The home and away season is done so it’s time to delve deep into Free Kick Ladder territory.
Our final edition for 2023 will tell us which clubs are on the positive side of the umpires and which are on the negative.
We’ll list six different categories with the top five teams in each before revealing the final Free Kick Ladder for the season.
See it all below:
Best differentials
1 - St Kilda (+77)
2 - Fremantle (+74)
3 - Brisbane (+60)
4 - Melbourne (+46)
5 - Collingwood (+43)
Worst differentials
1 - Port Adelaide (-68)
2 - Richmond (-59)
Eq.3 - North Melbourne (-53)
Eq.3 - Gold Coast (-53)
5 - Adelaide (-34)
Most frees for
1 - Fremantle (449)
2 - Carlton (444)
3 - Adelaide (437)
Eq.4 - Sydney (435)
Eq.4 - St Kilda (435)
Least frees for
1 - GWS Giants (355)
2 - Richmond (357)
Eq.3 - Gold Coast (379)
Eq.3 - Western Bulldogs (379)
5 - Hawthorn (380)
Most frees against
1 - Port Adelaide (484)
2 - Adelaide (471)
3 - Sydney (442)
4 - North Melbourne (436)
5 - Gold Coast (432)
Least frees against
1 - St Kilda (358)
2 - Essendon (369)
3 - GWS Giants (371)
4 - Brisbane (374)
Eq.5 - Melbourne (375)
Eq.5 - Fremantle (375)
The 2023 Free Kick Ladder
Having moved to top spot when we last undertook this task in Round 19, St Kilda finished the home and away season with a differential of +77.
Sitting just behind them with a +74 advantage is Fremantle, while Brisbane (+60), Melbourne (+46) and Collingwood (+43) make up the top five.
Down the bottom sits Port Adelaide on -68 with the worst differential of 2023.
Second last is Richmond with -59 with North Melbourne and Gold Coast even on -53, Adelaide on -34 and West Coast on -25.
See the final ladder below:
