Below is the latest and final Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which suggests that the Saints are unlucky not to finish in the Top 10, and that the Dogs are perhaps lucky that they have.

The metrics most rank correlated with ladder position are:

MoS Win Production Function: +0.97
Percentage of Quarters Won: +0.95
Own Points per Game: +0.89
Own Goals per Game: +0.89
Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.87
Q4 Performances: +0.84
Q2 Performances: +0.81
Opponent Points per Game: +0.81
Opponent Goals per Game: +0.8
Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.77
Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.76
Q3 Performances: +0.73

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.38

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 (the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th on the ladder)
Only three teams have a losing streak of three games or more (the last three on the ladder)
Brisbane Lions have generated 29.1 scoring shots per game and Richmond 19
Fremantle have conceded just 20.7 scoring shots per game and Essendon 29
According to the MoS Win Production Function
- Western Bulldogs have won 2.9 games more than expected based on their scoring statistics
- St Kilda have won 2.2 games fewer than expected
- Port Adelaide have won 1.5 games fewer than expected

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

Brisbane Lions have won 58 and drawn 6 quarters all season
Sydney have won 58 and drawn 1 quarter all season
Richmond have won 18 and drawn 6 quarters all season
St Kilda have won 78% of Q1s, but only 37% of Q3s
Geelong have won 83% of Q4s, but only 43% of Q3s
Essendon have won 43% of Q4s, but only 13% of Q1s
Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne, and Sydney are the only teams to have outscored their opponents in all four quarters
Essendon, Port Adelaide, Richmond and West Coast remain the only teams to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters
Essendon have scored 34% of their points in Q4s and 20% in Q1s.
St Kilda have conceded only 19% of their points in Q1s.
Essendon have converted at only 41% in Q1s
Gold Coast has converted at 61% in Q1s, but only 43% in Q4s
Brisbane Lions has converted at 62% in Q3s, but only 48% in Q2s
Adelaide has converted at 63% in Q1s
Sydney has converted at 61% in Q1s
Richmond has converted at 37% in Q3s
Port Adelaide’s opponents have converted at 62% in Q1s
Melbourne’s opponents have converted at 60% in Q1s and Q2s
Sydney’s opponents have converted at 41% in Q2s.