2002 Accuracy statistics

[BrainOfMorbius]

Which 2002 team was the most accurate in terms of goals as a percentage of scoring shots?

Brisbane? Collingwood? Port? Adelaide?

No - St Kilda.

Team          M   G    B  Shots % Goals
Richmond      22  257  259  516  49.81
Essendon      24  303  291  594  51.01
Fremantle     22  274  256  530  51.7
Carlton       22  244  218  462  52.81
Collingwood   25  341  300  641  53.2
Kangaroos     23  338  297  635  53.23
Sydney        22  310  263  573  54.1
Brisbane      25  416  352  768  54.17
Geelong       22  283  235  518  54.63
W Bulldogs    22  342  283  625  54.72
Adelaide      25  373  307  680  54.85
Melbourne     24  364  299  663  54.9
Hawthorn      22  286  222  508  56.3
Port Adelaide 25  387  298  685  56.5
West Coast    23  338  258  596  56.71
St. Kilda     22  265  195  460  57.61
«TOTAL»      185 5121 4333 9454  54.17
They also had the lowest number of scoring shots, which skews it a bit, but shows they tended to make the most of their opportunities.

Also interesting is the most accurate against stats. In other words, how opponents have scored against each team.

Team          M   GA   BA   SA   %GA
Essendon      24  287  286  573  50.09
Collingwood   25  306  294  600  51
Brisbane      25  294  271  565  52.04
Hawthorn      22  305  277  582  52.41
Melbourne     24  358  311  669  53.51
Port Adelaide 25  304  264  568  53.52
West Coast    23  345  295  640  53.91
Richmond      22  317  270  587  54
W Bulldogs    22  329  272  601  54.74
Carlton       22  337  278  615  54.8
Adelaide      25  342  279  621  55.07
Sydney        22  290  236  526  55.13
Geelong       22  298  241  539  55.29
St. Kilda     22  334  267  601  55.57
Fremantle     22  319  237  556  57.37
Kangaroos     23  356  255  611  58.27
«TOTAL»      185 5121 4333 9454  54.17
GA Goals Against, BA Behinds Against, SA Scoring Shots Against, %GA Goal Percentage Against

Teams like Essendon, Collingwood and Brisbane tend to put lots of pressure on the opposition and so make them fluff their shots a lot. I would've put the Roos in this group as well, so it surprised me to see them come bottom of this particular table.

Any thoughts?

 

[Mocca]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius
Teams like Essendon, Collingwood and Brisbane tend to put lots of pressure on the opposition and so make them fluff their shots a lot. I would've put the Roos in this group as well, so it surprised me to see them come bottom of this particular table.

No, you can't have that theory - the Hawks come in fourth last in the 'accuracy against' stat, and apparently we're the softest team to ever take the field. It must be something else.

They're interesting stats, but the most impressive part was that you've got them all lined up. How the heck did you do that?

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

It's a secret - sssh

 

[OldLion]

The fact that the Dogs finished up quite accurate when they seemed to have lost many games thru' shocking kicking.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Not to mention that there is only 5% difference between the least accurate and most accurate teams. I guess it all averages out pretty well over the season.

 

[ok.crows]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius


Any thoughts?

Pleased to see Adelaide improve from (I believe) the most inaccurate side in 2001 to the sixth place in accuracy in 2002.

There remains a bit more room for improvement here though I think.

 

[hourn]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius
It's a secret - sssh

ahhh now that i worked it has made me a happy chappy

 

[Portia]

Port, West Coast, Hawthorn and Melbourne look pretty good on those tables. What do they have in common that makes these results similar? Only thing I can think of is a more traditional style of game based around a fairly strong centre corridor.

 

[ozzult]

Surprised that we were 2nd in the league, also surprised at the Dogs fairly high ranking (considering earlier events).

 

[Pessimistic]

The accuracy should be 66% or more for paid professionals

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Not realistic with the pressure that modern professional footballers are usually under these days. Tackling is a far more important aspect of the game than it was even ten years ago.

 

[vergs]

Put St.Kilda's accuracy down to Stephen Milne. He went for about 23 goals straight (I think) without scoring a behind.

 

[Stocka]

Does it take into account rushed behinds?

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Originally posted by Stocka
Does it take into account rushed behinds?

Yes, so it's skewed a bit there as well.

 

[MarkT]

Originally posted by Pessimistic
The accuracy should be 66% or more for paid professionals

You would have to eliminate rushed behinds and account for the wind/rain etc.

 

[hourn]

Originally posted by Pessimistic
The accuracy should be 66% or more for paid professionals

Thats a load of crap because then you'd say that the defenders aren't doing theyre job and putting the pressure on the attackers.

 

[Generalissimo]

Originally posted by MarkT

You would have to eliminate rushed behinds and account for the wind/rain etc.

What about out on the full?

 

[Dan26]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius
Which 2002 team was the most accurate in terms of goals as a percentage of scoring shots?

Brisbane? Collingwood? Port? Adelaide?

No - St Kilda.

Team          M   G    B  Shots % Goals
Richmond      22  257  259  516  49.81
Essendon      24  303  291  594  51.01
Fremantle     22  274  256  530  51.7
Carlton       22  244  218  462  52.81
Collingwood   25  341  300  641  53.2
Kangaroos     23  338  297  635  53.23
Sydney        22  310  263  573  54.1
Brisbane      25  416  352  768  54.17
Geelong       22  283  235  518  54.63
W Bulldogs    22  342  283  625  54.72
Adelaide      25  373  307  680  54.85
Melbourne     24  364  299  663  54.9
Hawthorn      22  286  222  508  56.3
Port Adelaide 25  387  298  685  56.5
West Coast    23  338  258  596  56.71
St. Kilda     22  265  195  460  57.61
«TOTAL»      185 5121 4333 9454  54.17
They also had the lowest number of scoring shots, which skews it a bit, but shows they tended to make the most of their opportunities.

Also interesting is the most accurate against stats. In other words, how opponents have scored against each team.

Team          M   GA   BA   SA   %GA
Essendon      24  287  286  573  50.09
Collingwood   25  306  294  600  51
Brisbane      25  294  271  565  52.04
Hawthorn      22  305  277  582  52.41
Melbourne     24  358  311  669  53.51
Port Adelaide 25  304  264  568  53.52
West Coast    23  345  295  640  53.91
Richmond      22  317  270  587  54
W Bulldogs    22  329  272  601  54.74
Carlton       22  337  278  615  54.8
Adelaide      25  342  279  621  55.07
Sydney        22  290  236  526  55.13
Geelong       22  298  241  539  55.29
St. Kilda     22  334  267  601  55.57
Fremantle     22  319  237  556  57.37
Kangaroos     23  356  255  611  58.27
«TOTAL»      185 5121 4333 9454  54.17
GA Goals Against, BA Behinds Against, SA Scoring Shots Against, %GA Goal Percentage Against

Teams like Essendon, Collingwood and Brisbane tend to put lots of pressure on the opposition and so make them fluff their shots a lot. I would've put the Roos in this group as well, so it surprised me to see them come bottom of this particular table.

Any thoughts?

So, Essendon and Richmond are the two most innacurate teams. I've always suspected that the "sash" makes us and the Tigers subconsciously push the ball to the side. Now the stats back it up!

 

[wagstaff]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius
Which 2002 team was the most accurate in terms of goals as a percentage of scoring shots?

Brisbane? Collingwood? Port? Adelaide?

No - St Kilda.

Team          M   G    B  Shots % Goals
Richmond      22  257  259  516  49.81
Essendon      24  303  291  594  51.01
Fremantle     22  274  256  530  51.7
Carlton       22  244  218  462  52.81
Collingwood   25  341  300  641  53.2
Kangaroos     23  338  297  635  53.23
Sydney        22  310  263  573  54.1
Brisbane      25  416  352  768  54.17
Geelong       22  283  235  518  54.63
W Bulldogs    22  342  283  625  54.72
Adelaide      25  373  307  680  54.85
Melbourne     24  364  299  663  54.9
Hawthorn      22  286  222  508  56.3
Port Adelaide 25  387  298  685  56.5
West Coast    23  338  258  596  56.71
St. Kilda     22  265  195  460  57.61
«TOTAL»      185 5121 4333 9454  54.17
They also had the lowest number of scoring shots, which skews it a bit, but shows they tended to make the most of their opportunities.

Once again Richmond set the pace in the AFL. Is there anything this side can't do?

Congratulations Tivendale... err, Tigers.

 

[*Paul*]

Rushed behinds

                    Rec. Gave.
Adelaide            62   45
Brisbane Lions      67   57
Carlton             42   53 
Collingwood         51   59 
Essendon            54   49 
Fremantle           25   40 
Geelong             38   31 
Hawthorn            43   57 
Melbourne           55   56 
Kangaroos           39   40 
Port Adelaide       65   53 
Richmond            46   46 
St Kilda            29   44 
Sydney              62   45 
West Coast          59   45 
Western Bulldogs    33   50

All time best and worst
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/teams/allteams/season.html#11

 

[hourn]

Hey Paul,


do you control that stats web-site or do you just promote it??

 

[*Paul*]

It's mine - the beginnings of which started in 1995.

 

[hourn]

**** mate that must have taken hundreds upon thousands of hours to get that site going and updated on a weekly basis.

Where did you get information such as match stats from 1994 from?

 

[*Paul*]

The 1994 stats I'm currently typing in from 1994 newspaper "liftouts"
1995-1997 I typed them in each week to run a fantasy league,
1998 to now I get them online - saving alot of wear and tear on the fingers, thankfully.

So pretty much been fiddling with it for 7 years, Test Cricket about 10 years, and League about 17 years.

 

[hourn]

Originally posted by *Paul*
The 1994 stats I'm currently typing in from 1994 newspaper "liftouts"
1995-1997 I typed them in each week to run a fantasy league,
1998 to now I get them online - saving alot of wear and tear on the fingers, thankfully.

So pretty much been fiddling with it for 7 years, Test Cricket about 10 years, and League about 17 years.

thats a heaps good effort. How far back to do the AFL stats go back in the newspapers till???

i wouldn't imagine they'd go to far back past 1990??