Longest active premiership droughts

Following Brisbane’s flag win, here’s how the AFL’s unwanted record list stands👇

EDITOR | September 28, 2024 - 7:00am

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Another season is done and dusted and we see the tally for longest premiership droughts in the AFL shuffle, with Brisbane coming back to the front of the queue following their triumphant campaign.

The Lions snapped a 21-year drought to return their drought back down to zero, while Collingwood's ticks over to one.

The Demons' drought-breaking premiership win of 2021 took Melbourne fans from heartbreak to happiness, with their 57-year spell without a flag coming to an end.

Melbourne's win followed in the footsteps of the Bulldogs, Tigers, Swans and Cats to have ended lengthy premiership droughts this century, significantly moving the top of the order for one of the AFL's unwanted record lists.

The outcome of the 2021 Grand Final was not only harrowing for Bulldogs fans but for the St Kilda faithful too, who saw their club placed atop the mantle on the list of longest active premiership droughts.

For so long the Saints sat just behind the Demons in the queue, with their most recent premiership success coming two years after Melbourne's famous 1964 victory.

A number of narrow misses this century have seen the Saints hold onto their unwanted record, and - thanks to the Demons' 2021 glory - they sit on top.

Brisbane's thumping 60-point win over Sydney sees the Lions' dry spell come to an end, while the Swans are still chasing a premiership 12 years on from their last flag.