# 2020 Port Adelaide Football Club season

The 2020 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 24th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 150th year since its inception in 1870. The club would ordinarily have fielded its reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), though was prevented from doing so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## AFL season
### Pre-season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| 1 | Sunday, 23 February (3:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 12.5 (77) | 14.14 (98) | Won by 21 points | Moreton Bay Sports Complex (A) | 2,027 | |
| 2 | Saturday, 7 March (3:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 14.11 (95) | 13.7 (85) | Won by 10 points | Bennett Oval (H) | 4,770 | |

### Regular season

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFL reduced the season to 17 rounds and played some matches behind closed doors.
| Rd | Date and time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder | Ref. |
| Rd | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder | Ref. |
| 1 | Saturday, 21 March (6:25 pm) | Gold Coast | 4.5 (29) | 10.16 (76) | Won by 57 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 0 | 1st | |
| 2 | Saturday, 13 June (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 17.8 (110) | 5.5 (35) | Won by 75 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 2,240 | 1st | |
| 3 | Sunday, 21 June (5:35 pm) | Fremantle | 6.5 (41) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 29 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 180 | 1st | |
| 4 | Saturday, 27 June (1:15 pm) | West Coast | 13.11 (89) | 6.5 (41) | Won by 48 points | Metricon Stadium (H) | 450 | 1st | |
| 5 | Saturday, 4 July (7:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 12.13 (85) | 6.12 (48) | Lost by 37 points | Gabba (A) | 10,161 | 1st | |
| 6 | Sunday, 12 July (1:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 9.9 (63) | 6.10 (46) | Won by 17 points | Metricon Stadium (H) | 368 | 1st | |
| 7 | Sunday, 19 July (1:05 pm) | Carlton | 9.7 (61) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 3 points | Gabba (A) | 3,510 | 1st | |
| 8 | Saturday, 25 July (7:40 pm) | St Kilda | 6.8 (44) | 12.1 (73) | Lost by 29 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 16,727 | 1st | |
| 9 | Thursday, 30 July (8:10 pm) | Melbourne | 4.8 (32) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 51 points | Gabba (A) | 323 | 1st | |
| 10 | Monday, 3 August (6:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 8.7 (55) | 5.12 (42) | Won by 13 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 14,159 | 1st | |
| 11 | Saturday, 8 August (4:05 pm) | Richmond | 13.15 (93) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 21 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 10,256 | 1st | |
| 12 | Friday, 14 August (7:50 pm) | Geelong | 14.7 (91) | 4.7 (31) | Lost by 60 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 3,378 | 1st | |
| 13 | Saturday, 22 August (4:05 pm) | Hawthorn | 9.14 (68) | 9.4 (58) | Won by 10 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 11,740 | 1st | |
| 14 | Saturday, 29 August (1:15 pm) | Sydney | 11.7 (73) | 7.5 (47) | Won by 26 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 11,801 | 1st | |
| 15 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 1st | |
| 16 | Saturday, 5 September (7:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 6.6 (42) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 36 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 592 | 1st | |
| 17 | Saturday 12 September (4:05 pm) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | 4.5 (29) | Won by 50 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 17,482 | 1st | |
| 18 | Monday, 21 September (7:15 pm) | Collingwood | 7.3 (45) | 9.7 (61) | Won by 16 points | Gabba (A) | 5,424 | 1st | |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1185 | 869 | 136.4 | 56 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1184 | 948 | 124.9 | 56 | Finals series |
| 3 | Richmond (P) | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1135 | 874 | 129.9 | 50 | Finals series |
| 4 | Geelong | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1233 | 901 | 136.8 | 48 | Finals series |
| 5 | West Coast | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1095 | 936 | 117.0 | 48 | Finals series |
| 6 | St Kilda | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1159 | 997 | 116.2 | 40 | Finals series |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1103 | 1034 | 106.7 | 40 | Finals series |
| 8 | Collingwood | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 965 | 881 | 109.5 | 38 | Finals series |
| 9 | Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1063 | 986 | 107.8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Greater Western Sydney | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1007 | 1053 | 95.6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Carlton | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1017 | 1078 | 94.3 | 28 | |
| 12 | Fremantle | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 866 | 924 | 93.7 | 28 | |
| 13 | Essendon | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 938 | 1185 | 79.2 | 26 | |
| 14 | Gold Coast | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 996 | 1099 | 90.6 | 22 | |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1004 | 1194 | 84.1 | 20 | |
| 16 | Sydney | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 890 | 1077 | 82.6 | 20 | |
| 17 | North Melbourne | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 858 | 1205 | 71.2 | 12 | |
| 18 | Adelaide | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 826 | 1283 | 64.4 | 12 | |

### Finals series

| Final | Date and time | Opponent | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Final | Date and time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
| Qualifying Final | Thursday, 1 October (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 9.4 (58) | 5.12 (42) | Won by 16 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 22,755 | |
| Semi Final | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Preliminary Final | Friday, 16 October (7:20 pm) | Richmond | 6.4 (40) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 6 points | Adelaide Oval (H) | 24,292 | |

## SANFL season (cancelled)

Port Adelaide's reserves team, known as the Magpies, had been fixtured for another season in the SANFL. In May 2020 however the AFL ordered all AFL-listed players not to play in any state league, preventing Port Adelaide from fielding their SANFL team for the 2020 season.

## Awards
### Power (AFL)

* John Cahill Medal – Darcy Byrne-Jones
* Fos Williams Medal – Travis Boak
* Gavin Wanganeen Award – Zak Butters
* Coaches’ Award – Trent McKenzie
* John McCarthy Award – Justin Westhoff