Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to show that the teams currently in the Top 8 deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage). Only Fremantle (and maybe Carlton) also have a set of metrics deserving of a spot in the eight.

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.87

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.87

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.87

• Own Points per Game: +0.83

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.82

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.81

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.79

• Q3 Performances: +0.78

• Own Goals per Game: +0.77

• Q4 Performances: +0.7

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.21

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.3

• Q2 Performances: +0.35

• Q1 Performances: +0.47

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to show that the teams currently in the Top 8 - perhaps Essendon aside - mostly deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.84

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.83

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.79

• Own Points per Game: +0.76

• Q3 Performances: +0.74

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.73

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.73

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.27

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.29

• Q2 Performances: +0.32

• Q1 Performances: +0.4

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which continues to show that the teams currently in the Top 8 mostly deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.92

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.87

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.84

• Own Points per Game: +0.81

• Q3 Performances: +0.79

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.77

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.75

• Opponent Scoring Shots per Game: +0.75

• Own Goals per Game: +0.75

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Q2 Performances: +0.35

• Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.42

• Own Scoring Shot Conversion: +0.45

Below is the latest Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which shows that the teams currently in the Top 8 mostly deserve to be there based on the metrics shown here (note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage).

The metrics currently most rank correlated with ladder position are:

• MoS Win Production Function: +0.92

• Percent of Quarters Won: +0.85

• Own Scoring Shots per Game: +0.84

• Own Points per Game: +0.82

• Own Goals per Game: +0.8

• Opponent Goals per Game: +0.78

• Opponent Points per Game: +0.77

Those least rank correlated with ladder position are:

• Q1 Performances: +0.46

• Q2 Performances: +0.49

With the teams having only played between 2 and 4 games so far in the home and away season, it’s still a little early to be calling out specific team statistics in the Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table, which appears below.

Note once again that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage. The only thing I would note at this point is the fairly close correspondence between the ordering of the teams that I achieve using that approach, and what we get from the MoS Win Production Function, even with such scant data.

It’s way too early to make anything meaningful from the numbers but, to get you accustomed to what you’ll see during the home and away season, here is, firstly, the Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table.

(Note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage)

It’s way too early to make anything meaningful from the numbers but, to get you accustomed to what you’ll see during the home and away season, here is, firstly, the Ranking on Dashboard Metrics table.

(Note that I order teams based firstly on the percentage of available competition points they have accrued and then on percentage)