List of SANFL premiers

This page is a chronological listing of the premiership winners in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) – the premier Australian rules football competition in the state of South Australia.

Chronological list

  Premiership decided by a Grand Final

  Premiership decided by a Grand Final Replay, after the scheduled Grand Final was drawn

  Premiership decided by a Challenge Final

  Premiership decided without any form of Grand Final

Year	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Crowd	Ground	Date	Telecaster
South Australian Football Association
1877	South Adelaide Victorian	Joint Champions were declared (with no playoff)
1878	Norwood	Port Adelaide
1879	Norwood (2)	Port Adelaide (2)
1880	Norwood (3)	Victorian
1881	Norwood (4)	South Adelaide
1882	Norwood (5)	South Adelaide (2)
1883	Norwood (6)	Port Adelaide (3)
1884	Port Adelaide	Norwood
1885	South Adelaide (2)	Norwood (2)
1886	Adelaide	South Adelaide (3)
1887	Norwood (7)	Port Adelaide (4)
1888	Norwood (8) + COA (1)	Port Adelaide (5)
1889	Norwood (9)	Port Adelaide (6)	7.4 (7) d. 5.9 (5)	7,227	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1890	Port Adelaide (2) + COA (1)	Norwood (3)
1891	Norwood (10)	Port Adelaide (7)
1892	South Adelaide (3)	Port Adelaide (8)
1893	South Adelaide (4)	Norwood (4)
1894	Norwood (11)	South Adelaide (4)	4.8 (32) drew 4.8 (32)		Adelaide Oval	Wednesday 6 August
			4.7 (31) d. 3.5 (23)	9,000		Wednesday 13 August
1895	South Adelaide (5)	Norwood (5)
1896	South Adelaide (6)	Norwood (6)
1897	Port Adelaide (3)	South Adelaide (5)
1898	South Adelaide (7)	Port Adelaide (9)	8.8 (56) d. 4.8 (32)	6,500	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 10 September
1899	South Adelaide (8)	Norwood (7)	5.12 (42) d. 2.2 (14)		Adelaide Oval	Saturday 9 September
1900	North Adelaide	South Adelaide (6)	4.3 (27) d. 1.8 (14)	7,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 8 September
1901	Norwood (12)	Port Adelaide (10)	4.9 (33) d. 4.5 (29)	7,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1902	North Adelaide (2)	South Adelaide (7)	9.14 (68) d. 4.7 (31)		Adelaide Oval	Saturday 6 September
1903	Port Adelaide (4)	South Adelaide (8)	6.6 (42) d. 5.5 (35)	14,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 12 September
1904	Norwood (13)	Port Adelaide (11)	9.8 (62) d. 8.10 (58)	15,000	Jubilee Oval	Saturday 17 September
1905	North Adelaide (3)	Port Adelaide (12)	6.8 (44) d. 1.6 (12)	12,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 9 September
South Australian Football League
1906	Port Adelaide (5)	North Adelaide	8.12 (60) d. 5.9 (39)	20,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 15 September
1907	Norwood (14) + COA (2)	Port Adelaide (13)	8.7 (55) d. 3.9 (27)	25,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 21 September[1]
1908	West Adelaide + COA (1)	Norwood (8)	7.10 (52) d. 6.13 (49)	22,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 26 September[2]
1909	West Adelaide (2)	Port Adelaide (14)	7.17 (59) d. 6.5 (41)	25,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 18 September[3]
1910	Port Adelaide (6) + COA (2)	Sturt	8.12 (60) d. 5.11 (41)	20,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 1 October[4]
1911	West Adelaide (3) + COA (2)	Port Adelaide (15)	7.9 (52) d. 6.10 (46)	19,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 30 September[5]
1912	West Adelaide (4)	Port Adelaide (16)	6.10 (46) d. 5.2 (32)	28,500	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 28 September[6]
1913	Port Adelaide (7) + COA (3)	North Adelaide (2)	7.12 (54) d. 5.10 (40)	22,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 20 September[7]
1914	Port Adelaide (8) + COA (4)	North Adelaide (3)	13.15 (93) d. 1.8 (14)	11,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 19 September[8]
1915	Sturt	Port Adelaide (17)	6.10 (46) d. 4.10 (34)	13,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October[9]
1916–1918: SANFL suspended due to WWI. Clubs organise charitable Patriotic League competition during war.
1919	Sturt (2)	North Adelaide (4)	5.9 (39) drew 5.9 (39)	30,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 27 September
			3.5 (23) d. 2.6 (18)	35,000		Wednesday 8 October
1920	North Adelaide (4)	Norwood (9)	9.15 (69) d. 3.3 (21)	31,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 18 September[10]
1921	Port Adelaide (9)	Norwood (10)	4.8 (32) d. 3.6 (24)	34,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 8 October[11]
1922	Norwood (15)	West Adelaide	9.7 (61) d. 2.16 (28)	31,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September[12]
1923	Norwood (16)	North Adelaide (5)	9.12 (66) d. 6.4 (40)	37,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 29 September[13]
1924	West Torrens	Sturt (2)	9.12 (66) d. 8.10 (58)	44,345	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 27 September[14]
1925	Norwood (17)	West Torrens	8.4 (52) d. 7.9 (51)	37,750	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 26 September[15]
1926	Sturt (3)	North Adelaide (6)	9.10 (64) d. 7.9 (51)	30,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October[16]
South Australian National Football League
1927	West Adelaide (5)	North Adelaide (7)	10.10 (70) d. 8.10 (58)	33,222	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1928	Port Adelaide (10)	Norwood (11)	15.14 (104) d. 7.14 (56)	35,700	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 6 October
1929	Norwood (18)	Port Adelaide (19)	16.14 (110) d. 10.9 (69)	35,504	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1930	North Adelaide (5)	Port Adelaide (20)	9.13 (67) d. 9.9 (63)	23,609	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 4 October
1931	North Adelaide (6)	Sturt (3)	17.13 (115) d. 11.11 (77)	34,202	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 3 October
1932	Sturt (4)	North Adelaide (8)	16.14 (110) d. 10.9 (69)	29,717	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1933	West Torrens (2)	Norwood (12)	13.10 (88) d. 9.11 (65)	33,444	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 14 October
1934	Glenelg	Port Adelaide (21)	18.15 (123) d. 16.18 (114)	30,045	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1935	South Adelaide (9)	Port Adelaide (22)	15.9 (99) d. 13.13 (91)	26,496	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1936	Port Adelaide (11)	Sturt (4)	13.19 (97) d. 14.10 (94)	35,120	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 3 October
1937	Port Adelaide (12)	South Adelaide (9)	13.16 (94) d. 9.16 (70)	35,895	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October
1938	South Adelaide (10)	Port Adelaide (23)	23.14 (152) d. 15.16 (106)	33,364	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1939	Port Adelaide (13)	West Torrens (2)	16.28 (124) d. 11.11 (77)	44,885	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1940	Sturt (5)	South Adelaide (10)	14.16 (100) d. 11.13 (79)	28,500	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 28 September
1941	Norwood (19)	Sturt (5)	14.16 (100) d. 10.11 (71)	30,742	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 4 October
1942	Port–Torrens	West–Glenelg	18.12 (120) d. 16.13 (109)	35,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday, 12 September
1943	Norwood–North	Port–Torrens	12.10 (82) d. 8.13 (61)	42,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1944	Norwood–North (2)	Port–Torrens (2)	9.7 (61) d. 7.13 (55)	30,000	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1945	West Torrens (3)	Port Adelaide (24)	15.25 (115) d. 15.12 (102)	47,500	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 29 September
1946	Norwood (20)	Port Adelaide (25)	13.14 (92) d. 9.10 (64)	53,473	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 5 October
1947	West Adelaide (6)	Norwood (13)	10.15 (75) d. 5.15 (45)	32,631	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 4 October
1948	Norwood (21)	West Torrens (3)	15.16 (106) d. 6.13 (49)	48,755	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October
1949	North Adelaide (7)	West Torrens (4)	13.17 (95) d. 9.18 (72)	42,490	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1950	Norwood (22)	Glenelg	15.16 (106) d. 8.11 (59)	50,389	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1951	Port Adelaide (14)	North Adelaide (9)	10.12 (72) d. 8.13 (61)	41,997	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 29 September
1952	North Adelaide (8)	Norwood (14)	23.15 (153) d. 6.9 (45)	50,105	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 4 October
1953	West Torrens (4)	Port Adelaide (26)	9.13 (67) d. 8.12 (60)	42,949	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 3 October
1954	Port Adelaide (15)	West Adelaide (2)	11.13 (79) d. 10.16 (76)	42,895	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October
1955	Port Adelaide (16)	Norwood (15)	15.11 (101) d. 5.8 (38)	44,826	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1956	Port Adelaide (17)	West Adelaide (3)	12.9 (81) d. 9.11 (65)	45,514	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 29 September
1957	Port Adelaide (18)	Norwood (16)	15.15 (105) d. 13.6 (94)	58,924	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 28 September
1958	Port Adelaide (19)	West Adelaide (4)	14.10 (94) d. 14.8 (92)	54,282	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 3 October
1959	Port Adelaide (20)	West Adelaide (5)	13.9 (87) d. 11.11 (77)	48,884	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 3 October
1960	North Adelaide (9)	Norwood (17)	14.11 (95) d. 13.12 (90)	54,162	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1961	West Adelaide (7)	Norwood (18)	16.13 (109) d. 11.7 (73)	40,409	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1962	Port Adelaide (21)	West Adelaide (6)	8.10 (58) d. 7.13 (55)	43,597	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 29 September
1963	Port Adelaide (22)	North Adelaide (10)	11.14 (80) d. 6.11 (47)	52,688	Adelaide Oval	Friday 5 October
1964	South Adelaide (11)	Port Adelaide (27)	9.15 (69) d. 5.12 (42)	56,353	Adelaide Oval	Friday 30 October
1965	Port Adelaide (23)	Sturt (6)	12.8 (80) d. 12.5 (77)	62,543	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 2 October
1966	Sturt (6)	Port Adelaide (28)	16.16 (112) d. 8.8 (56)	59,417	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 1 October
1967	Sturt (7)	Port Adelaide (29)	13.10 (88) d. 10.17 (77)	58,849	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1968	Sturt (8)	Port Adelaide (30)	12.18 (90) d. 9.9 (63)	57,811	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 28 September
1969	Sturt (9)	Glenelg (2)	24.15 (159) d. 13.16 (94)	55,600	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 4 October
1970	Sturt (10)	Glenelg (3)	12.13 (85) d. 9.10 (64)	48,757	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 26 September
1971	North Adelaide (10)	Port Adelaide (31)	10.19 (79) d. 9.5 (59)	52,228	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 25 September
1972	North Adelaide (11) + COA (1)	Port Adelaide (32)	19.14 (128) d. 10.12 (72)	55,709	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1973	Glenelg (2)	North Adelaide (11)	21.11 (137) d. 19.16 (130)	56,525	Adelaide Oval	Saturday 30 September
1974	Sturt (11)	Glenelg (4)	9.16 (70) d. 8.7 (55)	58,113	Football Park	Saturday 28 September
1975	Norwood (23)	Glenelg (5)	9.10 (64) d. 7.10 (52)	53,283	Football Park	Saturday 27 September
1976	Sturt (12)	Port Adelaide (33)	17.14 (116) d. 10.15 (75)	66,897	Football Park	Saturday 25 September	Seven Network (1)
1977	Port Adelaide (24)	Glenelg (6)	17.11 (113) d. 16.9 (105)	56,717	Football Park	Saturday 24 September
1978	Norwood (24)	Sturt (7)	16.15 (111) d. 14.26 (110)	50,867	Football Park	Saturday 30 September	Seven Network (2)
1979	Port Adelaide (25)	South Adelaide (11)	9.9 (63) d. 3.14 (32)	50,428	Football Park	Sunday 30 September	Nine Network (1)
1980	Port Adelaide (26)	Norwood (19)	11.15 (81) d. 9.9 (63)	54,536	Football Park	Saturday 4 October	Seven Network (3)
1981	Port Adelaide (27)	Glenelg (7)	14.11 (95) d. 6.8 (44)	52,659	Football Park	Saturday 3 October	Seven Network (4)
1982	Norwood (25)	Glenelg (8)	20.13 (133) d. 9.17 (71)	47,336	Football Park	Saturday 2 October	Seven Network (5)
1983	West Adelaide (8)	Sturt (8)	21.16 (142) d 16.12 (108)	47,129	Football Park	Saturday 1 October	Seven Network (6)
1984	Norwood (26)	Port Adelaide (34)	15.10 (100) d. 13.13 (91)	50,271	Football Park	Sunday 30 September	Seven Network (7)
1985	Glenelg (3)	North Adelaide (12)	21.15 (141) d. 12.12 (84)	50,289	Football Park	Saturday 5 October	Seven Network (8)
1986	Glenelg (4)	North Adelaide (13)	21.9 (135) d. 12.15 (87)	50,538	Football Park	Saturday 4 October	Seven Network (9)
1987	North Adelaide (12)	Glenelg (9)	23.7 (145) d. 9.9 (63)	50,617	Football Park	Saturday 3 October	Seven Network (10)
1988	Port Adelaide (28)	Glenelg (10)	12.12 (84) d. 8.7 (55)	50,313	Football Park	Saturday 1 October	Nine Network (1)
1989	Port Adelaide (29)	North Adelaide (14)	15.18 (108) d. 1.8 (14)	50,487	Football Park	Saturday 7 October	Nine Network (2)
1990	Port Adelaide (30)	Glenelg (11)	16.12 (108) d. 13.15 (93)	50,589	Football Park	Sunday 7 October	Nine Network (3)
Adelaide Football Club is formed and enters the AFL
1991	North Adelaide (13)	West Adelaide (7)	21.22 (148) d. 11.7 (73)	39,276	Football Park	Saturday 5 October	ABC Network (1)
1992	Port Adelaide (31)	Glenelg (12)	17.3 (105) d. 7.7 (49)	42,242	Football Park	Saturday 3 October	Nine Network (4)
1993	Woodville-West Torrens	Norwood (20)	17.20 (122) d. 7.7 (49)	42,719	Football Park	Saturday 2 October	ABC Network (2)
1994	Port Adelaide (32)	Woodville-West Torrens	15.16 (106) d. 10.9 (69)	40,598	Football Park	Sunday 2 October	ABC Network (3)
1995	Port Adelaide (33)	Central District	13.16 (94) d. 6.10 (46)	45,786	Football Park	Sunday 1 October	ABC Network (4)
1996	Port Adelaide (34)	Central District (2)	11.14 (80) d. 6.8 (44)	46,120	Football Park	Sunday 6 October	ABC Network (5)
Port Adelaide Football Club enters the AFL
1997	Norwood (27)	Port Adelaide (35)	19.12 (126) d. 7.11 (53)	44,161	Football Park	Sunday 5 October	ABC Network (6)
1998	Port Adelaide (35)	Sturt (9)	11.9 (75) d. 9.12 (66)	44,838	Football Park	Sunday 4 October	ABC Network (7)
1999	Port Adelaide (36)	Norwood (21)	14.17 (101) d. 14.9 (93)	39,135	Football Park	Sunday 3 October	ABC Network (8)
2000	Central District	Woodville-West Torrens (2)	8.13 (61) d. 5.9 (39)	34,819	Football Park	Sunday 1 October	ABC Network (9)
2001	Central District (2)	Woodville-West Torrens (3)	10.11 (71) d. 4.8 (32)	26,378	Football Park	Sunday 7 October	ABC Network (10)
2002	Sturt (13)	Central District (3)	13.14 (92) d. 6.9 (45)	35,187	Football Park	Sunday 6 October	ABC Network (11)
2003	Central District (3)	West Adelaide (8)	17.9 (111) d. 11.11 (77)	28,199	Football Park	Sunday 5 October	ABC Network (12)
2004	Central District (4)	Woodville-West Torrens (4)	23.15 (153) d. 4.4 (28)	24,207	Football Park	Sunday 3 October	ABC Network (13)
2005	Central District (5)	Woodville-West Torrens (5)	15.14 (104) d. 11.10 (76)	28,637	Football Park	Sunday 2 October	ABC Network (14)
2006	Woodville-West Torrens (2)	Central District (4)	17.19 (121) d. 7.3 (45)	25,130	Football Park	Sunday 8 October	ABC Network (15)
2007	Central District (6)	North Adelaide (15)	16.11 (107) d. 5.12 (42)	30,478	Football Park	Sunday 7 October	ABC Network (16)
2008	Central District (7)	Glenelg (13)	17.11 (113) d. 10.11 (71)	34,128	Football Park	Sunday 5 October	ABC Network (17)
2009	Central District (8)	Sturt (10)	13.14 (92) d. 7.12 (54)	35,647	Football Park	Sunday 4 October	ABC Network (18)
2010	Central District (9)	Norwood (22)	10.11 (71) d. 9.11 (65)	34,355	Football Park	Sunday 3 October	ABC Network (19)
2011	Woodville-West Torrens (3)	Central District (5)	12.9 (81) d. 11.12 (78)	25,234	Football Park	Sunday 9 October	ABC Network (20)
2012	Norwood (28)	West Adelaide (9)	12.7 (79) d. 3.12 (30)	29,661	Football Park	Sunday 7 October	ABC Network (21)
2013	Norwood (29)	North Adelaide (16)	10.12 (72) d. 4.8 (32)	36,685	Football Park	Sunday 6 October	ABC Network (22)
2014	Norwood (30)	Port Adelaide (36)	12.10 (82) d. 11.12 (78)	38,644	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 21 September	Seven Network (11)
2015	West Adelaide (9)	Woodville-West Torrens (6)	11.12 (78) d. 7.6 (48)	25,625	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 27 September	Seven Network (12)
2016	Sturt (14)	Woodville-West Torrens (7)	12.4 (76) d. 7.7 (49)	30,213	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 25 September	Seven Network (13)
2017	Sturt (15)	Port Adelaide (37)	7.8 (50) d. 7.7 (49)	39,813	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 24 September	Seven Network (14)
2018	North Adelaide (14)	Norwood (23)	19.10 (124) d 15.15 (105)	40,355	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 23 September	Seven Network (15)
2019	Glenelg (5)	Port Adelaide (38)	11.7 (73) d 6.9 (45)	39,105	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 22 September	Seven Network (16)
2020	Woodville-West Torrens (4)	North Adelaide (17)	13.9 (87) d 7.6 (48)	17,038	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 18 October	Seven Network (17)
2021	Woodville-West Torrens (5)	Glenelg (14)	15.9 (99) d 4.8 (32)	22,956	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 3 October	Seven Network (18)
2022	Norwood (31)	North Adelaide (18)	8.11 (59) d 8.10 (58)	27,479	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 18 September	Seven Network (19)
2023	Glenelg (6)	Sturt (11)	13.8 (86) d 8.14 (62)	33,049	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 24 September	Seven Network (20)
2024	Glenelg (7)	Norwood (24)	12.9 (81) d 11.10 (76)	35,129	Adelaide Oval	Sunday 22 September	Seven Network (21)

Number of SANFL premierships by club

Club	Colours	Premierships	Runners-up	Top Two Finish	Seasons Competed
Port Adelaide (R)		36	38	74	1877–2019; 2021-2024
Norwood		31	24	55	1878–2024
Sturt		15	11	26	1901–2024
North Adelaide		14	18	32	1888–1892 (Medinide), 1893-2024
South Adelaide		11	11	22	1877–2024
West Adelaide		9	9	18	1897–2024
Central District		9	5	14	1964–2024
Glenelg		7	14	21	1921–2024
Woodville-West Torrens		5	7	12	1991–2024
West Torrens*		4	4	8	1895-96 (Natives), 1897–1990
Victorian*		1	1	2	1877–1882, 1883-1884 (North Adelaide)
Adelaide (1885-1893)*		1	0	1	1885–1893**
Adelaide (R)		0	0	0	2014–2019; 2021-2024
Woodville*		0	0	0	1964–1990

• * Defunct Clubs
• ** A new senior Adelaide joined in 1885. It was formed from the merger of two junior clubs North Adelaide Juniors (which renamed to Adelaide in 1884)^[17] and North Parks both from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association.^[18] It won the premiership in 1886 and resigned from the SAFA before the start of the 1894 Season.
• The original old Adelaide Football Club formed in 1860 and dissolved in 1881 or the Adelaide Football Club (1885-1893) are not related to the current Adelaide Football Club formed in 1990.
• West Torrens merged with Woodville at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens.

Consecutive SANFL premierships and Grand Final Appearances

Only Norwood, Port Adelaide, Sturt and Central District have recorded premiership streaks of three or more in the SANFL.

Club	Premierships	Sequence	Consecutive Top Two	Sequence of Grand Finals
Norwood	6	1878-83	8	1878-85*
Port Adelaide		1954-59	7	1953–59
Sturt	5	1966–70	6	1965-70
Central District	4	2007–10	12	2000-2011
3	2003-05
2	2000-01
Port Adelaide	3	1994–96	6	1994-99
	2	1998-99
Norwood	3	1887–89	5	1887-1891
1	1891
Norwood	3	2012-14	3	2012-14
Port Adelaide		1979-81		1979-81
Port Adelaide	2	1913-14	7	1909-15
		1962-63		1962–68
		1936-37	6	1934-39
South Adelaide		1892-93	9	1892-1900*
		1895-96
		1898-99
Norwood		1922-23	4	1920-23
Glenelg		1985-86		1985-88

• Grand Finals only commenced in 1898 (excluding playoffs in 1889 and 1894)

Grand Final Match Ups

Grand Finals only commenced from 1898 (excluding playoffs in 1889 and 1894)

#	Match-up	Grand Final Appearances	Team(s) Premiership Years
			Team(s)	Premiership Years
15	Port Adelaide vs Norwood	1889, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1980, 1984, 1997, 1999, 2014	Port Adelaide	1921, 1928, 1955, 1957, 1980, 1999
			Norwood	1889, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1929, 1946, 1984, 1997, 2014
10	Port Adelaide vs North Adelaide	1905, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1930, 1951, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1989	Port Adelaide	1906, 1913, 1914, 1951, 1963, 1989
			North Adelaide	1905, 1930, 1971, 1972
8	Port Adelaide vs Sturt	1910, 1915, 1936, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1998, 2017	Sturt	1915, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 2017
			Port Adelaide	1910, 1936, 1965, 1998
7	West Adelaide vs Port Adelaide	1909, 1911, 1912, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1962	West Adelaide	1909, 1911, 1912
Port Adelaide			1954, 1956, 1959, 1962
South Adelaide vs Port Adelaide	1898, 1903, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1964, 1979	South Adelaide	1898, 1935, 1938, 1964
		Port Adelaide	1903, 1937, 1979
Port Adelaide vs Glenelg	1934, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2019	Port Adelaide	1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992
		Glenelg	1934, 2019
North Adelaide VS Norwood	1920, 1923, 1952, 1960, 2013, 2018, 2022	North Adelaide	1920, 1952, 1960, 2018
		Norwood	1923, 2013, 2022
6	Central District vs Woodville-West Torrens	2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011	Central District	2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
			Woodville-West Torrens	2006, 2011
5	Norwood vs West Adelaide	1908, 1922, 1947, 1961, 2012	Norwood	1922, 2012
			West Adelaide	1908, 1947, 1961
4	Sturt vs North Adelaide	1919, 1926, 1931, 1932	Sturt	1919 (Replay), 1926, 1932
North Adelaide			1931
Draw			1919
North Adelaide vs Glenelg	1973, 1985, 1986, 1987	North Adelaide	1987
		Glenelg	1973, 1985, 1986
Glenelg vs Sturt	1969, 1970, 1974, 2023	Glenelg	2023
		Sturt	1969, 1970, 1974
Norwood vs Glenelg	1950, 1975, 1982, 2024	Norwood	1950, 1975, 1982
		Glenelg	2024
3	West Torrens vs Norwood	1925, 1933, 1948	West Torrens	1933
			Norwood	1925, 1948
	West Torrens vs Port Adelaide	1939, 1945, 1953	West Torrens	1945, 1953
			Port Adelaide	1939
2	South Adelaide vs Norwood	1894, 1899	South Adelaide	1899
			Norwood	1894 (Replay)
			Draw	1894
	North Adelaide vs South Adelaide	1900, 1902	North Adelaide	1900, 1902
			South Adelaide	-
	Norwood-North vs Port-Torrens	1943, 1944	Norwood-North	1943, 1944
			Port-Torrens	-
	Norwood vs Sturt	1941, 1978	Norwood	1941, 1978
			Sturt	-
	West Adelaide vs North Adelaide	1927, 1991	West Adelaide	1927
			North Adelaide	1991
	Port Adelaide vs Central District	1995, 1996	Port Adelaide	1995, 1996
			Central District	-
	Central District vs Sturt	2002, 2009	Central District	2009
			Sturt	2002
1	West Torrens vs Sturt	1924	West Torrens	1924
Sturt			-
South Adelaide vs Sturt	1940	South Adelaide	-
		Sturt	1940
Port-Torrens vs West–Glenelg	1942	Port-Torrens	1942
		West–Glenelg	-
North Adelaide vs West Torrens	1949	North Adelaide	1949
		West Torrens	-
Sturt vs West Adelaide	1983	Sturt	-
		West Adelaide	1983
Woodville-West Torrens vs Norwood	1993	Woodville-West Torrens	1993
		Norwood	-
Woodville-West Torrens vs Port Adelaide	1994	Woodville-West Torrens	-
		Port Adelaide	1994
Central District vs West Adelaide	2003	Central District	2003
		West Adelaide	-
North Adelaide vs Central District	2007	North Adelaide	-
		Central District	2007
Glenelg vs Central District	2008	Glenelg	-
		Central District	2008
Norwood vs Central District	2010	Norwood	-
		Central District	2010
West Adelaide vs Woodville-West Torrens	2015	West Adelaide	2015
		Woodville-West Torrens	-
Sturt vs Woodville-West Torrens	2016	Sturt	2016
		Woodville-West Torrens	-
Woodville-West Torrens vs North Adelaide	2020	Woodville-West Torrens	2020
		North Adelaide	-
Glenelg vs Woodville-West Torrens	2021	Glenelg	-
		Woodville-West Torrens	2021

Champions of Australia

The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914 with the exception of 1912 and every year from 1968 to 1975.

Club	Premierships	Runners-up
Port Adelaide	4	0
Norwood	2	1
West Adelaide	2	1
North Adelaide	1	1
Sturt	0	4
South Adelaide	0	1

SANFL Grand Final Records

Prior to 1974 all SANFL Grand Finals were held at the Adelaide Oval (bar the 1904 Grand Final at Jubilee Oval). From 1974 to 2013 they were held at Football Park. From 2014 onwards they returned to Adelaide Oval.

• Largest Attendance at Football Park: 66,897 - Sturt 17.14 (116) d Port Adelaide 10.15 (75), 1976
• Smallest Attendance at Football Park: 22,207 - Central District 23.15 (153) d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4 (28), 2004
• Largest Attendance at Adelaide Oval: 62,543 - Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) d Sturt 12.5 (77), 1965
• Highest Score: 24.15 (159) Sturt d Glenelg 13.16 (94), 1969
• Lowest Score: 1.6 (12) Port Adelaide lost to North Adelaide 6.8 (44), 1905
• Largest Winning Margin: 125 points - Central District 23.15 (153) d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4 (28), 2004
• Smallest Winning Margin: 1 point - Norwood 8.4 (52) d West Torrens 7.9 (51), 1925 & Norwood 16.15 (111) d Sturt 14.26 (110), 1978 & Sturt 7.8 (50) d Port Adelaide 7.7 (49), 2017 & Norwood 8.11 (59) d North Adelaide 8.10 (58), 2022
• Highest Losing Score: 19.16 (130) - North Adelaide lost to Glenelg 21.11 (137), 1973
• Lowest Winning Score: 3.5 (23) - Sturt d North Adelaide 2.6 (18), 1919
• Highest Match Aggregate: 267 points - Glenelg 21.11 (137) d North Adelaide 19.16 (130), 1973
• Lowest Match Aggregate: 41 points - North Adelaide 4.3 (27) d South Adelaide 1.8 (14), 1900 & Sturt 3.5 (23) d North Adelaide 2.6 (18), 1919

Minor grades

Reserves premiership

Reserve grade premierships are contested between the existing SANFL clubs, with the exception of Adelaide, who have elected not to field a team in the SANFL Reserves, and Port Adelaide, who shut down its reserves team in 2018.^[19]

While official SANFL records recognise premierships going back to 1919, the first Association league (that operated underneath the SAFA premiership) commenced in 1906, as can be seen in the list of premiers below.^[20]

1906: Norwood (1)[21] 1907: Portland Imperial (1)[22] 1908: Portland Imperial (2)[23] 1909: Sturt (1)[24] 1910: Norwood (2)[25] 1911: Port Adelaide (1)[26] 1912: North Adelaide (1)[27] 1913: Sturt (2)[28] 1914: South Adelaide (1)[29] 1915: West Torrens (1)[30] 1916–18: None (WW1) 1919: West Torrens (2) 1920: West Torrens (3) 1921: Norwood (3) 1922: West Torrens (4) 1923: Port Adelaide (2) 1924: West Torrens (5) 1925: North Adelaide (2) 1926: West Torrens (6) 1927: West Torrens (7) 1928: North Adelaide (3) 1929: West Adelaide (1) 1930: Norwood (4) 1931: West Torrens (8) 1932: North Adelaide (4) 1933: Port Adelaide (3) 1934: North Adelaide (5) 1935: West Torrens (9) 1936: Port Adelaide (4) 1937: Norwood (5) 1938: Norwood (6)

1939: Norwood (7) 1940: West Adelaide (2) 1941: West Torrens (10) 1942–45: None (WW2) 1946: West Torrens (11) 1947: Port Adelaide (5) 1948: Port Adelaide (6) 1949: Sturt (3) 1950: West Torrens (12) 1951: West Adelaide (3) 1952: Port Adelaide (7) 1953: West Torrens (13) 1954: West Torrens (14) 1955: Port Adelaide (8) 1956: Port Adelaide (9) 1957: Port Adelaide (10) 1958: Port Adelaide (11) 1959: Port Adelaide (12) 1960: Norwood (8) 1961: Norwood (9) 1962: West Torrens (15) 1963: Port Adelaide (13) 1964: North Adelaide (6) 1965: North Adelaide (7) 1966: North Adelaide (8) 1967: Glenelg (1) 1968: West Torrens (16) 1969: Norwood (10) 1970: Norwood (11) 1971: Central District (1) 1972: Norwood (12)

1973: Woodville (1) 1974: Norwood (13) 1975: Norwood (14) 1976: Norwood (15) 1977: Sturt (4) 1978: Norwood (16) 1979: South Adelaide (2) 1980: Port Adelaide (14) 1981: Glenelg (2) 1982: Glenelg (3) 1983: Port Adelaide (15) 1984: West Torrens (17) 1985: Norwood (17) 1986: Norwood (18) 1987: Woodville (2) 1988: Port Adelaide (16) 1989: Central District (2) 1990: West Torrens (18) 1991: South Adelaide (3) 1992: Woodville-West Torrens (1) 1993: Woodville-West Torrens (2) 1994: West Adelaide (4) 1995: Norwood (19) 1996: Port Adelaide (17) 1997: Port Adelaide (18) 1998: Norwood (20) 1999: Sturt (5) 2000: Woodville-West Torrens (3) 2001: Woodville-West Torrens (4) 2002: Central District (3) 2003: Central District (4)

2004: Woodville-West Torrens (5) 2005: North Adelaide (9) 2006: North Adelaide (10) 2007: Glenelg (4) 2008: Sturt (6)[31] 2009: Glenelg (5)[32] 2010: Port Adelaide (19)[33] 2011: Glenelg (6)[34] 2012: Central District (5)[35] 2013: Woodville-West Torrens (6)[36] 2014: Woodville-West Torrens (7)[37] 2015: Woodville-West Torrens (8)[38] 2016: North Adelaide (11)[39] 2017: Sturt (7)[40] 2018: North Adelaide (12)[41] 2019: Norwood (21)[42] 2020: Woodville-West Torrens (9)[43] 2021: Glenelg (7)[44] 2022: Sturt (8)[45] 2023: Glenelg (8)[46] 2024: Norwood (22)[47] Source where unlisted[20]

Thirds/Under 19s/17s & U18s/16s

Thirds-grade competitions for SANFL clubs featuring underage players seeking to enter reserves/senior-level football have been in place since the late 1930s. Under-19 and under-17 premierships were scheduled from 1937/1939 to 2008, after which they were replaced with an under 18 competition (initially known as the Maccas Cup) in 2009 and an under 16 series (initially known as the Maccas Shield) in 2010.^[20] Note that Port Adelaide's participation in these competitions ended in 2014.

Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)

1937: North Adelaide (1) 1938: West Torrens (1) 1939: West Torrens (2) 1940: Norwood (1) 1941: West Torrens (3) 1942: North Adelaide (2) 1943: West Adelaide (1) 1944: West Adelaide (2) 1945: Norwood (2) 1946: Port Adelaide (1) 1947: Norwood (3) 1948: North Adelaide (3) 1949: North Adelaide (4) 1950: Port Adelaide (2) 1951: Sturt (1) 1952: Norwood (4) 1953: Port Adelaide (3) 1954: North Adelaide (5) 1955: West Torrens (4) 1956: West Torrens (5) 1957: West Torrens (6)

1958: Sturt (2) 1959: Glenelg (1) 1960: Norwood (5) 1961: North Adelaide (6) 1962: Port Adelaide (4) 1963: Norwood (6) 1964: Sturt (3) 1965: Norwood (7) 1966: North Adelaide (7) 1967: Glenelg (2) 1968: West Adelaide (3) 1969: Glenelg (3) 1970: Central District (1) 1971: Norwood (8) 1972: Norwood (9) 1973: West Torrens (7) 1974: Port Adelaide (5) 1975: Port Adelaide (6) 1976: Port Adelaide (7) 1977: Port Adelaide (8) 1978: West Adelaide (4)

1979: Glenelg (4) 1980: Norwood (10) 1981: Central District (2) 1982: Central District (3) 1983: Norwood (11) 1984: Sturt (4) 1985: Norwood (12) 1986: Norwood (13) 1987: Sturt (5) 1988: Norwood (14) 1989: West Torrens (8) 1990: Norwood (15) 1991: Port Adelaide (9) 1992: Glenelg (5) 1993: South Adelaide (1) 1994: South Adelaide (2) 1995: Norwood (16) 1996: Woodville-West Torrens (1) 1997: Norwood (17) 1998: Woodville-West Torrens (2)

1999: Port Adelaide (10) 2000: Woodville-West Torrens (3) 2001: Port Adelaide (11) 2002: West Adelaide (5) 2003: Central District (4) 2004: West Adelaide (6) 2005: North Adelaide (8) 2006: Port Adelaide (12) 2007: Port Adelaide (13) 2008: Glenelg (6)[48] Source where unlisted:[20]

Under 17s premiership (1939–2008)

1939: North Adelaide (1) 1940: North Adelaide (2) 1941: Sturt (1) 1942-46: None (WW2) 1947: North Adelaide (3) 1948: West Adelaide (1) 1949: Sturt (2) 1950: North Adelaide (4) 1951: Port Adelaide (1) 1952: North Adelaide (5) 1953: West Torrens (1) 1954: West Torrens (2) 1955: Port Adelaide (2) 1956: North Adelaide (6) 1957: West Torrens (3) 1958: Glenelg (1) 1959: Glenelg (2) 1960: Glenelg (3) 1961: Port Adelaide (3) 1962: Woodville (1)

1963: Sturt (3) 1964: Woodville (2) 1965: Norwood (1) 1966: Central District (1) 1967: Woodville (2) 1968: Woodville (3) 1969: North Adelaide (7) 1970: North Adelaide (8) 1971: Port Adelaide (4) 1972: Port Adelaide (5) 1973: Woodville (4) 1974: Sturt (4) 1975: Glenelg (4) 1976: Sturt (5) 1977: Central District (2) 1978: Central District (3) 1979: Central District (4) 1980: Sturt (6) 1981: Norwood (2) 1982: Norwood (3)

1983: Norwood (4) 1984: Norwood (5) 1985: Central District (5) 1986: Norwood (6) 1987: North Adelaide (9) 1988: Norwood (7) 1989: Norwood (8) 1990: South Adelaide (1) 1991: Norwood (9) 1992: Central District (6) 1993: Woodville-West Torrens (1) 1994: Port Adelaide (6) 1995: South Adelaide (2) 1996: Central District (7) 1997: North Adelaide (10) 1998: Woodville-West Torrens (2) 1999: Woodville-West Torrens (3)

2000: Woodville-West Torrens (4) 2001: West Adelaide (2) 2002: West Adelaide (3) 2003: Sturt (7) 2004: Central District (8) 2005: North Adelaide (11) 2006: West Adelaide (4) 2007: North Adelaide (12) 2008: Sturt (8)[49] Source where unlisted:[20]

Under 18s premiership (2009–present)

2009: Glenelg (1)[32] 2010: Glenelg (2)[33] 2011: Port Adelaide (1)[34] 2012: Woodville-West Torrens (1)[35] 2013: Woodville-West Torrens (2)[36] 2014: West Adelaide (1)[37] 2015: Norwood (1)[50] 2016: Glenelg (3)[51]

2017: Sturt (1)[40] 2018: Woodville-West Torrens (3)[41] 2019: Woodville-West Torrens (4)[42] 2020: Norwood (2)[43] 2021: Woodville-West Torrens (5)[52] 2022: Glenelg (4)[53] 2023: South Adelaide (1)[54] 2024: Woodville-West Torrens (6)[55]

Under 16s premiership (2010–present)

2010: North Adelaide (1)[56] 2011: North Adelaide (2)[57] 2012: Norwood (1)[58] 2013: North Adelaide (3)[59] 2014: Glenelg (1)[37] 2015: Sturt (1)[60] 2016: Glenelg (2)[61] 2017: Glenelg (3)[40]

2018: Glenelg (4)[41] 2019: Glenelg (5)[42] 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[62] 2021: South Adelaide (1)[63] 2022: Woodville West Torrens (1)[64] 2023: Central District (1)[65] 2024: Sturt (2)[66]