| 1998 AFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers | Adelaide 2nd premiership |
| Minor premiers | North Melbourne 4th minor premiership |
| Pre-season cup | North Melbourne 2nd pre-season cup win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Robert Harvey (St Kilda) |
| Leading goalkicker | Tony Lockett (Sydney) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 185 |
| Total attendance | 6,691,897 (36,172 per match) |
| Highest | 94,431 (Grand Final, Adelaide vs. North Melbourne) |
The 1998 AFL season was the 102nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 27 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Adelaide Football Club for the second time and second time consecutively, after it defeated North Melbourne by 35 points in the 1998 AFL Grand Final.