2001 AFL season

2001 AFL premiership season
Teams	16
Premiers	Brisbane Lions (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Essendon (17th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Port Adelaide (1st pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	6,447,560 (34,852 per match)
Highest attendance	91,482 (Grand Final, Brisbane Lions v Essendon)
Leading goalkicker	Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)
Brownlow Medallist	Jason Akermanis (Brisbane Lions)
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The 2001 Australian Football League season was the 105th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

See 2001 AFL Draft for more information.

Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the Final.

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.