| AFL Ladder |
| Pos | | P | W | L | D | F | A | % | Pts |
| 1 |  Sydney | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 826 | 562 | 146.98 | 28 |
| 2 |  Geelong | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 759 | 586 | 129.52 | 28 |
| 3 |  GWS Giants | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 820 | 649 | 126.35 | 24 |
| 4 |  Melbourne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 659 | 530 | 124.34 | 24 |
| 5 |  Essendon | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 657 | 690 | 95.22 | 22 |
| 6 |  Fremantle | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 656 | 544 | 120.59 | 20 |
| 7 |  Port Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 719 | 636 | 113.05 | 20 |
| 8 |  Carlton | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 781 | 711 | 109.85 | 20 |
| 9 |  Collingwood | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 692 | 699 | 99.00 | 18 |
| 10 |  Gold Coast | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 638 | 666 | 95.80 | 16 |
| 11 |  W. Bulldogs | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 729 | 654 | 111.47 | 12 |
| 12 |  Adelaide | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 619 | 608 | 101.81 | 12 |
| 13 |  Brisbane | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 596 | 594 | 100.34 | 12 |
| 14 |  St. Kilda | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 614 | 637 | 96.39 | 12 |
| 15 |  West Coast | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 581 | 765 | 75.95 | 8 |
| 16 |  Hawthorn | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 572 | 769 | 74.38 | 8 |
| 17 |  Richmond | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 536 | 748 | 71.66 | 4 |
| 18 |  North Melb. | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 559 | 965 | 57.93 | 0 |
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