MatterOfStats 2026 : Team Dashboard for Round 5

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Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which shows that the teams currently in the Top 10 still deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here, with the possible exception of Melbourne who might be replaced by Adelaide.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

  • MoS Win Production Function: +0.95

  • Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.88

  • Own Points per Game: +0.88

  • Own Goals per Game: +0.83

  • Percent of Quarters Won: +0.77

  • Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.74

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

  • Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.26

  • Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.43

  • Q1 Performances: +0.43

  • Q4 Performances: +0.46

  • Q2 and Q3 Performances: +0.48

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

  • Carlton have yet to lose a Q1

  • Essendon have yet to win a Q2

  • Geelong have yet to lose a Q4

  • Melbourne have yet to win a Q1 or lose a Q2

  • St Kilda have yet to win a Q3

  • West Coast have yet to win a Q1 or a Q4

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

  • Richmond are the only team to have been outscored by their opponents in all four quarters

  • Collingwood and GWS apart, very few teams have similar percentages across all four quarters

  • Carlton have scored 41% of their points in Q1s and just under 60% of their points in 1st halfs. But, they’ve conceded 65% of their points in 2nd halfs.