Membership Figures
Richmond's Membership figures from 1885 - current.
Sourced from Minute Books, Newspaper reports, Annual Reports.
Year in bold indicated Premiership year.
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Membership Year | Total Members
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| VFA | |
| 1885 | 300 |
| 1886 | 318 |
| 1887 | 282 |
| 1888 | |
| 1889 | 391 |
| 1890 | |
| 1891 | 231 |
| 1892 | 306 |
| 1893 | |
| 1894 | |
| 1895 | 149 |
| 1896 | 233 |
| 1897 | 81 |
| 1898 | 108 |
| 1899 | 167 |
| 1900 | 196 |
| 1901 | 328 |
| 1902 | 556 (1 Sept The Age says '800') |
| 1903 | |
| 1904 | |
| 1905 | 600 (est) |
| 1906 | 820 (est) |
| 1907 | |
Membership Year | Total Members
|
| VFL | |
| 1908 | 1,300 (approx) |
| 1909 | 2,000 (approx) |
| 1910 | 2,000 (approx) |
| 1911 | 2,256 |
| 1912 | 2,258 |
| 1913 | 2,173 |
| 1914 | 2,709 |
| 1915 | 2,200 |
| 1916 | 428 |
| 1917 | 525 |
| 1918 | 1,005 |
| 1919 | 1,700 (approx) |
| 1920 | 5,509 |
| 1921 | 7,144 |
| 1922 | 5,749 (ticket price increased from 5/6 to 7/6) |
| 1923 | 4,224 |
| 1924 | 3,654 |
| 1925 | 4,778 |
| 1926 | 4,023 |
| 1927 | 3,778 |
| 1928 | 4,947 |
| 1929 | 3,909 |
| 1930 | 3,246 |
| 1931 | 2,546 |
| 1932 | 3,053 |
| 1933 | 3,863 |
| 1934 | 3,916 |
| 1935 | 3,784 |
| 1936 | 3,337 |
| 1937 | 2,798 |
| 1938 | 3,353 |
| 1939 | 3,834 |
| 1940 | 3,517 |
| 1941 | 3,055 |
| 1942 | 1,525 |
| 1943 | 1,945 |
| 1944 | 4,095 |
| 1945 | 7,733 |
| 1946 | 5,476 |
| 1947 | 5,946 |
| 1948 | 5,194 |
| 1949 | 5,147 |
| 1950 | 5,276 |
| 1951 | 5,075 |
| 1952 | 4,910 |
| 1953 | 4,640 |
| 1954 | 4,097 |
| 1955 | 5,246 |
| 1956 | 5,215 |
| 1957 | 4,404 |
| 1958 | 5,222 |
| 1959 | 4,493 |
| 1960 | 3,418 |
| 1961 | 3,376 |
| 1962 | 3, 469 |
| 1963 | 4,473 |
| 1964 | 4,620 (adult, scholars) |
| 1965 | 4,292 |
| 1966 | 6,028 |
| 1967 | 6,592 |
| 1968 | 10,994 |
| 1969 | 7,968 |
| 1970 | 8,950 |
| 1971 | 7,920 |
| 1972 | 8,724 |
| 1973 | 10,569 |
| 1974 | 10,787 (adult, scholars) |
| 1975 | 11.008 |
| 1976 | 8,099 (adult, junior , concession) |
| 1977 | 6,513 (adult, junior, concession) |
| 1978 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1980 | 7,695 (adult, junior, student, pension) |
| 1981 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | 7,137 |
| 1986 | 5,772 |
| 1987 | 2,825 |
| 1988 | 3,154 |
| 1989 | 3,607 |
Membership Year | Total Members
|
| AFL | |
| 1990 | 4,974 |
| 1991 | 8,377 |
| 1992 | 8,158 |
| 1993 | 9,918 |
| 1994 | 8,220 |
| 1995 | 14,647 |
| 1996 | 20,308 |
| 1997 | 24,975 |
| 1998 | 27,092 |
| 1999 | 29,047 |
| 2000 | 26,869 |
| 2001 | 26,501 |
| 2002 | 27,251 |
| 2003 | 25,101 |
| 2004 | 27,133 |
| 2005 | 28,029 |
| 2006 | 29,406 |
| 2007 | 30,044 |
| 2008 | 30,820 |
| 2009 | 36,981 |
| 2010 | 35,960 |
| 2011 | 40,184 |
| 2012 | 53,027 |
| 2013 | 60,321 |
| 2014 | 66,122 |
| 2015 | 70,809 |
| 2016 | 72,278 |
| 2017 | 75,777 |
| 2018 | 100,726 |
| 2019 | 103,358 |
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