MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Damien Hardwick, Senior Coach of the Tigers and Trent Cotchin of the Tigers hold up the premiership cup during the 2017 Toyota AFL Grand Final match between the Adelaide Crows and the Richmond Tigers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 30, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)
Champion Data has calculated each side's chances of winning this season's premiership.
The Tigers are favoured with a 32% liklihood of going back-to-back after locking away top spot on the ladder. The Giants are backed as runners up with a 16% of winning the flag, a prospect that will hinge on how well they can survive their recently injury toll.
Champion Data ranks Collingwood as third favourites, just behind the Giants at 14%, despite currently sitting outside the top four. The Pies would would have to overcome their own wretched run of injuries.
The Demons come in next with a 9% chance, despite many claiming that they will miss the finals altogether. The Hawks and Eagles are given an equal 9% chance of going all the way, despite the latter securing a home final and a double chance.
The Cats come in at 7%, who currently sit outside the eight, and the Swans are just trailing them at 6% following impressive wins over Collingwood and Melbourne.
Port Adelaide are considered a 1% chance, while North Melbourne and Essendon's campaigns are all but over, with both clubs dubbed less than a 1% probability of claiming the holy grail.
Champion Data's premiership chances:
1. Richmond - 32%
2. West Coast - 8%
3. GWS - 16%
4. Hawthorn - 8%
5. Collingwood - 14%
6. Sydney - 6%
7. Melbourne 9%
8. Port Adelaide - 1%
9. Geelong - 7%
10. North Melbourne - <1%
11. Essendon - <1%
12. Adelaide - 0%
13. Fremantle - 0%
14. Western Bulldogs - 0%
15. St Kilda - 0%
16. Brisbane - 0%
17. Gold Coast - 0%
18. Carlton - 0%