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]
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.
| 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 |
| 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 | – |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Club | Premierships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Season(s) | Total | Season(s) | ||
| East Fremantle | 30 | 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1957, 1965, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2023 | 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 | 1897, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2013, 2022 | 20 | 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1898, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1922, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1973, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018 | |
| East Perth | 17 | 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1972, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2002 | 16 | 1910, 1918, 1928, 1932, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2013, 2014 | |
| Subiaco | 16 | 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 | 15 | 1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017 | |
| South Fremantle | 14 | 1916, 1917, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020 | 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 | 1907, 1955, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977 | 10 | 1904, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1974, 1978 | |
| Peel Thunder | 2 | 2016, 2017 | 1 | 2023 | |
| 0 | - | 0 | - | ||
| Club | Premierships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Season(s) | Total | Season(s) | ||
| 10 | 1887, 1888,1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898 | 0 | - | ||
| Rovers | 2 | 1885, 1891 | 3 | 1888, 1889, 1895 | |
| Fremantle (I) | 1 | 1886 | 0 | - | |
| Victorians | 0 | - | 3 | 1885, 1886, 1887 | |
| Imperials | 0 | - | 2 | 1896, 1897 | |
| Metropolitan | 0 | - | 1 | 1890 | |
| 0 | - | 1 | 1902 | ||
| Midland Junction | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| 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 | ||
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 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 's consecutive grand final appearances from 1904-1912.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| Club | Years | Win/Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1904, 19051, 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, 19382, 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 finals commenced from 1904, onwards. Grand final replays are not counted as individual 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 | vs | 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 | vs | 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 | vs | 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1955, 1974, 1977 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1907, 1955, 1977 | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1904, 1908, 1909, 1974 | ||||
| vs | 1905, 1906, 1911, 1934, 1941, 1946, 1998 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1906, 1911, 1936 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1905 (Replay), 1934, 1941, 1998 | ||||
| bgcolor=87CEEB | Draw | 1905 | |||
| vs | 1912, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1985, 1986 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1912, 1924, 1986 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1925, 1931, 1933, 1985 | ||||
| vs | 1922, 1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2002, 2013 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1922, 2002 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2013 | ||||
| vs | 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1999 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1951, 1975, 1999 | ||||
| 6 | vs | 1935, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2018 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1935, 1995, 2003 | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1973, 2015, 2018 | ||||
| vs | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1964, 1994, 2012 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1937, 1994 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1938 (Replay), 1939, 1964, 2012 | ||||
| bgcolor=87CEEB | Draw | 1938 | |||
| vs | 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2007, 2011 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1987, 1991, 2011 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1988, 2004, 2007 | ||||
| 5 | vs | 1940, 1981, 1989, 2005, 2020 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1940, 1981, 1989 | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 2005, 2020 | ||||
| vs | 1943, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1984 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1962, 1963, 1984 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1943, 1965 | ||||
| vs | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1978 | ||||
| 4 | vs | 1982, 1983, 1990, 2010 | bgcolor=98FB98 | - | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1982, 1983, 1990, 2010 | ||||
| vs | 2006, 2009, 2019, 2021 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 2006, 2019, 2021 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 2009 | ||||
| 3 | vs | 1926, 1959, 2014 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 2014 | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1926, 1959 | ||||
| vs | 1927, 1956, 2001 | bgcolor=98FB98 | - | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1927, 1956, 2001 | ||||
| vs | 1936, 1972, 1996 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1936, 1972 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1996 | ||||
| vs | 1942, 1993, 2022 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1942, 2022 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1993 | ||||
| 2 | vs | 1913, 1915 | bgcolor=98FB98 | - | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1913, 1915 | ||||
| vs | 1950, 1970 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1950, 1970 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | - | ||||
| vs | 2016, 2017 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 2016, 2017 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | - | ||||
| 1 | vs | 1949 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 1949 | |
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | - | ||||
| vs | 1961 | bgcolor=98FB98 | - | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1961 | ||||
| vs | 1980 | bgcolor=98FB98 | - | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | 1980 | ||||
| vs | 2008 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 2008 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | - | ||||
| vs | 2023 | bgcolor=98FB98 | 2023 | ||
| bgcolor=FFFF00 | - | ||||
This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League, sorted by the number of teams each individual team has played against in a grand final, and has yet to play against. Defunct teams are not included in this table.
| Club | Grand Final Matchup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| + | 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
Longest club premiership droughts
Current club premiership droughts
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| 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 | 4° | 2019 | — | — | |
| 7 | 1891 | 1897 | align=center | 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 | |
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