10 and all of them in 50 years.
Richmond have won 10 Premierships. The years that they have won was in: 1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980
After some research, I believe the answer to be that there are 3 different people who answer to achieving the most premierships as VFL-AFL players and coaches: The first was Jock McHale, who won 2 premierships solely as a player for Collingwood - the first being in 1903 - his first year at the club. He then went on to coach Collingwood to a record 8 premierships = 10 total premierhips. The second was Norm Smith, who played for Melbourne Football Club from 1937. He played in 4 premierships for the club. Later he went on to coach 6 premierships over an 11 year period = 10 total premierhips. The third was Ron Barassi, who played for Melbourne, winning 6 Premierhips as a player only with that club. Following his time at Melbourne, he accepted a coaching opportunity with Carlton, which club won 2 premierships during his short stay with the club. He then went on to coach North Melbourne for a further 2 premierships = 10 total premierships! However, of those premierhips, some won by Ron Barassi and Jock McHale were achieved as playing coaches.
they won their fifteenth on 2/10/10
Brisbane Lions were very fortunate enough to win 3 back-to-back premierships not so long after the team was entered into the AFL draw. The club won the 2001, 2002 and 2003 premierships, as I recall.
As at the end of the 2010 season... Essendon 16 Carlton 16 Collingwood 15 Melbourne 12 Richmond 10 Hawthorn 10 Fitzroy 8 Geelong 8 South Melbourne / Sydney 4 North Melbourne / Kangaroos 4 West Coast 3 Brisbane Lions 3 Adelaide 2 St Kilda 1 Port Adelaide 1 Footscray / Western Bulldogs 1 University 0 Brisbane Bears 0 Fremantle* 0* *Fremantle is the only current team to not have won a premiership. They've never played in a grand final.
The best AFL team would be either the team/s which has/have won the most premierships, or if one is meaning in current terms, then the best team is that which most recently won the premiership. Carlton and Essendon have won the most Premierships at 16 each, but Collingwood has played in the most grand finals - at 42 and lags just behind them at 15 premierships. Geelong, however, has won the most recent, 2011, premiership - and in fact, three of the last five premierships, and would have to qualify for current title as "the best team in the AFL".
The first regular season AFL game was between the Broncos and Patriots in September 1960. The Broncos won 13-10.
They won the first game in the AFL 13-10 over the Boston Patriots.
1989 - 1990 was the transition from VFL to AFL. The Collingwood football club won the first AFL premiership in 1990.
As part of the AFL (1960-1970), the Denver Broncos had no division titles. As an AFC team in the NFL, Denver has won 10 division championships, 6 conference championships, and 2 Super Bowls (XXXII and XXXIII).
Liverpool won the most division one championships winning it 18 times. Manchester United won division one 7 times. Manchester United have won the most premierships winning it 10 times.Liverpool have never won the premiership.