2024 AFL season

The 2024 AFL season is the 128th 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 7 March to 28 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season over 25 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

Background
In November 2023, the AFL and Seven Network announced that the usual start times for Thursday and Friday night matches would be brought forward by ten minutes to 7:30pm and 7:40pm (Melbourne time) respectively for the upcoming season, in response to feedback from fans.

Club leadership
Caretaker coaches are italicised.

Pre-season
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Season events
Andrew Dillon took over as CEO of the AFL from this season, commencing in October 2023. Dillon replaced Gillon McLachlan, who had served in the role since 2014.

On 20 February 2024, goal umpire Jesse Baird was scheduled to officiate a practice match between and, but did not arrive at the match. One day later, New South Wales Police alleged Baird and his partner, Luke Davies, were murdered. Before the start of the and  match, both teams formed a minute silence in the middle of the field, along with the umpires, in honoring Jesse Baird.

In an effort to grow the game in the northern states, the season featured an "Opening Round" wherein two matches in Sydney, one in Brisbane and one on the Gold Coast were played, prior to round 1. Following its successful first iteration in 2023, Gather Round, a special round featuring all 18 clubs playing in the same region, was held for the second time in South Australia; it was held in round 4, from 4 to 7 April.

Home-and-away season
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Ladder
Updated to the end of round 19.

Progression by round
Updated to the end of round 19.

Source: AFL Tables

Home matches and membership
Updated to the end of round 19.

The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season, excluding neutral matches (Gather Round).

Source: AFL Tables

Win–loss table
Updated to the end of round 19.

The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If multiple matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Home matches are in bold, neutral matches (Gather Round) are underlined and opponents are listed above the margins.

Source: AFL Tables

Season notes

 * In 2024, the AFL recorded the three highest-attended home-and-away rounds in VFL/AFL history, with combined attendances of 413,405 in round 1, 408,433 in round 7 and 403,452 in round 8, after only recording a combined attendance of over 400,000 once previously.
 * For the first time in VFL/AFL history, both reigning grand finalists – and the  – lost their first two matches of the following season; both clubs eventually lost their first three matches.
 * won 13 of its first 14 matches, its best start to a season since 1918.
 * Charlie Curnow kicked multiple goals in each of his club's first 15 matches of the season, the longest such streak since 2009.

Milestones
Source: AFL Tables (players); other milestones sourced individually

Leading goalkickers
Updated to the end of round 19.

! rowspan=2 style=width:2em | # ! rowspan=2 | Player ! rowspan=2 | Club ! colspan=25 | Home-and-away season (Coleman Medal) ! colspan=4 | Finals series ! rowspan=2 | Total ! rowspan=2 | Games ! rowspan=2 | Average ! O !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! 23 !! 24 !! F1 !! F2 !! F3 !! GF ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 1 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 2 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 3 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 4 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 5 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 6 ! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=3 | 7 ! scope=row style=text-align:center | 10 ! colspan=35 | Other end-of-round leaders ! scope=row style=text-align:center |
 * align=left | Charlie Curnow || align=left | || 44 || 26 || X6 || 410 || 313 || 417 || 320 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 323 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 225 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 227 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 229 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 433 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 336 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 238 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | X38 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 543 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 245 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 146 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 349 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 453 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 53 || 18 || 2.94
 * align=left | Jesse Hogan || align=left | || 44 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 610 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 212 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | X12 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 416 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 218 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 321 || 122 || 224 || 226 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 329 || 231 || X31 || 132 || 133 || 134 || 236 || 541 || 445 || 449 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 49 || 18 || 2.72
 * align=left | Ben King || align=left | || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 55 || 05 || 27 || X7 || 310 || 414 || 216 || 319 || 322 || 325 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 429 || 332 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 436 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 238 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | X38 || –38 || 442 || 143 || 245 || 045 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 45 || 17 || 2.65
 * align=left | Harry McKay || align=left | || 33 || 36 || X6 || 511 || 011 || 213 || 316 || 218 || 422 || 123 || 124 || 125 || 328 || 129 || X29 || 332 || 234 || 539 || 342 || 244 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 44 || 18 || 2.44
 * align=left | Jake Waterman || align=left | || X0 || 22 || 13 || 14 || 26 || 612 || 517 || 421 || 324 || –24 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 529 || 130 || –30 || 333 || X33 || 336 || 137 || 239 || 241 || –41 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 41 || 15 || 2.73
 * align=left | Josh Treacy || align=left | || X0 || 33 || 14 || 15 || 16 || 39 || 211 || 314 || 418 || 119 || 120 || 121 || 324 || X24 || 226 || 228 || 230 || 535 || 136 || 339 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 39 || 18 || 2.17
 * align=left | Jeremy Cameron || align=left | || X0 || 22 || 24 || 26 || 28 || 614 || 014 || 519 || 019 || 120 || –20 || 121 || 122 || 224 || X24 || 327 || 229 || 433 || 336 || 137 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 37 || 18 || 2.06
 * align=left | Joe Daniher || align=left | || 11 || 34 || X4 || 15 || 510 || 212 || 012 || 012 || 214 || 115 || 318 || 220 || X20 || 222 || 527 || 330 || 232 || 032 || 234 || 337 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 37 || 18 || 2.06
 * align=left | Kyle Langford || align=left | || X0 || 33 || 25 || 38 || 08 || 311 || 213 || 417 || 320 || 424 || 125 || 328 || 028 || 028 || X28 || 230 || 131 || 233 || 235 || 237 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 37 || 18 || 2.06
 * align=left | Kyle Langford || align=left | || X0 || 33 || 25 || 38 || 08 || 311 || 213 || 417 || 320 || 424 || 125 || 328 || 028 || 028 || X28 || 230 || 131 || 233 || 235 || 237 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 37 || 18 || 2.06
 * align=left | Kyle Langford || align=left | || X0 || 33 || 25 || 38 || 08 || 311 || 213 || 417 || 320 || 424 || 125 || 328 || 028 || 028 || X28 || 230 || 131 || 233 || 235 || 237 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 37 || 18 || 2.06
 * align=left | Nick Larkey || align=left | || X0 || 33 || 14 || 37 || 18 || 210 || 313 || 215 || 217 || 118 || 119 || 019 || X19 || 524 || 428 || 028 || 028 || 331 || 334 || 236 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 36 || 18 || 2.00
 * align=left | Callum Brown || align=left | || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 55 || 27 || 07 || X7 || 310 || 010 || 010 || 313 || 215 || –15 || –15 || –15 || X15 || 015 || 217 || 017 || 017 || –17 || –17 || –17 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || colspan=4 |  || 17 || 12 || 1.42
 * }

Source: AFL Tables