The AFL grand final is always one of the biggest events on the Australian sports calendar.
Traditionally held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, most players are lucky to reach the annual decider even once in their careers.
The Sporting News compiles every AFL premiership winner and grand final result from this century.
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AFL premiership winners: Every grand final team, result since 2000
| Year | Winning team | Losing team | Final score |
| 2024 | Brisbane | Sydney | 18.12 (120) def. 9.6 (60) |
| 2023 | Collingwood | Brisbane | 12.18 (90) def. 13.8 (86) |
| 2022 | Geelong | Sydney | 20.13 (133) def. 8.4 (52) |
| 2021 | Melbourne | Western Bulldogs | 21.14 (140) def. 10.6 (66) |
| 2020 | Richmond | Geelong | 12.9 (81) def. 7.8 (50) |
| 2019 | Richmond | GWS | 17.12 (114) def. 3.7 (25) |
| 2018 | West Coast | Collingwood | 11.13 (79) def. 11.8 (74) |
| 2017 | Richmond | Adelaide | 16.12 (108) def. 8.12 (60) |
| 2016 | Western Bulldogs | Sydney | 13.11 (89) def. 10.7 (67) |
| 2015 | Hawthorn | West Coast | 16.11 (107) def. 8.13 (61) |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | Sydney | 21.11 (137) def. 11.8 (74) |
| 2013 | Hawthorn | Fremantle | 11.11 (77) def. 8.14 (62) |
| 2012 | Sydney | Hawthorn | 14.7 (91) def. 11.15 (81) |
| 2011 | Geelong | Collingwood | 18.11 (119) def. 12.9 (81) |
| 2010 | Collingwood | St Kilda | 9.14 (68) draw vs. 10.8 (68) Replay: 16.12 (108) def. 7.10 (52) |
| 2009 | Geelong | St Kilda | 12.8 (80) def. 9.14 (68) |
| 2008 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 18.7 (115) def. 11.23 (89) |
| 2007 | Geelong | Port Adelaide | 24.19 (163) def. 6.8 (44) |
| 2006 | West Coast | Sydney | 12.13 (85) def. 12.12 (84) |
| 2005 | Sydney | West Coast | 8.10 (58) def. 7.12 (54) |
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane | 17.11 (113) def. 10.13 (73) |
| 2003 | Brisbane | Collingwood | 20.14 (134) def. 12.12 (84) |
| 2002 | Brisbane | Collingwood | 10.15 (75) def. 9.12 (66) |
| 2001 | Brisbane | Essendon | 15.18 (108) def. 12.10 (82) |
| 2000 | Essendon | Melbourne | 19.21 (135) def. 11.9 (75) |
Who won the AFL grand final last year?
Brisbane won the 2024 AFL Grand Final, smashing Sydney 18.12 (120) def. 9.6 (60) on a sunny afternoon in Melbourne.
It marked the Lions' 4th AFL premiership, exorcising the demons of their 2023 defeat and ending a 21 year premiership drought.
Being the best team from the first bounce, they pulled away in the second quarter and didn't look back.
