Below is the final Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table for the season.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.92

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.91

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.89

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.89

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.86

• Q1 Performances: +0.85

• Own Points per Game: +0.84

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.83

• Own Goals per Game: +0.81

• Q4 Performances: +0.8

• Q2 Performances: +0.79

The only metric that is rank correlated less than +0.5 with ladder position is

• Opponent Conversion Rate: +0.42

You might summarise success in the home and away season then as being about:

• Defensive ability

• Good starts

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.93

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.92

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.9

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.88

• Q1 Performances: +0.87

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.86

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.85

• Own Points per Game: +0.84

• Q4 Performances: +0.82

• Own Goals per Game: +0.81

• Q2 Performances: +0.75

The only metric that is currently rank correlated less than +0.5 with ladder position is

• Opponent Conversion Rate: +0.43Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.82

• Q4 Performances: +0.81

• Q2 Performances: +0.75

• Q3 Performances: +0.71

No metric is currently rank correlated less than +0.5 with ladder position.

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The gulf between the Top and Bottom 9 remains a feature and, after this week’s results, the average all-metrics rankings of the Top 9 teams range from Adelaide’s 2.1 to Fremantle’s 8.4, while those of the Bottom 9 range from Sydney’s 11.3 to West Coast’s 17.2.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.93

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.91

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.89

• Q1 Performances: +0.88

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.87

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.87

• Own Points per Game: +0.85

• Own Goals per Game: +0.82

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.82

• Q4 Performances: +0.81

• Q2 Performances: +0.75

• Q3 Performances: +0.71

No metric is currently rank correlated less than +0.5 with ladder position.

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to highlight a sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams when looking across all metrics (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

To quantify this schism, I’d note that the average all-metrics rankings of the Top 9 teams range from Adelaide’s 2.1 to Fremantle’s 7.7, while those of the Bottom 9 range from Sydney’s 11.1 to West Coast’s 17.1.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.92

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.92

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.91

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.9

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.89

• Own Points per Game: +0.83

• Q1 Performances: +0.83

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.82

• Own Goals per Game: +0.81

• Q3 Performances: +0.79

That least rank correlated with ladder position is:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.49

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to highlight a sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams when looking across all metrics (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

To quantify this schism, I’d note that the average all-metrics rankings of the Top 9 teams range from Adelaide’s 2.1 to Fremantle’s 7.7, while those of the Bottom 9 range from Sydney’s 11.1 to West Coast’s 17.1.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.92

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.92

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.91

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.9

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.89

• Own Points per Game: +0.83

• Q1 Performances: +0.83

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.82

• Own Goals per Game: +0.81

• Q3 Performances: +0.79

That least rank correlated with ladder position is:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.49

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which still shows a sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams when looking across all metrics (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.94

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.93

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.91

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.91

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.87

• Q1 Performances: +0.87

• Q3 Performances: +0.79

• Own Points per Game: +0.79

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.79

• Own Goals per Game: +0.76

• Q2 Performances: +0.73

That least rank correlated with ladder position is:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.39

Interesting that the Quarter Performance least correlated with ladder position is Q4, largely thanks to Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn, and Collingwood.

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which still shows a sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams when looking across all metrics (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.95

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.95

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.93

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.92

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.9

• Own Points per Game: +0.82

• Q1 Performances: +0.8

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.8

• Q3 Performances: +0.78

• Own Goals per Game: +0.77

That least rank correlated with ladder position is:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.46

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which shows the sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.93

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.91

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.9

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.9

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.88

• Q1 Performances: +0.84

• Own Points per Game: +0.82

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.81

• Own Goals per Game: +0.8

• Q3 Performances: +0.79

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.35

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.45

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which, possibly more strongly than ever this season, shows that the teams currently in the Top 8 deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.93

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.92

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.9

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.9

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.87

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.86

• Own Points per Game: +0.86

• Q3 Performances: +0.82

• Own Goals per Game: +0.82

• Q1 Performances: +0.78

• Q4 Performances: +0.75

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.37

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.49

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to show that the teams currently in the Top 8 deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.93

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.93

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.89

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.89

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.83

• Own Points per Game: +0.81

• Own Goals per Game: +0.78

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.78

• Q3 Performances: +0.76

• Q1 Performances: +0.75

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.44

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.49