List of West Australian Football League premiers

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

  Premiership decided by a Grand Final

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

  Premiership decided by a Challenge Final

  Premiership decided without any form of Grand Final

Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1885	Rovers	Victorians
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)	5.11 (41) drew 6.5 (41)	Billy Plunkett & Shooter Ford
			4.7 (31) – 3.9 (27) (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)	6.6 (42) – 6.11 (47)	Jack Leckie		Claremont Showground	8,500
			6.6 (42) – 5.11 (41)
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 & Chris Slattery		WACA Ground	12,000
1921	East Perth (3)	East Fremantle (10)	5.9 (39) – 4.8 (32)	Vern Harold & 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	East Fremantle (13)	East Perth (3)	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)	Jack Cashman	Jack Cashman	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)	13.16 (94) drew 14.10 (94)	George Moloney	Johnny Leonard	Subiaco Oval	19,104
			14.17 (101) – 11.13 (79) (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	South Fremantle (10)	Swan Districts (3)	23.18 (156) – 15.8 (98)	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

W.A. State League (1990)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1990	Swan Districts (7)	Claremont (8)	16.7 (103) – 10.17 (77)	Peter Hodyl	John Todd	Subiaco Oval	26,541

West Australian Football League (1991–1996)

Season	Premiers	Runners up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Attendance
1991	Claremont (8)	Subiaco (9)	19.18 (132) – 8.7 (55)	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	South Fremantle (11)	East Fremantle (27)	13.7 (85) – 11.13 (79)	Jon Dorotich & 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
2001	East Perth (16)	South Fremantle (16)	17.18 (120) – 5.8 (38)	Jeremy Barnard	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	23,842
2002	East Perth (17)	West Perth (18)	15.14 (104) – 5.14 (44)	Jeremy Barnard	Tony Micale	Subiaco Oval	31,382
2003	West Perth (18)	Subiaco (11)	13.9 (87) – 9.10 (64)	Steve Trewhella	Darren Harris	Subiaco Oval	17,775
2004	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
2007	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[9]	20,008[9]
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	Subiaco (14)	11.13 (79) – 8.8 (56)	Gerald Ugle	Cam Shepherd	Domain Stadium	15,031
2017	Peel (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	12.13 (85) – 6.10 (46)	Matthew Jupp	Bill Monaghan	Optus Stadium	27,104
2024	Peel (3)	East Perth (17)	14.8 (92) – 8.11 (59)	Ben Hancock	Adam Read	Optus Stadium	25,481

Records

Premierships

Current clubs

Club	Premierships		Runners-up
	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, 1932, 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	17	1910, 1918, 1928, 1932, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2024
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	1938, 1939, 1940, 1964, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2012	15	1936, 1937, 1942, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2020, 2022
Swan Districts	8	1961, 1962, 1963, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 2010	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	3	2016, 2017, 2024	1	2023
West Coast	0	-	0	-

Defunct Clubs

Club	Premierships		Runners-up
	Total	Season(s)	Total	Season(s)
Unions/Fremantle (II)	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
North Fremantle	0	-	1	1902
Midland Junction	0	-	0	-

Consecutive appearances

Consecutive Premierships

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

#	Club	Years	Win/Loss
9	East Fremantle	1904, 19051, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912	W, L, W, L, W, W, W, W, L
6	East Fremantle	1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921	L, L, W, L, L, L
	East Perth	1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923	L, W, W, W, W, W
	East Perth	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961	W, L, W, W, L, L
	Subiaco	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	W, W, L, L, W, W
5	Claremont	1936, 1937, 19382, 1939, 1940	L, L, W, W, W
	South Fremantle	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954	W, L, W, W, W
	Claremont	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991	W, L, W, L, W
4	East Fremantle	1928, 1929, 1930, 1931	W, W, W, W
	East Fremantle	1943, 1944, 1945, 1946	W, L, W, W
	West Perth	1946, 1947, 1948, 1949	L, L, L, W
	East Fremantle	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965	L, L, L, W
	East Perth	1966, 1967, 1968, 1969	L, L, L, L
	Subiaco	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	L, W, L, W
	Subiaco	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009	W, W, W, L
3	Perth	1907, 1908, 1909	W, L, L
	East Fremantle	1923, 1924, 1925	L, L, W
	Subiaco	1924, 1925, 1926	W, L, L
	East Perth	1926, 1927, 1928	W, W, L
	East Fremantle	1937, 1938, 1939	W, L, L
	West Perth	1951, 1952, 1953	W, L, L
	Swan Districts	1961, 1962, 1963	W, W, W
	Perth	1966, 1967, 1968	W, W, W
	Perth	1976, 1977, 1978	W, W, L
	South Fremantle	1979, 1980, 1981	L, W, L
	Claremont	1981, 1982, 1983	W, L, L
	Swan Districts	1982, 1983, 1984	W, W, W
	East Perth	2000, 2001, 2002	W, W, W
	Claremont	2010, 2011, 2012	L, W, W
	South Fremantle	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. 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
			Team(s)	Premiership Years
11	East Fremantle vs East Perth	1910, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1944, 1957, 1958, 2000	East Fremantle	1910, 1918, 1928, 1957
			East Perth	1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1944, 1958, 2000
10	South Fremantle vs East Fremantle	1914, 1916, 1917, 1929, 1930, 1945, 1954, 1979, 1992, 1997	South Fremantle	1916, 1917, 1954, 1997
			East Fremantle	1914, 1929, 1930, 1945, 1979, 1992
7	Perth vs East Fremantle	1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1955, 1974, 1977	Perth	1907, 1955, 1977
East Fremantle			1904, 1908, 1909, 1974
Subiaco vs East Fremantle	1912, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1933, 1985, 1986	Subiaco	1912, 1924, 1986
		East Fremantle	1925, 1931, 1933, 1985
East Fremantle vs West Perth	1905, 1906, 1911, 1934, 1941, 1946, 1998	East Fremantle	1906, 1911, 1946
		West Perth	1905 (Replay), 1934, 1941, 1998
		Draw	1905
South Fremantle vs West Perth	1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1999	South Fremantle	1946, 1947, 1952, 1953
		West Perth	1951, 1975, 1999
East Perth vs West Perth	1922, 1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2002, 2013	East Perth	1922, 2002
		West Perth	1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2013
6	Claremont vs Subiaco	1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2007, 2011	Claremont	1987, 1991, 2011
			Subiaco	1988, 2004, 2007
	East Fremantle vs Claremont	1937, 1938, 1939, 1964, 1994, 2012	East Fremantle	1937, 1994
			Claremont	1938 (Replay), 1939, 1964, 2012
			Draw	1938
	West Perth vs Subiaco	1935, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2018	West Perth	1935, 1995, 2003
			Subiaco	1973, 2015, 2018
5	Perth vs East Perth	1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978	Perth	1966, 1967, 1968, 1976
			East Perth	1978
	Swan Districts vs East Fremantle	1943, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1984	Swan Districts	1962, 1963, 1984
			East Fremantle	1943, 1965
	Claremont vs South Fremantle	1940, 1981, 1989, 2005, 2020	Claremont	1940, 1981, 1989
			South Fremantle	2005, 2020
4	Claremont vs Swan Districts	1982, 1983, 1990, 2010	Claremont	-
Swan Districts			1982, 1983, 1990, 2010
Subiaco vs South Fremantle	2006, 2009, 2019, 2021	Subiaco	2006, 2019, 2021
		South Fremantle	2009
3	East Perth vs Claremont	1936, 1972, 1996	East Perth	1936, 1972
			Claremont	1996
	South Fremantle vs East Perth	1927, 1956, 2001	South Fremantle	-
			East Perth	1927, 1956, 2001
	Subiaco vs East Perth	1926, 1959, 2014	Subiaco	2014
			East Perth	1926, 1959
	West Perth vs Claremont	1942, 1993, 2022	West Perth	1942, 2022
			Claremont	1993
2	Perth vs Subiaco	1913, 1915	Perth	-
			Subiaco	1913, 1915
	South Fremantle vs Perth	1950, 1970	South Fremantle	1950, 1970
			Perth	-
	Peel vs Subiaco	2016, 2017	Peel	2016, 2017
			Subiaco	-
1	West Perth vs Perth	1949	West Perth	1949
Perth			-
East Perth vs Swan Districts	1961	East Perth	-
		Swan Districts	1961
Swan Districts vs South Fremantle	1980	Swan Districts	-
		South Fremantle	1980
Subiaco vs Swan Districts	2008	Subiaco	2008
		Swan Districts	-
East Fremantle vs Peel	2023	East Fremantle	2023
		Peel	-
Peel vs East Perth	2024	Peel	2024
		East Perth	-

Premiership Droughts

+	Drought began upon club's entry to league
†	Drought ended upon club's exit from league
*	Also the longest club premiership drought
°	Club has not yet won a premiership
×	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

Club	Seasons	Start	End	Grand final appearances during drought
Subiaco	49	1924	1973	1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959
Perth	48	1907	1955	1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950
Perth	48	1977	—	1978
South Fremantle	30	1917	1947	1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945
West Perth	27	1905	1932	1906, 1911, 1922
Swan Districts	27	1934+	1961	1943
East Fremantle	25	1998	2023	2000, 2012
Claremont	24	1940	1964	1942
East Perth	23	2002	—	2013, 2014, 2024
East Perth	22	1978	2000	1996

Table correct to the start of the 2025 season.

Longest club premiership droughts

Club	Seasons	Start	End	Grand final appearances during drought
Centrals	1	1891+	1891 †	—
Claremont	24	1940	1964	1942
East Fremantle	25	1998	2023	2000, 2012
East Perth (I)	2	1891+	1892 †	—
East Perth (II)	23	2002	-	2013, 2014, 2024
Fremantle (I)	2	1885+	1886	—
High School	1[a]	1885+	1885 †	—
Imperials	3	1895+	1897 †	1896, 1897
Metropolitan	2	1889+	1890†	1890
Midland Junction	10[b]	1905+	1917 †	—
North Fremantle	15	1901+	1915 †	1902
Peel	20	1997+	2016	—
Perth	48	1907	1955	1908, 1909, 1913, 1915, 1949, 1950
		1977	-	1978
Rovers	8	1891	1899 †	1895
South Fremantle	30	1917	1947	1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945
Subiaco	49	1924	1973	1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959
Swan Districts	27	1934+	1961	1943
Unions/Fremantle (II)	2	1890	1892	—
		1896	1898	—
Victorians	4	1885+	1888 †	1885, 1886, 1887
West Australian	2	1887+	1888 †	—
West Coast	6	2019+	—	—
West Perth	27	1905	1932	1906, 1911, 1922

Table correct to the start of the 2025 season.

Current club premiership droughts

Club	Seasons	Start	Grand final appearances during drought
Claremont	12	2012	2020, 2022
East Fremantle	1	2023	—
East Perth	22	2002	2013, 2014, 2024
Peel	0	2024	—
Perth	47	1977	1978
South Fremantle	4	2020	—
Subiaco	3	2021	—
Swan Districts	14	2010	—
West Coast	5*	2019+	—
West Perth	2	2022	—

Table correct to the end of the 2024 season.

Time taken to win first premiership

Club	Seasons	Entry to league	First premiership	Grand final appearances during drought
Centrals	1×	1891	—	—
Claremont	13	1926	1938	1936, 1937
East Fremantle	3	1898	1900	1899
East Perth (I)	2×	1891	—	—
East Perth (II)	14	1906	1919	1910, 1918
Fremantle (I)	2	1885	1886	—
High School	1×	1885	—	—
Imperials	3×	1895	—	1896, 1897
Metropolitan	2×	1889	—	1890
Midland Junction	10[b]×	1905	—	—
North Fremantle	15×	1901	—	1902
Peel	20	1997	2016	—
Perth	9	1899	1907	1904
Rovers	1	1885	1885	—
South Fremantle	17	1900	1916	1900, 1914
Subiaco	12	1901	1912	—
Swan Districts	28	1934	1961	1943
Unions/Fremantle (II)	2	1886	1887	—
Victorians	4×	1885	—	1885, 1886, 1887
West Australian	2×	1887	—	—
West Coast	6°[c]	2019	—	—
West Perth	7	1891	1897	1891, 1892, 1893, 1894

1. High School withdrew from the competition after only two rounds into the 1885 season.
2. As Midland Junction did not contest the 1911-1913 seasons, the duration of this drought was 10 contested seasons (across 13 calendar years).
3. West Coast did not contend the 2020 season, due to restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table correct to the start of the 2025 season.

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]

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