List of SANFL premiers

This page is a chronological listing of the premiership winners in the South Australian National Football League – the premier Australian rules football competition in the state of South Australia.

Chronological list

Number of SANFL premierships by club

* Defunct Clubs
** A new senior Adelaide joined in 1885. It was formed from the merger of two junior clubs North Adelaide Juniors and North Parks both from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association. It won the premiership in 1886 and resigned from the SAFA before the start of the 1894 Season.
The original old Adelaide Football Club formed in 1860 and dissolved in 1881 or the Adelaide Football Club are not related to the current Adelaide Football Club formed in 1990.
West Torrens merged with Woodville at the end of 1990 season to form Woodville-West Torrens.
Consecutive SANFL premierships and grand final appearances

Only,, and have recorded premiership streaks of three or more in the SANFL.

Club	Premierships	Sequence	Consecutive Top Two	Sequence of Grand Finals
Norwood	6	1878-83	8	1878-85*
Port Adelaide	6	1954-59	7	1953–59
Sturt	5	1966–70	6	1965-70
Central District	4	2007–10	12	2000-2011
3	2003-05	-	12	2000-2011
2	2000-01	-	12	2000-2011
Port Adelaide	3	1994–96	6	1994-99
Port Adelaide	2	1998-99	6	1994-99
Norwood	3	1887–89	5	1887-1891
1	1891	-	5	1887-1891
Norwood	3	2012-14	3	2012-14
Port Adelaide	3	1979-81	3	1979-81
Port Adelaide	2	1913-14	7	1909-15
Port Adelaide	2	1962-63	7	1962–68
Port Adelaide	2	1936-37	6	1934-39
South Adelaide	2	1892-93	9	1892-1900*
South Adelaide	2	1895-96	9	1892-1900*
South Adelaide	2	1898-99	9	1892-1900*
Norwood	2	1922-23	4	1920-23
Glenelg	2	1985-86	4	1985-88

Grand Finals only commenced in 1898
Grand Final Match Ups

Grand Finals only commenced from 1898

Champions of Australia

The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914 with the exception of 1912 and every year from 1968 to 1975.

Club	Premierships	Runners-up
Port Adelaide	4	0
Norwood	2	1
West Adelaide	2	1
North Adelaide	1	1
Sturt	0	4
South Adelaide	0	1

SANFL Grand Final Records

Prior to 1974 all SANFL Grand Finals were held at the Adelaide Oval.
From 1974 to 2013 they were held at Football Park.
From 2014 onwards they returned to Adelaide Oval.

Largest Attendance at Football Park: 66,897 - Sturt 17.14 d Port Adelaide 10.15, 1976
Smallest Attendance at Football Park: 22,207 - Central District 23.15 d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4, 2004
Largest Attendance at Adelaide Oval: 62,543 - Port Adelaide 12.8 d Sturt 12.5, 1965
Highest Score: 24.15 Sturt d Glenelg 13.16, 1969
Lowest Score: 1.6 Port Adelaide lost to North Adelaide 6.8, 1905
Largest Winning Margin: 125 points - Central District 23.15 d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4, 2004
Smallest Winning Margin: 1 point - Norwood 8.4 d West Torrens 7.9, 1925 & Norwood 16.15 d Sturt 14.26, 1978 & Sturt 7.8 d Port Adelaide 7.7, 2017 & Norwood 8.11 d North Adelaide 8.10, 2022
Highest Losing Score: 19.16 - North Adelaide lost to Glenelg 21.11, 1973
Lowest Winning Score: 3.5 - Sturt d North Adelaide 2.6, 1919
Highest Match Aggregate: 267 points - Glenelg 21.11 d North Adelaide 19.16, 1973
Lowest Match Aggregate: 41 points - North Adelaide 4.3 d South Adelaide 1.8, 1900 & Sturt 3.5 d North Adelaide 2.6, 1919
Minor grades

Reserves premiership

Reserve grade premierships are contested between the existing SANFL clubs, with the exception of Adelaide, who have elected not to field a team in the SANFL Reserves, and Port Adelaide, who shut down its reserves team in 2018.
From 1877 SAFA teams also had second twenty teams. In some years the Association had an official programme for the second twenties.
1879 - South Adelaide, South Park and Port Adelaide
While official SANFL records recognise premierships going back to 1919, the first Association league commenced in 1906, as can be seen in the list of premiers below.

1906: Norwood
1907: Portland Imperial
1908: Portland Imperial
1909: Sturt
1910: Norwood
1911: Port Adelaide
1912: North Adelaide
1913: Sturt
1914: South Adelaide
1915: West Torrens
1916–18: None
1919: West Torrens
1920: West Torrens
1921: Norwood
1922: West Torrens
1923: Port Adelaide
1924: West Torrens
1925: North Adelaide
1926: West Torrens
1927: West Torrens
1928: North Adelaide
1929: West Adelaide
1930: Norwood
1931: West Torrens
1932: North Adelaide
1933: Port Adelaide
1934: North Adelaide
1935: West Torrens
1936: Port Adelaide
1937: Norwood
1938: Norwood
1939: Norwood
1940: West Adelaide
1941: West Torrens
1942–45: None
1946: West Torrens
1947: Port Adelaide
1948: Port Adelaide
1949: Sturt
1950: West Torrens
1951: West Adelaide
1952: Port Adelaide
1953: West Torrens
1954: West Torrens
1955: Port Adelaide
1956: Port Adelaide
1957: Port Adelaide
1958: Port Adelaide
1959: Port Adelaide
1960: Norwood
1961: Norwood
1962: West Torrens
1963: Port Adelaide
1964: North Adelaide
1965: North Adelaide
1966: North Adelaide
1967: Glenelg
1968: West Torrens
1969: Norwood
1970: Norwood
1971: Central District
1972: Norwood
1973: Woodville
1974: Norwood
1975: Norwood
1976: Norwood
1977: Sturt
1978: Norwood
1979: South Adelaide
1980: Port Adelaide
1981: Glenelg
1982: Glenelg
1983: Port Adelaide
1984: West Torrens
1985: Norwood
1986: Norwood
1987: Woodville
1988: Port Adelaide
1989: Central District
1990: West Torrens
1991: South Adelaide
1992: Woodville-West Torrens
1993: Woodville-West Torrens
1994: West Adelaide
1995: Norwood
1996: Port Adelaide
1997: Port Adelaide
1998: Norwood
1999: Sturt
2000: Woodville-West Torrens
2001: Woodville-West Torrens
2002: Central District
2003: Central District
2004: Woodville-West Torrens
2005: North Adelaide
2006: North Adelaide
2007: Glenelg
2008: Sturt
2009: Glenelg
2010: Port Adelaide
2011: Glenelg
2012: Central District
2013: Woodville-West Torrens
2014: Woodville-West Torrens
2015: Woodville-West Torrens
2016: North Adelaide
2017: Sturt
2018: North Adelaide
2019: Norwood
2020: Woodville-West Torrens
2021: Glenelg
2022: Sturt
2023: Glenelg
2024: Norwood
2025: Glenelg

Source where unlisted

Thirds/Under 19s/17s & U18s/16s

Thirds-grade competitions for SANFL clubs featuring underage players seeking to enter reserves/senior-level football have been in place since the late 1930s. Under-19 and under-17 premierships were scheduled from 1937/1939 to 2008, after which they were replaced with an under 18 competition in 2009 and an under 16 series in 2010. Note that Port Adelaide's participation in these competitions ended in 2014.

Under 19s premiership (1937–2008)

1937: North Adelaide
1938: West Torrens
1939: West Torrens
1940: Norwood
1941: West Torrens
1942: North Adelaide
1943: West Adelaide
1944: West Adelaide
1945: Norwood
1946: Port Adelaide
1947: Norwood
1948: North Adelaide
1949: North Adelaide
1950: Port Adelaide
1951: Sturt
1952: Norwood
1953: Port Adelaide
1954: North Adelaide
1955: West Torrens
1956: West Torrens
1957: West Torrens
1958: Sturt
1959: Glenelg
1960: Norwood
1961: North Adelaide
1962: Port Adelaide
1963: Norwood
1964: Sturt
1965: Norwood
1966: North Adelaide
1967: Glenelg
1968: West Adelaide
1969: Glenelg
1970: Central District
1971: Norwood
1972: Norwood
1973: West Torrens
1974: Port Adelaide
1975: Port Adelaide
1976: Port Adelaide
1977: Port Adelaide
1978: West Adelaide
1979: Glenelg
1980: Norwood
1981: Central District
1982: Central District
1983: Norwood
1984: Sturt
1985: Norwood
1986: Norwood
1987: Sturt
1988: Norwood
1989: West Torrens
1990: Norwood
1991: Port Adelaide
1992: Glenelg
1993: South Adelaide
1994: South Adelaide
1995: Norwood
1996: Woodville-West Torrens
1997: Norwood
1998: Woodville-West Torrens
1999: Port Adelaide
2000: Woodville-West Torrens
2001: Port Adelaide
2002: West Adelaide
2003: Central District
2004: West Adelaide
2005: North Adelaide
2006: Port Adelaide
2007: Port Adelaide
2008: Glenelg

Source where unlisted: