Editing Collingwood Football Club (section)

===Membership===
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|+ Collingwood Membership 1984–present<ref name="lovett_732">{{Harvnb|Lovett|2010|p=732}}</ref>
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Members !! Ladder Position !! %
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|1984||align=left|16,313||align=center|3rd||align=center|—
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|1985||align=left|16,857||align=center|7th||align=left|{{increase}} 3.28%
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|1986||align=left|13,971||align=center|6th||align=left|{{decrease}} 20.65%
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|1987||align=left|9,500||align=center|12th||aalign=left|{{decrease}} 47.06%
|-
|1988||align=left|11,985||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 20.73%
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|1989||align=left|13,620||align=center|5th||align=left|{{increase}} 12.00% 
|-
|1990||align=left|14,808||align=center|1st||align=left|{{increase}} 8.02%
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|1991||align=left|18,469||align=center|7th||align=left|{{increase}} 19.82%
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|1992||align=left|18,921||align=center|5th||align=left|{{increase}} 2.38%
|-
|1993||align=left|21,882||align=center|8th||align=left|{{increase}} 13.53%
|-
|1994||align=left|20,843||align=center|8th||align=left|{{decrease}} 4.98%
|-
|1995||align=left|22,543||align=center|10th||align=left|{{increase}} 7.54%
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|1996||align=left|20,752||align=center|11th||align=left|{{decrease}} 8.63%
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|1997||align=left|22,761||align=center|10th||align=left|{{increase}} 8.82% 
|-
|1998||align=left|27,099||align=center|14th||align=left|{{increase}} 16.00%
|-
|1999||align=left|32,358||align=center|16th||align=left|{{increase}} 16.25%
|-
|2000||align=left|28,932||align=center|15th||align=left|{{decrease}} 11.84%
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|2001||align=left|31,455||align=center|9th||align=left|{{increase}} 8.02%
|-
|2002||align=left|32,549||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 3.36%
|-
|2003||align=left|40,445||align=center|2nd||align=left|{{increase}} 19.54%
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|2004||aalign=left|41,128||align=center|13th||align=left|{{increase}} 1.66% 
|-
|2005||align=left|38,612||align=center|15th||align=left|{{decrease}} 6.51%
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|2006||align=left|38,038||align=center|7th||align=left|{{decrease}} 1.50%
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|2007||align=left|38,587||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 1.42% 
|-
|2008||align=left|26,320||align=center|6th||align=left|{{decrease}} 46.60%
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|2009||aalign=left|45,972||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 42.74%
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|2010||align=left|57,617||align=center|1st||align=left|{{increase}} 20.21%
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|2011||align=left|71,271<ref name="2011_membership">{{cite web|url=http://membership.collingwoodfc.com.au |title=Collingwood Membership Website 2011 &#124; 2011 Membership Home |publisher=Membership.collingwoodfc.com.au |access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>||align=center|1st||align=left|{{increase}} 19.15%
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|2012||aalign=left|72,688<ref name="2012_membership">{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/146980/default.aspx |title=Club memberships hit 700,000 |publisher=afl.com.au |access-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019233016/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/146980/default.aspx |archive-date=19 October 2012 }}</ref>||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 1.94%
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|2013||align=left|80,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2013-08-16/magpies-hit-80k|title=Magpies hit 80,000 members|first=Stephen|last=Rielly|publisher=[[BigPond]]|work=Collingwoodfc.com.au|date=16 August 2013|access-date=8 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818113031/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2013-08-16/magpies-hit-80k|archive-date=18 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>||align=center|6th||align=left|{{increase}} 9.14%
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|2014||align=left|80,793<ref>{{cite web|title=Pies surpass membership record|url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-09-03/pies-surpass-membership-record|first=Elizabeth|last=Muling|work=collingwoodfc.com.au|publisher=[[BigPond]]|date=3 September 2014|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906072617/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-09-03/pies-surpass-membership-record|archive-date=6 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>||align=center|11th||align=left|{{increase}} 0.98% 
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|2015||align=left|76,497<ref>{{cite web|url=http://membership.collingwoodfc.com.au/|title=2019 Membership|website=Collingwood Football Club}}</ref>||align=center|12th||align=left|{{decrease}} 5.61%
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|2016||align=left|74,643<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-08-25/hawks-overtake-pies-to-top-membership-ladder|title=The membership ladder: Hawks overtake Pies, Dons slide|last=Bowen|first=Nick|work=[[Australian Football League|AFL.com.au]]|publisher=[[Bigpond]]|date=25 August 2016}}</ref>||align=center|12th||align=left|{{decrease}} 2.48% 
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|2017||align=left|75,879<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/collingwood-back-on-top-of-the-afl-membership-ladder/news-story/65f26c30edb7aa13d876e6a0ca10ada5|title=Collingwood back on top of the AFL membership ladder|first=Jon|last=Ralph|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=15 August 2017}}</ref>||align=center|13th||aalign=left|{{increase}} 1.62% 
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|2018||align=left|75,507<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waterworth|first=Ben|date=2 August 2018|title=AFL club membership numbers 2018: Over 1 million members, Richmond surpasses six figures|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-club-membership-numbers-2018-over-1-million-members-richmond-surpasses-six-figures/news-story/c9444cbade14f4027182117a55b8bac6|work=[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports Australia]]|access-date=29 September 2018 }}</ref>||align=center|3rd||align=left|{{decrease}} 0.49%
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|2019||align=left|85,226<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cipriano |first1=Jaylen |title=AFL announce membership numbers 2019 |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-06/thanks-a-million-afl-club-memberships-hit-alltime-record |access-date=7 September 2019 |date=6 August 2019}}</ref>||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 12.87%
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|2020||align=left|76,862<ref>{{cite web |last=Waterworth |first=Ben |date=9 September 2020 |title=Tigers dethroned as Victorian giants plummet: 2020 AFL membership ladder |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-membership-ladder-numbers-2020-afl-club-membership-west-coast-eagles-record-essendon-decline/news-story/c0b4ad1847f1dfd511f80de5f9b0ed37 |work=[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports Australia]] |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>||align=center|8th||align=left|{{decrease}} 9.8%
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|2021||align=left|82,527<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement: AFL club membership breaks all-time record|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/659242/2021-afl-club-membership-breaks-all-time-record#:~:text=The%202021%20total%20is%2012,member%20of%20an%20AFL%20club.|work=afl.com.au|publisher=[[Australian Football League]]|date=4 August 2021|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>||align=center|17th||align=left|{{increase}} 7.37%
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|2022||align=left|100,384||align=center|4th||align=left|{{increase}} 21.63%
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|2023||align=left|106,470<ref name="5Sep23Membership"/>||align=center|1st||align=left|{{increase}} 6.06%
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|2024||align=left|110,628||align=center|9th||align=left|{{increase}} 3.90%
|}

In 2011, Collingwood reached 70,000 members for the first time, creating a new AFL record, beating their own previous record of 58,249 set in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/collingwood-membership-tally-hits-70000/story-e6frf9if-1226055066833 |title=Collingwood membership tally hits 70,000 |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/113720/default.aspx |title=Eddie's Letter to Members |publisher=Collingwood FC |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=22 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516160811/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/113720/default.aspx |archive-date=16 May 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In 2023 (the year Collingwood won their 16th premiership), they broke the AFL membership record figure again with 106,470 members.<ref name="5Sep23Membership">{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1024903/afl-breaks-all-time-club-membership-record|title=AFL breaks all-time club membership record|publisher=[[Telstra]]|work=[[Australian Football League]]|date=5 September 2023|quote=Collingwood (106,470), West Coast Eagles (103,275), and Richmond (101,349) led the 2023 membership tallies with all three clubs surpassing 100,000 members and Collingwood setting a new all-time AFL club record with 106,470 members.}}</ref>

The club's extensive membership base tends to be a large crowd-pulling power, which has caused the AFL to be accused of favouring Collingwood when scheduling to maximise the league's attendance figures.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Matt |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/10/08/962365.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221055333/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/10/08/962365.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2011 |title=AFL denies draw favours Pies – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=ABC |location=Australia  |date=8 October 2003 |access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/pies-blues-big-winners-in-afl-draw-20081024-585e.html |title=Pies, Blues big winners in AFL draw |publisher=Watoday.com.au |date=24 October 2008 |access-date=13 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028073923/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/pies-blues-big-winners-in-afl-draw-20081024-585e.html |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/pies-a-drag-on-crowd-numbers/2009/05/12/1241893982559.html |title=Pies a drag on crowd numbers – RFNews |work=The Age |date= 13 May 2009|access-date=13 August 2010 |location=Melbourne |first=Caroline |last=Wilson}}</ref> However, the AFL states that this is due to other clubs requesting home games at the MCG against Collingwood.