2002 Arena Football League season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2002 Arena Football League season

| league = Arena Football League

| sport = Arena football

| duration = April 19, 2002 – August 18, 2002

| finals = ArenaBowl XVI

| finals_link =

| finals_champ = San Jose SaberCats

| finals_runner-up = Arizona Rattlers

| finals_MVP = John Dutton, SJ

| finals_MVP_link = Most valuable player|MVP

| seasonslist = List of Arena Football League seasons

| seasonslistnames = AFL

| prevseason_link = 2001 Arena Football League season

| prevseason_year = 2001

| nextseason_link = 2003 Arena Football League season

| nextseason_year = 2003

}}

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The 2002 Arena Football League season was the 16th season of the Arena Football League. It was succeeded by 2003. The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI. In the process the SaberCats came closer to a perfect season than any other team in the history of the league, winning sixteen of seventeen games.