1981 VFL Season
The complete 1981 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Carltondef. Collingwood
Carlton won the 1981 VFL premiership, defeating Collingwood in the Grand Final. Carlton also finished the home-and-away season on top of the ladder.
12 teams contested the season. The 5th-placed cut-off sent Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Essendon and Fitzroy into the finals. Melbourne finished last with 1 win. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2303 | 1768 | 130.3 | 68 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2399 | 1957 | 122.6 | 68 |
| 3 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2224 | 1714 | 129.8 | 64 |
| 4 | Essendon | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2323 | 1821 | 127.6 | 64 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2413 | 2152 | 112.1 | 56 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2313 | 2114 | 109.4 | 52 |
| 7 | Richmond | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2323 | 2207 | 105.3 | 52 |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2386 | 2293 | 104.1 | 40 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2165 | 2522 | 85.8 | 32 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1930 | 2266 | 85.2 | 20 |
| 11 | Footscray | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1764 | 2680 | 65.8 | 8 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1824 | 2873 | 63.5 | 4 |
Top 5 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
138 matches