| 1931 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Date | 2 May—10 October 1931 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Geelong 2nd premiership |
| Runners-up | Richmond 6th runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Geelong 4th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Haydn Bunton Sr. (Fitzroy) 26 votes |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Harry Vallence (Carlton) 72 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Total attendance | 1,785,275 (15,940 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 40,000 (round 4, Richmond v Collingwood) |
| Highest (finals) | 60,712 (grand final, Richmond v Geelong) |
The 1931 VFL season was the 35th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 2 May to 10 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Geelong won the premiership, defeating Richmond by 20 points in the 1931 VFL grand final; it was Geelong's second VFL premiership. Geelong also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. Fitzroy's Haydn Bunton Sr. won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Carlton's Harry Vallence won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.