The latest Ranking on Dashboard metrics data appears below, and now shows that the strongest rank correlations with ladder positions are currently associated with:

Percentage of Quarters Won (+0.91)
The MoS Win Production Function (+0.89)
Scoring Shots Conceded (+0.78)
Q4 Performances (+0.72)
Q3 Performances (+0.71)
Opponent Scoring: Points (+0.71)

The weakest rank correlations with ladder position are associated with:

Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.30)
Own Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.40)
Q2 Performances (+0.46)

The full Extended Team Dashboard appears below, and shows that:

Brisbane Lions, Geelong, Melbourne, and Port Adelaide are the only teams to have outscored their opponents in all four quarters taken separately
Sydney have outscored their opponents in Q1s , Q2s, and Q3s, but still lie only 13th on the ladder.
Hawthorn, North Melbourne and West Coast are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters taken separately
Brisbane Lions’, Fremantle’s, Geelong’s and Melbourne’s conversion has fallen off dramatically in Q4s this season
Collingwood’s opponents have converted at only 35% in Q4s this season