Coach - Michael Stinear
Captains - Daisy Pearce
Finishing Position: 4th
Best and Fairest - Karen Paxman and Tyla Hanks
Leading Goalkicker - Kate Hore (12)
Major Sponsor: Hertz
Behind Daisy Pearce and vice-captain Karen Paxman, the leadership group included Tyla Hanks, Libby Birch, Maddie Gay, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen and Kate Hore.
The competition returned to one ladder after the previous use of A and B conferences. In a season extended to nine games for the first time, Melbourne won their last four home and away games to qualify for the finals, they made the Preliminary Final before being defeated.
Fixtures were regularly altered due to COVID19 related travel restrictions. Melbourne was originally scheduled to play St Kilda in Round 3 before the opposition became North Melbourne. For the rest of the season the fixture was gradually announced. They won four matches in a row to qualify for their second consecutive finals series, making it to the Preliminary Final before being eliminated.
In Round 8, Jane Lange coached the side in place of Michael Stinear, who was waiting the birth of his child.
Tyla Hanks was named the AFLW's Rising Star for the season.
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Geelong | WIN | 55-34 | |||
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Gold Coast | WIN | 56-21 | ||
| 2 | Richmond | WIN | 44-28 | ||
| 3 | North Melbourne | WIN | 60-51 | ||
| 4 | Western Bulldogs | LOSS | 24-37 | ||
| 5 | Collingwood | LOSS | 14-49 | ||
| 6 | St. Kilda | WIN | 66-22 | ||
| 7 | Adelaide | WIN | 43-28 | ||
| 8 | Fremantle | WIN | 37-32 | ||
| 9 | Brisbane | WIN | 38-36 | ||
| QF | Fremantle | WIN | 40-23 | ||
| PF | Adelaide | LOSS | 15-33 | ||
Playing list
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Tegan Cunningham | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Meg Downie | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Maddie Gay | 9 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Karen Paxman | 11 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Tyla Hanks | 11 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Daisy Pearce | 9 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Shae Sloane | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Sarah Lampard | 9 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Libby Birch | 11 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Kate Hore | 10 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Chantel Emonson | 8 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Shelley Scott | 11 | 10 | ||
| 13 | Mietta Kendall | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Lily Mithen | 11 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Lauren Pearce | 11 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Alyssa Bannan | 11 | 6 | ||
| 17 | Niamh McEvoy | 3 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Casey Sherriff | 11 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Jacqueline Parry | 11 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Brenna Tarrant | 9 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Maggie Caris | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Eliza McNamara | 11 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Sinead Goldrick | 6 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Megan Fitzsimon | 2 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Isabella Simmons | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Lauren Magee | 7 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Eden Zanker | 11 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Shelley Heath | 11 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Krstel Petrevski | 2 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Gabrielle Colvin | 11 | 0 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Adelaide | 7 | 0 | 2 | 208.41 | 28 |
| Brisbane | 7 | 0 | 2 | 195.0 | 28 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 2 | 190.53 | 28 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 2 | 130.38 | 28 |
| Fremantle | 6 | 0 | 3 | 185.15 | 24 |
| North Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 3 | 142.48 | 24 |
| Carlton | 5 | 0 | 4 | 125.76 | 20 |
| Western Bulldogs | 5 | 0 | 4 | 88.24 | 20 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 4 | 0 | 5 | 74.07 | 16 |
| Richmond | 3 | 0 | 6 | 84.55 | 12 |
| St. Kilda | 3 | 0 | 6 | 69.57 | 12 |
| West Coast | 2 | 0 | 7 | 53.01 | 8 |
| Geelong | 1 | 0 | 8 | 40.20 | 4 |
| Gold Coast | 0 | 0 | 9 | 36.51 | 0 |
Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 1st | Tyla Hanks | 64 | |||
| 1st | Karen Paxman | 64 | |||
| 3rd | Lauren Pearce | 57 | |||
| 4th | Kate Hore | 55 | |||
| 5th | Lily Mithen | 47 | |||
| 6th | Eden Zanker | 46 | |||
| 6th | Shelley Heath | 46 | |||
| 8th | Shelley Scott | 45 | |||
| 9th | Maddison Gay | 44 | |||
| 10th | Tegan Cunningham | 37 | |||
| 10th | Jacqueline Parry | 10 | |||
| 10th | Libby Birch | 10 | |||
| 13th | Eliza McNamara | 34 | |||
| 14th | Daisy Pearce | 33 | |||
| 14th | Gabby Colvin | 33 | |||
| 16th | Casey Sherriff | 31 | |||
| 17th | Sarah Lampard | 29 | |||
| 18th | Alyssa Bannan | 27 | |||
| 19th | Sinead Goldrick | 26 | |||
| 20th | Brenna Tarrant | 21 | |||
| 21st | Lauren Magee | 17 | |||
| 22nd | Chantel Emonson | 16 | |||
| 23rd | Meg Downie | 8 | |||
| 24th | Niamh McEvoy | 5 | |||
| 25th | Krstel Petrevski | 4 | |||
| 26th | Megan Fitzsimon | 3 | |||
Other award winner
Trademark player - Shelley Scott
AFL Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| Karen Paxman | 13 | ||||
| Tyla Hanks | 8 | ||||
| Lily Mithen | 5 | ||||
| Lauren Pearce | 4 | ||||
| Eden Zanker | 4 | ||||
| Tegan Cunningham | 3 | ||||
| Daisy Pearce | 3 | ||||
| Shelley Scott | 2 | ||||
Coaches Award
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 42 | Tyla Hanks | ||||
| 40 | Karen Paxman | ||||
| 23 | Eden Zanker | ||||
| 17 | Kate Hore | ||||
| 15 | Lily Mithen | ||||
| 9 | Lauren Pearce | ||||
| 7 | Shelley Scott | ||||
| 4 | Eliza McNamara | ||||
| 3 | Maddie Gay Sinead Goldrick | ||||
| 2 | Alyssa Bannan Tegan Cunningham Daisy Pearce | ||||
| 1 | Shelley Heath | ||||
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 2 | Lily Mithen | Rough conduct (Dangerous tackle) | $400 fine | ||
Coaching staff
Jane Lange - Senior Assistant Coach/Forward Coach
Peter Mercoulia - Assistant Coach - Midfield
Pat McKenna - Assistant Coach - Defence
Brooke Patterson - Defence development coach
Tamara Hyett - Midfield development coach
Jon Stinear - Forward development coach
Justin Crough - Ruck/stoppage development coach
Media
melbournefc.com.au - 16/01/2021