The final Rankings on Dashboard Metrics graphic for 2024 appears below, and reveals that team rankings on the following metrics are most highly correlated with ladder position:

Percent of Quarters Won (+0.95)
Q3 Performances (+0.91)
Own Points per Game (+0.89)
MoS Win Production Function Expected Wins (+0.89)
Own Goals per Game (+0.86)
Own Scoring Shots per Game (+0.85)
Q1 Performances (+0.73)

Least highly correlated are:

Own Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.12)
Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.41)

A review of this table and the detailed Team Dashboard below reveals:

All eight of the Top 8 teams on Quarters Won and on Own Points Scored.
All but the last three teams on the ladder have percentages of 98.5 or higher.

The larger Team Dashboard also reveals that:

Only four teams have a winning streak extending beyond two games: Sydney, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, and St Kilda.
Only four teams have a losing streak extending beyond two games: Fremantle, Essendon, North Melbourne, and Richmond.
North Melbourne converted at 61% across all four quarters
Richmond converted at only 47% across all four quarters
GWS’s opponents have converted at only 49% across all four quarters, West Coast’s at 58%.
Richmond, North Melbourne, and West Coast have been outscored by their opponents in every quarter
The only teams to have outscored their opponents in every quarter are Fremantle, GWS, Hawthorn, and Western Bulldogs.
Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, and Western Bulldogs are the only teams to have registered more scoring shots than their opponents in all four quarters. North Melbourne, Richmond, and West Coast are the only teams to have registered fewer scoring shots than their opponents in all four quarters.
Port Adelaide have converted at only between 44 and 47% in Q2, Q3, and Q4. Brisbane Lions have converted at only 43% in Q3s.
Sydney have converted at 62% in Q2s and GWS at 61% in Q2s.
Sydney’s opponents have converted at only 36% in Q2s.
Carlton’s opponents have converted at 62% in Q2s, and Geelong’s at 62% in Q4s.