1988 SANFL season

The 1988 South Australian National Football League season was the 109th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1988 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 28th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 40th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Greg Whittlesea Sturt (28 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Stephen Nichols Woodville (103 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	116
Total attendance	967,595 (8,341 per match)
Highest	50,313 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg)
← 1987 1989 →

Ladder

1988 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	22	16	6	0	2426	1903	56.04	32
2	Central District	22	15	6	1	2572	1923	57.22	31
3	Norwood	22	14	8	0	2384	1808	56.87	28
4	Glenelg	22	13	9	0	2456	1854	56.98	26
5	Sturt	22	13	9	0	2458	2284	51.83	26
6	North Adelaide	22	11	10	1	2182	1983	52.39	23
7	Woodville	22	9	13	0	2350	2594	47.53	18
8	West Adelaide	22	9	13	0	2112	2403	46.78	18
9	West Torrens	22	8	14	0	1986	2488	44.39	16
10	South Adelaide	22	1	21	0	1540	3226	32.31	2

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

Grand final

Main article: 1988 SANFL Grand Final

	1988 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Glenelg	Football Park (crowd: 50,313)
	0.2 (2) 4.6 (30) 7.10 (52) 12.12 (84)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 3.5 (23) 4.7 (31) 8.7 (55)