Fremantle sit on top of the AFL ladder on 76 points, eight clear of Sydney, with the competition's best percentage at 142.5. Those are minor-premiership numbers — and the underlying figures are even more emphatic.
The Dockers have conceded just 1,547 points, the fewest in the league by a wide margin, while scoring 2,204. No other club combines a top-three attack with the number-one defence.
The defensive foundation
Holding opponents to 220 goals across a season is the bedrock stat. In an era where scores from turnover decide finals, Fremantle simply refuse to give up easy chains — their 112–88 handling of Adelaide in Round 23 was a demonstration in controlling territory without over-committing numbers forward.
Perth Stadium has become a fortress, and September will run through it: the top-of-the-ladder finish delivers home qualifying finals in front of 60,000.
