The AFL belt's wildest and quietest seasons

The seasons the belt changed hands most, and the ones it hardly moved.

Some seasons the belt barely moves. Others it gets passed around like a hot potato. Here are the seasons it changed hands most, and the ones where it hardly moved.

Busiest seasons

1. 2024: 14 title changes among 10 clubs; Brisbane Lions finished with it.
2. 2020: 13 title changes among 10 clubs; Richmond finished with it.
3. 2018: 12 title changes among 7 clubs; West Coast Eagles finished with it.
4. 2017: 11 title changes among 8 clubs; Richmond finished with it.
5. 2021: 10 title changes among 9 clubs; Melbourne finished with it.

Quietest seasons

1. 2022: 5 title changes. Melbourne carried it in and Geelong carried it out.
2. 2019: 7 title changes. West Coast Eagles carried it in and Richmond carried it out.
3. 2023: 9 title changes. Geelong carried it in and Collingwood carried it out.
4. 2021: 10 title changes. Richmond carried it in and Melbourne carried it out.
5. 2025: 10 title changes. Brisbane Lions carried it in and Brisbane Lions carried it out.

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