Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to highlight a sizeable gap between the top 9 and bottom 9 teams when looking across all metrics (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

To quantify this schism, I’d note that the average all-metrics rankings of the Top 9 teams range from Adelaide’s 2.1 to Fremantle’s 7.7, while those of the Bottom 9 range from Sydney’s 11.1 to West Coast’s 17.1.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

Opponent Goals per Game: +0.92
Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.92
Opponent Points per Game: +0.91
Percent of Quarters Won: +0.9
MoS Win Production Function: +0.89
Own Points per Game: +0.83
Q1 Performances: +0.83
Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.82
Own Goals per Game: +0.81
Q3 Performances: +0.79

That least rank correlated with ladder position is:

Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.49

Next, here’s the latest Team Dashboard, which shows, among other things, that:

Adelaide have won 90% of Q2s but only 55% of Q3s.
Brisbane Lions have won 70% of Q1s and Q3s but only 43% of Q4s.
Carlton have won 65% of Q1s but only 20% of Q3s.
Essendon have won 53% of Q2s but only 21% of Q1s.
Fremantle have won 65% of Q1s and Q3s but only 38% of Q2s.
Geelong have won 70% of Q4s but only 48% of Q2s.
Gold Coast have won 68% of Q1s but only 47% of Q2s.
GWS have won 73% of Q4s but only 50% of Q1s.
Port Adelaide have won 55% of Q3s but only 18% of Q4s.
Sydney have won 60% of Q4s but only 38% of Q3s.
Western Bulldogs have won 78% of Q4s but only 45% of Q1s.
Adelaide, Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, and Western Bulldogs are now the only teams to have outscored their opponents in all four quarters
Essendon, North Melbourne, Richmond, and West Coast are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters
Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, and Western Bulldogs are now the only teams to have generated, on average, more scoring shots than their opponents in every quarter.
Essendon, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast are now the only teams to have generated, on average, fewer scoring shots than their opponents in every quarter.
Carlton have scored 33% and Port Adelaide 31% of their points in Q1s
Melbourne have scored 32% and Essendon 31% of their points in Q3s
Collingwood and Fremantle have conceded 19% of the total points they have in Q3s
West Coast have converted at 43% in Q3s, as have Richmond in Q4s
Adelaide have converted at 63% in Q4s
Melbourne’s opponents have converted at 67% in Q4s
GWS’s opponents have converted at 42% in Q2s
Fremantle’s opponents have converted at 40% in Q3s, as have Adelaide’s opponents in Q4s