| 2022 AFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 March—24 September 2022 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Premiers | Geelong 10th premiership |
| Runners-up | Sydney 13th runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Geelong 15th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Patrick Cripps (Carlton) 29 votes |
| Coleman Medallist | Charlie Curnow (Carlton) 64 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 216 |
| Total attendance | 7,392,391 (34,224 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 88,287 (round 23, Carlton v Collingwood) |
| Highest (finals) | 100,024 (grand final, Geelong v Sydney) |
The 2022 AFL season was the 126th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs and ran from 16 March until 24 September, comprising a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the tenth time, after defeating Sydney by 81 points in the 2022 AFL Grand Final.