2002 AFL season

Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Australian rules football season The 2002 AFL season was the 106th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 28 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by the Brisbane Lions for the second time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Template:AFL Col by nine points in the AFL Grand Final.

AFL Draft

See 2002 AFL draft.

Wizard Home Loans Cup

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Port Adelaide defeated Richmond 10.11 (71) to 9.8 (62) in the final.

Premiership season

Round 6

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 3.10 (28) | Template:AFL Col | 16.15 (111) | Colonial Stadium | 46,089 | Friday, 3 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 13.11 (89) | Template:AFL Ess | 9.8 (62) | Subiaco Oval | 25,319 | Saturday, 4 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL Haw | 24.11 (155) | MCG | 33,345 | Saturday, 4 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 9.14 (68) | Template:AFL WB | 14.12 (96) | Colonial Stadium | 29,783 | Saturday, 4 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 21.20 (146) | Template:AFL Gee | 13.11 (89) | The Gabba | 27,015 | Saturday, 4 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 15.9 (99) | Template:AFL Mel | 10.11 (71) | SCG | 23,578 | Sunday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 20.13 (133) | Template:AFL WC | 11.13 (79) | Football Park | 27,056 | Sunday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 11.7 (73) | Template:AFL Ade | 14.21 (105) | Colonial Stadium | 23,355 | Sunday, 5 May Template:S-end

Round 7

Template:Anchor Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 12.15 (87) | Template:AFL Car | 9.8 (62) | MCG | 55,633 | Friday, 10 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 21.13 (139) | Template:AFL Kan | 13.12 (90) | Subiaco Oval | 32,815 | Saturday, 11 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 20.10 (130) | Template:AFL Gee | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 38,709 | Saturday, 11 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 13.10 (88) | Template:AFL Syd | 12.10 (82) | Colonial Stadium | 29,303 | Saturday, 11 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 18.10 (118) | Template:AFL Fre | 13.11 (89) | Football Park | 44,058 | Saturday, 11 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 19.15 (129) | Template:AFL | 11.6 (72) | The Gabba | 24,538 | Sunday, 12 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 15.15 (105) | Template:AFL StK | 15.12 (102) | MCG | 20,892 | Sunday, 12 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 8.15 (63) | Template:AFL Col | 11.7 (73) | Colonial Stadium | 34,400 | Sunday, 12 May Template:S-end

Round 8

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 12.17 (89) | Template:AFL Car | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 39,142 | Friday, 17 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 13.16 (94) | Template:AFL WC | 10.13 (73) | MCG | 22,647 | Saturday, 18 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 20.9 (129) | Template:AFL Gee | 7.12 (54) | Football Park | 18,193 | Saturday, 18 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 14.10 (94) | Template:AFL Mel | 13.11 (89) | Subiaco Oval | 25,027 | Saturday, 18 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 17.12 (114) | Template:AFL BL | 16.15 (111) | Colonial Stadium | 46,279 | Saturday, 18 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 16.14 (110) | Template:AFL Ade | 14.9 (93) | Manuka Oval | 7,671 | Sunday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 24.15 (159) | Template:AFL Syd | 11.24 (90) | SCG | 20,934 | Sunday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 26.15 (171) | Template:AFL StK | 11.6 (72) | Colonial Stadium | 34,262 | Sunday, 19 May Template:S-end

Round 9

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 14.7 (91) | Template:AFL Col | 12.14 (86) | Football Park | 35,834 | Friday, 24 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 17.3 (105) | Template:AFL WB | 18.9 (117) | Skilled Stadium | 22,033 | Saturday, 25 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 17.9 (111) | Template:AFL Kan | 15.17 (107) | MCG | 28,625 | Saturday, 25 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 10.12 (72) | Template:AFL Ric | 9.9 (63) | Colonial Stadium | 30,336 | Saturday, 25 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 11.17 (83) | Template:AFL Ess | 12.13 (85) | Stadium Australia | 54,129 | Saturday, 25 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 16.13 (109) | Template:AFL Fre | 11.13 (79) | The Gabba | 21,709 | Sunday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 19.12 (126) | Template:AFL Haw | 14.4 (88) | Subiaco Oval | 38,646 | Sunday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 11.9 (75) | Template:AFL Ade | 20.11 (131) | Optus Oval | 19,305 | Sunday, 26 May Template:S-end

Round 10

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 12.20 (92) | Template:AFL Ess | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 34,352 | Friday, 31 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 12.17 (89) | Template:AFL Mel | 9.9 (63) | Skilled Stadium | 20,031 | Saturday, 1 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 14.14 (98) | Template:AFL WB | 17.15 (117) | MCG | 31,586 | Saturday, 1 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL Syd | 12.12 (84) | Colonial Stadium | 45,269 | Saturday, 1 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 15.11 (101) | Template:AFL BL | 14.10 (94) | Football Park | 47,279 | Saturday, 1 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 12.5 (77) | Template:AFL | 17.15 (117) | York Park | 18,112 | Sunday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 14.12 (96) | Template:AFL Car | 10.8 (68) | Subiaco Oval | 27,277 | Sunday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 20.7 (127) | Template:AFL WC | 11.11 (77) | Colonial Stadium | 18,876 | Sunday, 2 June Template:S-end

Round 11

Template:Anchor Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL Ric | 11.18 (84) | Colonial Stadium | 30,889 | Friday, 7 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 14.18 (102) | Template:AFL Haw | 8.10 (58) | Football Park | 42,162 | Saturday, 8 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 15.12 (102) | Template:AFL Syd | 13.11 (89) | Subiaco Oval | 35,014 | Saturday, 8 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 7.7 (49) | Template:AFL | 16.12 (108) | Colonial Stadium | 40,044 | Saturday, 8 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 16.17 (113) | Template:AFL StK | 7.10 (52) | The Gabba | 23,157 | Sunday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL Car | 14.12 (96) | Colonial Stadium | 37,294 | Sunday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 22.13 (145) | Template:AFL Fre | 12.8 (80) | Optus Oval | 11,539 | Sunday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 10.15 (75) | Template:AFL Col | 19.12 (126) | MCG | 65,860 | Monday, 10 June Template:S-end

Round 12

Template:Anchor Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 10.12 (72) | Template:AFL Haw | 10.5 (65) | MCG | 40,470 | Friday, 14 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 12.16 (88) | Template:AFL WC | 12.17 (89) | Optus Oval | 16,353 | Saturday, 15 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 15.9 (99) | Template:AFL Gee | 15.11 (101) | SCG | 21,767 | Saturday, 15 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 12.18 (90) | Template:AFL Col | 12.7 (79) | Subiaco Oval | 33,088 | Sunday, 16 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 19.19 (133) | Template:AFL StK | 13.8 (86) | Colonial Stadium | 29,453 | Friday, 21 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 14.14 (98) | Template:AFL Ade | 10.13 (73) | Optus Oval | 12,210 | Saturday, 22 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 20.18 (138) | Template:AFL Kan | 19.9 (123) | The Gabba | 27,940 | Saturday, 22 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 23.16 (154) | Template:AFL Ric | 10.10 (70) | Football Park | 25,770 | Sunday, 23 June Template:S-end

Round 13

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 18.12 (120) | Template:AFL Mel | 16.12 (108) | Colonial Stadium | 41,817 | Friday, 28 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 7.12 (54) | Template:AFL Gee | 14.12 (96) | MCG | 30,197 | Saturday, 29 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 25.11 (161) | Template:AFL WB | 18.7 (115) | Football Park | 24,751 | Saturday, 29 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 13.15 (93) | Template:AFL Kan | 8.12 (60) | Colonial Stadium | 48,288 | Saturday, 29 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 19.10 (124) | Template:AFL Car | 16.13 (109) | The Gabba | 27,324 | Saturday, 29 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 20.19 (139) | Template:AFL Fre | 9.8 (62) | SCG | 16,844 | Sunday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 20.15 (135) | Template:AFL Ade | 18.9 (117) | Subiaco Oval | 34,937 | Sunday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 11.12 (78) | Template:AFL Haw | 13.9 (87) | Colonial Stadium | 28,928 | Sunday, 30 June Template:S-end

Round 14

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 13.8 (86) | Template:AFL Ric | 12.13 (85) | MCG | 36,941 | Friday, 5 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 8.17 (65) | Template:AFL WC | 4.9 (33) | Skilled Stadium | 18,608 | Saturday, 6 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 11.8 (74) | Template:AFL Syd | 9.10 (64) | MCG | 25,079 | Saturday, 6 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 9.9 (63) | Template:AFL | 22.15 (147) | Subiaco Oval | 24,193 | Saturday, 6 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 18.10 (118) | Template:AFL Ess | 17.16 (118) | Colonial Stadium | 44,864 | Saturday, 6 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 20.11 (131) | Template:AFL BL | 16.14 (110) | The Gabba | 25,166 | Sunday, 7 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL Col | 21.12 (138) | Football Park | 46,368 | Sunday, 7 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 13.6 (84) | Template:AFL Kan | 20.8 (128) | Colonial Stadium | 23,864 | Sunday, 7 July Template:S-end

Round 15

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL WB | 14.9 (93) | Colonial Stadium | 35,434 | Friday, 12 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 12.11 (83) | Template:AFL Fre | 12.10 (82) | Manuka Oval | 9,242 | Saturday, 13 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 15.9 (99) | Template:AFL Gee | 19.13 (127) | MCG | 65,331 | Saturday, 13 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 7.13 (55) | Template:AFL BL | 18.10 (118) | Colonial Stadium | 22,642 | Saturday, 13 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 15.9 (99) | Template:AFL StK | 12.9 (81) | Football Park | 29,895 | Saturday, 13 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 13.14 (92) | Template:AFL | 14.10 (94) | SCG | 18,974 | Sunday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 13.12 (90) | Template:AFL Ess | 8.15 (63) | Subiaco Oval | 37,600 | Sunday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL Mel | 21.13 (139) | Colonial Stadium | 37,915 | Sunday, 14 July Template:S-end

Round 16

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 13.11 (89) | Template:AFL Ric | 7.7 (49) | MCG | 48,620 | Friday, 19 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 9.13 (67) | Template:AFL Haw | 14.9 (93) | MCG | 37,442 | Saturday, 20 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 14.15 (99) | Template:AFL | 10.10 (70) | Optus Oval | 9,398 | Saturday, 20 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL WC | 11.4 (70) | Subiaco Oval | 41,779 | Saturday, 20 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 8.8 (56) | Template:AFL Gee | 14.11 (95) | Colonial Stadium | 47,778 | Saturday, 20 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 17.15 (117) | Template:AFL Syd | 12.7 (79) | The Gabba | 25,720 | Sunday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 21.12 (138) | Template:AFL WB | 14.11 (95) | AAMI Stadium | 41,247 | Sunday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 14.13 (97) | Template:AFL StK | 22.8 (140) | Colonial Stadium | 33,813 | Sunday, 21 July Template:S-end

Round 17

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 7.11 (53) | Template:AFL Ess | 7.12 (54) | MCG | 39,650 | Friday, 26 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 10.8 (68) | Template:AFL BL | 18.16 (124) | MCG | 35,202 | Saturday, 27 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 17.12 (114) | Template:AFL Col | 8.8 (56) | Subiaco Oval | 38,877 | Saturday, 27 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL Mel | 17.10 (112) | AAMI Stadium | 25,283 | Saturday, 27 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 13.14 (92) | Template:AFL Car | 10.9 (69) | Stadium Australia | 34,404 | Saturday, 27 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 12.18 (90) | Template:AFL Ade | 15.3 (93) | Skilled Stadium | 24,325 | Sunday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 18.10 (118) | Template:AFL Fre | 11.13 (79) | Optus Oval | 8,078 | Sunday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 21.13 (139) | Template:AFL Kan | 16.9 (105) | Colonial Stadium | 31,576 | Sunday, 28 July Template:S-end

Round 18

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 21.15 (141) | Template:AFL Car | 4.9 (33) | MCG | 54,233 | Friday, 2 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 7.9 (51) | Template:AFL Kan | 17.13 (115) | Skilled Stadium | 23,163 | Saturday, 3 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 14.12 (96) | Template:AFL Haw | 4.11 (35) | Subiaco Oval | 24,332 | Saturday, 3 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 11.5 (71) | Template:AFL BL | 16.12 (108) | Colonial Stadium | 43,036 | Saturday, 3 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 16.9 (105) | Template:AFL StK | 9.9 (63) | AAMI Stadium | 22,885 | Saturday, 3 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 15.8 (98) | Template:AFL Ade | 17.14 (116) | SCG | 18,766 | Sunday, 4 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 14.10 (94) | Template:AFL Ric | 14.15 (99) | MCG | 28,815 | Sunday, 4 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 22.10 (142) | Template:AFL WC | 14.7 (91) | Optus Oval | 11,809 | Sunday, 4 August Template:S-end

Round 19

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 15.15 (105) | Template:AFL Col | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 53,750 | Friday, 9 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 5.15 (45) | Template:AFL | 7.12 (54) | Optus Oval | 14,115 | Saturday, 10 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Fre | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 19,519 | Saturday, 10 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 14.21 (105) | Template:AFL WB | 9.13 (67) | The Gabba | 27,443 | Saturday, 10 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 15.7 (97) | Template:AFL Syd | 22.12 (144) | SCG | 14,776 | Saturday, 10 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 18.16 (124) | Template:AFL Ess | 11.10 (76) | AAMI Stadium | 43,720 | Sunday, 11 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL Mel | 15.16 (106) | Subiaco Oval | 36,195 | Sunday, 11 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 15.11 (101) | Template:AFL Gee | 16.6 (102) | Colonial Stadium | 25,552 | Sunday, 11 August Template:S-end

Round 20

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 16.11 (107) | Template:AFL Haw | 13.15 (93) | MCG | 39,391 | Friday, 16 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 17.15 (117) | Template:AFL Gee | 11.6 (72) | Subiaco Oval | 22,610 | Saturday, 17 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 17.12 (114) | Template:AFL Car | 15.5 (95) | Colonial Stadium | 23,532 | Saturday, 17 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 19.12 (126) | Template:AFL Col | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 69,613 | Saturday, 17 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 20.16 (136) | Template:AFL WC | 13.11 (89) | The Gabba | 29,436 | Saturday, 17 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 12.12 (84) | Template:AFL Ade | 11.10 (76) | AAMI Stadium | 50,275 | Sunday, 18 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 12.15 (87) | Template:AFL StK | 12.8 (80) | SCG | 16,079 | Sunday, 18 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 15.17 (107) | Template:AFL WB | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 29,225 | Sunday, 18 August Template:S-end

Round 21

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 16.8 (104) | Template:AFL Kan | 17.17 (119) | MCG | 32,393 | Friday, 23 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 7.13 (55) | Template:AFL BL | 16.14 (110) | Skilled Stadium | 24,003 | Saturday, 24 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 11.11 (77) | Template:AFL Syd | 23.7 (145) | MCG | 27,146 | Saturday, 24 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 10.5 (65) | Template:AFL | 14.19 (103) | Subiaco Oval | 36,502 | Saturday, 24 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 14.13 (97) | Template:AFL Car | 15.9 (99) | Colonial Stadium | 22,938 | Saturday, 24 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL Ric | 9.11 (65) | AAMI Stadium | 42,878 | Sunday, 25 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 11.11 (77) | Template:AFL StK | 9.12 (66) | MCG | 42,056 | Sunday, 25 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 13.15 (93) | Template:AFL Fre | 10.12 (72) | Colonial Stadium | 32,667 | Sunday, 25 August Template:S-end

Round 22

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 8.9 (57) | Template:AFL Haw | 11.9 (75) | Colonial Stadium | 41,600 | Friday, 30 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 10.13 (73) | Template:AFL WB | 17.12 (114) | MCG | 43,894 | Saturday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 13.12 (90) | Template:AFL BL | 13.6 (84) | AAMI Stadium | 46,439 | Saturday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 18.9 (117) | Template:AFL Mel | 20.15 (135) | Colonial Stadium | 34,185 | Saturday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL Ric | 11.10 (76) | Telstra Stadium | 40,386 | Saturday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 18.18 (126) | Template:AFL WC | 22.11 (143) | Manuka Oval | 11,613 | Sunday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 12.8 (80) | Template:AFL Ade | 17.18 (120) | Subiaco Oval | 21,610 | Sunday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 5.7 (37) | Template:AFL Ess | 12.20 (92) | MCG | 46,649 | Sunday, 1 September Template:S-end

Ladder

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Ladder progression

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Finals series

Week one

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL Col | 16.12 (108) | AAMI Stadium | 33,131 | Friday, 6 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 17.9 (111) | Template:AFL WC | 11.12 (78) | Colonial Stadium | 37,475 | Saturday, 7 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 17.13 (115) | Template:AFL Ade | 5.14 (44) | The Gabba | 31,854 | Saturday, 7 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Kan | 11.18 (84) | MCG | 53,967 | Sunday, 8 September Template:S-end

Week two

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home Team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 11.17 (83) | Template:AFL Ess | 8.11 (59) | AAMI Stadium | 27,661 | Friday, 13 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 20.10 (130) | Template:AFL Mel | 17.16 (118) | MCG | 51,533 | Saturday, 14 September Template:S-end

Note: Adelaide played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Melbourne due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.

Week three

Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 13.13 (91) | Template:AFL Ade | 9.9 (63) | MCG | 88,960 | Saturday, 21 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 21.12 (138) | Template:AFL | 12.10 (82) | The Gabba | 33,047 | Saturday, 21 September Template:S-end

Week four

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Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 9.12 (66) | Template:AFL BL | 10.15 (75) | MCG | 91,817 | Saturday, 28 September Template:S-end

Match attendance

Total match attendance for all games was 5,643,908 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 91,817 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 84,894 people for the Collingwood v Essendon game in round 5.

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Simon Black of the Brisbane Lions.
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Luke Darcy of the Western Bulldogs and Michael Voss of the Brisbane Lions.
  • This was the first year for this award under this name. Previously, it was the AFL Players Association MVP Award.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to David Neitz of Melbourne.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Nathan Buckley of Collingwood.
• The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Nick Riewoldt of St Kilda.

Notable events

• For the first time since 1965, no player kicked ten goals or more in a match.
• Template:AFL Col appeared in the finals for the first time since 1994, breaking an eight year drought, the longest in club history. They won their first final in twelve years since their last premiership in 1990, also the longest drought of finals wins in club history.
• Template:AFL Car won the wooden spoon for the first time. Carlton was the last of the twelve traditional Victorian clubs to win the wooden spoon in the VFL/AFL.
• Template:AFL Car played only four home games at Optus Oval, after arranging a deal to play four home games at Colonial Stadium. In order for the AFL to meet its contractual obligation to stage nine games per year at Optus Oval, six neutral games between a low-drawing Victorian team and an interstate team were staged at the venue. The unpopular venture was not repeated, as all of the home teams in these neutral games lost money due to poor crowds and, in many cases, conflicting sponsorship deals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Even though Adelaide was entitled to a home semi-final after losing its qualifying final to Brisbane, the game was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground due to the agreement which required at least one game to be played at the ground during each week of the finals.
• At the end of the season, the Carlton Football Club was found to have systematically breached the salary cap in 2000 and 2001. The club was fined and stripped of draft picks in the following two drafts, hampering their on-field results and long-term playing list rebuild in subsequent seasons.
• Sydney coach Rodney Eade resigned following round 12, after the Swans slumped to 14th on the ladder. He was eventually replaced by Paul Roos on a full-time basis, despite the board pushing for Terry Wallace, who resigned as coach of the Western Bulldogs with one round to play in the regular season, to be appointed.<ref>Wallace off to Swans, say Dogs, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 August 2002</ref> Roos would later coach the side to the premiership in 2005 before stepping down at the end of the 2010 season.<ref>Swans shock: Eade, Lockett depart, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2002</ref><ref>Swans jump to new coach Roos, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 2002</ref>

References

• 2002 Season – AFL Tables