The latest Rankings on Dashboard Metrics graphic appears below, and reveals that team rankings on the following metrics are most highly correlated with ladder position (noting that I order the ladder based on Competition Points per Game and then Percentage, which differs from what you’ll see on the AFL and other sites).

• The MoS Win Production Function (+0.93)

• Own Scoring Shots per Game (+0.86)

• Quarters Won (+0.86)

• Own Goals per Game (+0.81)

• Own Points per Game (+0.80)

• Opponent Goals per Game (+0.79)

• Opponent Points per Game (+0.77)

• Q3 Performances (+0.76)

Least highly correlated are:

• Q2 performances (+0.42)

• Q4 performances (+0.44)

• Q1 performances (+0.45)

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.47)

And, here is the larger Team Dashboard, which reveals that:

• West Coast is yet to win a quarter this season

• GWS has lost only a single quarter this season

• Brisbane Lions have scored 55% of their points in 1st halfs and conceded 60% in 2nd halfs

• Gold Coast have scored 63% of their points in 1st halfs and conceded 64% in 2nd halfs

• North Melbourne have converted at over 75% in 1st halfs