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 Points per Game (+0.93)
Own Scoring Shots per Game (+0.88)
Own Goals per Game (+0.88)
Percent of Quarters Won (+0.86)
Q3 Performances (+0.80)

Least highly correlated are:

Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.28)
Q2 performances (+0.40)
Opponents’ Scoring Shots per Game (+0.43)
Own Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.48)

Overall, the Brisbane Lions’ rankings look least congruent with their ladder position. North Melbourne’s statistics are pretty wild: 14th to 18th on every metric except Own Scoring Shot Conversion where they’re 1st.

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

GWS has won 17 quarters this season, and Port Adelaide, Sydney, and Geelong 16
North Melbourne has won only three quarters this season
Geelong has only generated as many scoring shots as their opponents have in Q4s. They’ve won only 42% of them and have a percentage of just 113.
Sydney and Port Adelaide have generated fewer scoring shots than their opponents have in Q2s.
GWS has generated fewer scoring shots than their opponents have in Q4s.
Carlton has only generated as many scoring shots as their opponents have in Q1s.
Melbourne has only generated as many scoring shots as their opponents have in Q1s, and fewer in Q3s.
Brisbane Lions has scored 60% of their points in 1st halfs and conceded 61% in 2nd halfs
Gold Coast has conceded 63% in 2nd halfs
St Kilda has scored 61% in 2nd halfs
Carlton’s opponents have converted at almost 75% in Q1s
North Melbourne has converted at almost 75% in Q1s