While earning a Baggy Green remains the aim of every Australian cricket, the road to the international game runs right through the heart of the domestic stage.
Since its inauguration in 1892, Australia's best and brightest red-ball cricketers have duked it out for the right to hoist the coveted Sheffield Shield.
From early dominance in the Harbour City to a recent golden run out West, here is the full log of Sheffield Shield champions from the past 130 summers and change.
| 1892/93 | Victoria |
| 1893/94 | South Australia |
| 1894/95 | Victoria |
| 1895/96 | New South Wales |
| 1896/97 | New South Wales |
| 1897/98 | Victoria |
| 1898/99 | Victoria |
| 1899/00 | New South Wales |
| 1900/01 | Victoria |
| 1901/02 | New South Wales |
| 1902/03 | New South Wales |
| 1903/04 | New South Wales |
| 1904/05 | New South Wales |
| 1905/06 | New South Wales |
| 1906/07 | New South Wales |
| 1907/08 | Victoria |
| 1908/09 | New South Wales |
| 1909/10 | South Australia |
| 1910/11 | New South Wales |
| 1911/12 | New South Wales |
| 1912/13 | South Australia |
| 1913/14 | New South Wales |
| 1914/15 | Victoria |
| 1915/16 | No champion due to WWI |
| 1916/17 | No champion due to WWI |
| 1917/18 | No champion due to WWI |
| 1918/19 | No champion due to WWI |
| 1919/20 | New South Wales |
| 1920/21 | New South Wales |
| 1921/22 | Victoria |
| 1922/23 | New South Wales |
| 1923/24 | Victoria |
| 1924/25 | Victoria |
| 1925/26 | New South Wales |
| 1926/27 | South Australia |
| 1927/28 | Victoria |
| 1928/29 | New South Wales |
| 1929/30 | Victoria |
| 1930/31 | Victoria |
| 1931/32 | New South Wales |
| 1932/33 | New South Wales |
| 1933/34 | Victoria |
| 1934/35 | Victoria |
| 1935/36 | South Australia |
| 1936/37 | Victoria |
| 1937/38 | New South Wales |
| 1938/39 | South Australia |
| 1939/40 | New South Wales |
| 1940/41 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1941/42 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1942/43 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1943/44 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1944/45 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1945/46 | No champion due to WWII |
| 1946/47 | Victoria |
| 1947/48 | Western Australia |
| 1948/49 | New South Wales |
| 1949/50 | New South Wales |
| 1950/51 | Victoria |
| 1951/52 | New South Wales |
| 1952/53 | South Australia |
| 1953/54 | New South Wales |
| 1954/55 | New South Wales |
| 1955/56 | New South Wales |
| 1956/57 | New South Wales |
| 1957/58 | New South Wales |
| 1958/59 | New South Wales |
| 1959/60 | New South Wales |
| 1960/61 | New South Wales |
| 1961/62 | New South Wales |
| 1962/63 | Victoria |
| 1963/64 | South Australia |
| 1964/65 | New South Wales |
| 1965/66 | New South Wales |
| 1966/67 | Victoria |
| 1967/68 | Western Australia |
| 1968/69 | South Australia |
| 1969/70 | Victoria |
| 1970/71 | South Australia |
| 1971/72 | Western Australia |
| 1972/73 | Western Australia |
| 1973/74 | Victoria |
| 1974/75 | Western Australia |
| 1975/76 | South Australia |
| 1976/77 | Western Australia |
| 1977/78 | Western Australia |
| 1978/79 | Victoria |
| 1979/80 | Victoria |
| 1980/81 | Western Australia |
| 1981/82 | South Australia |
| 1982/83 | New South Wales |
| 1983/84 | Western Australia |
| 1984/85 | New South Wales |
| 1985/86 | New South Wales |
| 1986/87 | Western Australia |
| 1987/88 | Western Australia |
| 1988/89 | Western Australia |
| 1989/90 | New South Wales |
| 1990/91 | Victoria |
| 1991/92 | Western Australia |
| 1992/93 | New South Wales |
| 1993/94 | New South Wales |
| 1994/95 | Queensland |
| 1995/96 | South Australia |
| 1996/97 | Queensland |
| 1997/98 | Western Australia |
| 1998/99 | Western Australian |
| 1999/00 | Queensland |
| 2000/01 | Queensland |
| 2001/02 | Queensland |
| 2002/03 | New South Wales |
| 2003/04 | Victoria |
| 2004/05 | New South Wales |
| 2005/06 | Queensland |
| 2006/07 | Tasmania |
| 2007/08 | New South Wales |
| 2008/09 | Victoria |
| 2009/10 | Victoria |
| 2010/11 | Tasmania |
| 2011/12 | Queensland |
| 2012/13 | Tasmania |
| 2013/14 | New South Wales |
| 2014/15 | Victoria |
| 2015/16 | Victoria |
| 2016/17 | Victoria |
| 2017/18 | Queensland |
| 2018/19 | Victoria |
| 2019/20 | New South Wales |
| 2020/21 | Queensland |
| 2021/22 | Western Australia |
| 2022/23 | Western Australia |
