- Source: 2018 AFL season
The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the fourth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the AFL Grand Final.
Pre-season
= AFLX
=On 17 November 2017, the AFL confirmed that the pre-season would feature an AFLX competition. The game is played on a soccer-sized pitch over two ten minute halves. Each team features seven players on the field and three interchange players. Teams were split into three groups of six, with a grand final to be held for each group. The matches were played from 15–17 February 2018. The winners of the competition were Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane.
= JLT Community Series
=The pre-season series of games returned as the 2018 JLT Community Series. The number of games was reduced compared to the previous season, with teams playing two games each. The games were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played two games, many at suburban or regional venues, while all games were televised on Fox Footy.
Premiership season
= Round 1
== Round 2
== Round 3
== Round 4
== Round 5
== Round 6
== Round 7
== Round 8
== Round 9
== Round 10
== Round 11
== Round 12
== Round 13
== Round 14
== Round 15
== Round 16
== Round 17
== Round 18
== Round 19
== Round 20
== Round 21
== Round 22
== Round 23
== Season notes
=Carlton lost its first seven matches, the longest losing streak to start a season in the club's history.
Carlton's total of two wins for the season was the club's fewest wins in a season since 1901.
Melbourne qualified for the finals for the first time since 2006.
Win/loss table
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder
= Ladder progression
=Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
Underlined numbers indicates the team had a bye during that round.
Subscript numbers indicate ladder position at round's end.
= Positions of teams round by round
=Finals series
= Week one
== Week two
== Week three
== Week four
== Finals notes
=Melbourne qualified for a preliminary final for the first time since 2000, and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2006.
Collingwood qualified for the grand final for the first time since 2011, and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2013.
Attendances
= By club
== By ground
=Awards
The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Tom Mitchell of Hawthorn who polled 28 votes.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Jack Riewoldt of Richmond, who kicked 65 goals during the home and away season. It was the third time Riewoldt has won the award.
The Ron Evans Medal was awarded to Jaidyn Stephenson of Collingwood, who received 52 votes.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Luke Shuey of West Coast.
The AFL Goal of the Year was awarded to Jack Higgins of Richmond for his goal against Collingwood in round 19.
The AFL Mark of the Year was awarded to Isaac Heeney of Sydney for his mark against Melbourne in round 21.
The McClelland Trophy was awarded to Richmond for the first time since 1982.
The wooden spoon was "awarded" to Carlton for the first time since 2015 after obtaining a club low two wins during the season.
The AFL Players Association Awards:
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Tom Mitchell of Hawthorn polling 773 votes ahead of Patrick Cripps who polled 529.
The Robert Rose Award was awarded to Callan Ward of Greater Western Sydney.
The best captain was awarded to Trent Cotchin of Richmond.
The best first year player was awarded to Tim Kelly of Geelong.
The 22under22 team captaincy was awarded to Marcus Bontempelli of the Western Bulldogs for the third year in a row.
The AFL Coaches Association Awards:
The AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year Award was awarded to Max Gawn of Melbourne who received 97 votes ahead of Patrick Cripps who received 91.
The Gary Ayres Award for the best player in the finals series was awarded to Steele Sidebottom of Collingwood who polled 23 votes ahead of teammate Taylor Adams on 18.
The Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley.
The Assistant Coach of the Year Award was awarded to North Melbourne assistant Rhyce Shaw for the second year in a row.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Alan Stewart for his contribution to football in South Australia.
The Best Young Player Award was awarded to Tom Stewart of Geelong who received 40 votes.
The Media Award was awarded to Gerard Whateley for the fifth consecutive year.
The Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award was awarded to Neville Jetta of Melbourne.
= Milestones
== Coleman Medal
=Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Coleman Medal at the end of that round.
Numbers underlined indicates the player did not play in that round.
= Best and fairest
=Club leadership
Club membership
See also
2018 AFL Women's season
References
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