| 1939 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Melbourne Football Club, premier team | |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 3rd premiership |
| Minor premiers | Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Marcus Whelan (Collingwood) |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | Ron Todd (Collingwood) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Highest | 78,110 |
The 1939 VFL season was the 43rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 22 April until 30 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the third time, after it defeated Collingwood by 53 points in the 1939 VFL Grand Final.