At six rounds into the season, it's a reasonable time to compare each team's ranking on Dashboard metrics to their competition ladder positions.

In doing that, we find:

• Adelaide (1st on the ladder) is: 18th on Opponents' Conversion Rate and 14th on Q1 performances
• GWS (2nd on the ladder) is: 7th on Opponents' Scoring Shot Production, 10th on Own Conversion Rate, 13th on Q2 performances, and 10th on Q3 performances
• Geelong (3rd on the ladder) is: 12th on Opponents' Scoring Shot Production, and 14th on Q3 performances
• Richmond (4th on the ladder) is: 12th on Own Conversion Rate, 12th on Q2 performances, and 15th on Q3 performances
• Port Adelaide (5th on the ladder) is: 2nd to 6th on every metric
• West Coast (6th on the ladder) is: 12th on Q1 performances
• Western Bulldogs (7th on the ladder) is: 17th on Own Conversion Rate, and 17th on Q1 performances
• Melbourne (8th on the ladder) is: 2nd on Q2 performances
• St Kilda (9th on the ladder) is: 16th on Own Conversion Rate, and 3rd on Q1 performances
• Essendon (10th on the ladder) is: 16th on Q2 performances
• Fremantle (11th on the ladder) is: 18th on Q2 performances, and 5th on Q4 performances
• Collingwood (12th on the ladder) is: 18th on Own Conversion Rate, 3rd on Opponents' Conversion Rate, and 5th on Q2 performances
• Gold Coast (13th on the ladder) is: 3rd on Own Conversion Rate, and 6th on Q3 performances
• Carlton (14th on the ladder) is: 8th on Opponents' Scoring Shot Production, and 5th on Q3 performances
• Kangaroos (15th on the ladder) is: 9th on Own Conversion Rate, 8th on Opponents' Conversion Rate, 7th on Q1 performances, and 8th on Q2 performances
• Brisbane Lions (16th on the ladder) is: 4th on Own Conversion Rate, and 4th on Opponents' Conversion Rate
• Hawthorn (17th on the ladder) is: 13th to 17th on every metric
• Sydney (18th on the ladder) is: 11th on Own Conversion Rate, 12th on Opponents' Conversion Rate, and 9th on Q1 performances