| AFL Ladder |
| Pos | | P | W | L | D | F | A | % | Pts |
| 1 |  Brisbane | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 723 | 632 | 114.40 | 28 |
| 2 |  Collingwood | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 735 | 552 | 133.15 | 24 |
| 3 |  Hawthorn | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 766 | 610 | 125.57 | 24 |
| 4 |  Gold Coast | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 723 | 515 | 140.39 | 20 |
| 5 |  Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 829 | 629 | 131.80 | 20 |
| 6 |  W. Bulldogs | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 815 | 641 | 127.15 | 20 |
| 7 |  Geelong | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 755 | 643 | 117.42 | 20 |
| 8 |  GWS Giants | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 675 | 587 | 114.99 | 16 |
| 9 |  Fremantle | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 660 | 679 | 97.20 | 16 |
| 10 |  St. Kilda | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 699 | 739 | 94.59 | 16 |
| 11 |  Essendon | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 561 | 633 | 88.63 | 16 |
| 12 |  Port Adelaide | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 661 | 752 | 87.90 | 16 |
| 13 |  Carlton | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 668 | 615 | 108.62 | 12 |
| 14 |  Sydney | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 664 | 683 | 97.22 | 12 |
| 15 |  Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 603 | 739 | 81.60 | 12 |
| 16 |  Richmond | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 527 | 831 | 63.42 | 8 |
| 17 |  North Melb. | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 662 | 866 | 76.44 | 4 |
| 18 |  West Coast | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 518 | 898 | 57.68 | 0 |
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