| 2023 AFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Date | 16 March—30 September 2023 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Premiers | Collingwood 16th premiership |
| Runners-up | Brisbane Lions 2nd runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Collingwood 20th minor premiership |
| Brownlow Medallist | Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions) 31 votes |
| Coleman Medallist | Charlie Curnow (Carlton) 78 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 216 |
| Total attendance | 8,139,464 (37,683 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 95,179 (round 6, Collingwood v Essendon) |
| Highest (finals) | 100,024 (grand final, Collingwood v Brisbane Lions) |
The 2023 AFL season was the 127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 16 March to 30 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
Collingwood won the premiership, defeating the Brisbane Lions by four points in the 2023 AFL Grand Final; it was Collingwood's 16th VFL/AFL premiership. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 18–5 win–loss record. The Brisbane Lions' Lachie Neale won his second Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Carlton's Charlie Curnow won his second consecutive Coleman Medal as the league's leading goalkicker.