Ladder Positions to Win Premiership
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
This is the position on the ladder where they finished before the finals started.
* After 1931. I couldn't find ladders from before 1931
1st
Year
Team
1931  Geelong Cats 
1934  Richmond Tigers 
1937  Geelong Cats 
1938  Carlton Blues 
1939  Melbourne Demons 
1940  Melbourne Demons 
1942  Essendon Bombers 
1943  Richmond Tigers 
1946  Essendon Bombers 
1947  Carlton Blues 
1950  Essendon Bombers 
1951  Geelong Cats 
1952  Geelong Cats 
1955  Melbourne Demons 
1956  Melbourne Demons 
1957  Melbourne Demons 
1959  Melbourne Demons 
1960  Melbourne Demons 
1961  Hawthorn Hawks 
1962  Essendon Bombers 
1964  Melbourne Demons 
1967  Richmond Tigers 
1971  Hawthorn Hawks 
1972  Carlton Blues 
1974  Richmond Tigers 
1979  Carlton Blues 
1981  Carlton Blues 
1984  Essendon Bombers 
1985  Essendon Bombers 
1986  Hawthorn Hawks 
1987  Carlton Blues 
1988  Hawthorn Hawks 
1989  Hawthorn Hawks 
1993  Essendon Bombers 
1994  West Coast Eagles 
1995  Carlton Blues 
2nd
Year
Team
1932  Richmond Tigers 
1933  South Melbourne Swans 
1935  Collingwood Magpies 
1936  Collingwood Magpies 
1941  Melbourne Demons 
1944  Fitzroy Lions 
1948  Melbourne Demons 
1953  Collingwood Magpies 
1954  Footscray Bulldogs 
1958  Collingwood Magpies 
1963  Geelong Cats 
1966  St.Kilda Saints 
1968  Carlton Blues 
1970  Carlton Blues 
1973  Richmond Tigers 
1976  Hawthorn Hawks 
1978  Hawthorn Hawks 
1983  Hawthorn Hawks 
1990  Collingwood Magpies 
1991  Hawthorn Hawks 
1996  North Melbourne Kangarooos 
3rd
Year  Team 
1975  North Melbourne Kangaroos 
1977  North Melbourne Kangaroos 
1980  Richmond Tigers 
1982  Carlton Blues 
4th
Year  Team 
1945  Carlton Blues 
1949  Essendon Bombers 
1965  Essendon Bombers 
1969  Richmond Tigers 
1992  West Coast Eagles 
1997  Adelaide Crows 
5th
Year  Team 
1998  Adelaide Crows 
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