1982 SANFL season

The 1982 South Australian National Football League season was the 103rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1982 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Norwood 25th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 38th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Tony McGuinness Glenelg (44 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Tim Evans Port Adelaide (125 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	116
Total attendance	1,002,774 (8,645 per match)
Highest	47,336 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Glenelg)
← 1981 1983 →

Ladder

1982 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	22	16	5	1	2626	2073	55.88	33
2	Norwood (P)	22	15	7	0	2749	2114	56.53	30
3	Sturt	22	15	7	0	3010	2333	56.34	30
4	Glenelg	22	13	8	1	2826	2411	53.96	27
5	Central District	22	13	9	0	2839	2435	53.83	26
6	West Adelaide	22	13	9	0	2816	2602	51.97	26
7	North Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2663	2697	49.68	20
8	South Adelaide	22	8	14	0	2124	2375	47.21	16
9	West Torrens	22	5	17	0	2030	3274	38.27	10
10	Woodville	22	1	21	0	2047	3416	37.47	2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

Main article: 1982 SANFL Grand Final

	1982 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday, 2 October (2:10pm)	Norwood	def.	Glenelg	Football Park (crowd: 47,336)
	3.3 (21) 7.5 (47) 11.8 (74) 20.13 (133)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 3.7 (25) 6.14 (50) 9.17 (71)