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

The MoS Win Production Function (+0.91)
Scoring Shots Conceded (+0.89)
Percentage of Quarters Won (+0.79)
Opponent Scoring: Points (+0.74)
Own Scoring: Goals (+0.77)
Own Scoring: Points (+0.75)
Q4 Performances (+0.74)
Opponent Scoring: Goals (+0.73)

The weakest rank correlations with ladder position are associated with:

Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion (+0.1)
Q1 Performances (+0.41)

At this stage, Port Adelaide looks perhaps the most out of place as a Top 8 team, based solely on their scoring metrics, and Sydney looks perhaps the most out of place as a team outside the Top 8.

Next, we have the full Team Dashboard below, which shows that:

Collingwood have doubled their opponents’ scores in Q4s, as have Essendon in Q3s, and Melbourne in Q4s.
Geelong have scored only 17% of their points in Q4s
St Kilda have scored only 18% of their points in Q2s
Brisbane Lions have scored only 20% of their points in Q4s
Hawthorn have scored only 14% of their points in Q3s. Their percentage for that quarter is 30.
Adelaide have scored 31% of their points in Q1s.
Collingwood have scored 32% of their points in Q4s
North Melbourne have scored 31% of their points in Q4s
Western Bulldogs have scored 31% of their points in Q2s
Melbourne have scored 32% of their points in Q4s
Carlton have yet to lose a Q2, and Melbourne a Q4
Fremantle have yet to win a Q1
St Kilda, who sit 3rd on the Ladder have won only 15 of 28 of their quarters, which is 6 fewer than Melbourne, and 2 fewer than Adelaide, Essendon and Carlton.
West Coast, in 17th, has kicked only 9 goals fewer than St Kilda, in 1st.
Essendon, in 9th, has kicked 9 more goals than Collingwood, in 1st
St Kilda has conceded 16 goals fewer than any other team in the competition
The bottom five teams have, between them, won only one game in the last four rounds