Heavily in contention to double its AFL premiership tally this season, Port Adelaide will lobby the league to incorporate 34 of its SANFL flags into a revised premierships table.

Fairfax Media revealed last week that the AFL is strongly considering a series of recommendations which if accepted will backdate the competition's official history to 1870, the year in which Melbourne claimed the game's first recorded premiership.

The Port Adelaide Magpies celebrate their 1996 SANFL premiership win Credit:Peter Mathew

Such a move would catapult Carlton to the top of the overall premiership tally with 22, and would see Geelong awarded an additional seven flags.

But Port Adelaide CEO Keith Thomas has argued that if such amendments are made, then his club's 34 state league premierships won prior to its 1997 entry into the AFL should also be included.