2023 AFL Women's season | |
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Overview | |
Date | 1 September—3 December 2023 |
Teams | 18 |
Premiers | Brisbane 2nd premiership |
Runners-up | North Melbourne 1st runners-up result |
Minor premiers | Adelaide 3rd minor premiership |
Best and fairest | Monique Conti (Richmond) 23 votes |
Leading goalkicker | Kate Hore (Melbourne) Eden Zanker (Melbourne) 20 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 99 |
Total attendance | 284,122 (2,870 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 8,722 (round 1, Adelaide v Port Adelaide) |
Highest (finals) | 12,616 (grand final, North Melbourne v Brisbane) |
The 2023 AFL Women's season was the eighth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 1 September to 3 December, comprising a ten-round home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
Brisbane won the premiership, defeating North Melbourne by 17 points in the 2023 AFL Women's Grand Final. Adelaide won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 9–1 win–loss record, but was eliminated by North Melbourne in the preliminary finals. Richmond's Monique Conti won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, and Melbourne teammates Kate Hore and Eden Zanker tied for the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkickers.