MatterOfStats 2026 : Team Dashboard for Round 13

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 still mean we 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: +0.86

  • Own Points per Game: +0.86

  • Percentage of Quarters Won: +0.82

  • Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.81

  • Q2 Performances: +0.76

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

  • Q4 Performances: +0.37

  • Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.37

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

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

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

  • Sydney have converted at a rate almost 10% points higher than their opponents

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

  • According to the MoS Win Production Function

    • Western Bulldogs have won 2.2 games more than expected based on their scoring statistics

    • West Coast have won 1.4 games more than expected

    • Fremantle have won 1.3 games more than expected

    • Melbourne have won 1.2 games more than expected

    • Port Adelaide have won 2.1 games fewer than expected

    • Essendon have won 1.7 games fewer than expected

    • St Kilda have won 1.7 games fewer than expected

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

  • Fremantle and Sydney are now 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 33% of their points in Q3s, but only 17% in Q1s. They’ve converted at only 38% in Q1s

  • Essendon have scored 34% of their points in Q4s and converted at 64%. Their opponents have converted at 61% in Q1s

  • St Kilda have conceded only 15% of their points in Q1s where their opponents have converted at only 43%

  • Collingwood has converted at only 32% in Q2s

  • Gold Coast has converted at 68% in Q1s, but only 41% in Q4s