For the men's season see 2024
Coach - Michael Stinear
Captain - Kate Hore
Finishing Position: 9th
Best and Fairest - Kate Hore
Leading Goalkicker - Alyssa Bannan - 12
Major Sponsors: Hertz
| Practice matches | Ladder | Playing list | Best and Fairest | ||
After five consecutive finals seasons, Melbourne was expected to make the top eight again despite the loss of premiership players Libby Birch, Maddie Gay, Casey Sherriff and Eliza West through trades in the off-season. Their thin list couldn't withstand a number of serious injuries to first choice players, including to Olivia Purcell (face), Tayla Harris (shoulder) and Lauren Pearce (wrist). For the first time in the club's history they lost four consecutive games, and were fielding replacement players by Round 6. That was the turning point of their year, and five wins in the last six games saw them fall just short in the final round. After beating Collingwood in they sat inside the eight, before being passed by ((Essendon later in the round.
Alongside Captain Kate Hore, the leadership group was vice-captain Tyla Hanks, Sarah Lampard and Paxy Paxman.
Due to a condensed fixture, Melbourne played two games in Round 7.c
Practice matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Carlton | LOSS | 38-40 | |||
| Port Adelaide | LOSS | 52-62 | |||
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Geelong | WIN | 42-40 | ||
| 2 | Brisbane Lions | LOSS | 15-33 | ||
| 3 | North Melbourne | LOSS | 21-71 | ||
| 4 | Fremantle | LOSS | 41-47 | ||
| 5 | Essendon | LOSS | 7-72 | ||
| 6 | Greater Western Sydney | WIN | 41-25 | ||
| 7A | Adelaide | WIN | 16-14 | ||
| 7B | St Kilda | WIN | 44-30 | ||
| 8 | Richmond | WIN | 51-13 | ||
| 9 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 17-23 | ||
| 10 | Collingwood | WIN | 74-27 | ||
Playing list
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Georgia Campbell | 10 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Olivia Purcell | 4 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Alyssia Pisano | 8 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Paxy Paxman | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Tyla Hanks | 11 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Alyssa Bannan | 11 | 12 | ||
| 7 | Tayla Harris | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Sarah Lampard | 11 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Georgia Gall | 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Kate Hore | 10 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Delany Madigan | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Ryleigh Wotherspoon | 10 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Maeve Chaplin | 11 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Lily Mithen | 11 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Lauren Pearce | 4 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Grace Beasley | 3 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Tahlia Gillard | 11 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Denby Taylor | 7 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Grace Hill | 8 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Aimee Mackin | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Eliza McNamara | 10 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Sinead Goldrick | 10 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Megan Fitzsimon | 11 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Jacinta Hose | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Rhiannon Watt | 11 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Saraid Taylor | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Eden Zanker | 8 | 6 | ||
| 30 | Shelley Heath | 11 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Blaithin Mackin | 7 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Gabrielle Colvin | 7 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Lily Johnson | 5 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Sarah D'Arcy | 2 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Sophie Casey | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Jo Lin | 0 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Jemma Rigoni | 0 | 0 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| North Melbourne | 10 | 1 | 0 | 315.38 | 42 |
| Hawthorn | 10 | 0 | 1 | 193.20 | 40 |
| Brisbane Lions | 9 | 0 | 2 | 182.39 | 36 |
| Adelaide | 8 | 0 | 3 | 173.33 | 32 |
| Fremantle | 8 | 0 | 3 | 136.03 | 32 |
| Port Adelaide | 7 | 0 | 4 | 118.41 | 28 |
| Richmond | 6 | 1 | 4 | 131.16 | 26 |
| Essendon | 6 | 1 | 4 | 104.74 | 26 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 5 | 87.86 | 24 |
| Geelong | 4 | 1 | 6 | 109.61 | 18 |
| St Kilda | 4 | 0 | 7 | 95.71 | 16 |
| Western Bulldogs | 4 | 0 | 7 | 63.12. | 16 |
| West Coast | 4 | 0 | 7 | 62.87 | 16 |
| Carlton | 4 | 0 | 7 | 50.00 | 16 |
| Sydney | 3 | 0 | 8 | 73.42 | 12 |
| Greater Western Sydney | 1 | 1 | 9 | 70.43 | 6 |
| Gold Coast | 1 | 1 | 9 | 54.66 | 6 |
| Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 10 | 44.30 | 4 |
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 2 | Eliza McNamara | Rough conduct | $400 fine | ||
| Round 3 | Lily Mithen | Engaging in melee | $200 fine | ||
| Round 3 | Alyssa Bannan | Engaging in melee | $200 fine | ||
| Round 8 | Shelley Heath | Umpire contact | $100 fine | ||
| Round 8 | Kate Hore | Wrestling | $100 fine | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 1st | Kate Hore | 70 | |||
| 2nd | Tyla Hanks | 68 | |||
| 3rd | Maeve Chaplin | 67 | |||
Other awards
Coaches award - Maeve Chaplin
Demon Spirit award - Megan Fitzsimon
Club Ambassador award - Saraid Taylor
AFLW Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| Kate Hore | 12 | ||||
| Tyla Hanks | 8 | ||||
| Blaithin Mackin | 4 | ||||
| Alyssa Bannan | 3 | ||||
| Olivia Purcell | 2 | ||||
| Eliza McNamara | 1 | ||||
| Paxy Paxman | 1 | ||||
| Eden Zanker | 1 | ||||
Coaches Association Player of the Year votes
TBD
Coaching staff
Shae Sloane - Forwards
Vincent Chungue - Midfield
Matt Brewer - Defenders
Dale Amos - Skills Acquisition
Justin Crough - Ruck
Sam Batterton - High Performance
Jon Stinear - Development and Runner
Max Viney - Tackling and Grappling
Ben Brown - Talls specialist
Ally Kirkwood - Development
Caitlin Conroy - Development
Media
melbournefc.com.au - 27/06/2024, 05/07/2024. 07/12/2025