St Kilda have won a single premiership to date, a one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood.

[12] The club's original home ground was colloquially nicknamed the "Alpaca Paddock", which was a large fenced-off area at the St Kilda end of what is now known as Albert Park.

[16][17] St Kilda competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, 1881 to 1882 and 1886 to 1896 before accepting an invitation into the breakaway competition, the Victorian Football League, from 1897 onwards.

St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful and, in 1899, they had the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, one point against Geelong.

[29] St Kilda won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season and were on top of the ladder after Round 4, however, the club went on to finish second last.

Despite prominent players emerging for the club such as Harold Bray, Keith Drinan, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive for the duration of the 1940s.

[47] In 1987, Tony Lockett won the league's Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home-and-away season, the fourth St Kilda player to achieve this.

[58] During the early part of the decade, St Kilda struggled, winning only two matches and drawing one to finish with the wooden spoon in 2000.

[61] St Kilda's 2006 AFL season saw the club finish in sixth position at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for a third successive finals series.

[76] In December 2010, the club was granted ownership of the Linen House Centre, a new training and administration property in the City of Frankston at Seaford valued at approximate $11 million.

[79] Following a loss in their 2011 elimination final, Ross Lyon left the club, despite one year remaining on his contract, to coach Fremantle.

[80] Former Sydney, Fremantle and West Coast player and Collingwood assistant coach Scott Watters was announced as Lyon's replacement in October 2011.

In 2017, following the inaugural AFL Women's (AFLW) season, St Kilda was among eight clubs that applied for licences to enter the competition from 2019 onwards.

[96] St Kilda's traditional and current home guernsey has three vertical panels of red, white and black on the front, with the club crest located on the left breast.

The song was recorded with all copyright and royalty agreements in place, and the AFL has permission to broadcast it publicly at each St Kilda match.

[109] During 2014, St Kilda became involved in discussions with the Victorian government to return as a co-tenant at Junction Oval alongside Cricket Victoria.

[118] In 2018, St Kilda returned to using Moorabbin Oval as their primary administrative and training facility, as part of a two-stage redevelopment deal, costing approximately 30 million dollars.

[123] During the 1990s, as part of this strategy, St Kilda opted to take a deal to move home games to Waverley Park from 1993 and renovate the ageing Moorabbin Oval for training, administration and social club purposes.

[125] In 2000, St Kilda moved to a new playing home at Docklands Stadium following the discontinuation of Waverley Park as a scheduled ground.

[59][126] Docklands Stadium was conceived as a multi-purpose venue to be used for Australian rules football, soccer, rugby and other general entertainment events.

[129] Due to Waverley Park being disused following the construction of Docklands Stadium, St Kilda, alongside fellow tenants Hawthorn, were forced to find a new home ground.

As part of the initial arrangement, both clubs were planned to play a significant number of games at the stadium,[127] however, only St Kilda would move to the ground.

St Kilda's primary administrative and training base from late 2010 until 2018 was the Linen House Centre at Belvedere Park in Seaford.

[119] The creation of the base came about due to disagreements between St Kilda and the City of Kingston's council regarding proposed upgrades to their Moorabbin facilities, which included the implementation of 80 poker machines.

[133] In this new deal, the club would develop Belvedere Park in conjunction with the Frankston City Council, the Victorian state government and the AFL.

[138] In 2001, St Kilda entered a reserves affiliation with existing VFL club Springvale (which moved to Cranbourne and was renamed Casey in 2006).

[153] Notable St Kilda supporters who have also been the club's number-one ticket holders include: In September 2012, St Kilda announced that they had signed a three-year partnership with the Wellington City Council to play an annual match in New Zealand on Anzac Day (25 April) at Westpac Stadium as part of the day's commemorations.

[178] In 2018, AFL New Zealand and St Kilda both expressed interest in signing a new partnership in the future with matches hosted in Auckland rather than Wellington.

[179] In October 2018, St Kilda signed a three-year deal to replace Gold Coast as Port Adelaide's opponents in their annual match played in China.

Darrel Baldock Ian Stewart Tony Lockett Trevor Barker Carl Ditterich Verdun Howell Nicky Winmar Ross Smith Max Hudghton Stuart Trott Neil Roberts Bill Mohr Dave McNamara Allan Jeans Ian Drake Harold Bray Barry Breen Jack Davis Peter Everitt Jim Ross Keith Drinan Wels Eicke Danny Frawley Graham Huggins Stewart Loewe Alan Morrow Bob Murray Kevin Neale Stephen Milne Lenny Hayes Travis Payze Nathan Burke Greg Burns Gary Colling Bill Cubbins Brian Gleeson Daryl Griffiths Barry Lawrence Robert Harvey Brian Mynott Des Nisbet Lance Oswald Bruce Phillips Colin Watson Jeff Sarau Ian Synman Ken Walker Glenn Elliott Trevor Barker Award (Club best and fairest) Brownlow Medal (League best and fairest)[195] Norm Smith Medal (AFL Grand Final best on ground)[196] Leigh Matthews Trophy (AFLPA Most Valuable Player)[197] Coleman Medal (Leading Goal Kicker)[198] AFL Rising Star (Best player under 21)[199] An All-Australian team is considered a "best-of" selection of players for each calendar year, with each player usually represented in their own team position.