Season Description
The 2026 AFL season is the 130th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season features 18 clubs and will run from 5 March to 26 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season over 25 rounds, with a five-week finals series featuring the top ten clubs to occur for the first time.

Fremantle won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 19–4 win–loss record. Collingwood's Nick Daicos won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player and Sydney's Charlie Curnow won his third Coleman Medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Event List
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28 Feb 26Pre tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerSt Kilda Football ClubSt Kilda Foot115 - 72 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
13 Mar 26r01 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot83 - 145 Hawthorn Football ClubHawthorn Foot
 
22 Mar 26r02 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerPort Adelaide Football ClPort Adelaide133 - 70 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
28 Mar 26r03 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot69 - 81 North Melbourne Football North Melbour
 
05 Apr 26r04 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerWestern BulldogsWestern Bulld99 - 65 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
11 Apr 26r05 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot113 - 68 Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Foo
 
18 Apr 26r06 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerGold Coast Football ClubGold Coast Fo119 - 110 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
25 Apr 26r07 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot60 - 137 Collingwood Football ClubCollingwood F
 
02 May 26r08 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot79 - 143 Brisbane LionsBrisbane Lion
 
09 May 26r09 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerGreater Western Sydney GiGreater Weste103 - 89 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
17 May 26r10 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot61 - 104 Fremantle Football ClubFremantle Foo
 
22 May 26r11 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerRichmond Football ClubRichmond Foot74 - 56 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
31 May 26r12 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerWest Coast EaglesWest Coast Ea85 - 55 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
07 Jun 26r13 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot67 - 72 Carlton Football ClubCarlton Footb
 
13 Jun 26r14 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerMelbourne Football ClubMelbourne Foo95 - 50 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
28 Jun 26r16 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerNorth Melbourne Football North Melbour79 - 65 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
05 Jul 26r17 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot50 - 117 St Kilda Football ClubSt Kilda Foot
 
12 Jul 26r18 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerBrisbane LionsBrisbane Lion149 - 59 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
19 Jul 26r19 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot67 - 64 Greater Western Sydney GiGreater Weste
 
25 Jul 26r20 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerHawthorn Football ClubHawthorn Foot132 - 39 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
02 Aug 26r21 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot73 - 145 Adelaide Football ClubAdelaide Foot
 
08 Aug 26r22 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerGeelong Football ClubGeelong Footb117 - 50 Essendon Football ClubEssendon Foot
 
16 Aug 26r23 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot76 - 112 Sydney SwansSydney Swans
 
23 Aug 26r24 tv iconImage IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerYoutube IconTransparent SpacerTransparent SpacerEssendon Football ClubEssendon Foot95 - 105 Port Adelaide Football ClPort Adelaide


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