McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is awarded to the best-performing club across both the Toyota AFL Premiership Season and NAB AFLW Competition, recognising excellence across a club's men's and women's football programs. Finals results are included in the calculation, reinforcing the importance of success throughout both the home and away season and finals series.
The trophy is determined using the following methodology:
- At the conclusion of both the AFL and AFLW finals series, each club is assigned a ranking based on its final competition finishing position.
- The premier in each competition receives 18 points, the runner-up receives 17 points, third place receives 16 points, and so on through to 1 point for 18th position.
- Each club's AFL and AFLW rankings are combined to determine an overall McClelland Trophy score.
- The club with the highest combined score across both competitions is awarded the McClelland Trophy.
- Where two teams are eliminated during the same week of finals, the club that finished higher on the home and away ladder will receive the higher ranking position.
- If two or more clubs finish on the same combined score, the existing tiebreaker methodology will apply, using McClelland Trophy points and then combined percentage.
The champion club receives $1 million in prize money, with $500,000 distributed across AFL and AFLW players and $500,000 awarded to the club.
