page_title: List of VFL/AFL premiers
section_title: Premierships by club
hierarchical_section_title: List of VFL/AFL premiers / VFL/AFL premierships / Premierships by club
caption_attribution_description: English: Team of Carlton FC, VFL Premiers.
context_page_description: This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL premiers. The Australian Football League, known as the Victorian Football League until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football.
  The inaugural premiership was awarded as a result of a round-robin finals system; this format was replaced after the first season, and a grand final has been held every season since 1898 to determine the premiers, with the exception of 1924 when a modified round-robin system was used. The formation of a national competition, beginning in 1987, has resulted in the league attempting to develop "an even and stable competition" through a range of equalisation policies, such as a salary cap and draft. This has had a significant impact on the spread of premierships: since 1990, thirteen clubs have won a premiership, compared with only five clubs between 1967 and 1989.
  Two clubs, Essendon and Carlton, have won the most VFL/AFL premierships with sixteen each.
caption: Carlton has won the equal-most premierships with sixteen, with their first coming in the 1906 season.
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