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Area of Science:

  • Sports Analytics
  • Network Science
  • Computational Statistics

Background:

  • Understanding player contributions is crucial for Australian Football League (AFL) team strategy.
  • Traditional performance metrics may not fully capture a player's impact on team dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a simulation model for quantifying individual AFL player contributions to team on-field networks.
  • To estimate the net effect of player interactions on the final score margin.
  • To identify key players whose presence maximizes team utility.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a Visual Basic program to generate player interaction matrices for AFL matches.
  • Fitted negative binomial distributions to player pairings for interactive match simulations.
  • Calculated dynamic player ratings using eigenvector centrality within simulated team networks.

Main Results:

  • The team centrality measure, derived from player interactions, adequately predicted winning margins.
  • Individual player contributions to the final score margin were estimated by simulating player replacements.
  • Highly-rated players, identified through network centrality, demonstrated the most utility.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed network simulation model effectively estimates individual player impact on AFL game outcomes.
  • Findings support optimized AFL team selection and in-game player substitutions.
  • The model has potential applications in sports betting markets for predicting team performance.