I was intrigued as to how it might look if I ranked teams in the modern era (1990-2019) by awarding points for ladder placings and finals.
I came up with the following system:
Ladder:
1st gives 3 points
2nd to 4th gives 2 points
5th to 8th gives 1 point (excluding several seasons where top 6 made finals, and so 7th and 8th received 0 points)
Wooden spoon subtracts 1 point
Finals
Win Elimination Final - 1 point
Win Qualifying Final - 2 points
Win Semi Final - 2 points
Win Prelim Final - 3 points
Win Premiership - 5 points
Using a system like this rewards teams for sustained success or competitiveness rather than peak, which I prefer when analysing a team's success over time.
I am open for suggestions on how to improve this system. It is not adjusted to account for teams that have played less than the full 30 seasons.
Personally it seems pretty accurate and so the system isn't too far off. The one team that jumps out is probably Brisbane, although their peak in the early 00's sits among periods of missing finals and bottom 4 finishes. The Brisbane Bears and Fitzroys points were not added to Brisbane which also played a part.
It will be interesting to see how this changes after this years finals series.
The standings appear as follows...
1 - Geelong (108 pts)
2 - West Coast (101 pts)
3 - Hawthorn (91 pts)
4 - Sydney (81 pts)
5 - Collingwood (73 pts)
6 - Kangaroos (70 pts)
7 - Essendon (64 pts)
8 - Adelaide (63 pts)
9 - Brisbane (55 pts)
10 - Western Bulldogs (44 pts)
11 - Port Adelaide (43 pts)
12 - St Kilda (39 pts)
13 - Richmond (38 pts)
14 - Carlton (35 pts)
15 - Melbourne (30 pts)
16 - Fremantle (22 pts)
17 - GWS Giants 15 pts)
18 - Gold Coast (-2 points)
I came up with the following system:
Ladder:
1st gives 3 points
2nd to 4th gives 2 points
5th to 8th gives 1 point (excluding several seasons where top 6 made finals, and so 7th and 8th received 0 points)
Wooden spoon subtracts 1 point
Finals
Win Elimination Final - 1 point
Win Qualifying Final - 2 points
Win Semi Final - 2 points
Win Prelim Final - 3 points
Win Premiership - 5 points
Using a system like this rewards teams for sustained success or competitiveness rather than peak, which I prefer when analysing a team's success over time.
I am open for suggestions on how to improve this system. It is not adjusted to account for teams that have played less than the full 30 seasons.
Personally it seems pretty accurate and so the system isn't too far off. The one team that jumps out is probably Brisbane, although their peak in the early 00's sits among periods of missing finals and bottom 4 finishes. The Brisbane Bears and Fitzroys points were not added to Brisbane which also played a part.
It will be interesting to see how this changes after this years finals series.
The standings appear as follows...
1 - Geelong (108 pts)
2 - West Coast (101 pts)
3 - Hawthorn (91 pts)
4 - Sydney (81 pts)
5 - Collingwood (73 pts)
6 - Kangaroos (70 pts)
7 - Essendon (64 pts)
8 - Adelaide (63 pts)
9 - Brisbane (55 pts)
10 - Western Bulldogs (44 pts)
11 - Port Adelaide (43 pts)
12 - St Kilda (39 pts)
13 - Richmond (38 pts)
14 - Carlton (35 pts)
15 - Melbourne (30 pts)
16 - Fremantle (22 pts)
17 - GWS Giants 15 pts)
18 - Gold Coast (-2 points)