Round Five Second-Best Attended Round in VFL/AFL History 

Today’s crowd of 87,685 for the ANZAC Day match between Essendon and Collingwood at the MCG has seen the competition post the second-best round in the game's history.

The final crowd tally across the nine games saw 391,980 fans, with the two biggest rounds in history both coming this season.

The AFL’s best single rounds in history are as follows:

400,401 – Round One, 2017.
391,980 - Round Five, 2017.
371,212 – Round 15, 2013.
367,974 – Round 22, 1998.
367,792 – Round One 2012.