| AFL Ladder |
| Pos | | P | W | L | D | F | A | % | Pts |
| 1 |  Sydney | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1030 | 666 | 154.66 | 36 |
| 2 |  Essendon | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 845 | 818 | 103.30 | 30 |
| 3 |  Geelong | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 954 | 851 | 112.10 | 28 |
| 4 |  Port Adelaide | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 900 | 810 | 111.11 | 28 |
| 5 |  Collingwood | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 873 | 810 | 107.78 | 26 |
| 6 |  GWS Giants | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 925 | 801 | 115.48 | 24 |
| 7 |  Melbourne | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 805 | 712 | 113.06 | 24 |
| 8 |  Gold Coast | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 922 | 818 | 112.71 | 24 |
| 9 |  Fremantle | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 767 | 686 | 111.81 | 24 |
| 10 |  Carlton | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 923 | 904 | 102.10 | 24 |
| 11 |  W. Bulldogs | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 932 | 739 | 126.12 | 20 |
| 12 |  Brisbane | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 849 | 728 | 116.62 | 18 |
| 13 |  Adelaide | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 783 | 776 | 100.90 | 14 |
| 14 |  St. Kilda | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 722 | 767 | 94.13 | 12 |
| 15 |  Hawthorn | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 709 | 902 | 78.60 | 12 |
| 16 |  West Coast | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 723 | 938 | 77.08 | 12 |
| 17 |  Richmond | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 622 | 1044 | 59.58 | 4 |
| 18 |  North Melb. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 677 | 1191 | 56.84 | 0 |
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