On the back of the article published by the Herald Sun, the league’s statisticians have taken a peek into their crystal balls for the 2019 AFL season & have ranked the strength of each club’s list for next year.

The article had this years premiership winning West Coast Eagles coming in at No.11, while Fremantle fared much worse (17th), coming in ahead of only the Gold Coast Suns.

Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data explains how the data is calculated & how the team list ranking is determined from it & what key elements, numbers & stats people/clubs are looking at moving forward into season 2019.

2019 CHAMPION DATA LIST RANKING:

1. Melbourne
2. Adelaide
3. Richmond
4. Essendon
5. Collingwood
6. Geelong
7. GWS Giants
8. North Melbourne
9. Hawthorn
10. Brisbane
11. West Coast
12. Port Adelaide
13. Sydney
14. St Kilda
15. Western Bulldogs
16. Carlton
17. Fremantle
18. Gold Coast

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