| 1918 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 South Melbourne 1918 VFL premiership team | |
| Date | 11 May—7 September 1918 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | South Melbourne 2nd premiership |
| Minor premiers | South Melbourne 3rd minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Ern Cowley (Carlton) 35 goals |
| Matches played | 59 |
The 1918 VFL season was the 22nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Played during the final year of World War I, eight of the league's nine clubs featured in 1918, with Essendon and St Kilda returning after being in recess the previous two seasons and only Melbourne absent. The season ran from 11 May to 7 September, comprising a 14-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
South Melbourne won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by five points in the 1918 VFL grand final; it was South Melbourne's second VFL premiership. South Melbourne also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 13–1 win–loss record. Carlton's Ern Cowley won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.