Team Awards and Records
- Game records
- Round 3 – Carlton's score of 21.8 (134) was its highest losing score since Round 3, 1985.
- Round 4 – Carlton's win against Collingwood was its first win since Round 11, 2007, ending a fourteen-match losing streak. The losing streak was the equal-longest in club history, matching a fourteen-game losing streak in 1901-1902.
- Round 4 – Carlton restricted Collingwood to 13.10 (88), ending a streak of twenty-four consecutive matches in which it had conceded at least 100 points. It was the second-longest such streak by any club in VFL/AFL history, one game short of Sydney's twenty-five game streak from 1992–1993.
- Round 7 – Carlton's win against West Coast was its first win outside Victoria since Round 11, 2004, breaking an eighteen-game winless streak which included one draw.
- Round 9 – Carlton defeated Fremantle for the first time since Round 16, 2001, ending a nine-match losing streak against the Dockers.
- Round 11 – Carlton recovered from a 30-point deficit at three quarter time to defeat Port Adelaide by 12 points. It was Carlton's largest successful comeback from a three-quarter time deficit since Round 4, 1944, and at that time its equal largest ever.
- Round 21 – Carlton recovered from a 32-point deficit at three quarter time to defeat Brisbane Lions by six points. This set a new club record for the largest successful comeback from a three-quarter time deficit.
- Round 21 - Carlton defeated Brisbane for the first time since Round 8, 2001, ending an eight-match losing streak against the Lions.
- Season records
- Carlton's total score (2217 points) and percentage (94.2%) were both the best that the club had achieved since the 2001 season.
- Carlton failed to reach the VFL/AFL finals for the seventh consecutive season, breaking its club record of six seasons, set from 1897–1902.
- Other
- Round 4 – Carlton won the 2009 Peter Mac Cup with its win over Collingwood.
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