (17)	24.9 (153) – 10.10 (70)	Marc Webb	Peter German	Subiaco Oval	21,291
	Subiaco (10)	Claremont (12)	15.13 (103) – 9.8 (62)	Marc Webb	Scott Watters	Subiaco Oval	19,541
2008	Subiaco (11)	Swan Districts (4)	22.16 (148) – 14.7 (91)	Marc Webb	Scott Watters	Subiaco Oval	23,199
2009	South Fremantle (13)	Subiaco (12)	17.11 (113) – 13.17 (95)	Toby McGrath	John Dimmer	Subiaco Oval	22,727
2010	Swan Districts (8)	Claremont (13)	14.16 (100) – 14.15 (99)	Josh Roberts	Brian Dawson	Subiaco Oval	24,600
2011	Claremont (11)	Subiaco (13)	19.13 (127) – 10.11 (71)	Clancy Rudeforth	Simon McPhee	Patersons Stadium	15,459
2012	Claremont (12)	East Fremantle (29)	18.16 (124) – 15.8 (98)	Luke Blackwell	Marc Webb	Patersons Stadium	18,612
2013	West Perth (19)	East Perth (15)	20.11 (131) – 12.10 (82)^[9]	Jason Salecic	Bill Monaghan^[10]	Patersons Stadium	20,008
2014	Subiaco (12)	East Perth (16)	11.16 (82) – 9.12 (66)	Kyal Horsley	Jarrad Schofield	Patersons Stadium	11,987
2015	Subiaco (13)	West Perth (19)	21.10 (136) - 10.10 (70)	Kyal Horsley	Jarrad Schofield	Domain Stadium	13,094
2016	Peel Thunder	Subiaco (14)	11.13 (79) – 8.8 (56)	Gerald Ugle	Cam Shepherd	Domain Stadium	15,031
2017	Peel Thunder (2)	Subiaco (15)	11.6 (72) – 7.14 (56)	Gerald Ugle	Cam Shepherd	Domain Stadium	18,180
2018	Subiaco (14)	West Perth (20)	19.13 (127) – 7.4 (46)	Kyal Horsley	Jarrad Schofield	Optus Stadium	25,064
2019	Subiaco (15)	South Fremantle (18)	18.12 (120) – 3.6 (24)	Leigh Kitchin	Beau Wardman	Optus Stadium	18,941
2020	South Fremantle (14)	Claremont (14)	6.10 (46) – 6.7 (43)	Dylan Main	Todd Curley	Fremantle Community Bank Oval	10,179
2021	Subiaco (16)	South Fremantle (19)	13.7 (85) – 5.11 (41)	Leigh Kitchin	Beau Wardman	Optus Stadium	29,879
2022	West Perth (20)	Claremont (15)	10.9 (69) – 8.9 (57)	Aaron Black	Darren Harris	Leederville Oval	16,791
2023	East Fremantle (30)	Peel Thunder	12.13 (85) – 6.10 (46)	Matthew Jupp	Bill Monaghan	Optus Stadium	27,104
- style="background:#C0FFC0;"	2024	Peel Thunder (3)	East Perth (17)	14.8 (92) – 8.11 (59)	Ben Hancock	Adam Read	Optus Stadium	25,481

Records

Premierships

Current clubs

Club	Premierships
	Total	Season(s)	Total	Season(s)
East Fremantle	30		29	1899, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2012
West Perth	20		20	1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1898, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1922, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1973, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018
East Perth	17		17	1910, 1918, 1928, 1932, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2024
Subiaco	16		15	1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
South Fremantle	14		19	1900, 1914, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945, 1951, 1956, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2019, 2021
Claremont	12		15	1936, 1937, 1942, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2020, 2022
Swan Districts	8		4	1943, 1965, 1980, 2008
Perth	7		10	1904, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1974, 1978
Peel Thunder	3		1	2023
	0	-	0	-

Defunct Clubs

Club	Premierships
	Total	Season(s)	Total	Season(s)
	10		0	-
Rovers	2		3	1888, 1889, 1895
Fremantle (I)	1		0	-
Victorians	0	-	3	1885, 1886, 1887
Imperials	0	-	2	1896, 1897
Metropolitan	0	-	1	1890
	0	-	1	1902
Midland Junction	0	-	0	-

Consecutive appearances

Consecutive Premierships

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Premierships	Club	Sequence
5		1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896
	1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923
4		1887, 1888, 1889, 1890
	1908, 1909, 1910, 1911
	1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
3		1902, 1903, 1904
	1938, 1939, 1940
	1952, 1953, 1954
	1961, 1962, 1963
	1966, 1967, 1968
	1982, 1983, 1984
	2000, 2001, 2002
	2006, 2007, 2008
2		1912, 1913
	1916, 1917
	1926, 1927
	1934, 1935
	1941, 1942
	1945, 1946
	1947, 1948
	1958, 1959
	1976, 1977
	2011, 2012
	2014, 2015
	2016, 2017
	2018, 2019

Consecutive Grand Finals

Prior to 1904, the premiership and runners-up of the season were decided by position on the ladder (1st and 2nd, respectively). From 1904 onwards, a grand final was played to determine the premiers of that year. Since no grand final was played prior to 1904, despite East Fremantle either winning a premiership or being determined as the runners-up in the years of 1899-1903 (L, W, L, W, W), these years are not counted additionally towards East Fremantle's consecutive grand final appearances from 1904-1912.

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	Club	Years	Win/Loss
9		1904, 1905^1, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912	W, L, W, L, W, W, W, W, L
6		1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921	L, L, W, L, L, L
	1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923	L, W, W, W, W, W
	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961	W, L, W, W, L, L
	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	W, W, L, L, W, W
5		1936, 1937, 1938^2, 1939, 1940	L, L, W, W, W
	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954	W, L, W, W, W
	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991	W, L, W, L, W
4		1928, 1929, 1930, 1931	W, W, W, W
	1943, 1944, 1945, 1946	W, L, W, W
	1946, 1947, 1948, 1949	L, L, L, W
	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965	L, L, L, W
	1966, 1967, 1968, 1969	L, L, L, L
	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	L, W, L, W
	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009	W, W, W, L
3		1907, 1908, 1909	W, L, L
	1923, 1924, 1925	L, L, W
	1924, 1925, 1926	W, L, L
	1926, 1927, 1928	W, W, L
	1937, 1938, 1939	W, L, L
	1951, 1952, 1953	W, L, L
	1961, 1962, 1963	W, W, W
	1966, 1967, 1968	W, W, W
	1976, 1977, 1978	W, W, L
	1979, 1980, 1981	L, W, L
	1981, 1982, 1983	W, L, L
	1982, 1983, 1984	W, W, W
	2000, 2001, 2002	W, W, W
	2010, 2011, 2012	L, W, W
	2019, 2020, 2021	L, W, L

¹ East Fremantle drew the 1905 WAFA Grand Final and was defeated by West Perth in the replay.
² Claremont drew the 1938 WANFL Grand Final, and defeated East Fremantle in the replay.

Grand Final Matchups

Grand finals commenced from 1904, onwards. Grand final replays are not counted as individual appearances.

Matchups by # Appearances

This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League by order of how often two teams have played against each other. The table denotes the number of grand final appearances between two teams, the year(s) both teams have played against each other, and the premiership years(s) of each team (if any at all).

	Matchup	Grand Final Appearances
			Team(s)	Premiership Years
11		1910, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1944, 1957, 1958, 2000	bgcolor=98FB98		1910, 1918, 1928, 1957
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1944, 1958, 2000
10		1914, 1916, 1917, 1929, 1930, 1945, 1954, 1979, 1992, 1997	bgcolor=98FB98		1916, 1917, 1954, 1997
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1914, 1929, 1930, 1945, 1979, 1992
7		1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1955, 1974, 1977	bgcolor=98FB98		1907, 1955, 1977
bgcolor=FFFF00				1904, 1908, 1909, 1974
	1912, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1985, 1986	bgcolor=98FB98		1912, 1924, 1986
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1925, 1931, 1933, 1985
	1905, 1906, 1911, 1934, 1941, 1946, 1998	bgcolor=98FB98		1906, 1911, 1946
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1905 (Replay), 1934, 1941, 1998
		bgcolor=87CEEB	Draw	1905
	1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1999	bgcolor=98FB98		1946, 1947, 1952, 1953
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1951, 1975, 1999
	1922, 1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2002, 2013	bgcolor=98FB98		1922, 2002
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2013
6		1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2007, 2011	bgcolor=98FB98		1987, 1991, 2011
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1988, 2004, 2007
		1937, 1938, 1939, 1964, 1994, 2012	bgcolor=98FB98		1937, 1994
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1938 (Replay), 1939, 1964, 2012
			bgcolor=87CEEB	Draw	1938
		1935, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2018	bgcolor=98FB98		1935, 1995, 2003
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1973, 2015, 2018
5		1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978	bgcolor=98FB98		1966, 1967, 1968, 1976
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1978
		1943, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1984	bgcolor=98FB98		1962, 1963, 1984
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1943, 1965
		1940, 1981, 1989, 2005, 2020	bgcolor=98FB98		1940, 1981, 1989
			bgcolor=FFFF00		2005, 2020
4		1982, 1983, 1990, 2010	bgcolor=98FB98		-
bgcolor=FFFF00				1982, 1983, 1990, 2010
	2006, 2009, 2019, 2021	bgcolor=98FB98		2006, 2019, 2021
		bgcolor=FFFF00		2009
3		1936, 1972, 1996	bgcolor=98FB98		1936, 1972
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1996
		1927, 1956, 2001	bgcolor=98FB98		-
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1927, 1956, 2001
		1926, 1959, 2014	bgcolor=98FB98		2014
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1926, 1959
		1942, 1993, 2022	bgcolor=98FB98		1942, 2022
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1993
2		1913, 1915	bgcolor=98FB98		-
			bgcolor=FFFF00		1913, 1915
		1950, 1970	bgcolor=98FB98		1950, 1970
			bgcolor=FFFF00		-
		2016, 2017	bgcolor=98FB98		2016, 2017
			bgcolor=FFFF00		-
1		1949	bgcolor=98FB98		1949
bgcolor=FFFF00				-
	1961	bgcolor=98FB98		-
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1961
	1980	bgcolor=98FB98		-
		bgcolor=FFFF00		1980
	2008	bgcolor=98FB98		2008
		bgcolor=FFFF00		-
	2023	bgcolor=98FB98		2023
		bgcolor=FFFF00		-
	2024	bgcolor=98FB98		2024
		bgcolor=FFFF00		-

Premiership Droughts

^+	Drought began upon club's entry to league
^†	Drought ended upon club's exit from league
*| Also the longest club premiership drought|-| style="background:#7FFFD4; width:1em" | °| Club has not yet won a premiership|-| style="background:#C0C0C0; width:1em" | ^×| Club exited the league without winning a premiership|} The following tables summarise the different premiership droughts for each club. The first table is limited to droughts lasting twenty or more seasons, while the other three are specific to each club (two of which span the entire competition, including all 21 teams). The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought. Grand final replays are not included in grand final appearances. Longest Premiership Droughts class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" Club Seasons Start End Grand final appearances during drought 49 1924 1973 align=left 1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959 48 1907 1955 align=left 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950 47 1977 — align=left 1978 30 1917 1947 align=left 1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945 27 1905 1932 align=left 1906, 1911, 1922 27 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1934^+ 1961 align=left 1943 25 1998 2023 align=left 2000, 2012 24 1940 1964 align=left 1942 22 1978 2000 align=left 1996 22 2002 — align=left 2013, 2014, 2024 Longest club premiership droughts Club Seasons Start End Grand final appearances during drought 1 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1891^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1891 ^† — 24 1940 1964 align=center 1942 25 1998 2023 align=center 2000, 2012 2 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1891^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1892 ^† — 22 1978 2000 align=center 1996 2002 - align=center 2013, 2014, 2024 2 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1885^+ 1886 — 1 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1885^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1885 ^† — 3 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1895^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1897 ^† 1896, 1897 2 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1889^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1890^† 1890 10 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1905^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1917 ^† — 15 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1901^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1915 ^† 1902 20 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1997^+ 2016 align=center — 48 1907 1955 align=left 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950 8 1891 bgcolor=C0FFC0 1899 ^† 1895 30 1917 1947 align=left 1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945 49 1924 1973 align=left 1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959 27 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1934^+ 1961 align=center 1943 2 1890 1892 — 1896 1898 — 4 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1885^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1888 ^† 1885, 1886, 1887 2 bgcolor=C0C0FF 1887^+ bgcolor=C0FFC0 1888 ^† — 5 bgcolor=C0C0FF 2019^+ — align=center — 27 1905 1932 align=center 1906, 1911, 1922 Current club premiership droughts Club Seasons Start Grand final appearances during drought 12 2012 align=center 2020, 2022 1 2023 align=center — 22 2002 align=center 2013, 2014, 2024 0 2024 align=center — 47 1977 align=center 1978 4 2020 align=center — 3 2021 align=center — 14 2010 align=center — bgcolor=FFFFC0 5* || bgcolor=C0C0FF |2019^+ || align=center | —|-| West Perth || 2 || 2022 || align=center | —|-|} Time taken to win first premiership Club Seasons Entry to league First premiership Grand final appearances during drought bgcolor=C0C0C0 1^× 1891 — — 13 1926 1938 align=center 1936, 1937 3 1898 1900 align=center 1899 bgcolor=C0C0C0 2^× 1891 — — 14 1906 1919 align=center 1910, 1918 2 1885 1886 — bgcolor=C0C0C0 1^× 1885 — — bgcolor=C0C0C0 3^× 1895 — 1896, 1897 bgcolor=C0C0C0 2^× 1889 — 1890 bgcolor=C0C0C0 10^× 1905 — — bgcolor=C0C0C0 15^× 1901 — 1902 20 1997 2016 align=center — 9 1899 1907 align=center 1904 1 1885 1885 — 17 1900 1916 align=center 1900, 1914 12 1901 1912 — 28 1934 1961 align=center 1943 2 1886 1887 — bgcolor=C0C0C0 4^× 1885 — 1885, 1886, 1887 bgcolor=C0C0C0 2^× 1887 — — bgcolor=7FFFD4 5° 2019 — — 7 1891 1897 align=center 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 Minor grades Reserves premierships 1925: Perth (1)^[11] 1926: East Fremantle (1)^[12] 1927: West Perth (1)^[13] 1928: Subiaco (1)^[14] 1929: Subiaco (2)^[15] 1930: West Perth (2)^[16] 1931: Subiaco (3)^[17] 1932: East Perth (1)^[18] 1933: East Perth (2)^[19] 1934: East Perth (3)^[20] 1935: East Perth (4)^[21] 1936: South Fremantle (1)^[22] 1937: Claremont (1)^[23] 1938: East Fremantle (2)^[24] 1939: East Fremantle (3)^[25] 1940: East Fremantle (4)^[26] 1941-45: not awarded (WW2) 1946: Swan Districts (1) 1947: West Perth (3) 1948: East Perth (5) 1949: Perth (2) 1950: East Fremantle (5) 1951: East Fremantle (6) 1952: South Fremantle (2) 1953: South Fremantle (3) 1954: South Fremantle (4) 1955: Perth (3) 1956: West Perth (4) 1957: Perth (4) 1958: Subiaco (4) 1959: Subiaco (5) 1960: West Perth (5) 1961: East Perth (6) 1962: East Fremantle (7) 1963: Perth (5) 1964: Swan Districts (2) 1965: East Perth (7) 1966: East Perth (8) 1967: East Perth (9) 1968: Perth (6) 1969: Subiaco (6) 1970: East Fremantle (8) 1971: Perth (7) 1972: Subiaco (7) 1973: Perth (8) 1974: Perth (9) 1975: Perth (10) 1976: East Perth (10) 1977: Claremont (2) 1978: East Perth (11) 1979: Swan Districts (3) 1980: Claremont (3) 1981: East Perth (12) 1982: Claremont (4) 1983: East Perth (13) 1984: Subiaco (8) 1985: South Fremantle (5) 1986: South Fremantle (6) 1987: Claremont (5) 1988: Perth (11) 1989: East Fremantle (9) 1990: Claremont (6) 1991: South Fremantle (7) 1992: South Fremantle (8) 1993: East Fremantle (10) 1994: East Fremantle (11) 1995: Subiaco (9) 1996: Perth (12) 1997: Subiaco (10) 1998: Subiaco (11) 1999: Subiaco (12) 2000: Claremont (7) 2001: East Fremantle (12) 2002: Subiaco (13) 2003: Subiaco (14) 2004: South Fremantle (9) 2005: Subiaco (15) 2006: Swan Districts (4) 2007: Subiaco (16) 2008: East Fremantle (13) 2009: South Fremantle (10) 2010: Claremont (8) 2011: Claremont (9) 2012: Claremont (10) 2013: South Fremantle (11) 2014: West Perth (6) 2015: South Fremantle (12) 2016: Claremont (11) 2017: Subiaco (17) 2018: Subiaco (18) 2019: West Perth (7) 2020: East Perth (14) 2021: Perth (13) 2022: Subiaco (19) 2023: Swan Districts (5) 2024: East Fremantle (14) Source where unlisted^[27] 1921 East Fremantle 1922 West Perth 1923 Perth 1924 Perth Colts (under-19) premierships 1957: Swan Districts (1) 1958: Swan Districts (2) 1959: Perth (1) 1960: Perth (2) 1961: Perth (3) 1962: East Fremantle (1) 1963: Perth (4) 1964: Perth (5) 1965: Perth (6) 1966: East Fremantle (2) 1967: East Perth (1) 1968: West Perth (1) 1969: East Fremantle (3) 1970: South Fremantle (1) 1971: Swan Districts (3) 1972: Perth (7) 1973: East Fremantle (4) 1974: Subiaco (1) 1975: East Perth (2) 1976: Claremont (1) 1977: Claremont (2) 1978: Claremont (3) 1979: Claremont (4) 1980: East Perth (3) 1981: East Fremantle (5) 1982: South Fremantle (2) 1983: South Fremantle (3) 1984: South Fremantle (4) 1985: South Fremantle (5) 1986: Claremont (5) 1987: East Fremantle (6) 1988: Claremont (6) 1989: Subiaco (2) 1990: West Perth (2) 1991: Swan Districts (4) 1992: East Fremantle (7) 1993: Claremont (7) 1994: Claremont (8) 1995: Claremont (9) 1996: Claremont (10) 1997: Claremont (11) 1998: East Fremantle (8) 1999: Perth (8) 2000: East Perth (4) 2001: East Fremantle (9) 2002: South Fremantle (6) 2003: South Fremantle (7) 2004: Peel Thunder (1) 2005: Peel Thunder (2) 2006: East Perth (5) 2007: Swan Districts (5) 2008: Swan Districts (6) 2009: Claremont (12) 2010: East Fremantle (10) 2011: South Fremantle (8) 2012: South Fremantle (9) 2013: Claremont (13) 2014: Swan Districts (7) 2015: Claremont (14) 2016: Claremont (15) 2017: East Fremantle (11) 2018: Subiaco (3) 2019: Claremont (16) 2020: Subiaco (4) 2021: Swan Districts (8) 2022: Peel Thunder (3) 2023: Claremont (17) 2024: Claremont (18) Source^[28] Fourths premierships (1965–1974) 1965: East Perth (1) 1966: Claremont (1) 1967: East Perth (2) 1968: Claremont (2) 1969: Swan Districts (1) 1970: Subiaco (1) 1971: Swan Districts (2) 1972: East Fremantle (1) 1973: Swan Districts (3) 1974: East Fremantle (2) Source^[29] See also List of WAFL Women's premiers References WAFL Premiers & Runners Up ]

Notes and References

1. News: SPORTING. . . Perth . 4 October 1889 . 15 September 2013 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. Centenary satisfaction for historian. 24–25. West Australian Football Register. 1985.
3. News: FOOTBALL. . . Perth . 18 April 1901 . 16 September 2013 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: WAFA becomes WAFL . . Perth . 28 March 1907.
5. News: Bother at Claremont . . Perth . 13 October 1927.
6. Book: The Footballers. 32. St George Books. Christian, Geoff . Lee, Jack . Messenger, Bob .
7. South Fremantle Football Club
8. South Fremantle Football Club
9. Web site: Grand Final – 2013 – League . West Australian Football Commission . WAFL Online . 23 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925043046/http://www.wafl.com.au/games/view/9716 . 25 September 2013 . dead .
10. Web site: West Perth break 10-year drought . The West Australian . 23 September 2013 . 23 September 2013 . Hope, Shayne.
11. Web site: B Grade Grand Final Perth Defeat East Fremantle. 19 October 1925. The West Australian.
12. Web site: B Grade Final East Fremantle Premiers. 27 September 1926. The West Australian.
13. Web site: Football B Grade Final. 3 October 1927. The West Australian.
14. Web site: Subiaco are premiers. 7 October 1928. Truth (Perth).
15. Web site: B Grade Grand Final Subiaco Defeat West Perth. 21 October 1929. The West Australian.
16. Web site: Association Final West Perth Defeats East Perth. The West Australian. 13 October 1930.
17. Web site: Association Premiership Subiaco's Success. 26 October 1931. The West Australian.
18. Web site: Association Premiership East Perth's One-Point Win. 16 October 1932. Sunday Times.
19. Web site: Association Grand Final East Perth Wins Easily. 23 October 1933. The West Australian.
20. Web site: Association Grand Final Easy Win For East Perth. 22 October 1934. The West Australian.
21. Web site: Association Grand Final East Perth Win Exciting Match. 21 October 1935. The West Australian.
22. Web site: Association Premiership South Fremantle's First Win. 19 October 1936. The West Australian.
23. Web site: Association Premiership Claremont Outclass Perth In Grand Final. 17 October 1937. Sunday Times.
24. Web site: Assn. Grand Final North-East Fremantle Succeed. The Daily News. 15 October 1938.
25. Web site: East Fremantle Premiers In Seconds Grand Final. Mirror (Perth). 14 October 1939.
26. Web site: League Seconds Grand Final. The West Australian. 21 October 1940.
27. Web site: Reserves - Seasons. WAFL Footy Facts.
28. Web site: Colts - Seasons. WAFL Footy Facts.
29. Web site: Fourths - Seasons. WAFL Footy Facts.