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Is the AFL the world’s most even sports league?

Posted on July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 by Max Barry

You know what? It’s an even season. So agrees The Arc:

This AFL season is on pace to be the most even of any major sports league, and among the most even in footy history.

Source: Footy Forensics Is the AFL the world’s most even sports league?

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Wins % Range
1
 Fremantle 19.0 138%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
 1
2
 Sydney 17.9 137%
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5
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8
9
10
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12
13
14
15
16
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18
 2
3
 Hawthorn 15.6 121%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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18
 3–4
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 Geelong 14.8 127%
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2
3
4
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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18
 3–5
5
 Adelaide 14.6 116%
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2
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6
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8
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10
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14
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18
 4–5
6
 Brisbane Lions 13.2 109%
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2
3
4
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8
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12
13
14
15
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18
 6–7
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 Melbourne 13.0 103%
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2
3
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5
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 6–8
8
 Western Bulldogs 12.6 94%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
 7–8
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 Gold Coast 11.1 101%
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2
3
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5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
14
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16
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18
 9–12
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 St Kilda 11.0 105%
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2
3
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6
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8
9
10
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12
13
14
15
16
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18
 9–11
11
 Collingwood 11.0 102%
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2
3
4
5
6
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8
9
10
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12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 9–12
12
 Carlton 10.9 98%
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2
3
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8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
 9–13
13
 GWS 10.3 99%
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2
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13
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18
 11–14
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 North Melbourne 9.9 86%
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18
 13–14
15
 Port Adelaide 7.9 97%
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 15
16
 West Coast 6.5 73%
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 16
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 Richmond 4.3 62%
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 17
18
 Essendon 3.2 70%
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18
 18

After 5 games of Round 15, 2026.

PROJECTIONS
W L D % History Wins Finish
1
 Fremantle 13∗ 1 – 144.4%
+6.0
1
2
 Sydney 12∗ 2 – 143.7%
+5.9
2
3
 Hawthorn 9∗ 4 1 113.5%
+6.1
3
4
 Geelong 9 6 – 120.6%
+5.8
4
5
 Adelaide 9∗ 5 – 113.2%
+5.6
5
6
 Melbourne 9 6 – 104.2%
+4.0
7
7
 Brisbane Lions 8∗ 6 – 108.4%
+5.2
6
8
 Western Bulldogs 8∗ 6 – 90.7%
+4.6
8
9
 Gold Coast 7∗ 7 – 105.3%
+4.1
9
10
 Collingwood 6∗ 7 1 101.6%
+4.5
11
11
 St Kilda 6∗ 8 – 102.4%
+5.0
10
12
 GWS 6∗ 8 – 100.3%
+4.3
13
13
 Carlton 6∗ 8 – 91.1%
+4.9
12
14
 North Melbourne 6∗ 7 – 88.5%
+3.9
14
15
 Port Adelaide 4∗ 10 – 98.6%
+3.9
15
16
 West Coast 4∗ 10 – 72.7%
+2.5
16
17
 Richmond 2∗ 11 – 61.1%
+2.3
17
18
 Essendon 1∗ 13 – 70.4%
+2.2
18

∗ Yet to play

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3 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 4 6 4

97 29.5908 29.59 25.7069 25.71 76.9841 77.0%
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3 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4

96 29.5362 29.54 25.1281 25.13 76.1905 76.2%
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4 8 5 6 4 8 8 8 7 7 5 6 4 6 6 4

96 20.2982 20.30 25.7869 25.79 76.1905 76.2%
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2 8 5 5 5 8 8 7 8 9 5 5 4 4 6 4

93 29.8747 29.87 25.8773 25.88 73.8095 73.8%
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2 6 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 5 4 5 4 6 4

92 30.8524 30.85 25.6534 25.65 73.0159 73.0%
ZaphBot

2 7 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 9 5 5 4 4 6 4

92 29.7990 29.80 26.5079 26.51 73.0159 73.0%
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4 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 5 5 5 4 6 4

92 28.7720 28.77 26.0561 26.06 73.0159 73.0%
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2 7 5 6 5 8 8 7 7 9 5 5 4 4 6 4

92 28.5460 28.55 25.7611 25.76 73.0159 73.0%
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3 7 5 5 6 8 8 7 8 8 5 5 4 4 5 4

92 25.5977 25.60 26.5681 26.57 73.0159 73.0%
Don't Blame the Data

2 7 5 6 5 8 8 7 7 8 5 5 4 4 6 4

91 30.3848 30.38 26.1856 26.19 72.2222 72.2%
The Wooden Finger

2 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 9 5 5 4 5 6 4

91 28.4951 28.50 27.5794 27.58 72.2222 72.2%
What Snoo Thinks

3 8 5 6 4 6 8 8 7 7 6 5 3 4 7 4

91 27.2877 27.29 25.9440 25.94 72.2222 72.2%
AFL Lab

2 7 4 6 6 7 8 7 6 9 5 5 4 4 6 4

90 28.3282 28.33 26.4368 26.44 71.4286 71.4%
Matter of Stats

3 7 5 6 5 7 7 8 8 7 5 4 3 4 6 4

89 28.7315 28.73 26.8274 26.83 70.6349 70.6%
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2 7 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4

89 23.9628 23.96 27.8874 27.89 †1 71.2000 71.2%
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1 7 4 5 5 7 7 8 7 8 5 5 4 5 6 4

88 28.9553 28.96 25.5038 25.50 69.8413 69.8%
footycharts

3 7 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 8 5 4 3 5 5 4

88 28.6692 28.67 25.8899 25.89 69.8413 69.8%
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2 6 5 6 4 5 8 7 7 9 5 5 4 6 5 4

88 27.0582 27.06 26.1585 26.16 69.8413 69.8%
PlusSixOne

2 7 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 5 5 6 5 5 4

88 25.7018 25.70 25.9889 25.99 69.8413 69.8%
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2 7 4 5 5 6 8 7 8 7 5 4 5 5 5 4

87 27.6648 27.66 26.8889 26.89 69.0476 69.0%
Cheap Stats

3 5 3 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 5 5 4 4 5

87 22.0907 22.09 26.9587 26.96 †5 71.9008 71.9%
In The Game

2 6 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 3

86 27.2022 27.20 27.6154 27.62 68.2540 68.3%
Live Ladders

2 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 5 5 4 4 6 3

86 26.9894 26.99 26.1349 26.13 68.2540 68.3%
HBin

4 7 5 5 4 6 8 7 7 8 5 4 3 4 5 4

86 24.3747 24.37 26.1595 26.16 68.2540 68.3%
AFL Scorigami

3 7 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 5 2 4 5 3

86 23.5610 23.56 27.0725 27.07 68.2540 68.3%
The Footycast

2 7 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 6 4

86 22.4245 22.42 26.4524 26.45 68.2540 68.3%
Squiggle

1 7 5 5 5 6 7 8 6 7 5 5 4 4 6 4

85 24.7761 24.78 26.2974 26.30 67.4603 67.5%
Graft

3 7 4 6 4 5 7 7 7 9 5 5 3 4 5 3

84 25.5857 25.59 27.7381 27.74 66.6667 66.7%
Elo Predicts!

3 6 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 5 5 3 5 5 4

82 21.1783 21.18 27.0476 27.05 65.0794 65.1%
Hyperion

3 5 4 5 5 8 7 7 9 5 5 5 5 5 3

81 22.1886 22.19 26.9829 26.98 †9 69.2308 69.2%
Massey Ratings

2 4 5 8 8 7 9 5 5 4 4 6 4

71 23.2312 23.23 27.4010 27.40 †25 70.2970 70.3%

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