MatterOfStats 2024 : Team Dashboard for Round 6
/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.
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