Years: 1997 -

Home grounds: Carrara, Gabba

First game: Round 12, 1997 at MCG
First AFLW game: Round 1, 2017 at Casey Fields

Formed as a merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy at the end of 1996, the Lions had a rocky start to life as a merged club but soon won three consecutive premierships.

Melbourne's AFLW team played their first premiership match against the Lions, and won their first premiership against them in the 2022 AFLW spring season.

AFL

Wins	Draws	Losses	%
17	0	17	50.00

(to end 2022)

Biggest Win

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	95	Round 18, 1998	MCG
2	64	Round 15, 2022	MCG
3	63	Round 9, 2016	MCG
4	58	Round, 23 2022	Gabba
4	50	Round 5, 2010	MCG
5	33	Qualifying Final 2021	Adelaide Oval
6	26	Round 2, 2018	Gabba
7	24	Round 16, 2015	MCG
8	22	Round 12, 2021	Sydney Showgrounds
9	21	Round 14, 2002	Gabba
10	18	Round 10, 2000	Docklands

Highest Score

	Score	Round	Venue
1	22.19.151	Round 18, 1998	MCG
2	20.11.131	Round 14, 2002	Gabba
2	19.17.131	Round 9, 2016	MCG
4	16.21.117	Round 15, 2022	MCG
5	18.7.115	Round 23, 2022	Gabba
6	15.14.104	Round 21, 1999	MCG
7	15.13.103	Round 5, 2010	MCG
8	15.12.102	Round 10, 2000	Docklands
9	15.10.100	Round 3, 1998	Gabba
9	15.10.100	Round 22, 2017	MCG
9	14.16.100	Round 2, 2018	Gabba

Biggest Loss

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	85	Round 12, 1997	MCG
2	74	Round 14, 2005	Gabba
3	61	Round 14, 2012	Gabba
4	60	Round 10, 2003	Gabba
5	55	Round 21, 1999	MCG
5	55	Round 13, 2009	Gabba
6	52	Round 6, 2008	Gabba
7	49	Round 12, 2001	Gabba
8	44	Round 15, 2007	Gabba
10	41	Round 1, 2012	MCG

Lowest Score

	Score	Round	Venue
1	7.7.49	Round 8, 2020	Gabba
2	7.8.50	Round 12, 1997	MCG
3	6.15.51	Round 19, 2014	Docklands
4	8.8.56	Round 13, 2009	Gabba
5	8.12.60	Round 16, 2015	MCG
6	8.13.61	Round 14, 2012	Gabba
7	9.9.63	Round 10, 2003	Gabba
8	10.10.70	Round 6, 1999	Gabba
9	11.8.74	Round 18, 2010	Gabba
9	11.8.74	Round 15, 2019	Gabba

Shared Players

1990s
Martin Pike

2000s
Nick Carter
Travis Johnstone

2010s
Mitch Clark
Stefan Martin
Brent Moloney
2020s
Josh Schache

AFLW

Wins	Draws	Losses	%
6	0	2	75.00

(to end 2022 spring)

Biggest Win

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	39	Round 3, 2019	Hickey Park
2	6	Round 5, 2018	Casey Fields
3	4	Preliminary Final, 2022 summer season	MCG
3	4	Grand Final , 2022 spring season	((Springfield
5	3	Round 7, 2022	Carrara
6	2	Round 9, 2021	Casey Fields

Highest Score

	Score	Round	Venue
1	9.6.60	Round 3, 2019	Hickey Park
2	6.2.38	Round 9, 2021	Casey Fields
3	5.5.35	Round 7, 2022	Carrara
4	4.10.34	Round 5, 2018	Casey Fields
5	5.3.33	Preliminary Final 2022	MCG
6	4.3.27	Round 3, 2022 spring season	Casey Fields
7	2.7.19	Grand Final , 2022 spring season	((Springfield
8	1.4.10	Round 1, 2017	Casey Fields

Biggest Loss

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	15	Round 4, 2022 spring season	Casey Fields
1	15	Round 1, 2017	Casey Fields

Shared players

2020s
Tayla Harris