| 1916 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Fitzroy 1916 VFL premiership team | |
| Date | 6 May—2 September 1916 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | Fitzroy 6th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Carlton 6th minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Dick Lee (Collingwood) 46 goals |
| Matches played | 28 |
The 1916 VFL season was the 20th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Played during the peak of World War I, the season was the shortest in the league's history and featured the fewest clubs, with only four clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond – featuring in 1916. The season ran from 6 May to 2 September, comprising a twelve-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring all four clubs.
Fitzroy won the premiership, its sixth VFL premiership; despite finishing in last place during the home-and-away season with a 2–9–1 win–loss–draw record, Fitzroy won all three of its finals, culminating in defeating Carlton by 29 points in the 1916 VFL grand final. Carlton won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 10–2 win–loss record. Collingwood's Dick Lee won his fifth leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.