LEADERBOARD

Final standings for 2020 after 162 games.

Tips Bits MAE Correct
Punters

7 5 4 5 8 6 8 7 6 6 7 5 9 7 4 6 5 8 1 2 0 1

117 27.11 22.77 72.2%
Squiggle

7 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 7 8 6 8 7 3 6 5 9 2 2 1 0

117 21.49 22.93 72.2%
AFLalytics

7 5 4 6 7 6 5 8 7 6 7 6 9 6 4 6 5 8 2 2 0 0

116 24.70 22.35 71.6%
s10

8 5 3 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 9 6 4 6 5 9 2 2 1 0

115 22.14 22.85 71.0%
AFL_GO

6 4 4 4 7 7 5 7 8 7 5 6 9 5 4 6 6 9 2 2 0 0

113 18.42 23.31 69.8%
Matter of Stats

6 5 4 4 5 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 9 6 3 6 5 9 1 2 1 0

112 23.53 23.16 69.1%
Aggregate

7 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 9 5 4 6 5 9 1 2 1 0

112 20.78 23.10 69.1%
Live Ladders

8 6 3 4 5 4 5 5 7 6 7 6 9 5 4 6 7 9 2 2 1 0

111 21.74 22.94 68.5%
PlusSixOne

8 5 3 6 7 8 3 5 8 5 8 6 9 6 3 5 3 8 2 2 1 0

111 13.81 23.45 68.5%
FMI

8 5 3 4 6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 9 6 4 5 6 7 1 2 0 0

110 13.22 25.31 67.9%
Swinburne

8 4 3 5 5 7 5 6 8 6 6 5 8 5 4 5 7 8 1 2 0 0

108 19.31 24.58 66.7%
Graft

7 4 3 4 6 7 5 6 6 6 8 6 8 6 4 5 6 8 0 2 1 0

108 16.38 23.90 66.7%
The Flag

8 4 4 4 3 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 3 4 6 6 8 1 2 1 0

107 15.16 24.83 66.0%
AFL Lab

5 4 4 6 4 7 6 4 6 7 6 7 6 6 4 6 6 8 2 2 1 0

107 15.08 24.05 66.0%
Stattraction

7 5 3 4 6 5 6 5 7 6 5 7 8 5 4 5 6 8 0 2 2 0

106 12.59 24.35 65.4%
Massey Ratings

7 3 3 4 3 7 4 1 7 7 6 7 8 7 4 6 3 8 3 2 0 1

101 16.47 23.88 66.4%
The Arc

8 3 3 4 4 6 5

33 -1.66 27.74 53.2%

"Tips" is the number of correct tips. Draws are counted as correct.

"Bits" from Monash University Probabilistic Footy Tipping rewards tipsters for saying a win was more likely and punishes them for saying it was unlikely. Higher is better.

"MAE" is Mean Absolute Error, which is the average difference between predicted and actual margins. Lower is better.

"Correct" is the percentage of correct tips, i.e. "Tips" divided by the total number of tips provided (which is normally also the number of games played, assuming the model tips all games).

[+] Bits, MAE, Tips... which is best?

Tips is what most people care about: How many winners did you pick? So it's the primary variable for the Squiggle leaderboard. But there's a fair bit of luck involved in tipping 50/50 games, so it's hard to know whether a high Tips score is due to skill or good fortune.

Bits are earned by confident correct tips, lost by confident incorrect tips, and not much happens either way for fence-sitting 50/50 tips. The added dimension of "confidence" means Bits are less influenced by luck, so high scores are likely to indicate models that are good performers over the long-term.

MAE (or Mean Absolute Error) measures how far, on average, margin tips are from the actual margin. (Lower MAE scores are better.) It's hard to fluke a good MAE, because your tips have to be consistently close to the real margins, and therefore it's probably the best of the three metrics at measuring a model's underlying forecasting skill. However, it doesn't measure whether anyone is getting the winners right, which means it's not directly tracking the most important factor.

By Round

By Team

Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions Carlton Carlton Carlton Collingwood Collingwood Collingwood Essendon Essendon Essendon Fremantle Fremantle Fremantle Geelong Geelong Geelong Gold Coast Gold Coast Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Hawthorn Hawthorn Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne North Melbourne North Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Richmond Richmond Richmond St Kilda St Kilda St Kilda Sydney Sydney Sydney West Coast West Coast West Coast Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs
Punters 76% 4.2 24.2 79% 6.1 21.8 65% 1.0 16.2 68% 1.2 25.2 82% 4.5 17.8 71% 2.8 18.8 76% 4.7 27.8 88% 3.6 24.0 65% -0.4 21.7 59% 1.8 27.2 65% 1.2 23.8 88% 4.9 28.0 84% 5.5 23.7 67% 3.7 20.2 63% 1.8 22.9 59% 1.1 21.0 83% 4.0 19.5 61% 2.6 25.1
Squiggle 82% 4.2 25.5 89% 4.9 20.3 65% 0.5 16.5 63% 0.1 27.9 82% 3.1 16.0 76% 1.2 18.7 71% 4.3 27.9 82% 2.6 24.4 65% -1.2 23.1 65% 1.2 27.5 59% 1.0 24.4 82% 3.9 28.2 79% 4.9 22.3 71% 2.9 20.3 68% 2.3 20.0 59% 2.0 22.7 72% 2.3 20.8 67% 2.7 25.8
AFLalytics 71% 3.3 26.1 79% 6.8 20.3 65% 0.6 15.2 68% 1.8 24.1 76% 2.5 17.6 65% 2.3 19.6 71% 4.3 25.8 82% 2.8 23.2 59% 0.3 21.0 71% 2.1 25.8 71% 1.8 22.8 88% 3.6 27.8 89% 5.3 23.1 67% 3.8 19.0 58% 1.3 23.4 59% 0.0 22.4 83% 4.1 18.7 67% 2.5 26.1
s10 71% 3.4 26.5 84% 5.7 20.4 71% 0.5 14.9 68% 1.1 24.6 76% 3.0 17.4 59% 1.8 19.2 86% 4.2 27.6 76% 2.4 24.5 47% -0.8 22.5 59% 0.9 27.5 71% 1.7 23.8 88% 4.2 27.7 84% 5.2 23.1 67% 3.3 20.1 68% 1.6 22.8 53% 0.8 21.6 78% 2.9 20.3 67% 2.4 26.3
AFL_GO 71% 3.0 26.4 89% 7.3 18.7 59% -1.2 18.6 58% 0.5 24.7 71% 0.5 22.6 71% 2.6 18.1 76% 3.2 28.5 71% 1.8 24.9 59% -1.5 22.3 65% -0.9 29.2 53% 0.7 25.5 76% 3.6 28.2 84% 5.6 22.5 67% 3.7 19.9 68% 1.5 23.7 59% -0.7 23.4 83% 3.9 18.2 72% 3.2 24.6
Matter of Stats 71% 4.1 26.5 84% 7.1 20.3 59% 0.9 15.4 63% 0.0 27.3 76% 3.1 17.5 65% 2.3 18.3 76% 4.3 29.0 71% 2.7 25.2 53% -1.6 22.5 65% 1.2 27.9 71% 2.6 22.9 82% 4.9 28.2 79% 6.7 21.8 71% 1.0 21.1 63% 1.9 22.1 53% 0.5 23.3 72% 1.6 21.9 67% 3.6 24.9
Aggregate 71% 3.0 27.1 79% 5.7 20.4 59% 0.2 15.5 68% 1.2 24.3 76% 2.7 18.2 59% 1.8 19.3 81% 4.1 27.7 71% 2.0 25.2 47% -0.8 22.6 53% 0.6 27.8 65% 1.6 23.9 82% 3.8 28.3 84% 5.1 23.4 67% 3.3 20.2 68% 1.6 23.2 53% 0.5 22.2 78% 2.9 19.9 78% 2.3 26.1
Live Ladders 76% 3.0 27.5 79% 6.4 20.7 71% 1.5 14.5 58% 1.0 25.5 71% 2.0 17.7 53% 1.3 19.6 67% 3.0 27.6 76% 2.8 24.4 47% -0.5 21.3 53% -0.1 28.8 71% 1.9 23.5 82% 4.4 26.9 89% 5.9 22.6 76% 4.2 19.1 68% 1.4 23.7 53% 0.3 20.4 61% 1.7 22.8 78% 3.1 25.8
PlusSixOne 59% 1.2 30.6 74% 3.0 21.1 65% 0.2 15.5 58% 1.6 24.0 71% 0.9 19.5 71% 1.1 20.4 81% 3.3 26.5 76% 2.0 24.7 59% 0.1 20.7 71% 1.1 26.3 65% 1.0 24.6 76% 1.6 29.0 79% 3.4 25.0 67% 2.4 21.2 74% 1.3 22.5 59% 0.7 21.4 72% 1.9 20.7 56% 0.8 28.3
FMI 65% 0.7 30.9 84% 5.0 19.9 59% -0.0 18.9 74% 1.8 24.3 71% 1.6 21.5 65% 1.6 21.2 81% 3.5 29.1 71% 0.9 32.4 59% -0.4 23.1 71% 0.1 27.8 65% 1.8 26.0 59% 1.3 31.6 79% 3.2 24.9 71% 3.5 21.7 53% -0.6 28.5 53% -1.2 26.2 78% 2.2 20.3 61% 1.5 27.7
Swinburne 65% 1.9 29.2 79% 6.3 22.6 65% -0.1 17.0 74% 1.4 25.5 71% 3.2 18.8 59% 1.7 21.3 81% 4.6 29.0 76% 2.5 26.4 41% -2.2 25.8 65% 0.7 26.1 59% 0.8 26.7 76% 4.0 29.4 79% 4.4 22.7 62% 4.3 22.5 68% 1.1 24.7 47% -1.0 26.4 78% 3.2 21.8 50% 1.8 26.4
Graft 71% 2.9 28.5 79% 4.3 21.6 59% -0.2 15.9 63% 1.0 24.8 76% 2.4 18.4 65% 1.5 19.2 67% 3.6 29.1 71% 1.3 27.3 47% -0.9 23.0 59% 1.0 26.5 59% 1.5 25.2 88% 3.0 29.4 79% 4.4 24.4 67% 2.1 21.9 74% 1.4 23.2 47% 0.4 21.7 67% 2.0 21.7 61% 1.1 27.8
The Flag 71% 3.3 28.1 74% 5.9 21.4 47% -3.3 21.2 68% 0.7 25.7 76% 3.6 18.9 65% 1.7 18.9 81% 3.6 30.1 65% -0.2 29.0 53% -2.7 25.4 59% 0.8 27.6 65% 0.7 24.5 76% 4.1 29.9 84% 6.5 23.5 57% 1.5 22.9 58% 0.9 25.0 53% -1.8 25.5 72% 3.6 21.5 61% 1.2 27.6
AFL Lab 71% 3.8 28.1 79% 5.0 21.9 47% -1.3 17.1 68% -0.5 26.2 76% 3.2 18.4 65% 0.4 21.4 71% 4.0 28.4 65% -1.0 29.2 41% -3.0 22.8 41% -1.5 29.5 71% 1.4 23.2 82% 5.6 26.7 79% 5.5 25.3 67% 2.7 21.9 63% 0.7 23.9 47% 0.1 20.8 72% 2.3 21.3 78% 2.7 26.1
Stattraction 76% 1.6 29.6 74% 3.8 22.2 71% 0.2 15.1 68% 0.1 25.1 71% 2.1 19.6 59% 0.3 20.9 71% 3.6 28.9 65% -0.0 29.8 53% -0.7 22.8 47% -1.0 29.1 65% 2.0 24.0 59% 1.8 30.8 84% 4.0 25.1 62% 1.3 22.0 68% 1.8 23.2 47% 0.0 21.4 72% 2.4 21.1 61% 2.0 27.3
Massey Ratings 62% 1.3 29.7 83% 4.8 20.9 44% -0.9 19.3 72% 2.3 19.9 69% 0.9 20.8 47% 0.6 21.4 76% 4.0 26.6 69% 1.7 27.1 50% -0.3 22.4 50% -1.4 31.6 60% -0.5 27.7 75% 3.1 30.1 83% 5.0 23.0 79% 3.8 21.6 72% 3.8 20.7 53% 1.4 21.9 75% 2.3 16.4 65% 0.9 29.6
The Arc 86% 1.2 25.6 71% 1.2 21.9 43% -1.0 22.6 57% -0.5 26.3 33% -0.7 19.5 71% 1.0 12.6 29% -0.3 31.6 43% -2.2 39.6 29% -1.7 29.0 43% -1.0 40.1 67% 1.2 18.8 57% 0.6 24.3 86% 2.1 27.6 71% 0.2 26.6 57% -0.6 25.4 29% -0.6 23.9 71% -0.5 32.6 14% -1.7 49.1