Frees for per game: 19.8 (13th)
Frees against: 17.5 (18th)
Differential: +2.3 (5th)
Most free kicks for: Josh Jenkins (16, 24th) 2017: Rory Sloane (62, 2nd)
Most free kicks against: Josh Jenkins (13, 38th) 2017: Rory Sloane (37, 12th)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Crows concede 20.5 per cent of their free kicks against for push in the back – the equal highest percentage in the competition alongside Hawthorn.
2. Josh Jenkins has conceded the most free kicks and received the most free kicks at the Crows this year.
3. Rory Sloane has received the equal second-most free kicks in the League for holding the man since the start of 2017, at an average of more than one per game. - Lee Gaskin
Frees for per game: 23 (3rd)
Frees against: 21 (10th)
Differential: +2 (6th)
Most free kicks for: Stefan Martin (34, second) 2017: Stefan Martin (39, ninth)
Most free kicks against: Dayne Zorko (18, 10th) 2017: Nick Robertson (34, 18th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Since the beginning of 2017, Stefan Martin has received the second-most free kicks for both a push in the back (19) and holding the man (27).
2. Despite playing just 13 matches, Rhys Mathieson (26) has received the second-most frees for high tackles, trailing just Joel Selwood (49).
3. The Lions give away the lowest percentage of free kicks in their forward 50 of any team in the competition. - Michael Whiting
Frees for per game: 22.9 (4th)
Frees against: 21.7 (4th)
Differential: +1.2 (8th)
Most free kicks for: Patrick Cripps (37, 1st) 2017: Matthew Kreuzer (34, equal 21st)
Most free kicks against: Patrick Cripps (25, 2nd) 2017: Levi Casboult (38, 11th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Of Patrick Cripps' 61 free kicks in his past 25 games, 27 of them have been for holding the man.
2. Charlie Curnow has been nabbed 14 times in his past 29 games for holding the ball – the most by any Blue.
3. Carlton is third for free kicks won in the defensive 50 (20.0 per cent), but only 15th for free kicks won in the forward 50 (13.9). - Howard Kotton
Patrick Cripps earns more frees than anyone in the League. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game 23.6 (2nd)
Frees against: 19.4 (15th)
Differential: +4.2 (2nd)
Most free kicks for: Brodie Grundy (20, equal 12th) 2017: Taylor Adams (32, equal 25th)
Most free kicks against: Brodie Grundy and Steele Sidebottom (17, equal 12th) 2017: Taylor Adams (30, equal 26th)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Pies have conceded the fewest free kicks since the start of the 2017 season.
2. In his 18 AFL games in 2017-18, beanpole forward Mason Cox has received just four free kicks inside the Pies' forward arc.
3. Holding the ball has accounted for 25.8 per cent of the free kicks Collingwood has given away in 2017-18, the third-highest percentage in the AFL. - Ben Collins
Frees for per game: 18.3 (16th)
Frees against: 20.8 (10th)
Differential: -2.5 (14th)
Most free kicks for: Zach Merrett (15, 30th) 2017: Zach Merrett (37, 13th)
Most free kicks against: James Stewart (18, 10th) 2017: Joe Daniher (41, 8th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Essendon has the highest ratio of any club for receiving free kicks for pushes in the back (20.9 per cent of its frees).
2. The Bombers have only two players in the top-50 for free kicks over the past two seasons (Zach Merrett and Dyson Heppell). Heppell has won 14 for being held without the ball.
3. A whopping 43 per cent of the 37 free kicks Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti has won have been for holding the ball, evidence of his tackling pressure. - Callum Twomey
Frees for per game: 18.7 (13th)
Frees against: 21.6 (5th)
Differential: -2.9 (equal 16th)
Most free kicks for: Michael Walters (21, equal 7th) 2017: Lachie Neale, Nat Fyfe (35, equal 17th)
Most free kicks against: Nat Fyfe (21, equal 6th) 2017: Nat Fyfe (40, equal 9th)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Dockers have the highest percentage of high tackle free kicks (25.8 per cent) going their way in the competition since the start of 2017.
2. Nat Fyfe has given away the most high tackle free kicks (20) in that time.
3. Freo has had the lowest percentage of holding the ball free kicks (17.6 per cent) go their way across the 2017-18 seasons. - Travis King
Frees for per game: 22.4 (6th)
Frees against: 22 (5th)
Differential: +0.4 (9th)
Most free kicks for: Patrick Dangerfield (27, 3rd) 2017: Joel Selwood (70, 1st)
Most free kicks against: Tom Hawkins (21, 6th) 2017: Patrick Dangerfield (36, 14th)
Three free kick facts:
1. In the past two seasons, high tackles have contributed to 15.9 per cent of Geelong's free kicks against – the fewest of any team's breakdown across the league.
2. From 31 games in his past two seasons, Joel Selwood has received 49 head-high free kicks – 23 more than the next highest, Brisbane's Rhys Mathieson. Selwood (95) and Patrick Dangerfield (88) top the league for free kicks for in that time.
3. Since the start of 2017, 22.6 per cent of Geelong's frees against have been for holding the man – the most of any team in the competition. - Mitch Cleary
Joel Selwood has led the League in free kicks for since the start of 2017. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game: 22.8 (5th)
Frees against: 23.6 (17th)
Differential: -0.8 (11th)
Most free kicks for: Jarrod Witts (21, seventh) 2017: Tom Lynch (28, 41st)
Most free kicks against: Touk Miller, Jack Bowes (13, 38th) 2017: Jack Martin (28, 34th)
Three free kick facts:
1. With 12 goals, Tom Lynch has kicked the second-most goals from frees, but he trails North Melbourne's Ben Brown (22) by a long way.
2. At almost 20 per cent of the free kicks they concede, the Suns give away the highest percentage in their defensive 50 of any team.
3. Jarrod Witts is the highest-ranked Sun in any category for winning free kicks with the 17 he's been awarded for holding the man. This ranks him 15th in the league. - Michael Whiting
Frees for per game: 18.4 (15th)
Frees against: 21.3 (8th)
Differential: -2.9 (equal 16th)
Most free kicks for: Phil Davis (17, 20th) 2017: Shane Mumford (44, 8th)
Most free kicks against: Jeremy Cameron (22, 3rd) 2017: Shane Mumford (59, 1st)
Three free kick facts:
1. Star forward Jeremy Cameron has given away the most free kicks at GWS this year (22), and is ranked third in the League.
2. Phil Davis has received 29 free kicks in his defensive 50, second only to Richmond's Alex Rance (32) in the competition.
3. GWS is the most penalised side for deliberate out of bounds free kicks since the start of 2017. - Adam Curley
Jeremy Cameron hasn't received more frees than he's conceded since 2015. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game: 21 (10th)
Frees against: 20.7 (equal 12th)
Differential: +0.3 (10th)
Most free kicks for: James Sicily (21, equal seventh). 2017: Tom Mitchell (32, equal 25th)
Most free kicks against: Luke Breust (17, equal 12th) 2017: Tom Mitchell (36, equal 14th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Hawthorn (4.9 per cent of their total free kick count) has received the most free kicks of any side for illegal blocks.
2. The Hawks have received the most free kicks in the competition for an opposition player throwing the ball (6.3 per cent).
3. Tom Mitchell has been pinged for throwing the ball an equal AFL-high nine times (with Clayton Oliver, Melbourne). - Ben Guthrie
Frees for per game: 22 (equal 7th)
Frees against: 20.7 (equal 12th)
Differential: +1.3 (7th)
Most free kicks for: Max Gawn (21, equal seventh) 2017: Jack Viney (28, equal 41st)
Most free kicks against: James Harmes (17, equal 12th) 2017: Clayton Oliver (40, equal ninth)
Three free kick facts:
1. Melbourne has been pinged the most of any team in the competition for throwing the ball, with that stat accounting for 6.4 per cent of their total free kick count.
2. The Demons also lead the League for centre bounce infringements (0.6 per cent).
3. Melbourne has won the most free kicks for holding the man in the AFL (24.8 per cent). - Ben Guthrie
Frees for per game: 24.2 (1st)
Frees against: 19.9 (5th)
Differential: +4.3 (1st)
Most free kicks for: Ben Brown (27, equal-third) 2017: Todd Goldstein (37, equal-13th)
Most free kicks against: Ben Jacobs (22, equal-third) 2017: Robbie Tarrant and Ben Cunnington (30, equal-26th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Ben Brown has kicked the most goals from free kicks (nine) and received the most inside 50 frees (13) this year.
2. Only Melbourne (162) has won more free kicks in the midfield than the Kangaroos (161) in 2018.
3. Jack Ziebell (130) has conceded the 10th-most free kicks in the past five seasons. - Marc McGowan
Nine of Ben Brown's 33 goals this season have come from free kicks. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game: 20.6 (11th)
Frees against: 22.3 (3rd)
Differential: -1.7 (12th)
Most free kicks for: Justin Westhoff (15, 30th) 2017: Paddy Ryder (39, 9th)
Most free kicks against: Riley Bonner (17, 12th) 2017: Jackson Trengove, Sam Powell-Pepper (43, 4th)
Three free kick facts:
1. No midfielder other than Sydney's Luke Parker has conceded as many free kicks in the midfield as Sam Powell-Pepper since the start of 2017.
2. Charlie Dixon received 22.9 per cent of his free kicks for an opponent holding the ball, a high percentage for a key forward.
3. The Power only concede 12.8 per cent of their free kicks in their defensive 50, the second-lowest mark in the competition. - Lee Gaskin
Frees for per game: 18.2 (18th)
Frees against: 24.4 (1st)
Differential: -6.2 (18th)
Most free kicks for: Toby Nankervis and Alex Rance (16, equal 24th) 2017: Trent Cotchin and Alex Rance (45, 4th)
Most free kicks against: Toby Nankervis (27, 1st) 2017: Dustin Martin (44, 3rd)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Tigers have won 25.5 per cent of their free kicks from holding the ball infringements, which is the third-highest in the League behind St Kilda (26.3 per cent) and Essendon (25.9).
2. Most of their free kicks for have been won in the midfield. They're fourth in the competition with 69.6 per cent of their free kicks being won between the arcs, but have been awarded just 14.9 per cent in defence, which is the third-lowest of all 18 teams.
3. Toby Nankervis has given away the most free kicks in the competition this season, and, across 2017 and the opening 10 rounds of 2018, has been penalised the most for holding the man with 27 of his 64 free kicks awarded for that reason. - Jennifer Phelan
Toby Nankervis leads the AFL in free kicks conceded this season. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game: 18.3 (equal 16th)
Frees against: 20.9 (10th)
Differential: -2.6 (15th)
Most free kicks for: Jade Gresham (15, equal 30th) 2017: Billy Longer (31, equal 30th)
Most free kicks against: Tom Hickey (17, equal 12th) 2017: Jack Newnes (24, equal 65th)
Three free kick facts:
1. St Kilda is No.1 in the competition for the proportion of free kicks it has conceded in the midfield since the start of last year, at 71.5 per cent. That's almost two per cent higher than second-placed Melbourne.
2. Midfielder Jack Steele is equal-10th in the competition for conceding holding-the-man free kicks since the start of last season, with 13.
3. Ruckman Billy Longer has won seven free kicks for illegal blocks since the start of 2017, enough to have him ranked equal-fourth in the AFL. - Dinny Navaratnam
Frees for per game: 20.0 (12th)
Frees against: 22.2 (4th)
Differential: -2.2 (13th)
Most free kicks for: Callum Sinclair (22, 6th) 2017: Luke Parker (43, 8th)
Most free kicks against: Luke Parker (20, 8th) 2017: Luke Parker (45, 2nd)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Swans have given away the least amount of free kicks for illegal blocks in the League over the past two years.
2. Luke Parker has given away the most frees in the competition (65) over the past two seasons, with 46 of those coming in the midfield.
3. Superstar forward Lance Franklin has kicked 11 goals from the 22 free kicks he's received in the forward zone. He's also given away 22 free kicks in that zone. - Adam Curley
Frees for per game: 22 (equal 6th)
Frees against: 19.2 (16th)
Differential: +2.8 (3rd)
Most free kicks for: Scott Lycett (21, equal 7th) 2017: Luke Shuey (45, equal 4th)
Most free kicks against: Elliot Yeo (22, equal 3rd) 2017: Luke Shuey (35, equal 14th)
Three free kick facts:
1. The Eagles have given away the second-lowest percentage (13.3) of free kicks in their defensive 50 since the start of 2017.
2. West Coast has conceded the third-highest percentage (4.3) of illegal block free kicks in that time.
3. Nine players have received more high tackle free kicks than Luke Shuey (15) in the past two seasons combined. Joel Selwood has been paid a free 49 times for high tackles. - Travis King
Just 15 of Luke Shuey's 52 free kicks since the start of 2017 have been for high contact. Picture: AFL Photos
Frees for per game: 21.5 (8th)
Frees against: 18.9 (17th)
Differential: +2.6 (4th)
Most free kicks for: Toby McLean (17, equal 20th) 2017: Jack Macrae (35, equal 17th)
Most free kicks against: Billy Gowers (13, equal 38th) 2017: Marcus Bontempelli (30, equal 26th)
Three free kick facts:
1. Toby McLean has earned the most high tackle free kicks for the Dogs with 18, well below Joel Selwood's league-best 49.
2. The Bulldogs have given away the most tripping and sliding frees with an average of 3.6 per game.
3. The Dogs received 70.4 per cent of their frees in the midfield, second to only Melbourne on 71.5 per cent. - Ryan Davidson
The free kick differential ladder
1. North Melbourne +4.3 per game
2. Collingwood +4.2
3. West Coast +2.8
4. Western Bulldogs +2.6
5. Adelaide +2.3
6. Brisbane +2.0
7. Melbourne +1.3
8. Carlton +1.2
9. Geelong +0.4
10. Hawthorn +0.3
11. Gold Coast -0.8
12. Port Adelaide -1.7
13. Sydney -2.2
14. Essendon -2.5
15. St Kilda -2.6
=16. Fremantle -2.9
=16. GWS -2.9
18. Richmond -6.2
