| 1921 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Richmond 1921 VFL premiership team | |
| Overview | |
| Date | 7 May—15 October 1921 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Premiers | Richmond 2nd premiership |
| Runners-up | Carlton 5th runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Carlton 7th minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Cliff Rankin (Geelong) 61 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 76 |
| Total attendance | 1,340,858 (17,643 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 42,000 (round 10, Carlton v Richmond) |
| Highest (finals) | 43,122 (grand final, Carlton v Richmond) |
The 1921 VFL season was the 25th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 7 May to 15 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Richmond won the premiership, defeating Carlton by four points in the 1921 VFL grand final; it was Richmond's second (consecutive and overall) VFL premiership. Carlton won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 13–1–2 win–loss–draw record. Geelong's Cliff Rankin won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.