Round by Round Ladder Positions

Alltime Positions | Longest Streaks At | Longest Streaks Not At | Current Streaks Not At | Complete Seasons | Rises & Falls | Year by Year | Team by Team | All Teams Index

Alltime Ladder Positions

Rounds spent at each ladder position, after every home & away round since 1897. Last = bottom of the ladder, whatever its size that season.

Team Tot 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th Last
Adelaide 817 41 50 48 52 70 37 45 60 64 65 63 72 30 45 45 10 4 16 19
Brisbane Bears 226 5 1 10 3 5 4 5 7 5 9 23 39 34 58 18 0 37
Brisbane Lions 679 34 63 65 43 39 34 23 30 25 22 22 32 42 35 52 39 40 39 55
Carlton 2563 317 281 282 238 232 225 212 122 108 89 85 62 54 66 53 82 20 35 112
Collingwood 2563 359 370 339 275 227 205 159 129 88 93 91 81 50 32 21 38 5 1 64
Essendon 2536 311 251 192 266 203 213 210 243 168 134 89 63 42 40 32 29 21 29 75
Fitzroy 1884 137 126 136 130 157 126 138 185 172 143 160 182 20 10 28 34 229
Fremantle 723 35 19 25 41 37 44 41 55 51 41 48 48 75 65 39 45 6 8 34
Geelong 2519 217 295 268 264 213 250 246 182 153 154 124 98 24 14 6 8 1 2 165
Gold Coast 371 11 7 10 7 15 7 6 12 12 16 28 28 28 47 35 28 54 20 32
Greater Western Sydney 347 12 21 23 17 25 19 23 25 16 26 13 14 14 16 16 19 13 35 35
Hawthorn 2095 181 154 166 142 129 118 117 121 123 215 208 187 63 41 49 46 26 9 196
Melbourne 2522 206 147 182 207 186 216 192 190 283 122 136 132 52 65 56 96 43 11 226
North Melbourne 2095 66 123 119 108 112 141 149 206 186 169 190 267 62 28 23 30 68 48 257
Port Adelaide 679 53 48 43 44 49 25 34 39 47 57 53 44 29 30 52 20 8 4 17
Richmond 2388 140 141 200 197 206 202 176 202 194 145 129 100 102 87 62 56 31 18 147
St Kilda 2536 87 83 112 150 174 211 246 283 215 186 204 287 71 83 75 56 1 12 422
Sydney 2551 169 190 181 182 221 224 237 214 198 200 191 165 45 50 64 12 5 3 186
University 126 1 0 3 4 9 16 14 9 10 60 60
West Coast 905 108 78 66 49 87 54 74 40 35 39 32 25 27 33 44 43 19 52 73
Western Bulldogs 2095 73 115 93 144 155 180 189 182 194 236 206 137 41 60 47 32 6 5 122

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Longest Streaks At

Longest run of consecutive rounds at each position; streaks carry across seasons.

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th Last
Adelaide 8 8 4 6 4 2 5 5 7 9 5 6 4 9 10 2 2 16 16
Brisbane Bears 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 7 6 13 14 0 14
Brisbane Lions 10 7 7 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 4 2 9 6 15 6 13 17 17
Carlton 21 15 13 10 8 9 13 9 8 5 4 5 6 7 9 19 3 15 19
Collingwood 20 10 10 12 10 7 5 5 4 10 6 9 3 5 3 13 2 1 13
Essendon 31 17 6 12 6 9 9 9 7 12 6 9 7 5 6 12 8 13 13
Fitzroy 17 13 7 6 7 9 7 12 9 9 10 29 7 3 13 13 29
Fremantle 20 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 6 13 19 2 6 19
Geelong 27 19 8 12 10 9 9 14 10 14 11 16 7 1 2 4 1 1 16
Gold Coast 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 5 2 2 6 3 2 8 6 7 8 10 10
Greater Western Sydney 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 5 2 3 4 4 6 20 20
Hawthorn 20 10 10 6 7 10 6 8 7 14 13 23 6 7 9 15 13 3 23
Melbourne 17 8 7 9 7 9 10 12 17 8 12 19 10 8 13 22 20 3 22
North Melbourne 12 7 9 8 12 9 6 12 12 5 12 30 6 6 4 6 13 23 30
Port Adelaide 20 6 5 4 7 2 5 9 7 7 5 6 4 7 12 7 7 2 7
Richmond 15 9 12 7 14 12 11 15 12 8 19 12 8 13 8 17 9 8 17
St Kilda 20 5 11 6 9 10 10 26 14 16 10 33 9 10 9 10 1 11 33
Sydney 17 14 8 8 13 14 8 12 12 12 12 19 9 7 24 2 3 2 24
University 1 0 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 32 32
West Coast 24 12 9 3 9 5 9 4 2 6 6 3 4 8 11 16 9 25 25
Western Bulldogs 7 10 12 8 8 9 11 5 8 11 15 13 3 12 12 14 2 2 14

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Longest Streaks Not At

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th Last
Adelaide 184 187 131 125 67 131 88 67 86 133 78 104 141 192 206 207 518 656 360
Brisbane Bears 208 212 204 91 217 116 153 90 94 70 67 26 32 33 97 226 59
Brisbane Lions 292 204 204 209 167 210 213 271 160 96 181 203 115 105 158 136 313 381 201
Carlton 413 245 222 225 225 193 216 226 238 280 468 469 1703 1702 1911 1912 2265 2291 390
Collingwood 240 100 150 95 76 106 127 197 227 504 775 1010 1659 1658 1930 1929 2308 2262 524
Essendon 219 212 138 137 146 133 99 138 268 480 482 1143 1744 1869 1867 2011 2285 2291 1409
Fitzroy 411 375 223 221 132 192 146 162 230 485 486 522 1685 1728 1747 1840 249
Fremantle 422 330 153 163 134 132 110 94 82 110 108 105 127 175 184 157 469 468 230
Geelong 371 183 125 118 110 107 158 172 179 299 599 753 1681 1680 1866 1950 2241 2242 314
Gold Coast 296 118 86 162 215 127 130 164 70 87 48 54 61 43 84 94 95 162 162
Greater Western Sydney 125 98 103 117 96 83 69 78 81 86 89 186 190 147 142 134 142 231 231
Hawthorn 309 324 327 255 189 268 153 152 328 197 528 380 1352 1350 1351 1439 1868 1865 335
Melbourne 375 348 260 282 242 238 148 127 180 275 578 553 1735 1733 1804 1821 2177 2181 314
North Melbourne 411 362 268 324 215 137 100 114 200 152 181 242 1282 1212 1348 1504 1728 1817 242
Port Adelaide 128 114 100 89 111 114 92 93 79 124 125 139 154 207 201 232 348 558 238
Richmond 506 312 322 196 187 246 186 169 177 245 383 479 1488 1489 1596 1867 2321 2330 479
St Kilda 530 235 304 224 240 259 203 123 276 213 568 441 1635 1636 1790 1817 2246 2247 291
Sydney 531 197 193 167 248 202 102 133 304 516 517 549 1675 1730 1734 1872 2325 2323 404
University 107 126 77 76 74 72 70 67 56 53 53
West Coast 197 144 162 150 142 140 124 144 136 139 119 150 301 147 201 525 785 789 412
Western Bulldogs 353 243 231 147 134 128 170 169 190 181 109 349 1190 1191 1404 1395 1794 1886 316

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Current Streaks Not At

Current teams only - rounds since last at each position.

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th Last
Adelaide 25 29 30 3 2 0 1 11 49 18 16 21 17 55 50 103 123 145 145
Brisbane Lions 40 30 0 2 3 19 10 9 11 59 161 64 21 71 23 22 194 201 201
Carlton 413 55 96 54 62 67 65 50 52 0 4 5 11 9 13 14 169 172 172
Collingwood 29 28 40 24 26 45 21 1 0 8 9 54 10 125 72 123 122 300 300
Essendon 98 62 59 57 66 56 67 49 40 36 50 24 32 30 25 105 4 0 0
Fremantle 0 14 21 20 22 25 33 26 32 50 40 90 23 75 78 47 159 230 230
Geelong 67 25 10 8 0 1 2 19 4 21 20 74 95 22 275 274 277 96 96
Gold Coast 21 23 20 14 12 15 11 62 9 60 8 52 0 1 75 94 95 162 162
Greater Western Sydney 69 48 24 43 25 42 26 27 33 11 5 0 7 8 21 20 142 231 231
Hawthorn 46 45 2 0 10 14 27 24 54 53 55 60 56 63 64 66 67 90 90
Melbourne 106 70 71 10 1 2 0 18 19 48 22 28 27 24 35 162 43 180 180
North Melbourne 243 161 242 23 18 17 19 47 8 9 7 10 1 0 24 25 27 58 58
Port Adelaide 85 50 53 61 67 57 22 20 56 19 17 18 16 13 0 12 348 48 48
Richmond 186 143 145 147 140 97 99 48 85 80 79 23 47 70 43 27 0 4 4
St Kilda 93 97 91 111 79 75 24 102 14 4 0 7 8 19 30 49 289 253 253
Sydney 14 0 22 21 71 49 76 75 45 25 34 33 35 37 82 145 152 179 179
West Coast 197 144 162 150 142 140 124 128 21 139 98 20 301 68 12 0 48 23 23
Western Bulldogs 20 21 23 19 24 11 4 0 1 14 57 16 120 94 172 96 73 49 49

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Complete Seasons

On top (or last) after every round of the season.

Complete Season on Top Complete Season Last
Fitzroy 1904 St Kilda 1898
Collingwood 1915 University 1913
Essendon 1923 North Melbourne 1931
Geelong 1953 St Kilda 1948
West Coast 1991 Hawthorn 1950
Essendon 2000 St Kilda 1985
Port Adelaide 2020 Sydney 1993
Melbourne 2008
North Melbourne 2021

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Rises & Falls Between Seasons

Change in final home & away ladder position between consecutive seasons.

Rise Team Fall Team
14 Adelaide 15th, 2024 to 1st, 2025 15 Fremantle 1st, 2015 to 16th, 2016
13 Collingwood 17th, 2021 to 4th, 2022 12 Melbourne 5th, 2018 to 17th, 2019
13 Brisbane Lions 16th, 1998 to 3rd, 1999 12 West Coast 3rd, 2007 to 15th, 2008
13 Brisbane Lions 15th, 2018 to 2nd, 2019 11 Collingwood 2nd, 2003 to 13th, 2004
12 Melbourne 16th, 1997 to 4th, 1998 11 Geelong 1st, 2022 to 12th, 2023
12 Western Bulldogs 15th, 1996 to 3rd, 1997 11 Carlton 5th, 2001 to 16th, 2002
12 West Coast 16th, 2010 to 4th, 2011 11 Adelaide 1st, 2017 to 12th, 2018
12 Adelaide 14th, 2011 to 2nd, 2012 11 Port Adelaide 2nd, 2007 to 13th, 2008
11 Collingwood 12th, 1976 to 1st, 1977 11 Port Adelaide 2nd, 2024 to 13th, 2025
11 Essendon 18th, 2016 to 7th, 2017 10 Melbourne 4th, 1998 to 14th, 1999
11 Melbourne 14th, 1999 to 3rd, 2000 10 Melbourne 4th, 2023 to 14th, 2024
11 Sydney 12th, 1995 to 1st, 1996 10 Geelong 2nd, 1997 to 12th, 1998
11 Adelaide 12th, 2004 to 1st, 2005 10 Richmond 4th, 2001 to 14th, 2002
11 Port Adelaide 14th, 2000 to 3rd, 2001 10 North Melbourne 1st, 1983 to 11th, 1984
10 Collingwood 12th, 1987 to 2nd, 1988 9 Collingwood 8th, 2020 to 17th, 2021

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