2022 AFL Women's season 7
2022 AFL Women's season 7 was the seventh season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season began on 25 August and ran until 27 November, and was the second AFL Women's season to take place in the 2022 calendar year. The season was the first to feature 18 clubs, an increase from 14 the previous season, and the first to have an August start date. The season comprised ten home-and-away rounds, just as the previous season was scheduled to before it was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs, like in the Australian Football League (AFL), took place for the first time.
| 2022 AFL Women's season 7 | |
|---|---|
Melbourne players celebrate after winning the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final | |
| Date | 25 August—27 November 2022 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Premiers | Melbourne 1st premiership |
| Runners-up | Brisbane 3rd runners-up result |
| Minor premiers | Brisbane 2nd minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | Ally Anderson (Brisbane) 21 votes |
| Leading goalkicker | Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane) 19 goals |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 99 |
| Total attendance | 265,950 (2,686 per match) |
| Highest (H&A) | 20,652 (round 6, Port Adelaide v Adelaide) |
| Highest (finals) | 7,412 (grand final, Brisbane v Melbourne) |
Adelaide was the reigning premier, but lost to Brisbane in the preliminary finals. Brisbane won the minor premiership by finishing atop the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season with a 9–1 win/loss record, but finished runners-up. Melbourne won its first AFL Women's premiership, defeating Brisbane by four points in the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final, played at Brighton Homes Arena.