The first VFL Grand Final was played at the MCG in 1902 and, barring World War II, the 1991 Grand Final (played at Waverley Park), the 2020 Grand Final (played at The Gabba) and the 2021 Grand Final (played at Optus Stadium), every Grand Final has been played at the MCG.
Match Results
| 2023 |
Collingwood 12.18 (90) defeated Brisbane Lions 13.8 (86) |
| 2022 |
Geelong 20.13 (133) defeated Sydney Swans 8.4 (52) |
| 2021 |
Melbourne 21.14 (140) defeated Western Bulldogs 10.6 (66) * Grand Final played at Optus Stadium |
| 2020 |
Richmond 12.9 (81) defeated Geelong 7.8 (50) * Grand Final played at The Gabba |
| 2019 |
Richmond 17.12 (114) defeated GWS GIANTS 3.7 (25) |
| 2018 |
West Coast 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 11.8 (74) |
| 2017 |
Richmond 16.12 (108) defeated Adelaide 8.12 (60) |
| 2016 |
Western Bulldogs 13.11 (89) defeated Sydney Swans 10.7 (67) |
| 2015 | Hawthorn 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 8.13 (61) |
| 2014 | Hawthorn 21.11 (137) defeated Sydney 11.8 (74) |
| 2013 |
Hawthorn 11.11 (77) defeated Fremantle 8.14 (62) |
| 2012 |
Sydney Swans 14.7 (91) defeated Hawthorn 11.15 (81) |
| 2011 |
Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81) |
| 2010 |
REPLAY: Collingwood 16.12 (108) defeated St Kilda 7.10 (52) Collingwood 9.14 (68) drew with St Kilda 10.8 (68) |
| 2009 |
Geelong 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 9.14 (68) |
| 2008 |
Hawthorn 18.7 (115) defeated Geelong 11.23 (89) |
| 2007 |
Geelong 24.19 (163) defeated Port Adelaide 6.8 (44) |
| 2006 |
West Coast 12.13 (85) defeated Sydney 12.12 (84) |
| 2005 |
Sydney 8.10 (58) defeated West Coast 7.12 (54) |
| 2004 |
Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73) |
| 2003 |
Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) defeated Collingwood 12.12 (84) |
| 2002 |
Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66) |
| 2001 |
Brisbane Lions 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82) |
| 2000 |
Essendon 19.21 (135) defeated Melbourne 11.9 (75) |
| 1999 | North Melbourne 19.10 (124) defeated Carlton 12.17 (89) |
| 1998 | Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70) |
| 1997 |
Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94) |
| 1996 |
North Melbourne 19.17 (131) defeated Sydney 13.10 (88) |
| 1995 |
Carlton 21.15 (141) defeated Geelong Cats 11.14 (80) |
| 1994 |
West Coast Eagles 20.23 (143) defeated Geelong 8.15 (63) |
| 1993 |
Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89) |
| 1992 |
West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) defeated Geelong 12.13 (85) |
| 1991 |
Hawthorn 20.19 (139) defeated West Coast 13.8 (86) *Grand Final played at VFL Park, Waverley |
| 1990 |
Collingwood 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 5.11 (41) |
| 1989 |
Hawthorn 21.18 (144) defeated Geelong Cats 21.12 (138) |
| 1988 |
Hawthorn 22.20 (152) defeated Melbourne 6.20 (56) |
| 1987 |
Carlton 15.14 (104) defeated Hawthorn 9.17 (71) |
| 1986 |
Hawthorn 16.14 (110) defeated Carlton 9.14 (68) |
| 1985 |
Essendon 26.14 (170) defeated Hawthorn 14.8 (92) |
| 1984 |
Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated Hawthorn 12.9 (81) |
| 1983 |
Hawthorn 20.20 (140) defeated Essendon 8.9 (57) |
| 1982 |
Carlton 14.19 (103) defeated Richmond 12.13 (85) |
| 1981 |
Carlton 12.20 (92) defeated Collingwood 10.12 (72) |
| 1980 |
Richmond 23.21 (159) defeated Collingwood 9.24 (78) |
| 1979 |
Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Colingwood 11.11 (77) |
| 1978 |
Hawthorn 18.13 (121) defeated North Melbourne 15.13 (103) |
| 1977 |
REPLAY: North Melbourne 21.25 (151) defeated Collingwood 19.10 (124) Collingwood 10.16 (76) drew North Melbourne 9.22 (76) |
| 1976 |
Hawthorn 13.22 (100) defeated North Melbourne 10.10 (70) |
| 1975 |
North Melbourne 19.8 (122) defeated Hawthorn 9.13 (67) |
| 1974 |
Richmond 18.20 (128) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87) |
| 1973 |
Richmond 16.20 (116) defeated Carlton 12.14 (86) |
| 1972 |
Carlton 28.9 (177) defeated Richmond 22.18 (150) |
| 1971 |
Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75) |
| 1970 |
Carlton 17.9 (111) defeated Collingwood 14.17 (101) |
| 1969 |
Richmond 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.12 (60) |
| 1968 |
Carlton 7.14 (56) defeated Essendon 8.5 (53) |
| 1967 |
Richmond 16.18 (114) defeated Geelong Cats 15.15 (105) |
| 1966 |
St Kilda 10.14 (74) defeated Collingwood 10.13 (73) |
| 1965 |
Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.16 (70) |
| 1964 |
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 8.12 (60) |
| 1963 |
Geelong 15.19 (109) defeated Hawthorn 8.12 (60) |
| 1962 |
Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58) |
| 1961 |
Hawthorn 13.16 (94) defeated Footscray 7.9 (51) |
| 1960 |
Melbourne 8.14 (62) defeated Collingwood 2.2 (14) |
| 1959 |
Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78) |
| 1958 |
Collingwood 12.10 (82) defeated Melbourne 9.10 (64) |
| 1957 |
Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55) |
| 1956 |
Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48) |
| 1955 |
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36) |
| 1954 |
Footscray 15.12 (102) defeated Melbourne 7.9 (51) |
| 1953 |
Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65) |
| 1952 |
Geelong 13.8 (86) defeated Collingwood 5.10 (40) |
| 1951 |
Geelong 11.15 (81) defeated Essendon 10.10 (70) |
| 1950 |
Essendon 13.14 (92) defeated North Melbourne 7.12 (54) |
| 1949 |
Essendon 18.17 (125) defeated Carlton 6.16 (52) |
| 1948 |
REPLAY: Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50) Essendon 7.27 (69) drew with Melbourne 10.9 (69) |
| 1947 |
Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85) |
| 1946 |
Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87) |
| 1945 |
Grand Final played at Princes Park |
| 1944 |
Grand Final played at Junction Oval |
| 1943 |
Grand Final played at Princes Park |
| 1942 |
Grand Final played at Princes Park |
| 1941 |
Melbourne 19.13 (127) defeated Essendon 13.20 (98) |
| 1940 |
Melbourne 15.17 (107) defeated Richmond 10.8 (68) |
| 1939 |
Melbourne 21.22 (148) defeated Collingwood 14.11 (95) |
| 1938 |
Carlton 15.10 (100) defeated Collingwood 13.7 (85) |
| 1937 |
Geelong 18.14 (122) defeated Collingwood 12.18 (90) |
| 1936 |
Collingwood 11.23 (89) defeated South Melbourne 10.18 (78) |
| 1935 |
Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated South Melbourne 7.16 (58) |
| 1934 |
Richmond 19.14 (128) defeated South Melbourne 12.17 (89) |
| 1933 |
South Melbourne 9.17 (71) defeated Richmond 4.5 (29) |
| 1932 |
Richmond 13.14 (92) defeated Carlton 12.11 (83) |
| 1931 | Geelong 9.14 (68) defeated Richmond 7.6 (48) |
| 1930 |
Collingwood 14.16 (100) defeated Geelong 9.16 (70) |
| 1929 |
Collingwood 11.13 (79) defeated Richmond 7.8 (50) |
| 1928 |
Collingwood 13.18 (96) defeated Richmond 9.9 (63) |
| 1927 |
Collingwood 2.13 (25) defeated Richmond 1.7 (13) |
| 1926 |
Melbourne 17.17 (119) defeated Collingwood 9.8 (62) |
| 1925 |
Geelong 10.19 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.15 (69) |
| 1924 |
No Grand Final played |
| 1923 |
Essendon 8.15 (63) defeated Fitzroy 6.10 (46) |
| 1922 |
Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68) |
| 1921 |
Richmond 5.6 (36) defeated Carlton 4.8 (32) |
| 1920 |
Richmond 7.10 (52) defeated Collingwood 5.5 (35) |
| 1919 |
Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated Richmond 7.11 (53) |
| 1918 |
South Melbourne 9.8 (62) defeated Collingwood 7.15 (57) |
| 1917 |
Collingwood 9.20 (74) defeated Fitzroy 5.9 (39) |
| 1916 |
Fitzroy 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.8 (56) |
| 1915 |
Carlton 11.12 (78) defeated Collingwood 6.9 (45) |
| 1914 |
Carlton 6.9 (45) defeated South Melbourne 4.15 (39) |
| 1913 |
Fitzroy 7.14 (56) defeated St Kilda 5.13 (43) |
| 1912 |
Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33) |
| 1911 |
Essendon 5.11 (41) defeated Collingwood 4.11 (35) |
| 1910 |
Collingwood 9.7 (61) defeated Carlton 6.11 (47) |
| 1909 |
South Melbourne 4.14 (38) defeated Carlton 4.12 (36) |
| 1908 |
Carlton 5.5 (35) defeated Essendon 3.8 (26) |
| 1907 |
Carlton 6.14 (50) defeated South Melbourne 6.9 (45) |
| 1906 |
Carlton 15.4 (94) defeated Fitzroy 6.9 (45) |
| 1905 |
Fitzroy 4.6 (30) defeated Collingwood 2.5 (17) |
| 1904 |
Fitzroy 9.7 (61) defeated Carlton 5.7 (37) |
| 1903 |
Collingwood 4.7 (31) defeated Fitzroy 3.11 (29) |
| 1902 |
Collingwood 9.6 (60) defeated Essendon 3.9 (27) |
