1945 VFL season

1945 VFL premiership season
Carlton Football Club, premiers
Teams12
PremiersCarlton
7th premiership
Minor premiersSouth Melbourne
6th minor premiership
Brownlow MedallistNot awarded
Fred Fanning (Melbourne)
Matches played124
Highest62,986

The 1945 VFL season was the 49th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 21 April until 29 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the seventh time, after it defeated South Melbourne by 28 points in the 1945 VFL Grand Final.