2002 AFL Season

This page displays the results for the 2002 season of the Australian Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the AFL Final Eight system. The Brisbane Lions were the premiers, with Michael Voss as the premiership captain and Leigh Matthews as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 2002 Australian Football League Season
Known As: 2002 AFL Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 22
Finals System: AFL Final Eight System
Matches: 185

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Adelaide AAMI Stadium Gary Ayres
Brisbane Lions Gabba Leigh Matthews
Carlton Optus Oval Wayne Brittain
Collingwood MCG Mick Malthouse
Essendon Colonial Stadium Kevin Sheedy
Fremantle Subiaco Oval Chris Connolly
Geelong Skilled Stadium Mark Thompson
Hawthorn MCG Peter Schwab
Kangaroos Colonial Stadium Denis Pagan
Melbourne MCG Neale Daniher
Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Mark Williams
Richmond MCG Danny Frawley
St Kilda Colonial Stadium Grant Thomas
Sydney SCG Rodney Eade Paul Roos
West Coast Subiaco Oval John Worsfold
Western Bulldogs Colonial Stadium Terry Wallace Peter Rohde

Premiership Results

Premiers: Brisbane Lions
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 4 72 132.4% 2,360 1,783 350 260 259 229
Brisbane Lions 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 136.7% 2,520 1,843 368 312 268 235
Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 115.0% 2,308 2,007 339 274 295 237
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.7% 2,081 1,897 303 263 273 259
Essendon 5th 12 -1- 9 50 105.0% 1,939 1,847 278 271 265 257
Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 10 48 99.9% 2,243 2,245 329 269 327 283
Kangaroos 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.8% 2,241 2,269 327 279 338 241
West Coast 8th 11 -0- 11 44 98.0% 2,208 2,254 327 246 328 286
Geelong 9th 11 -0- 11 44 95.3% 1,933 2,029 283 235 298 241
Hawthorn 10th 11 -0- 11 44 92.0% 1,938 2,107 286 222 305 277
Sydney 11th 9 -1- 12 38 107.4% 2,123 1,976 310 263 290 236
Western Bulldogs 12th 9 -1- 12 38 104.0% 2,335 2,246 342 283 329 272
Fremantle 13th 9 -0- 13 36 88.3% 1,900 2,151 274 256 319 237
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 15 28 82.9% 1,801 2,172 257 259 317 270
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 16 22 78.6% 1,785 2,271 265 195 334 267
Carlton 16th 3 -0- 19 12 73.1% 1,682 2,300 244 218 337 278

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Brisbane Lions 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Port Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Brisbane Lions (Preliminary Final)
Adelaide 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 5th Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
Melbourne 6th Defeated by Adelaide (Semi Final)
Kangaroos 7th Defeated by Melbourne (Elimination Final)
West Coast 8th Defeated by Essendon (Elimination Final)
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 10th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 11th Did not qualify for finals
Western Bulldogs 12th Did not qualify for finals
Fremantle 13th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 14th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 15th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 16th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 28/03/2002 7:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 155 - 118 65,316
SAT 30/03/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Colonial Stadium 89 - 65 33,359
SAT 30/03/2002 7:10 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 76 - 126 42,746
SAT 30/03/2002 7:10 PM Port Adelaide v Kangaroos AAMI Stadium 73 - 83 28,578
SUN 31/03/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v Brisbane Lions SCG 87 - 110 24,052
SUN 31/03/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Fremantle Subiaco Oval 137 - 118 39,467
SUN 31/03/2002 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Colonial Stadium 93 - 112 18,475
MON 01/04/2002 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG 103 - 129 43,484

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 165.8% 126 76
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 136.9% 89 65
Richmond 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 131.4% 155 118
Brisbane Lions 4th 1 -0- 0 4 126.4% 110 87
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 125.2% 129 103
Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 0 4 120.4% 112 93
West Coast 7th 1 -0- 0 4 116.1% 137 118
Kangaroos 8th 1 -0- 0 4 113.7% 83 73
Port Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 88.0% 73 83
Fremantle 10th 0 -0- 1 0 86.1% 118 137
Western Bulldogs 11th 0 -0- 1 0 83.0% 93 112
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 1 0 79.8% 103 129
Sydney 13th 0 -0- 1 0 79.1% 87 110
Collingwood 14th 0 -0- 1 0 76.1% 118 155
Carlton 15th 0 -0- 1 0 73.0% 65 89
Geelong 16th 0 -0- 1 0 60.3% 76 126

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/04/2002 7:45 PM Essendon v Richmond MCG 112 - 60 67,453
SAT 06/04/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Optus Oval 33 - 111 22,435
SAT 06/04/2002 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast MCG 120 - 119 29,348
SAT 06/04/2002 7:10 PM Adelaide v Geelong AAMI Stadium 110 - 79 44,386
SAT 06/04/2002 7:10 PM Kangaroos v Western Bulldogs Colonial Stadium 110 - 97 25,985
SUN 07/04/2002 1:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn Gabba 148 - 46 25,660
SUN 07/04/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 76 - 73 21,138
SUN 07/04/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG 109 - 82 19,611

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 2 -0- 0 8 194.0% 258 133
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 175.0% 238 136
Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 129.1% 222 172
Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 0 8 128.6% 238 185
Kangaroos 5th 2 -0- 0 8 113.5% 193 170
Sydney 6th 1 -0- 1 4 138.5% 198 143
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 114.9% 162 141
West Coast 8th 1 -0- 1 4 107.6% 256 238
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 1 4 93.5% 215 230
Fremantle 10th 1 -0- 1 4 92.4% 194 210
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 1 4 86.9% 238 274
Western Bulldogs 12th 0 -0- 2 0 85.6% 190 222
Port Adelaide 13th 0 -0- 2 0 80.7% 155 192
Geelong 14th 0 -0- 2 0 65.7% 155 236
Hawthorn 15th 0 -0- 2 0 53.8% 149 277
Carlton 16th 0 -0- 2 0 49.0% 98 200

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/04/2002 7:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 75 - 55 63,864
SAT 13/04/2002 2:10 PM Adelaide v Sydney AAMI Stadium 114 - 84 42,246
SAT 13/04/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 96 - 76 37,154
SAT 13/04/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Essendon Gabba 117 - 67 35,898
SAT 13/04/2002 7:10 PM Kangaroos v Geelong Colonial Stadium 67 - 75 27,286
SUN 14/04/2002 1:10 PM Hawthorn v Fremantle York Park 89 - 79 15,066
SUN 14/04/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Western Bulldogs Subiaco Oval 113 - 81 31,854
SUN 14/04/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v Port Adelaide Colonial Stadium 56 - 139 17,641

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 3 -0- 0 12 187.5% 375 200
Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 131.3% 336 256
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 120.6% 305 253
West Coast 4th 2 -0- 1 8 115.7% 369 319
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 111.7% 314 281
Kangaroos 6th 2 -0- 1 8 106.1% 260 245
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 1 8 101.6% 311 306
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 4 118.5% 294 248
Sydney 9th 1 -0- 2 4 109.7% 282 257
Fremantle 10th 1 -0- 2 4 91.3% 273 299
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 2 4 84.0% 293 349
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 2 4 77.9% 218 280
Geelong 13th 1 -0- 2 4 75.9% 230 303
Carlton 14th 1 -0- 2 4 67.8% 173 255
Hawthorn 15th 1 -0- 2 4 66.9% 238 356
Western Bulldogs 16th 0 -0- 3 0 80.9% 271 335

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/04/2002 7:45 PM Essendon v Adelaide Colonial Stadium 122 - 81 40,322
SAT 20/04/2002 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn MCG 104 - 63 48,476
SAT 20/04/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v West Coast Optus Oval 137 - 103 9,421
SAT 20/04/2002 6:30 PM Sydney v Kangaroos SCG 103 - 100 23,775
SAT 20/04/2002 7:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions Colonial Stadium 78 - 94 23,928
SUN 21/04/2002 12:40 PM Port Adelaide v Carlton AAMI Stadium 148 - 95 29,486
SUN 21/04/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Richmond Subiaco Oval 138 - 72 23,571
SUN 21/04/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Skilled Stadium 166 - 44 23,563

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 4 -0- 0 16 168.7% 469 278
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 127.8% 427 334
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 117.4% 451 384
Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 1 12 110.3% 417 378
Port Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 8 128.9% 442 343
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 114.1% 396 347
Fremantle 7th 2 -0- 2 8 110.8% 411 371
Sydney 8th 2 -0- 2 8 107.8% 385 357
West Coast 9th 2 -0- 2 8 103.5% 472 456
Kangaroos 10th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 360 348
Collingwood 11th 2 -0- 2 8 96.4% 397 412
Richmond 12th 2 -0- 2 8 86.3% 383 444
Carlton 13th 1 -0- 3 4 66.5% 268 403
Hawthorn 14th 1 -0- 3 4 65.4% 301 460
St Kilda 15th 1 -0- 3 4 58.7% 262 446
Western Bulldogs 16th 0 -0- 4 0 81.4% 349 429

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/2002 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 66 - 33 84,894
FRI 26/04/2002 7:45 PM Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Colonial Stadium 81 - 104 30,789
SAT 27/04/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Brisbane Lions Subiaco Oval 121 - 75 33,313
SAT 27/04/2002 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond MCG 125 - 83 39,694
SAT 27/04/2002 7:10 PM Adelaide v Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium 82 - 90 49,513
SAT 27/04/2002 7:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Colonial Stadium 56 - 56 21,007
SUN 28/04/2002 1:10 PM Geelong v Fremantle Skilled Stadium 111 - 49 20,075
SUN 28/04/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Kangaroos Colonial Stadium 112 - 131 35,138

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 4 -0- 1 16 136.3% 544 399
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 119.4% 555 465
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 128.0% 507 396
Port Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 12 125.2% 532 425
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 2 12 115.0% 460 400
West Coast 6th 3 -0- 2 12 111.7% 593 531
Kangaroos 7th 3 -0- 2 12 106.7% 491 460
Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 2 12 106.6% 499 468
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 2 12 104.0% 463 445
Sydney 10th 2 -1- 2 10 106.8% 441 413
Fremantle 11th 2 -0- 3 8 95.4% 460 482
Richmond 12th 2 -0- 3 8 81.9% 466 569
Hawthorn 13th 2 -0- 3 8 78.5% 426 543
St Kilda 14th 1 -1- 3 6 63.3% 318 502
Carlton 15th 1 -0- 4 4 71.2% 380 534
Western Bulldogs 16th 0 -0- 5 0 80.7% 430 533

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/05/2002 7:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Colonial Stadium 28 - 111 46,089
SAT 04/05/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Essendon Subiaco Oval 89 - 62 25,319
SAT 04/05/2002 2:10 PM Kangaroos v Hawthorn MCG 87 - 155 33,345
SAT 04/05/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Geelong Gabba 146 - 89 27,015
SAT 04/05/2002 7:10 PM Carlton v Western Bulldogs Colonial Stadium 68 - 96 29,783
SUN 05/05/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 99 - 71 23,578
SUN 05/05/2002 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Coast AAMI Stadium 133 - 79 27,056
SUN 05/05/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v Adelaide Colonial Stadium 73 - 105 23,355

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 5 -0- 1 20 141.4% 690 488
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 131.9% 665 504
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 121.4% 574 473
Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 16 111.6% 604 541
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 111.0% 626 564
Sydney 6th 3 -1- 2 14 111.6% 540 484
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 3 12 110.0% 596 542
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 3 12 106.7% 522 489
West Coast 9th 3 -0- 3 12 101.2% 672 664
Fremantle 10th 3 -0- 3 12 100.9% 549 544
Kangaroos 11th 3 -0- 3 12 94.0% 578 615
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 3 12 92.2% 581 630
Richmond 13th 2 -0- 4 8 80.0% 539 674
St Kilda 14th 1 -1- 4 6 56.4% 346 613
Western Bulldogs 15th 1 -0- 5 4 87.5% 526 601
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 5 4 71.1% 448 630

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 10/05/2002 7:45 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 87 - 62 55,633
SAT 11/05/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Kangaroos Subiaco Oval 139 - 90 32,815
SAT 11/05/2002 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong MCG 130 - 78 38,709
SAT 11/05/2002 7:10 PM Adelaide v Fremantle AAMI Stadium 118 - 89 44,058
SAT 11/05/2002 7:10 PM Richmond v Sydney Colonial Stadium 88 - 82 29,303
SUN 12/05/2002 1:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide Gabba 129 - 72 24,538
SUN 12/05/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 105 - 102 20,892
SUN 12/05/2002 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Colonial Stadium 63 - 73 34,400

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 6 -0- 1 24 146.3% 819 560
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 120.7% 647 536
Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 114.6% 722 630
Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 109.8% 731 666
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 16 116.4% 737 633
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 110.5% 609 551
West Coast 7th 4 -0- 3 16 107.6% 811 754
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 3 16 100.4% 711 708
Sydney 9th 3 -1- 3 14 108.7% 622 572
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 4 12 100.3% 674 672
Fremantle 11th 3 -0- 4 12 96.4% 638 662
Kangaroos 12th 3 -0- 4 12 88.6% 668 754
Richmond 13th 3 -0- 4 12 82.9% 627 756
St Kilda 14th 1 -1- 5 6 62.4% 448 718
Western Bulldogs 15th 1 -0- 6 4 87.4% 589 674
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 6 4 71.1% 510 717

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 17/05/2002 7:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton MCG 89 - 80 39,142
SAT 18/05/2002 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Geelong AAMI Stadium 129 - 54 18,193
SAT 18/05/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 94 - 73 22,647
SAT 18/05/2002 5:40 PM Fremantle v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 94 - 89 25,027
SAT 18/05/2002 7:10 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Lions Colonial Stadium 114 - 111 46,279
SUN 19/05/2002 1:10 PM Kangaroos v Adelaide Manuka Oval 110 - 93 7,671
SUN 19/05/2002 1:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Sydney SCG 159 - 90 20,934
SUN 19/05/2002 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Colonial Stadium 171 - 72 34,262

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 6 -0- 2 24 138.0% 930 674
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 117.6% 761 647
Port Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 126.1% 866 687
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 3 20 125.2% 780 623
Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 3 20 110.1% 815 740
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 107.9% 820 760
Hawthorn 7th 5 -0- 3 20 101.5% 800 788
West Coast 8th 4 -0- 4 16 104.2% 884 848
Fremantle 9th 4 -0- 4 16 97.5% 732 751
Kangaroos 10th 4 -0- 4 16 91.9% 778 847
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 4 16 87.0% 721 829
Sydney 12th 3 -1- 4 14 97.4% 712 731
Geelong 13th 3 -0- 5 12 90.9% 728 801
Western Bulldogs 14th 2 -0- 6 8 97.9% 748 764
St Kilda 15th 1 -1- 6 6 58.5% 520 889
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 7 4 73.2% 590 806

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 24/05/2002 8:10 PM Port Adelaide v Collingwood AAMI Stadium 91 - 86 35,834
SAT 25/05/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v Western Bulldogs Skilled Stadium 105 - 117 22,033
SAT 25/05/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Kangaroos MCG 111 - 107 28,625
SAT 25/05/2002 7:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Colonial Stadium 72 - 63 30,336
SAT 25/05/2002 7:10 PM Sydney v Essendon Telstra Stadium 83 - 85 54,129
SUN 26/05/2002 1:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Fremantle Gabba 109 - 79 21,709
SUN 26/05/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 126 - 88 38,646
SUN 26/05/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Adelaide Optus Oval 75 - 131 19,305

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 7 -0- 2 28 138.0% 1,039 753
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 123.8% 957 773
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 122.5% 865 706
Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 24 116.1% 946 815
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 3 24 114.8% 847 738
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 3 24 107.4% 931 867
West Coast 7th 5 -0- 4 20 107.9% 1,010 936
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 4 20 97.2% 888 914
Fremantle 9th 4 -0- 5 16 94.3% 811 860
Kangaroos 10th 4 -0- 5 16 92.4% 885 958
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 5 16 87.0% 784 901
Sydney 12th 3 -1- 5 14 97.4% 795 816
Western Bulldogs 13th 3 -0- 6 12 99.5% 865 869
Geelong 14th 3 -0- 6 12 90.7% 833 918
St Kilda 15th 2 -1- 6 10 62.2% 592 952
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 8 4 71.0% 665 937

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 31/05/2002 7:45 PM Kangaroos v Essendon MCG 92 - 84 34,352
SAT 01/06/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Skilled Stadium 89 - 63 20,031
SAT 01/06/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v Western Bulldogs MCG 98 - 117 31,586
SAT 01/06/2002 7:10 PM Adelaide v Brisbane Lions AAMI Stadium 101 - 94 47,279
SAT 01/06/2002 7:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Colonial Stadium 95 - 84 45,269
SUN 02/06/2002 1:10 PM Hawthorn v Port Adelaide York Park 77 - 117 18,112
SUN 02/06/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Carlton Subiaco Oval 96 - 68 27,277
SUN 02/06/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Colonial Stadium 127 - 77 18,876

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 7 -0- 3 28 132.7% 1,133 854
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 126.4% 1,074 850
Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 115.2% 1,047 909
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 3 28 114.6% 942 822
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 4 24 118.9% 949 798
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 104.0% 994 956
West Coast 7th 5 -0- 5 20 102.3% 1,087 1,063
Fremantle 8th 5 -0- 5 20 97.7% 907 928
Kangaroos 9th 5 -0- 5 20 93.8% 977 1,042
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 5 20 93.6% 965 1,031
Western Bulldogs 11th 4 -0- 6 16 101.6% 982 967
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 6 16 94.0% 922 981
Richmond 13th 4 -0- 6 16 86.6% 882 1,018
Sydney 14th 3 -1- 6 14 96.5% 879 911
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 6 14 69.9% 719 1,029
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 9 4 71.0% 733 1,033

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/06/2002 6:45 PM Kangaroos v Richmond Colonial Stadium 95 - 84 30,889
SAT 08/06/2002 2:10 PM Adelaide v Hawthorn AAMI Stadium 102 - 58 42,162
SAT 08/06/2002 5:40 PM West Coast v Sydney Subiaco Oval 102 - 89 35,014
SAT 08/06/2002 7:10 PM Essendon v Port Adelaide Colonial Stadium 49 - 108 40,044
SUN 09/06/2002 1:10 PM Brisbane Lions v St Kilda Gabba 113 - 52 23,157
SUN 09/06/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Colonial Stadium 100 - 96 37,294
SUN 09/06/2002 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Optus Oval 145 - 80 11,539
MON 10/06/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 75 - 126 65,860

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 8 -0- 3 32 137.5% 1,246 906
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 131.5% 1,182 899
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 119.1% 1,068 897
Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 3 32 118.8% 1,149 967
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 5 24 110.2% 998 906
West Coast 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.2% 1,189 1,152
Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 98.8% 1,069 1,082
Kangaroos 8th 6 -0- 5 24 95.2% 1,072 1,126
Western Bulldogs 9th 5 -0- 6 20 107.6% 1,127 1,047
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 6 20 94.9% 1,022 1,077
Fremantle 11th 5 -0- 6 20 92.0% 987 1,073
Hawthorn 12th 5 -0- 6 20 90.3% 1,023 1,133
Richmond 13th 4 -0- 7 16 86.8% 966 1,113
Sydney 14th 3 -1- 7 14 95.6% 968 1,013
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 7 14 67.5% 771 1,142
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 10 4 73.2% 829 1,133

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 14/06/2002 7:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn MCG 72 - 65 40,470
SAT 15/06/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v West Coast Optus Oval 88 - 89 16,353
SAT 15/06/2002 7:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 99 - 101 21,767
SUN 16/06/2002 2:40 PM Fremantle v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 90 - 79 33,088
FRI 21/06/2002 7:45 PM Western Bulldogs v St Kilda Colonial Stadium 133 - 86 29,453
SAT 22/06/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Adelaide Optus Oval 98 - 73 12,210
SAT 22/06/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Kangaroos Gabba 138 - 123 27,940
SUN 23/06/2002 12:40 PM Port Adelaide v Richmond AAMI Stadium 154 - 70 25,770

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 3 36 137.9% 1,336 969
Brisbane Lions 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 134.5% 1,384 1,029
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 116.2% 1,147 987
Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 4 32 114.7% 1,222 1,065
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 5 28 110.2% 1,070 971
West Coast 6th 7 -0- 5 28 103.1% 1,278 1,240
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 5 28 101.0% 1,167 1,155
Western Bulldogs 8th 6 -0- 6 24 111.2% 1,260 1,133
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 6 24 95.5% 1,123 1,176
Kangaroos 10th 6 -0- 6 24 94.5% 1,195 1,264
Fremantle 11th 6 -0- 6 24 93.5% 1,077 1,152
Hawthorn 12th 5 -0- 7 20 90.3% 1,088 1,205
Richmond 13th 4 -0- 8 16 81.8% 1,036 1,267
Sydney 14th 3 -1- 8 14 95.8% 1,067 1,114
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 8 14 67.2% 857 1,275
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 11 4 75.0% 917 1,222

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/06/2002 7:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Colonial Stadium 120 - 108 41,817
SAT 29/06/2002 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs AAMI Stadium 161 - 115 24,751
SAT 29/06/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 54 - 96 30,197
SAT 29/06/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Carlton Gabba 124 - 109 27,324
SAT 29/06/2002 7:10 PM Collingwood v Kangaroos Colonial Stadium 93 - 60 48,288
SUN 30/06/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v Fremantle SCG 139 - 62 16,844
SUN 30/06/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 135 - 117 34,937
SUN 30/06/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Colonial Stadium 78 - 87 28,928

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 40 138.1% 1,497 1,084
Brisbane Lions 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 132.5% 1,508 1,138
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 118.4% 1,240 1,047
Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 32 111.6% 1,339 1,200
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 5 32 110.3% 1,190 1,079
West Coast 6th 8 -0- 5 32 104.1% 1,413 1,357
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 6 28 100.0% 1,275 1,275
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 6 28 99.1% 1,219 1,230
Western Bulldogs 9th 6 -0- 7 24 106.3% 1,375 1,294
Kangaroos 10th 6 -0- 7 24 92.5% 1,255 1,357
Hawthorn 11th 6 -0- 7 24 91.6% 1,175 1,283
Fremantle 12th 6 -0- 7 24 88.2% 1,139 1,291
Sydney 13th 4 -1- 8 18 102.6% 1,206 1,176
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 9 16 80.0% 1,090 1,363
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 9 14 68.6% 935 1,362
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 12 4 76.2% 1,026 1,346

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/07/2002 7:45 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 86 - 85 36,941
SAT 06/07/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Skilled Stadium 65 - 33 18,608
SAT 06/07/2002 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney MCG 74 - 64 25,079
SAT 06/07/2002 5:40 PM Fremantle v Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval 63 - 147 24,193
SAT 06/07/2002 7:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Essendon Colonial Stadium 118 - 118 44,864
SUN 07/07/2002 1:10 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Lions Gabba 131 - 110 25,166
SUN 07/07/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v Kangaroos Colonial Stadium 84 - 128 23,864
SUN 07/07/2002 2:40 PM Adelaide v Collingwood AAMI Stadium 116 - 138 46,368

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 3 44 143.3% 1,644 1,147
Brisbane Lions 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 127.5% 1,618 1,269
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 118.5% 1,378 1,163
Essendon 4th 8 -1- 5 34 109.3% 1,308 1,197
Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 6 32 108.7% 1,455 1,338
West Coast 6th 8 -0- 6 32 101.7% 1,446 1,422
Geelong 7th 8 -0- 6 32 101.7% 1,284 1,263
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 6 32 101.5% 1,406 1,385
Kangaroos 9th 7 -0- 7 28 96.0% 1,383 1,441
Hawthorn 10th 7 -0- 7 28 92.7% 1,249 1,347
Western Bulldogs 11th 6 -1- 7 26 105.7% 1,493 1,412
Fremantle 12th 6 -0- 8 24 83.6% 1,202 1,438
Sydney 13th 4 -1- 9 18 101.6% 1,270 1,250
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 10 16 81.1% 1,175 1,449
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 10 14 68.4% 1,019 1,490
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 12 8 77.7% 1,112 1,431

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/07/2002 7:45 PM Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Colonial Stadium 116 - 93 35,434
SAT 13/07/2002 1:40 PM Kangaroos v Fremantle Manuka Oval 83 - 82 9,242
SAT 13/07/2002 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 99 - 127 65,331
SAT 13/07/2002 7:10 PM Adelaide v St Kilda AAMI Stadium 99 - 81 29,895
SAT 13/07/2002 7:10 PM Richmond v Brisbane Lions Colonial Stadium 55 - 118 22,642
SUN 14/07/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v Port Adelaide SCG 92 - 94 18,974
SUN 14/07/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Essendon Subiaco Oval 90 - 63 37,600
SUN 14/07/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Colonial Stadium 95 - 139 37,915

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 48 140.3% 1,738 1,239
Brisbane Lions 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 131.1% 1,736 1,324
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 114.5% 1,477 1,290
Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 6 36 109.5% 1,554 1,419
Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 6 36 104.4% 1,545 1,480
Geelong 6th 9 -0- 6 36 103.6% 1,411 1,362
West Coast 7th 9 -0- 6 36 103.4% 1,536 1,485
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 6 34 106.5% 1,371 1,287
Kangaroos 9th 8 -0- 7 32 96.3% 1,466 1,523
Hawthorn 10th 8 -0- 7 32 94.8% 1,365 1,440
Western Bulldogs 11th 6 -1- 8 26 103.8% 1,586 1,528
Fremantle 12th 6 -0- 9 24 84.4% 1,284 1,521
Sydney 13th 4 -1- 10 18 101.3% 1,362 1,344
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 11 16 78.5% 1,230 1,567
St Kilda 15th 3 -1- 11 14 69.2% 1,100 1,589
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 13 8 76.9% 1,207 1,570

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/07/2002 7:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 89 - 49 48,620
SAT 20/07/2002 2:10 PM Kangaroos v Port Adelaide Optus Oval 99 - 70 9,398
SAT 20/07/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 67 - 93 37,442
SAT 20/07/2002 5:40 PM Fremantle v West Coast Subiaco Oval 100 - 70 41,779
SAT 20/07/2002 7:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Colonial Stadium 56 - 95 47,778
SUN 21/07/2002 1:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Sydney Gabba 117 - 79 25,720
SUN 21/07/2002 2:10 PM Adelaide v Western Bulldogs AAMI Stadium 138 - 95 41,247
SUN 21/07/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Colonial Stadium 97 - 140 33,813

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 4 48 135.1% 1,808 1,338
Brisbane Lions 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 132.1% 1,853 1,403
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 117.0% 1,566 1,339
Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 6 40 111.8% 1,692 1,514
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 6 40 106.2% 1,506 1,418
Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 7 36 102.5% 1,612 1,573
West Coast 7th 9 -0- 7 36 101.3% 1,606 1,585
Kangaroos 8th 9 -0- 7 36 98.2% 1,565 1,593
Hawthorn 9th 9 -0- 7 36 96.7% 1,458 1,507
Essendon 10th 8 -1- 7 34 103.3% 1,427 1,382
Fremantle 11th 7 -0- 9 28 87.0% 1,384 1,591
Western Bulldogs 12th 6 -1- 9 26 100.9% 1,681 1,666
Sydney 13th 4 -1- 11 18 98.6% 1,441 1,461
St Kilda 14th 4 -1- 11 18 73.5% 1,240 1,686
Richmond 15th 4 -0- 12 16 77.2% 1,279 1,656
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 14 8 76.3% 1,304 1,710

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/07/2002 7:45 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 53 - 54 39,650
SAT 27/07/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 114 - 56 38,877
SAT 27/07/2002 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions MCG 68 - 124 35,202
SAT 27/07/2002 7:10 PM Port Adelaide v Melbourne AAMI Stadium 116 - 112 25,283
SAT 27/07/2002 7:20 PM Sydney v Carlton Telstra Stadium 92 - 69 34,404
SUN 28/07/2002 1:10 PM Geelong v Adelaide Skilled Stadium 90 - 93 24,325
SUN 28/07/2002 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fremantle Optus Oval 118 - 79 8,078
SUN 28/07/2002 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Kangaroos Colonial Stadium 139 - 105 31,576

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 13 -0- 4 52 134.4% 1,977 1,471
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 132.7% 1,924 1,450
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 111.6% 1,622 1,453
Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 6 44 111.3% 1,785 1,604
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 7 40 105.6% 1,596 1,511
West Coast 6th 10 -0- 7 40 104.8% 1,720 1,641
Essendon 7th 9 -1- 7 38 103.2% 1,481 1,435
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 8 36 102.1% 1,724 1,689
Kangaroos 9th 9 -0- 8 36 96.4% 1,670 1,732
Hawthorn 10th 9 -0- 8 36 93.6% 1,526 1,631
Western Bulldogs 11th 7 -1- 9 30 102.8% 1,820 1,771
Fremantle 12th 7 -0- 10 28 85.6% 1,463 1,709
Sydney 13th 5 -1- 11 22 100.2% 1,533 1,530
St Kilda 14th 5 -1- 11 22 76.9% 1,358 1,765
Richmond 15th 4 -0- 13 16 77.9% 1,332 1,710
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 15 8 76.2% 1,373 1,802

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/08/2002 7:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 141 - 33 54,233
SAT 03/08/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 96 - 35 24,332
SAT 03/08/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v Kangaroos Skilled Stadium 51 - 115 23,163
SAT 03/08/2002 7:10 PM Essendon v Brisbane Lions Colonial Stadium 71 - 108 43,036
SAT 03/08/2002 7:10 PM Port Adelaide v St Kilda AAMI Stadium 105 - 63 22,885
SUN 04/08/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v Adelaide SCG 98 - 116 18,766
SUN 04/08/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 94 - 99 28,815
SUN 04/08/2002 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v West Coast Optus Oval 142 - 91 11,809

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 14 -0- 4 56 135.2% 2,085 1,542
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 134.1% 2,029 1,513
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 118.6% 1,763 1,486
Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 6 48 111.7% 1,901 1,702
West Coast 5th 10 -0- 8 40 101.6% 1,811 1,783
Geelong 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.3% 1,647 1,626
Kangaroos 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.1% 1,785 1,783
Essendon 8th 9 -1- 8 38 100.6% 1,552 1,543
Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 9 36 101.7% 1,818 1,788
Hawthorn 10th 9 -0- 9 36 90.4% 1,561 1,727
Western Bulldogs 11th 8 -1- 9 34 105.4% 1,962 1,862
Fremantle 12th 8 -0- 10 32 89.4% 1,559 1,744
Sydney 13th 5 -1- 12 22 99.1% 1,631 1,646
St Kilda 14th 5 -1- 12 22 76.0% 1,421 1,870
Richmond 15th 5 -0- 13 20 79.3% 1,431 1,804
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 16 8 72.4% 1,406 1,943

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 09/08/2002 7:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood MCG 105 - 97 53,750
SAT 10/08/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Port Adelaide Optus Oval 45 - 54 14,115
SAT 10/08/2002 2:10 PM Richmond v Fremantle MCG 122 - 72 19,519
SAT 10/08/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs Gabba 105 - 67 27,443
SAT 10/08/2002 7:10 PM Kangaroos v Sydney SCG 97 - 144 14,776
SUN 11/08/2002 1:40 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 100 - 106 36,195
SUN 11/08/2002 2:40 PM Adelaide v Essendon AAMI Stadium 124 - 76 43,720
SUN 11/08/2002 3:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Colonial Stadium 101 - 102 25,552

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 15 -0- 4 60 136.1% 2,190 1,609
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 133.7% 2,083 1,558
Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 113.9% 2,025 1,778
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 7 48 116.9% 1,860 1,591
Geelong 5th 11 -0- 8 44 101.3% 1,749 1,727
Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 9 40 101.9% 1,924 1,888
West Coast 7th 10 -0- 9 40 101.2% 1,911 1,889
Kangaroos 8th 10 -0- 9 40 97.7% 1,882 1,927
Hawthorn 9th 10 -0- 9 40 91.3% 1,666 1,824
Essendon 10th 9 -1- 9 38 97.7% 1,628 1,667
Western Bulldogs 11th 8 -1- 10 34 103.2% 2,029 1,967
Fremantle 12th 8 -0- 11 32 87.4% 1,631 1,866
Sydney 13th 6 -1- 12 26 101.8% 1,775 1,743
Richmond 14th 6 -0- 13 24 82.8% 1,553 1,876
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 13 22 77.2% 1,522 1,972
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 17 8 72.7% 1,451 1,997

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 16/08/2002 7:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 107 - 93 39,391
SAT 17/08/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Geelong Subiaco Oval 117 - 72 22,610
SAT 17/08/2002 2:10 PM Kangaroos v Carlton Colonial Stadium 114 - 95 23,532
SAT 17/08/2002 7:10 PM Brisbane Lions v West Coast Gabba 136 - 89 29,436
SAT 17/08/2002 7:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 126 - 71 69,613
SUN 18/08/2002 1:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 87 - 80 16,079
SUN 18/08/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG 107 - 95 29,225
SUN 18/08/2002 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Adelaide AAMI Stadium 84 - 76 50,275

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 16 -0- 4 64 137.0% 2,326 1,698
Port Adelaide 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 132.6% 2,167 1,634
Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 112.8% 2,101 1,862
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 8 48 112.5% 1,931 1,717
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 9 44 102.4% 2,031 1,983
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 9 44 98.8% 1,821 1,844
Kangaroos 7th 11 -0- 9 44 98.7% 1,996 2,022
Essendon 8th 10 -1- 9 42 100.9% 1,754 1,738
West Coast 9th 10 -0- 10 40 98.8% 2,000 2,025
Hawthorn 10th 10 -0- 10 40 91.1% 1,759 1,931
Fremantle 11th 9 -0- 11 36 90.2% 1,748 1,938
Western Bulldogs 12th 8 -1- 11 34 102.4% 2,124 2,074
Sydney 13th 7 -1- 12 30 102.1% 1,862 1,823
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 13 28 84.3% 1,660 1,969
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 14 22 77.8% 1,602 2,059
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 18 8 73.2% 1,546 2,111

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/08/2002 7:45 PM Hawthorn v Kangaroos MCG 104 - 119 32,393
SAT 24/08/2002 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Lions Skilled Stadium 55 - 110 24,003
SAT 24/08/2002 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 77 - 145 27,146
SAT 24/08/2002 5:40 PM West Coast v Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval 65 - 103 36,502
SAT 24/08/2002 7:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Carlton Colonial Stadium 97 - 99 22,938
SUN 25/08/2002 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda MCG 77 - 66 42,056
SUN 25/08/2002 2:10 PM Essendon v Fremantle Colonial Stadium 93 - 72 32,667
SUN 25/08/2002 2:40 PM Adelaide v Richmond AAMI Stadium 87 - 65 42,878

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Lions 1st 17 -0- 4 68 139.0% 2,436 1,753
Port Adelaide 2nd 17 -0- 4 68 133.6% 2,270 1,699
Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 113.5% 2,188 1,927
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 8 52 112.6% 2,008 1,783
Kangaroos 5th 12 -0- 9 48 99.5% 2,115 2,126
Essendon 6th 11 -1- 9 46 102.0% 1,847 1,810
Melbourne 7th 11 -0- 10 44 99.1% 2,108 2,128
Geelong 8th 11 -0- 10 44 96.0% 1,876 1,954
West Coast 9th 10 -0- 11 40 97.0% 2,065 2,128
Hawthorn 10th 10 -0- 11 40 90.9% 1,863 2,050
Fremantle 11th 9 -0- 12 36 89.6% 1,820 2,031
Sydney 12th 8 -1- 12 34 105.6% 2,007 1,900
Western Bulldogs 13th 8 -1- 12 34 102.2% 2,221 2,173
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 14 28 83.9% 1,725 2,056
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 15 22 78.1% 1,668 2,136
Carlton 16th 3 -0- 18 12 74.5% 1,645 2,208

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 30/08/2002 7:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Colonial Stadium 57 - 75 41,600
SAT 31/08/2002 2:10 PM Collingwood v Western Bulldogs MCG 73 - 114 43,894
SAT 31/08/2002 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions AAMI Stadium 90 - 84 46,439
SAT 31/08/2002 7:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Colonial Stadium 117 - 135 34,185
SAT 31/08/2002 7:30 PM Sydney v Richmond Telstra Stadium 116 - 76 40,386
SUN 01/09/2002 1:10 PM Kangaroos v West Coast Manuka Oval 126 - 143 11,613
SUN 01/09/2002 1:40 PM Fremantle v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 80 - 120 21,610
SUN 01/09/2002 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 37 - 92 46,649

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 4 72 132.4% 2,360 1,783
Brisbane Lions 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 136.7% 2,520 1,843
Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 115.0% 2,308 2,007
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.7% 2,081 1,897
Essendon 5th 12 -1- 9 50 105.0% 1,939 1,847
Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 10 48 99.9% 2,243 2,245
Kangaroos 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.8% 2,241 2,269
West Coast 8th 11 -0- 11 44 98.0% 2,208 2,254
Geelong 9th 11 -0- 11 44 95.3% 1,933 2,029
Hawthorn 10th 11 -0- 11 44 92.0% 1,938 2,107
Sydney 11th 9 -1- 12 38 107.4% 2,123 1,976
Western Bulldogs 12th 9 -1- 12 38 104.0% 2,335 2,246
Fremantle 13th 9 -0- 13 36 88.3% 1,900 2,151
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 15 28 82.9% 1,801 2,172
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 16 22 78.6% 1,785 2,271
Carlton 16th 3 -0- 19 12 73.1% 1,682 2,300

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 4 72 132.4% 2,360 1,783 350 260 259 229
Brisbane Lions 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 136.7% 2,520 1,843 368 312 268 235
Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 115.0% 2,308 2,007 339 274 295 237
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.7% 2,081 1,897 303 263 273 259
Essendon 5th 12 -1- 9 50 105.0% 1,939 1,847 278 271 265 257
Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 10 48 99.9% 2,243 2,245 329 269 327 283
Kangaroos 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.8% 2,241 2,269 327 279 338 241
West Coast 8th 11 -0- 11 44 98.0% 2,208 2,254 327 246 328 286
Geelong 9th 11 -0- 11 44 95.3% 1,933 2,029 283 235 298 241
Hawthorn 10th 11 -0- 11 44 92.0% 1,938 2,107 286 222 305 277
Sydney 11th 9 -1- 12 38 107.4% 2,123 1,976 310 263 290 236
Western Bulldogs 12th 9 -1- 12 38 104.0% 2,335 2,246 342 283 329 272
Fremantle 13th 9 -0- 13 36 88.3% 1,900 2,151 274 256 319 237
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 15 28 82.9% 1,801 2,172 257 259 317 270
St Kilda 15th 5 -1- 16 22 78.6% 1,785 2,271 265 195 334 267
Carlton 16th 3 -0- 19 12 73.1% 1,682 2,300 244 218 337 278

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/2002 2:30 PM Essendon v West Coast Colonial Stadium 111 - 78 37,475
SUN 08/09/2002 2:30 PM Melbourne v Kangaroos MCG 122 - 84 53,967

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 06/09/2002 7:30 PM Port Adelaide v Collingwood AAMI Stadium 95 - 108 33,131
SAT 07/09/2002 7:30 PM Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Gabba 115 - 44 31,854

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brisbane Lions 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
Adelaide 4th
Essendon 5th
Melbourne 6th
Kangaroos 7th
West Coast 8th

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 13/09/2002 7:30 PM Port Adelaide v Essendon AAMI Stadium 83 - 59 27,661
SAT 14/09/2002 7:30 PM Adelaide v Melbourne MCG 130 - 118 51,533

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brisbane Lions 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
Adelaide 4th
Essendon 5th
Melbourne 6th
Kangaroos 7th
West Coast 8th

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/2002 2:30 PM Collingwood v Adelaide MCG 91 - 63 88,960
SAT 21/09/2002 7:30 PM Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide Gabba 138 - 82 33,047

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brisbane Lions 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
Adelaide 4th
Essendon 5th
Melbourne 6th
Kangaroos 7th
West Coast 8th

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/2002 2:30 PM Brisbane Lions v Collingwood MCG 75 - 66 91,817

Final Round 4 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brisbane Lions 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
Adelaide 4th
Essendon 5th
Melbourne 6th
Kangaroos 7th
West Coast 8th