| 2022 AFL Women's season 7 | |
|---|---|
 Melbourne players celebrate after winning the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final | |
| Overview | |
| Date | 25 August—27 November 2022 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 1st premiership |
| Runners-up | Brisbane 3rd runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Brisbane 2nd minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | Ally Anderson (Brisbane) 21 votes |
| Leading goalkicker | Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane) 19 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 99 |
| Total attendance | 265,950 (2,686 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 20,652 (round 6, Port Adelaide v Adelaide) |
| Highest (finals) | 7,412 (grand final, Brisbane v Melbourne) |
2022 AFL Women's season 7 was the seventh season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs, marking the first time all Australian Football League (AFL) clubs participated in the competition, and ran from 25 August to 27 November, comprising a ten-round home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs. It was the second AFL Women's season to take place in the 2022 calendar year[1] and the first to have an August start date.[2] AFL clubs Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney featured for the first time in season 7.
Melbourne won the premiership, defeating Brisbane by four points in the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final. Brisbane won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 9–1 win–loss record. Brisbane's Ally Anderson won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, and teammate Jesse Wardlaw won the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkicker.
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- ^ "Everything you need to know about the AFLW season". Seven News. 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.