Skip to content
Squiggle
@squiggle.au @SquiggleAFL Discord

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?

CategoriesThe Arc

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Sydney’s path to the finals may be the weirdest ever
Next PostNext Collingwood under Buckley

Wins % Range
1
 Brisbane Lions 15.5 124%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 1–2
2
 Hawthorn 14.4 117%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 3–4
3
 Geelong 14.1 117%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 1–8
4
 Western Bulldogs 14.0 120%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 2–10
5
 Gold Coast 13.7 115%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 1–7
6
 Adelaide 13.6 110%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 2–7
7
 Collingwood 13.2 111%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 4–8
8
 Sydney 12.9 109%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 5–10
9
 GWS 12.9 105%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 5–10
10
 Fremantle 12.8 104%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 3–10
11
 St Kilda 10.3 95%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 11–13
12
 Melbourne 10.0 96%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 11–15
13
 Port Adelaide 10.4 92%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 11–14
14
 Carlton 9.3 89%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 13–15
15
 North Melbourne 8.4 86%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 14–16
16
 Essendon 7.6 82%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 14–17
17
 Richmond 7.4 79%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 15–18
18
 West Coast 6.6 77%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
 17–18

After 2 games of Round 0, 2026.

PROJECTIONS
W L D % History Wins Finish
1
 Sydney 1 – – 191.3%
+11.9
8
2
 Gold Coast 1 – – 181.2%
+12.7
5
3
 Geelong – 1 – 55.2%
+14.1
3
4
 Carlton – 1 – 52.3%
+9.3
14
5
 Adelaide –∗ – –
+13.6
6
6
 Brisbane Lions –∗ – –
+15.5
1
7
 Collingwood –∗ – –
+13.2
7
8
 Essendon –∗ – –
+7.6
16
9
 Fremantle –∗ – –
+12.8
10
10
 GWS –∗ – –
+12.9
9
11
 Hawthorn –∗ – –
+14.4
2
12
 Melbourne –∗ – –
+10.0
12
13
 North Melbourne –∗ – –
+8.4
15
14
 Port Adelaide –∗ – –
+10.4
13
15
 Richmond –∗ – –
+7.4
17
16
 St Kilda –∗ – –
+10.3
11
17
 West Coast –∗ – –
+6.6
18
18
 Western Bulldogs –∗ – –
+14.0
4

∗ Yet to play

Power Rankings

Models Leaderboard

Tips Bits MAE Correct
Punters

2

2 0.9452 0.95 41.5050 41.51 100.0000 100.0%
Cheap Stats

2

2 0.7035 0.70 40.5000 40.50 100.0000 100.0%
Glicko Ratings

2

2 0.6238 0.62 48.1150 48.12 100.0000 100.0%
AFLalytics

2

2 0.5912 0.59 48.3850 48.38 100.0000 100.0%
Drop Kick Data

2

2 0.5687 0.57 49.4750 49.48 100.0000 100.0%
Wheelo Ratings

2

2 0.4810 0.48 51.2500 51.25 100.0000 100.0%
footycharts

2

2 0.4353 0.44 52.5050 52.51 100.0000 100.0%
Matter of Stats

2

2 0.4045 0.40 52.9900 52.99 100.0000 100.0%
Holy Grail Ratings

2

2 0.1970 0.20 54.1700 54.17 100.0000 100.0%
In The Game

1

1 0.5190 0.52 47.7700 47.77 50.0000 50.0%
The Cruncher

1

1 0.4993 0.50 51.5250 51.52 50.0000 50.0%
s10

1

1 0.3569 0.36 53.1550 53.16 50.0000 50.0%
Hyperion

1

1 0.3505 0.35 52.0000 52.00 50.0000 50.0%
PlusSixOne

1

1 0.3067 0.31 52.0500 52.05 50.0000 50.0%
Aggregate

1

1 0.2940 0.29 54.1150 54.12 50.0000 50.0%
Don't Blame the Data

1

1 0.2519 0.25 55.8750 55.88 50.0000 50.0%
What Snoo Thinks

1

1 0.2166 0.22 54.5650 54.56 50.0000 50.0%
Live Ladders

1

1 0.2136 0.21 56.0000 56.00 50.0000 50.0%
Elo Predicts!

1

1 0.2113 0.21 62.0000 62.00 50.0000 50.0%
Stattraction

1

1 0.1712 0.17 56.6300 56.63 50.0000 50.0%
Graft

1

1 0.1662 0.17 55.5000 55.50 50.0000 50.0%
The Wooden Finger

1

1 0.1490 0.15 56.0000 56.00 50.0000 50.0%
Informed Stats

1

1 0.1158 0.12 57.0000 57.00 50.0000 50.0%
AFL Scorigami

1

1 0.0999 0.10 57.5250 57.52 50.0000 50.0%
Massey Ratings

1

1 0.0405 0.04 58.0000 58.00 50.0000 50.0%
Winnable

1

1 0.0346 0.03 58.9250 58.92 50.0000 50.0%
HBin

1

1 -0.0197 0.02 59.7500 59.75 50.0000 50.0%
The Footycast

1

1 -0.0791 0.08 59.2000 59.20 50.0000 50.0%
AFL Lab

1

1 -0.1012 0.10 61.7200 61.72 50.0000 50.0%
ZaphBot

1

1 -0.2475 0.25 57.0000 57.00 50.0000 50.0%
Squiggle

0

0 -0.1106 0.11 61.3800 61.38 0.0000 0.0%

AFL Ladder Predictor

Squiggle AFL Ladder Predictor

Live Squiggle

Twitter

Tweets by SquiggleAFL

Friends of Squiggle

  • Live Ladders
  • Matter of Stats
  • HPN
  • FMI
  • Wheelo Ratings
  • AFLalytics
  • AFL Lab
  • PlusSixOne
  • Graft
  • Massey Ratings
  • ZaphBot
  • Glicko Ratings
  • Cheap Stats
  • Figuring Footy
  • The Footycast
  • AFL Scorigami
  • Data by Josh
  • Elo Predicts!
  • Stattraction
  • The Wooden Finger
  • Drop Kick Data
  • Hyperion
  • footycharts
  • Winnable
  • What Snoo Thinks
  • Informed Stats
  • HBin
  • Holy Grail Ratings
  • In The Game
  • The Flag
  • The Arc
  • Figuring Footy
  • BigFooty

About Squiggle

Squiggle gathers online AFL prediction & analysis and makes it look pretty. By Max Barry.

SQUIGGLE API

Need free data? Try the Squiggle API.