2020–21 NTFL season

The 2020/21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).

2020/21 premiership season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff 6th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff 11th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Tiwi Bombers 2nd wooden spoon
Matches played	76

The first game was played on Saturday, 2 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 20 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 7 points in a golden point thriller over St Marys. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership title and even winning three premiership's in a row, this was the first team asides Saint Mary's to win three or more titles in a row since the Darwin Buffaloes 4 peat from 1967/68 to 1970/71.

Ladder

2020/21 NTFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	15	2	1	1748	935	186.95	62
2	St Marys	18	14	4	0	1596	1027	155.40	56
3	Wanderers	18	12	5	1	1568	1229	127.58	50
4	Waratah	18	10	8	0	1555	1135	137.00	40
5	Darwin	18	10	8	0	1358	1292	105.11	40
6	Southern Districts	18	7	11	0	1196	1261	94.85	28
7	Palmerston	18	3	15	0	1011	1771	57.09	12
8	Tiwi Bombers	18	0	18	0	1084	2466	43.96	0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Nightcliff (P)	42	82	122	123	163	203	241	242	281	301	341	381	421	461	501	541	581	621
2	St Marys	07	07	45	85	125	125	164	203	243	283	323	362	402	403	442	482	522	562
3	Wanderers	44	83	84	122	162	202	242	281	282	302	342	343	383	422	423	463	503	503
4	Waratah	41	44	83	84	124	124	125	165	205	244	244	284	324	364	404	404	404	404
5	Darwin	43	81	121	161	161	201	203	204	244	245	245	285	285	325	365	365	405	405
6	Southern Districts	05	06	07	46	46	86	126	166	166	166	206	206	206	206	206	246	246	286
7	Palmerston	08	45	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	127
8	Tiwi Bombers	06	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Nightcliff	114								1	Nightcliff	110+
						3	Wanderers	39								2	St Marys	103+
	2	St Marys	66								3	Wanderers	53
	3	Wanderers	86								2	St Marys	80
						2	St Marys	93
						4	Waratah	67
	4	Waratah	84
	5	Darwin	58

Grand Final

	2020/21 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 20 March 2021 (6:45 pm)	Nightcliff	drew with	St Marys	Marrara Stadium	Report
	5.2 (32) 9.5 (59) 11.10 (76)  15.12 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	3.0 (18) 6.3 (39) 11.5 (71)  16.6 (102)
This was the first grand final to be played in extra time, with 2 quarters being played for five minutes.

	Golden Point (Extra Time)
	Nightcliff	def.	St Marys	Marrara Stadium
	15.13 (103)      16.14 (110)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	16.6 (102)      16.7 (103)
Nightcliff won their third consecutive premiership, marking their first ever threepeat.