| 1976 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Hawthorn 3rd premiership |
| Minor premiers | Carlton 13th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Graham Moss (Essendon) |
| Coleman Medallist | Larry Donohue (Geelong) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Total attendance | 3,288,470 (23,829 per match) |
| Highest | 110,143 |
The 1976 VFL season was the 80th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 3 April until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the third time, after it defeated North Melbourne by 30 points in the 1976 VFL Grand Final.