MatterOfStats 2026 : Team Dashboard for Round 12

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Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which shows that St Kilda are still unlucky to not be in the Top 10, with the Dogs still perhaps undeservedly taking their places.

(Note that byes have meant we again revert to Match Ratio and then percentage to determine ladder positions.)

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

  • MoS Win Production Function: +0.86

  • Own Goals per Game: +0.84

  • Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.83

  • Own Points per Game: +0.83

  • Percentage of Quarters Won: +0.82

  • Q2 Performances: +0.74

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

  • Q4 Performances: +0.18

  • Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.4

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

  • Only two teams have a winning streak of three games or more

  • Only three teams have a losing streak of three games or more

  • Sydney have converted at a rate almost 11% points higher than their opponents

  • West Coast have converted at a rate over 9% points lower than their opponents

Next, here’s the bottom half, with quarter-by-quarter statistics, that shows:

  • Fremantle, Hawthorn, and Sydney are still the only teams to have outscored their opponents in all four quarters

  • Richmond and West Coast are the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters

  • Richmond have scored 35% of their points in Q2s.

  • West Coast have scored 34% of their points in Q3s, but only 16% in Q1s. They’ve converted at only 35% in Q1s

  • Essendon have scored 34% of their points in Q4s and converted at 65%. Their opponents have converted at 62% in Q1s

  • St Kilda have conceded only 15% of their points in Q1s where their opponents have converted at only 42%

  • Collingwood has converted at only 31% in Q2s

  • Geelong has converted at 69% in Q1s, but only 41% in Q4s