| 1946 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Essendon Football Club team, premiers | |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Essendon 8th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Essendon 8th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Don Cordner (Melbourne) |
| Des Fothergill (Collingwood) | |
| Matches played | 119 |
| Highest | 77,370 |
The 1946 VFL season was the 50th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 April until 5 October, and comprised a 19-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The league's thirds/under-19s competition played its inaugural season.
The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the eighth time, after it defeated Melbourne by 63 points in the 1946 VFL Grand Final.