List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches

This is a list of captains and coaches of Australian Football League premiership teams. Jock McHale has coached the most premierships, with eight in total. Syd Coventry, Dick Reynolds and Michael Tuck are the most successful captains, with four premierships each.

The coach of the premiership winning team currently receives the Jock McHale Medal, named in McHale's honour. The medal was first awarded in 2001, and Jock McHale Medals were retrospectively awarded to all premiership-winning coaches from 1950 onwards, which was the first season following McHale's retirement from coaching.

The captain or co-captains of the premiership winning team currently receive the Ron Barassi Medal, named in Barassi's honour. The medal was first awarded in 2024 and has not been retrospectively awarded.

List Year Premiers CaptainCoach 1897 1898 1899 (2) (2) (2) 1900 1901 (2) 1902 1903 (2) (2) (2) 1904 (3) 1905 (4) (2) (2) 1906 1907 (2) (2) (2) 1908 (3) (3) 1909 1910 (3) 1911 (3) (4) 1912 (4) (5) 1913 (5) 1914 (4) 1915 (5) (2) 1916 (6) 1917 (4) 1918 (2) 1919 (5) (2) 1920 1921 (2) (2) (2) 1922 (7) 1923 (5) 1924 (6) (2) (2) 1925 1926 (2) 1927 (6) (3) 1928 (7) (2) (4) 1929 (8) (3) (5) 1930 (9) (4) (6)(caretaker Bob Rush) 1931 (2) 1932 (3) 1933 (3) 1934 (4) (2) 1935 (10) (7) 1936 (11) (2) (8) 1937 (3) 1938 (6) 1939 (3) (2) 1940 (4) (2) (3) 1941 (5) (3) (4) 1942 (7) 1943 (5) 1944 Fitzroy (8) 1945 Carlton (7) (2) 1946 Essendon (8) (2) (2) 1947 Carlton (8) (3) 1948 Melbourne (6) (5) 1949 Essendon (9) (3) (3) 1950 Essendon (10) (4) (4) 1951 Geelong (4) (2) 1952 Geelong (5) (2) (3) 1953 Collingwood (12) 1954 Footscray 1955 Melbourne (7) 1956 Melbourne (8) (2) (2) 1957 Melbourne (9) (3) 1958 Collingwood (13) (2) 1959 Melbourne (10) (2) (4) 1960 Melbourne (11) (5) 1961 Hawthorn 1962 Essendon (11) 1963 Geelong (6) 1964 Melbourne (12) (2) (6) 1965 Essendon (12) (2) 1966 St Kilda 1967 Richmond 1968 Carlton (9) 1969 Richmond (7) (2) 1970 Carlton (10) (2) (2) 1971 Hawthorn (2) (2) 1972 Carlton (11) (3) 1973 Richmond (8) (3) 1974 Richmond (9) (2) (4) 1975 North Melbourne (3) 1976 Hawthorn (3) (3) 1977 North Melbourne (2) (4) 1978 Hawthorn (4) (2) 1979 Carlton (12) 1980 Richmond (10) 1981 Carlton (13) (2) 1982 Carlton (14) (2) (3) 1983 Hawthorn (5) (2) 1984 Essendon (13) 1985 Essendon (14) (2) (2) 1986 Hawthorn (6) Allan Jeans (3) 1987 Carlton (15) 1988 Hawthorn (7) (2) 1989 Hawthorn (8) (3) Allan Jeans (4) 1990 Collingwood (14) 1991 Hawthorn (9) (4) (2) 1992 West Coast 1993 Essendon (15) (3) 1994 West Coast (2) (2) (2) 1995 Carlton (16) (4) 1996 North Melbourne (3) 1997 Adelaide 1998 Adelaide (2) (2) (2) 1999 North Melbourne (4) (2) (2) 2000 Essendon (16) (4) 2001 Brisbane Lions (2) 2002 Brisbane Lions (2) (2) (3) 2003 Brisbane Lions (3) (3) (4) 2004 Port Adelaide 2005 Sydney (4) 2006 West Coast (3) 2007 Geelong (7) 2008 Hawthorn (10) 2009 Geelong (8) (2) (2) 2010 Collingwood (15) (3) 2011 Geelong (9) 2012 Sydney (5) 2013 Hawthorn (11) (2) 2014 Hawthorn (12) (2) (3) 2015 Hawthorn (13) (3) (4) 2016 Western Bulldogs (2) 2017 Richmond (11) 2018 West Coast (4) 2019 Richmond (12) (2) (2) 2020 Richmond (13) (3) (3) 2021 Melbourne (13) 2022 Geelong (10) (2) 2023 Collingwood (16) 2024 Brisbane Lions (4) 2025 Brisbane Lions (5) (2) (2) (2) 2026 Brisbane Lions (6) (3) (3)

Footnotes 1: Jock McHale had coached Collingwood throughout that year and into the week of the grand final, but was absent on the day of the grand final, having fallen ill with influenza. Club treasurer Bob Rush performed the matchday coaching duties in his place. For many years, Rush was credited with having coached the game, but after a decision in 2014 by the AFL's historians, McHale was credited as Collingwood's sole coach in the game for the purposes of coaching statistics.

List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches

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