| pos | | pl | w | d | l | pts | f | a | % |
| 1 | NME | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 1471 | 1235 | 119.1 |
| 2 | CAR | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 1679 | 1328 | 126.4 |
| 3 | COL | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 1616 | 1308 | 123.5 |
| 4 | ESS | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 1649 | 1366 | 120.7 |
| 5 | MEL | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 1516 | 1341 | 113.0 |
| 6 | RIC | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 1733 | 1485 | 116.7 |
| 7 | FIT | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 1488 | 1521 | 97.8 |
| 8 | GEE | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 1722 | 1540 | 111.8 |
| 9 | FOO | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 1211 | 1444 | 83.9 |
| 10 | SME | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 1343 | 1669 | 80.5 |
| 11 | STK | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 1272 | 1730 | 73.5 |
| 12 | HAW | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 1153 | 1886 | 61.1 |
| rd | date | team score | | opponent | result | venue | h/a | net | rank | opp | line | swing | new net |
| 1 | Sat Apr 16 | 18. | 12 | 120 | v | HAW | 9. | 3 | 57 | W | 63 | Windy Hill | H | +31.2 | 1/12 | -23.6 | +55 | +0.8 | +32.0 | ≡ |
| 2 | Sat Apr 23 | 10. | 15 | 75 | v | NME | 7. | 14 | 56 | W | 19 | Arden St | A | +32.0 | 1/12 | -14.9 | +47 | -2.8 | +29.2 | ≡ |
| 3 | Sat Apr 30 | 13. | 16 | 94 | v | STK | 5. | 15 | 45 | W | 49 | Junction Oval | A | +29.2 | 1/12 | -37.9 | +67 | -1.8 | +27.4 | ≡ |
| 4 | Sat May 07 | 6. | 9 | 45 | v | CAR | 7. | 22 | 64 | L | 19 | Windy Hill | H | +27.4 | 1/12 | +20.3 | +7 | -2.6 | +24.8 | ≡ |
| 5 | Sat May 14 | 11. | 18 | 84 | v | RIC | 9. | 15 | 69 | W | 15 | Windy Hill | H | +24.8 | 1/12 | +15.4 | +9 | +0.6 | +25.4 | ≡ |
| 6 | Sat May 21 | 12. | 9 | 81 | v | COL | 11. | 16 | 82 | L | 1 | Victoria Park | A | +25.4 | 1/12 | +12.6 | +13 | -1.4 | +24.0 | ≡ |
| 7 | Sat May 28 | 11. | 9 | 75 | v | MEL | 13. | 12 | 90 | L | 15 | Windy Hill | H | +24.0 | 2/12 | +5.3 | +19 | -3.4 | +20.6 | ≡ |
| 8 | Sat Jun 04 | 10. | 12 | 72 | v | WBD | 7. | 17 | 59 | W | 13 | Western Oval | A | +20.6 | 3/12 | -14.3 | +35 | -2.2 | +18.4 | ≡ |
| 9 | Sat Jun 11 | 12. | 9 | 81 | v | SYD | 15. | 16 | 106 | L | 25 | Lake Oval | A | +18.4 | 4/12 | -8.2 | +39 | -6.4 | +12.0 | ≡ |
| 10 | Sat Jun 18 | 8. | 19 | 67 | v | FIT | 10. | 10 | 70 | L | 3 | Windy Hill | H | +12.0 | 4/12 | -3.3 | +15 | -1.8 | +10.2 | ≡ |
| 11 | Sat Jul 02 | 11. | 6 | 72 | v | GEE | 25. | 17 | 167 | L | 95 | Kardinia Park | A | +10.2 | 4/12 | +5.3 | +5 | -10.0 | +0.2 | ≡ |
| 12 | Sat Jul 09 | 16. | 16 | 112 | v | HAW | 7. | 0 | 42 | W | 70 | Glenferrie Oval | A | +0.2 | 7/12 | -33.4 | +34 | +3.6 | +3.9 | ≡ |
| 13 | Sat Jul 16 | 8. | 22 | 70 | v | NME | 6. | 13 | 49 | W | 21 | Windy Hill | H | +3.9 | 7/12 | +9.3 | -5 | +2.6 | +6.5 | ≡ |
| 14 | Sat Jul 23 | 13. | 17 | 95 | v | STK | 9. | 10 | 64 | W | 31 | Windy Hill | H | +6.5 | 7/12 | -33.8 | +40 | -0.9 | +5.6 | ≡ |
| 15 | Sat Jul 30 | 17. | 11 | 113 | v | CAR | 11. | 16 | 82 | W | 31 | Princes Park | A | +5.6 | 7/12 | +12.9 | -7 | +3.8 | +9.4 | ≡ |
| 16 | Sat Aug 06 | 11. | 12 | 78 | v | RIC | 7. | 14 | 56 | W | 22 | Punt Rd | A | +9.4 | 5/12 | -0.3 | +10 | +1.2 | +10.6 | ≡ |
| 17 | Sat Aug 13 | 16. | 21 | 117 | v | COL | 10. | 11 | 71 | W | 46 | Windy Hill | H | +10.6 | 4/12 | +19.7 | -9 | +5.5 | +16.1 | ≡ |
| 18 | Sat Aug 20 | 15. | 11 | 101 | v | MEL | 11. | 10 | 76 | W | 25 | M.C.G. | A | +16.1 | 1/12 | +13.1 | +3 | +2.2 | +18.3 | ≡ |
| 19 | Sat Aug 27 | 14. | 13 | 97 | v | WBD | 8. | 13 | 61 | W | 36 | Windy Hill | H | +18.3 | 1/12 | -1.7 | +20 | +1.6 | +19.9 | ≡ |
| SF | Sat Sep 03 | 20. | 16 | 136 | v | COL | 8. | 6 | 54 | W | 82 | M.C.G. | H | +19.9 | 1/12 | +9.8 | +10 | +7.2 | +27.1 | ≡ |
| PF | Sat Sep 17 | 11. | 12 | 78 | v | NME | 9. | 7 | 61 | W | 17 | M.C.G. | H | +27.1 | 1/12 | +11.4 | +16 | +0.1 | +27.2 | ≡ |
| GF | Sat Sep 24 | 18. | 17 | 125 | v | CAR | 6. | 16 | 52 | W | 73 | M.C.G. | H | +27.2 | 1/12 | +8.6 | +19 | +5.4 | +32.7 | ≡ |