Another season means more Free Kick Ladders.
Which clubs on the right side of the umpires and which teams are the ones that transgress the most?
There is nothing in the game to say we’re supposed to have an even free kick tally, but the numbers are always interesting. They can solve many a debate in the office, at the pub or on the way to the ground.
In 2024, we have to take a slightly different approach due to Opening Round giving four teams one more game than the rest to this point.
In order to do that, we’ve simply divided the total differential by the number of games played to come up with a differential average.
The Free Kick Ladder - Round 4
Leading the way is Essendon who have an overall advantage of +24 and a league-leading average of +6.
They are clear of Adelaide and Carlton who are both on +20 (total differential) and +5 (average differential), with St Kilda on +15 and +3.75 and West Coast on +10 and +2.5 making up the top five.
Down the other end, Brisbane’s differential is -18 with an average of -4.5 to own the worst record so far in 2024.
Geelong are second bottom on -16 and -4, Richmond are next on -19 and -3.8 while Western Bulldogs on -15 and -3.75 and GWS on -12 and -3 make up the bottom five.
See the full ladder below:
Note: We’ll go through the top 5s for all the different categories (most frees, least frees, etc etc) once every team has played the same amount games after Round 6.
