The MAFL Team Dashboard for Round 18 is below.

Here are a few statistical highlights for each team chosen because the statistic illuminates sustained performance is at the extremes or anomalous performance relative to a team's ladder position:

Collingwood

• Kicked 2nd most goals (278)
• Kicked most behinds (263)
• Have the 2nd best percentage (142.0)
• Ranked 12th on opponent conversion rate (53.5%)
• Ranked 9th on Q4 performances (44% of quarters won, 101 percentage)

Geelong

• Kicked most goals (299) and most total points (2,030)
• Only team to have kicked 2,000 points in the season
• Have the best percentage (146.3)
• Ranked 1st or 2nd for performances in every match quarter

St Kilda

• Kicked fewest goals of any team in the top 8 (222)
• Conceded fewest goals of any team in the competition (191, level with the Dogs) and fewest total points (1,312)
• Ranked 13th on scoring shots per game (22.6) but 1st on opponent scoring shots per game (19.8)
• Ranked 14th on Q2 performances (33% of quarters won, 89 percentage) and 1st on Q4 performances (69% of quarters won, 154 percentage)

Western Bulldogs

• Conceded fewest goals of any team (191, level with the Saints) and 2nd fewest total points (1,328)
• Ranked 1st on conversion rate (56.4%)
• Ranked 1st on 'team most difficult to comment about' metric (aeq with the Roos - 2 comments ... well, now 3)

Fremantle

• Conceded the most goals of any team in the top 8 (237)
• Ranked 3rd on scoring shots per game (28.3)
• Ranked 13th on opponent conversion rate (53.7%)
• Ranked 9th on Q3 performances (47% of quarters won, 104 percentage)

Hawthorn

• Kicked only 3 more goals than behinds (230 vs 227)
• Ranked 15th on conversion rate (50.3%) but 3rd on opponent conversion rate (50.7%)
• Ranking of match quarter performances declines from earlier to later quarters: ranked 3rd for Q1 performances and 15th for Q4 performances

Carlton

• Conceded most behinds of any team in the top 8 (219) and 2nd most goals (235)
• Worst record for 2nd half of season of any team in the top 8 (2-5)
• Have a better than 100 percentage for Q3 and Q4 and a worse than 100 percentage for Q1 and Q2

Sydney

• Worst percentage of any team in the top 8 (101.2)
• Ranked 5th on opponent scoring shots per game (23.5)
• Ranked 12th on Q3 performances (36% of quarters won, 75 percentage) and 4th on Q4 performances (67% of quarters won, 123 percentage)

Kangaroos

• Worst percentage of any team in the top 12 (83.3)
• Ranked 15th on opponent conversion rate (56.6%)
• Ranked 1st on 'team most difficult to comment about' metric (aeq with the Dogs)

Melbourne

• Conceded most behinds of any team in the top 13 (247)
• Better record for 2nd half of season than the three teams above them on the ladder
• Ranked 1st on opponent conversion rate (47.1%) and 4th on own conversion rate (54.5%)
• Ranked 14th on scoring shots per game (22.2)
• Ranked 6th on Q3 performances (56% of quarters won, 145 percentage)

Adelaide

• Better record for 2nd half of season than the four teams above them on the ladder
• Worst conversion rate of any team (49.3%)
• Ranked 13th on Q3 performances
• Have lost more than they've won of every match quarter

Essendon

• Kicked the most goals of any team not in the top 8 (237), the most behinds (225) and the most points (1,647)
• Conceded the most goals of any team (280) and the most points (1,889)
• Ranked 5th on scoring shots per game (25.7)
• Ranked last on opponent conversion rate (57.3%)
• Ranked 5th on Q3 performances (58% of quarters won, 100 percentage)

Port Adelaide

• Kicked the 2nd fewest number of goals of any team (201) and the 2nd fewest total points (1,397)
• Ranked 15th on scoring shots per game (22.2)
• Ranked 15th on Q2 performances (33% of quarters won, 79 percentage)

Richmond

• Kicked the fewest goals of any team (195) and the fewest total points (1,361)
• Have the worst percentage of any team (73.7)
• Better record for 2nd half of season than the nine teams above them on the ladder
• Ranked 4th on opponent conversion rate (50.9%)
• Ranked last on scoring shots per game (21.4) and 2nd last on opponent scoring shots per game (28.9)
• Ranked 16th on Q2 performances (28% of quarters won, 76 percentage) and 15th on Q3 performances (28% of quarters won, 67 percentage)

Brisbane Lions

• Only team not to have recorded a win in the 2nd half of the season
• Ranked 6th on opponent conversion rate (51.4%)
• Have the worst Q1 performance of any team (25% of quarters won, 60 percentage)

West Coast

• Kicked within 5 goals of the 7 teams above them on the ladder excluding Essendon
• Conceded the most goals of any team (283) and the most points (1,947)
• Ranked 8th on conversion rate (51.4%) and 9th on opponent conversion rate (53.2%)
• Ranked 7th on Q2 performances (56% of quarters won, 103 percentage), but last on Q3 performances (25% of quarters won, 72 percentage) and Q4 performances (22% of quarters won, 61 percentage)