The latest Ranking on Dashboard metrics data appears below, and now shows that the strongest rank correlations with ladder positions are currently associated with:

• Percentage of Quarters Won (+0.83)

• The MoS Win Production Function (+0.82)

• Opponent Scoring: Points (+0.81)

• Scoring Shots Conceded (+0.79)

• Opponent Scoring: Goals (+0.77)

• Scoring Shots Recorded (+0.71)

• Q4 Performances (+0.7)

• Own Scoring: Points (+0.7)

The weakest rank correlations with ladder position are associated with:

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.19)

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.43)

It remains the case that a number of teams in the Top 8 on the ladder are ranked extraordinarily lowly on some metrics.

The full Extended Team Dashboard appears below, and shows that:

• Geelong and Melbourne are the only teams to have outscored their opponents in all four quarters taken separately.

• Sydney have outscored their opponents in Q1s , Q2s, and Q3s, but lie 10th on the ladder.

• Gold Coast, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and West Coast are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters taken separately

• Collingwood have registered fewer scoring shots than their opponents and have registered only a 91 percentage in Q3s

• St Kilda have registered substantially fewer scoring shots than their opponents and have registered only a 73 percentage in Q2s

• GWS have registered fewer scoring shots than their opponents in both Q1s and Q2s, and have percentgaes of just 88 and 86 in those two quarters

• St Kilda, despite sitting 5th on the ladder, have lost more quarters than they’ve won.

• Collingwood’s opponents have converted at only 38%, GWS’ at 41%, and St Kilda’s at 43% in Q4s this season

• By way of contrast, Brisbane Lions’ opponents have coverted at 65% and Gold Coast’s at 62% in Q3s