Chapman played all 23 games of the 2011 season including 3 finals, he played his 200th game in Round 2 against . Geelong finished 2nd on the ladder for the 3rd year in a row, they defeated Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final by 31 points, after a one-week break they went on to defeat in the Preliminary Final, they won by 48 points. For the fourth time in five years they made the Grand Final, where Chapman capped off his season with his third Premiership defeating Collingwood by 38 points.