MatterOfStats 2023 : Team Dashboard for Round 20

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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 (+0.83)

  • The MoS Win Production Function (+0.82)

  • Opponent Scoring: Points (+0.81)

  • Scoring Shots Conceded (+0.79)

  • Opponent Scoring: Goals (+0.77)

  • Scoring Shots Recorded (+0.71)

  • Q4 Performances (+0.7)

  • Own Scoring: Points (+0.7)

The weakest rank correlations with ladder position are associated with:

  • Own Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.19)

  • Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.43)

It remains the case that a number of teams in the Top 8 on the ladder are ranked extraordinarily lowly on some metrics.

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

  • Geelong and Melbourne 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 lie 10th on the ladder.

  • Gold Coast, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and West Coast are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters taken separately

  • Collingwood have registered fewer scoring shots than their opponents and have registered only a 91 percentage in Q3s

  • St Kilda have registered substantially fewer scoring shots than their opponents and have registered only a 73 percentage in Q2s

  • GWS have registered fewer scoring shots than their opponents in both Q1s and Q2s, and have percentgaes of just 88 and 86 in those two quarters

  • St Kilda, despite sitting 5th on the ladder, have lost more quarters than they’ve won.

  • Collingwood’s opponents have converted at only 38%, GWS’ at 41%, and St Kilda’s at 43% in Q4s this season

  • By way of contrast, Brisbane Lions’ opponents have coverted at 65% and Gold Coast’s at 62% in Q3s