1991 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1991.

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

Pre-Season

Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 14.19 (103) to 7.12 (54). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Grand Final

Hawthorn defeated West Coast Eagles 20.19 (139) to 13.8 (86). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

The Grand Final was played at the Waverley Park because the Melbourne Cricket Ground was at the time undergoing major renovations.

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.

Adelaide were added to the competition.

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Points
1	West Coast	19	3	0	162	76
2	Hawthorn	16	6	0	136	64
3	Geelong	16	6	0	132	64
4	St Kilda	14	7	1	120	58
5	Melbourne	13	9	0	111	52
6	Essendon	13	9	0	109	52
7	Collingwood	12	9	1	116	50
8	North Melbourne	12	10	0	91	48
9	Adelaide	10	12	0	89	40
10	Footscray	9	12	1	88	38
11	Carlton	8	14	0	89	32
12	Sydney	7	14	1	85	30
13	Richmond	7	15	0	87	28
14	Fitzroy	4	18	0	66	16
15	Brisbane	3	19	0	70	12

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of St Kilda.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Paul Dear of Hawthorn
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the Brisbane Bears

Match attendance

Total match attendance for the home-and-away season was 3,810,868 people. Total attendance for the finals series was 381,707 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 75,230 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 55,735 people for the Melbourne v Collingwood game of Round 6.