AFL Fantasy Player Selections

Ownership over time

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Explanation

When people look at the ownership percentages for AFL fantasy, they often wonder why the most selected players are all below 70% (people usually assume this is because there are a lot of casual or autofill teams out there). The reason for this is that a lot of teams are either missing players or are entirely empty. Fortunately there is a solution to this, I have devised the following formula to calculate a player’s true selected number:

\[ (\text{Adjusted \% Ownership}) = \frac{(\text{\% Ownership}) } { (\text{Overall Team Completion \%}) } \]

where:

\[ (\text{Overall Team Completion \%}) = \frac{ \sum ( \text{\% Ownership})}{ 30 } \]

Note that this is a rough approximation but makes it easier to compare “apples with apples” when plotting ownership percentages over time.

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