This week, seven of the eight teams currently filling Finals positions won, the most we could have expected since 1st and 2nd were paired off. Those results leave us with a clear Top 8, the gap between the Crows, in 8th, and the Cats, in 9th, now a full game.

Twelve teams have now scored at least as many points as they've conceded, including Port Adelaide, who sit 12th on the ladder with a percentage of exactly 100.

On a team-by-team basis, the largest anomalies (5 places or more) between ladder position and ranking on a Team Dashboard metric are as follows:

• Adelaide: 8th on the ladder but 3rd on Own Scoring Shot Production, 15th on Opponents' Conversion Rate, and 14th on Q1 performances
• Brisbane Lions: 17th on the ladder but 11th on Opponents' Conversion Rate
• Carlton: 18th on the ladder - but no higher than 14th on any metric
• Collingwood: 11th on the ladder but 6th on Own Scoring Shot Production and 6th on Q4 performances
• Essendon: 15th on the ladder but 8th on Q1 performances and 11th on Q3 performances
• Fremantle: 1st on the ladder but 13th on Own Scoring Shot Production and 7th on Q1 performances
• Geelong: 9th on the ladder but 3rd on Q1 performances
• Gold Coast: 16th on the ladder but 10th on Opponents' Conversion Rate and 10th on Q3 performances
• GWS: 10th on the ladder but 17th on Own Conversion Rate, 5th on Opponents' Conversion  Rate, 16th on Q1 performances and 5th on Q3 performances
• Hawthorn: 3rd on the ladder - but no lower than 4th on any metric
• Kangaroos: 7th on the ladder but 12th on Opponents' Scoring Shot Production and 15th on Q2 performances
• Melbourne: 14th on the ladder - but 10th to 16th on all metrics
• Port Adelaide: 12th on the ladder but 1st on Own Conversion Rate, 1st on Q1 performances and 17th on Q3 performances
• Richmond: 6th on the ladder but 11th on Own Conversion Rate, 1st on Opponents' Conversion Rate and 13th on Q1 performances
• St Kilda: 13th on the ladder - but 9th to 17th on all metrics
• Sydney: 5th on the ladder but 10th on Own Conversion Rate and 12th on Q3 performances
• West Coast: 2nd on the ladder but 8th on Own Conversion Rate and 9th on Opponents' Conversion Rate
• Western Bulldogs: 4th on the ladder but 14th on Opponents' Conversion Rate, 10th in Q2 performances and 12th in Q4 performances