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AFL
power rankings
Every team rated by who they beat and by how much. A rating of +5 means the team has
played about five points better than an average opponent; 0 is dead-average.
Strength of schedule is built in — beating good teams counts for more.
As of 2026-09-26, Fremantle sit first in the results-only AFL ratings at
+22.5 points per game against an average opponent, ahead of Sydney Swans (+22.2).
18 teams rated. This is our own rating from results, not a promise.
Scope: 2026 season · latest result 2026-09-26 · recomputed daily
| # | Team | Rating |
Record | For | Against |
| 1 |
Fremantle |
+22.5 |
20-6 |
99.0 |
75.8 |
| 2 |
Sydney Swans |
+22.2 |
18-6 |
108.0 |
83.5 |
| 3 |
Brisbane Lions |
+19.0 |
19-8 |
109.6 |
92.5 |
| 4 |
Geelong Cats |
+19.0 |
15-9 |
104.2 |
85.8 |
| 5 |
Hawthorn |
+14.2 |
16-7-2 |
98.2 |
82.1 |
| 6 |
Adelaide Crows |
+10.3 |
16-8 |
95.4 |
83.0 |
| 7 |
Melbourne |
+4.7 |
14-9 |
98.1 |
91.1 |
| 8 |
Carlton |
+2.2 |
13-10-1 |
86.6 |
85.0 |
| 9 |
Collingwood |
+1.5 |
12-10-2 |
90.2 |
88.1 |
| 10 |
St Kilda |
-0.5 |
10-13 |
88.3 |
85.8 |
| 11 |
Western Bulldogs |
-0.8 |
14-10-1 |
82.6 |
87.0 |
| 12 |
GWS GIANTS |
-1.9 |
10-13 |
90.1 |
91.1 |
| 13 |
Gold Coast SUNS |
-2.1 |
9-14 |
87.4 |
92.5 |
| 14 |
Port Adelaide |
-7.7 |
7-15 |
80.2 |
89.8 |
| 15 |
North Melbourne |
-9.7 |
10-14 |
84.3 |
94.3 |
| 16 |
West Coast Eagles |
-28.3 |
3-19 |
70.7 |
100.9 |
| 17 |
Essendon |
-31.0 |
2-21 |
69.6 |
107.7 |
| 18 |
Richmond |
-33.7 |
3-19 |
65.2 |
103.8 |
How it works: we take every completed game, cap blowout margins so one
rout can't own a rating, and solve for the set of ratings where each team's number equals
its average margin plus the average rating of the teams it faced. That is the classic
Simple Rating System. Anyone can check it from public scores, and no one votes.
Ratings recompute daily as results land.
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