| 1950 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Essendon Football Club team, premiers | |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Essendon 10th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Essendon 10th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy) |
| Leading goalkicker medallist | John Coleman (Essendon) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Highest | 85,869 |
The 1950 VFL season was the 54th 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 23 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 Essendon Football Club for the tenth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated North Melbourne by 38 points in the 1950 VFL Grand Final.