| 1971 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Hawthorn 2nd premiership |
| Minor premiers | Hawthorn 3rd minor premiership |
| Consolation series | Melbourne 1st Consolation series win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Ian Stewart (Richmond) |
| Coleman Medallist | Peter Hudson (Hawthorn) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 136 |
| Total attendance | 3,326,436 (24,459 per match) |
| Highest | 118,192 |
The 1971 VFL season was the 75th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 3 April until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the second time, after it defeated St Kilda by seven points in the 1971 VFL Grand Final. Hawthorn full-forward Peter Hudson kicked 150 goals for the season, equalling the all-time record set by Bob Pratt (South Melbourne) in 1934.