AFL season 2026

AFL Run Home 2026

The 2026 home-and-away season is complete. Fremantle, Sydney, Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn, Geelong, Adelaide, Melbourne, Western Bulldogs, Collingwood and Carlton finished in the top 10.

Home-and-away season complete · Updated Sat 26 Sep 2026, 5:15pm (Melbourne time) · Method v1

2026 AFL run home: finals status and remaining fixture difficulty for every club
PosClubPtsLeftMaxDiff.Status
1FremantleFRE76076—Top 4 secured
2SydneySYD72072—Top 4 secured
3Brisbane LionsBRI64064—Top 4 secured
4HawthornHAW64064—Top 4 secured
5GeelongGEE60060—Top 6 secured
6AdelaideADE60060—Top 6 secured
7MelbourneMEL60060—Finals secured
8Western BulldogsWBD54054—Finals secured
9CollingwoodCOL52052—Finals secured
10CarltonCAR50050—Finals secured
11St KildaSTK40040—Out of the finals
12Greater Western SydneyGWS40040—Out of the finals
13Gold CoastGCS36036—Out of the finals
14North MelbourneNTH36036—Out of the finals
15Port AdelaidePTA28028—Out of the finals
16West CoastWCE16016—Out of the finals
17RichmondRIC12012—Out of the finals
18EssendonESS808—Out of the finals
Left Home-and-away games still to finishMax Most points still possible (4 a win)Diff. Average current win % of remaining opponents (a draw counts as half a win)

How the statuses are worked out

"Secured" means no result in the remaining games can push the club out of that group, even if every rival who can draw level on points also wins on percentage. While games remain, "Out of the finals" means at least 10 clubs already have more points than the club can still reach. Once every home-and-away game is finished, the final checked ladder (points, then percentage) decides, except clubs exactly level on both across a cut, which wait on the official tiebreak. Anything else is "Not yet decided": we never guess on percentage or predict results. Full rules on the methodology page.