List of West Australian Football League premiers

This is a list of the West Australian Football League premiers, the premier state-based Australian rules football league in Western Australia, and includes premiers of the Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906), West Australian Football League (1907-1924), Western Australian Football League (1925-1927), Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979), West Australian Football League (1980-1989), WA State League (1990), West Australian Football League (1991-1996), Westar Rules (1997–2000) and West Australian Football League (2001-).

In 1967, WAFL football historian Dave Clement discovered a discrepancy between the official premiership list as published by the league and what he had determined from examination of records from the time. The original list has Fremantle winning six of the first seven premierships; however, documentation was found that the Unions club had won three premierships in succession. The discrepancy was not officially acknowledged and fixed until the League's centenary in 1985.

In the early years, a number of cups were awarded to clubs who won the premiership, including the "Dixson Cup" and the "Farley Cup".

On March 27, 1907, the WAFA was renamed the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

On Wednesday October 12, 1927, the WAFL was renamed the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) – the "national" in the name being adopted by the SANFL, TANFL and other leagues when the Australian Football Council became the Australian National Football Council earlier in that year.

Prior to 1931, premierships were either awarded to the team leading the ladder or who won a final. If the top team lost the final, then they had the right to call for a challenge match to be played the following week to determine the premiership.

In 1931 the system changed to the Page finals system where the top two teams play in the second semi final, with the loser having a second chance and the winner progressing straight to the Grand Final. The winner of the third and fourth placed teams who played in the first semi final play the loser of the second semi final in the preliminary final.

Since 1945, the best player on ground in the Grand Final has been awarded the Simpson Medal.

Premiers
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Consecutive Grand Finals
Prior to 1904, the premiership and runners-up of the season were decided by position on the ladder (1st and 2nd, respectively). From 1904 onwards, a grand final was played to determine the premiers of that year. Since no grand final was played prior to 1904, despite either winning a premiership or being determined as the runners-up in the years of 1899-1903 (L, W, L, W, W), these years are not counted additionally towards 's consecutive grand final appearances from 1904-1912.

1 East Fremantle drew the 1905 WAFA Grand Final and was defeated by West Perth in the replay. 2 Claremont drew the 1938 WANFL Grand Final, and defeated East Fremantle in the replay.

Grand Final Matchups
Grand finals commenced from 1904, onwards. Grand final replays are not counted as individual appearances.

Grand Final Matchups per # Appearances
This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League by order of how often two teams have played against each other. The table denotes the number of grand final appearances between two teams, the year(s) both teams have played against each other, and the premiership years(s) of each team (if any at all).

Grand Final Matchups per Team
This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League, sorted by the number of teams each individual team has played against in a grand final, and has yet to play against. Defunct teams are not included in this table.

Premiership Droughts
The following tables summarise the different premiership droughts for each club. The first table is limited to droughts lasting twenty or more seasons, while the other three are specific to each club (two of which span the entire competition, including all 21 teams). The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought. Grand final replays are not included in grand final appearances.

Reserves premierships

 * 1925: Perth (1)
 * 1926: East Fremantle (1)
 * 1927: West Perth (1)
 * 1928: Subiaco (1)
 * 1929: Subiaco (2)
 * 1930: West Perth (2)
 * 1931: Subiaco (3)
 * 1932: East Perth (1)
 * 1933: East Perth (2)
 * 1934: East Perth (3)
 * 1935: East Perth (4)
 * 1936: South Fremantle (1)
 * 1937: Claremont (1)
 * 1938: East Fremantle (2)
 * 1939: East Fremantle (3)
 * 1940: East Fremantle (4)
 * 1941-45: not awarded (WW2)
 * 1946: Swan Districts (1)
 * 1947: West Perth (3)
 * 1948: East Perth (5)
 * 1949: Perth (2)
 * 1950: East Fremantle (5)
 * 1951: East Fremantle (6)
 * 1952: South Fremantle (2)
 * 1953: South Fremantle (3)
 * 1954: South Fremantle (4)
 * 1955: Perth (3)


 * 1956: West Perth (4)
 * 1957: Perth (4)
 * 1958: Subiaco (4)
 * 1959: Subiaco (5)
 * 1960: West Perth (5)
 * 1961: East Perth (6)
 * 1962: East Fremantle (7)
 * 1963: Perth (5)
 * 1964: Swan Districts (2)
 * 1965: East Perth (7)
 * 1966: East Perth (8)
 * 1967: East Perth (9)
 * 1968: Perth (6)
 * 1969: Subiaco (6)
 * 1970: East Fremantle (8)
 * 1971: Perth (7)
 * 1972: Subiaco (7)
 * 1973: Perth (8)
 * 1974: Perth (9)
 * 1975: Perth (10)
 * 1976: East Perth (10)
 * 1977: Claremont (2)
 * 1978: East Perth (11)
 * 1979: Swan Districts (3)
 * 1980: Claremont (3)
 * 1981: East Perth (12)
 * 1982: Claremont (4)


 * 1983: East Perth (13)
 * 1984: Subiaco (8)
 * 1985: South Fremantle (5)
 * 1986: South Fremantle (6)
 * 1987: Claremont (5)
 * 1988: Perth (11)
 * 1989: East Fremantle (9)
 * 1990: Claremont (6)
 * 1991: South Fremantle (7)
 * 1992: South Fremantle (8)
 * 1993: East Fremantle (10)
 * 1994: East Fremantle (11)
 * 1995: Subiaco (9)
 * 1996: Perth (12)
 * 1997: Subiaco (10)
 * 1998: Subiaco (11)
 * 1999: Subiaco (12)
 * 2000: Claremont (7)
 * 2001: East Fremantle (12)
 * 2002: Subiaco (13)
 * 2003: Subiaco (14)
 * 2004: South Fremantle (9)
 * 2005: Subiaco (15)
 * 2006: Swan Districts (4)
 * 2007: Subiaco (16)
 * 2008: East Fremantle (13)
 * 2009: South Fremantle (10)

Source where unlisted
 * 2010: Claremont (8)
 * 2011: Claremont (9)
 * 2012: Claremont (10)
 * 2013: South Fremantle (11)
 * 2014: West Perth (6)
 * 2015: South Fremantle (12)
 * 2016: Claremont (11)
 * 2017: Subiaco (17)
 * 2018: Subiaco (18)
 * 2019: West Perth (7)
 * 2020: East Perth (14)
 * 2021: Perth (13)
 * 2022: Subiaco (19)
 * 2023: Swan Districts (5)
 * 1921 East Fremantle
 * 1922 West Perth
 * 1923 Perth
 * 1924 Perth

Colts (under-19) premierships

 * 1957: Swan Districts (1)
 * 1958: Swan Districts (2)
 * 1959: Perth (1)
 * 1960: Perth (2)
 * 1961: Perth (3)
 * 1962: East Fremantle (1)
 * 1963: Perth (4)
 * 1964: Perth (5)
 * 1965: Perth (6)
 * 1966: East Fremantle (2)
 * 1967: East Perth (1)
 * 1968: West Perth (1)
 * 1969: East Fremantle (3)
 * 1970: South Fremantle (1)
 * 1971: Swan Districts (3)
 * 1972: Perth (7)
 * 1973: East Fremantle (4)
 * 1974: Subiaco (1)
 * 1975: East Perth (2)
 * 1976: Claremont (1)
 * 1977: Claremont (2)
 * 1978: Claremont (3)
 * 1979: Claremont (4)
 * 1980: East Perth (3)


 * 1981: East Fremantle (5)
 * 1982: South Fremantle (2)
 * 1983: South Fremantle (3)
 * 1984: South Fremantle (4)
 * 1985: South Fremantle (5)
 * 1986: Claremont (5)
 * 1987: East Fremantle (6)
 * 1988: Claremont (6)
 * 1989: Subiaco (2)
 * 1990: West Perth (2)
 * 1991: Swan Districts (4)
 * 1992: East Fremantle (7)
 * 1993: Claremont (7)
 * 1994: Claremont (8)
 * 1995: Claremont (9)
 * 1996: Claremont (10)
 * 1997: Claremont (11)
 * 1998: East Fremantle (8)
 * 1999: Perth (8)
 * 2000: East Perth (4)
 * 2001: East Fremantle (9)
 * 2002: South Fremantle (6)
 * 2003: South Fremantle (7)
 * 2004: Peel Thunder (1)

Source
 * 2005: Peel Thunder (2)
 * 2006: East Perth (5)
 * 2007: Swan Districts (5)
 * 2008: Swan Districts (6)
 * 2009: Claremont (12)
 * 2010: East Fremantle (10)
 * 2011: South Fremantle (8)
 * 2012: South Fremantle (9)
 * 2013: Claremont (13)
 * 2014: Swan Districts (7)
 * 2015: Claremont (14)
 * 2016: Claremont (15)
 * 2017: East Fremantle (11)
 * 2018: Subiaco (3)
 * 2019: Claremont (16)
 * 2020: Subiaco (4)
 * 2021: Swan Districts (8)
 * 2022: Peel Thunder (3)
 * 2023: Claremont (17)

Fourths premierships (1965–1974)

 * 1965: East Perth (1)
 * 1966: Claremont (1)
 * 1967: East Perth (2)
 * 1968: Claremont (2)
 * 1969: Swan Districts (1)

Source
 * 1970: Subiaco (1)
 * 1971: Swan Districts (2)
 * 1972: East Fremantle (1)
 * 1973: Swan Districts (3)
 * 1974: East Fremantle (2)