The2003 AFL season was the 107th season of theAustralian Football League (AFL), the highest level of seniorAustralian 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 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by afinals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by theBrisbane Lions for the third time and third time consecutively, after they defeatedCollingwood by 50 points in theAFL Grand Final.

See2003 AFL draft.

The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup sawAdelaide defeatCollingwood 15.14 (104) to 10.13 (73) in the final.

• The Kangaroos-Richmond game was especially notable for being the comeback of Kangaroos playerJason McCartney from life-threatening burns suffered in the2002 Bali bombings. McCartney retired immediately after the match.

• The Sydney-Collingwood game is notable as it is the highest attended Australian rules football match ever played outside of Victoria.

Total match attendance for all games was 5,872,352 people. Attendance at the grand final was 79,451 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for theSydney vsCollingwood game in round 21.

• TheBrownlow Medal was awarded toMark Ricciuto ofAdelaide,Nathan Buckley ofCollingwood, andAdam Goodes ofSydney.
• TheLeigh Matthews Trophy was awarded toMichael Voss of theBrisbane Lions.
• TheColeman Medal was awarded toMatthew Lloyd ofEssendon.
• TheNorm Smith Medal was awarded toSimon Black of theBrisbane Lions.
• TheAFL Rising Star award was awarded toSam Mitchell ofHawthorn.
• TheWooden Spoon was "awarded" to theWestern Bulldogs for coming last.

• Western Bulldogs captainChris Grant suffered a season-ending knee injury in his side's round one win overGeelong. His absence in the team was severely felt as the Bulldogs ended up finishing last on the AFL ladder.^[1][2]

• Essendon forwardMatthew Lloyd would kick 11 goals in his side's 67-point win in Round 19 over theWestern Bulldogs to surpassSimon Madden as the record holder for most goals kicked by an Essendon player in the club's history.

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