This week, the Eagles became the first team to crack 1,000 points for the season though for large parts of Sunday's game they seemed determined to follow George Hirst's advice to Wilfred Rhodes from over 100 years ago that they might "do it in singles".

Despite racking up 24 behinds in that game, the Eagles still managed to register enough 6-pointers this week to lead all-comers in terms of goals kicked during the season. Hawthorn, who are second on that metric are also second in terms of the number of behinds registered, their 122 behinds just one adrift of GWS' 123. The Hawks also, though sitting 6th on the ladder, have the competition's third-best percentage.

Geelong have recorded the fewest behinds of any team this season with 87, though six other teams have registered between 88 and 91 of them, so their title is far from secure..

Geelong also, boosted by the 24 behinds conceded to the Eagles in their game, now sit comfortably 1st in terms of behinds conceded. They've allowed 130 behinds in total across their 9 games this season, which is 17 or almost 2 per game more than the second-placed St Kilda.

Fewest behinds have been conceded by West Coast (75), this another metric on which the Hawks lie 2nd (78).

Carlton have conceded the most goals of any team (153), whilst Fremantle have conceded the fewest (78), this the only of the scoring metrics amongst those just discussed for which the best and worst teams are also top and bottom of the competition ladder.

To finish, here's some statistics for each of the teams on which they are ranked substantially differently than their competition ladder position:

Fremantle (1st on the ladder): 10th on Own Scoring Shots generated; 9th in final terms
West Coast (2nd): 12th on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion; 10th in 1st terms
Sydney (3rd): 8th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion
Collingwood (4th): 14th in 2nd terms
GWS (5th): 11th on Opponent Scoring Shots generated; 16th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion; 12th in 1st terms
Hawthorn (6th): 1st on Own Scoring Shots generated; 1st on Own Scoring Shot Conversion
Adelaide (7th): 11th in 1st terms
Richmond (8th): 15th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion; 14th in 1st terms; 2nd in 2nd terms; 1st in final terms
Western Bulldogs (9th): 17th on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion; 3rd in 1st terms
Essendon (10th): 2nd on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion
Port Adelaide (11th): 5th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion; 5th in 1st terms; 17th in final terms
Geelong (12th): 3rd on Own Scoring Shot Conversion; 4th on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion; 2nd in 1st terms
Kangaroos (13th): 7th on Own Scoring Shots generated; 7th in 3rd terms
St Kilda (14th): 4th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion
Melbourne (15th): 4th in 1st terms; 10th in final terms
Brisbane Lions (16th): 13th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion; 13th in 3rd terms
Gold Coast (17th): 8th in final terms
Carlton (18th): 14th on Own Scoring Shot Conversion