2026 AFL season
| 2026 AFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 March – 26 September 2026 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Total attendance | 575,066 (41,076 per match) |
| Highest | 82,528 (Opening Round, St Kilda v Collingwood) |
Updated to the end of round 1. | |
The 2026 AFL season is the 130th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season features 18 clubs and will run from 5 March to 26 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season over 25 rounds, with a five-week finals series featuring the top ten clubs to occur for the first time.