The 2024 Free Kick Ladder for the home and away season

Here it is!

We've waited a week but the 2024 Free Kick Ladder is here for your perusal.

The home and away season is complete with all 18 teams playing 23 matches each across the course of the campaign.

Ahead of the finals series, we wanted to quickly reflect on the regular season that was and provide all the numbers relating to club by club free kicks.

Who is on top and who finished on the bottom? Read on…

See the 2024 numbers:

Best differentials

1 - Essendon (+62)
2 - Gold Coast (+61)
3 - Brisbane (+52)
4 - Fremantle (+30)
5 - Carlton (+28)

Worst differentials

1 - Richmond (-85)
2 - GWS Giants (-48)
3 - North Melbourne (-25)
4 - Melbourne (-23)
5 - West Coast (-21)

Most frees for

1 - Gold Coast (450)
2 - Adelaide (445)
3 - Carlton (437)
4 - Collingwood (432)
5 - Hawthorn (427)

Least frees for

1 - Richmond (342)
2 - GWS Giants & Geelong (370)
3 - Melbourne (375)
4 - West Coast (390)
5 - St Kilda (395)

Most frees against

1 - North Melbourne (448)
2 - Adelaide (447)
3 - Port Adelaide (439)
4 - Hawthorn (434)
5 - Collingwood (428)

Least frees against

1 - Essendon (343)
2 - Brisbane (372)
3 - Geelong (386)
4 - Fremantle & Gold Coast (389)
5 - St Kilda (395)

The 2024 Free Kick Ladder

Essendon narrowly held onto top spot with a +62 differential due to giving away the least free kicks (343).

The Bombers edged out Gold Coast on +61 thanks to the most frees in the league (450) going the way of the Suns. So, Damien Hardwick’s game style isn’t on the nose with the umpires after all…

Brisbane ended up third on +52 having given away the second least frees (372).

The Lions are clear of Fremantle on +30 with Carlton on +28 making up the top five.

Down the other end and it was Richmond who made it a pair of wooden spoons for 2024.

The poor old Tigers received the least frees for (343) and gave way the sixth most (427) to finish with a -85 differential.

Second bottom was GWS on -48 with help from the equal second least frees for (370).

Third bottom was North Melbourne on -25 with the most frees against (448), slightly below Melbourne on -23 and West Coast on -21.