Season Simulation

Simulation Details
Competition:
Telstra Premiership
Season:
2025
Run Date:
Aug 17, 2025 01:18
Current Round:
Round 24
Iterations:
1000
Parameters
Elo Ratings:
Enabled
Home Advantage:
0.57
Predicted Final Ladder
Average outcome across 1000 simulations (includes bye rounds with 2 points and finals simulation)

This simulation uses Elo ratings to predict match outcomes, final ladder positions, and finals outcomes:

  • Historical baseline: Each team starts with an Elo rating based on their performance from 2020-2024, with a 2/3 carry-over from the previous season (following FiveThirtyEight's NFL methodology)
  • Current season updates: Ratings are adjusted after each completed match based on results and margin of victory
  • Match predictions: Higher Elo ratings indicate stronger teams, with home advantage factored in (0.57 points)
  • Finals simulation: The complete NRL finals series (weeks 1-4) is simulated for each iteration, with the Grand Final played at a neutral venue
  • Monte Carlo simulation: The remaining season is simulated 1000 times to calculate probability distributions

The 🥇% shows minor premiership (1st place) probability, 🏆% shows Grand Final winner probability, and Finals% shows chance of making the top 8. For example, a 65% finals chance means that team made finals in 65% of the 1000 simulated seasons.

Pos Team W L D Pts PF PA Diff Top 2 % Top 4 % Finals % 🥇 % 🏆 % 🥄 %
1 Raiders 18.6 5.4 0.0 45.3 656.3 485.5 170.7 99% 100% 100% 48% 0% 0%
2 Storm 18.1 5.9 0.0 44.3 707.4 445.6 261.7 95% 100% 100% 51% 0% 0%
3 Bulldogs 16.2 7.8 0.0 40.4 551.5 436.5 115.0 4% 95% 100% 0% 0% 0%
4 Warriors 14.9 9.1 0.0 37.8 494.5 475.8 18.7 0% 42% 98% 0% 0% 0%
5 Panthers 13.9 9.1 1.0 36.9 589.2 467.3 121.9 0% 28% 99% 0% 0% 0%
6 Sharks 14.3 9.7 0.0 36.6 573.1 501.7 71.4 0% 20% 98% 0% 0% 0%
7 Broncos 13.6 10.4 0.0 35.2 632.4 516.6 115.8 0% 11% 93% 0% 0% 0%
8 Roosters 13.0 11.0 0.0 34.0 627.8 528.1 99.7 0% 0% 77% 0% 0% 0%
9 Dolphins 11.9 12.1 0.0 31.7 662.6 548.1 114.5 0% 0% 30% 0% 0% 0%
10 Sea Eagles 11.0 13.0 0.0 30.1 498.4 508.2 -9.8 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0%
11 Wests Tigers 9.7 14.4 0.0 27.3 451.0 577.7 -126.7 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
12 Dragons 9.3 14.7 0.0 26.6 509.8 567.1 -57.3 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
13 Cowboys 8.5 14.5 1.0 25.9 487.3 666.2 -178.9 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
14 Rabbitohs 8.6 15.4 0.0 25.3 408.5 604.8 -196.3 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
15 Eels 8.0 16.0 0.0 24.1 423.1 585.8 -162.8 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3%
16 Knights 7.3 16.7 0.0 22.6 349.0 511.8 -162.9 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 7%
17 Titans 6.0 18.0 0.0 20.0 485.2 680.0 -194.7 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 89%
Finals Bracket Preview
Based on current average ladder positions
Week 1 - Qualifying & Elimination Finals
1st Qualifying Final
Raiders (1st) vs Warriors (4th)
Home: Raiders
Raiders: 0% to win championship
Warriors: 0% to win championship
2nd Qualifying Final
Storm (2nd) vs Bulldogs (3rd)
Home: Storm
Storm: 0% to win championship
Bulldogs: 0% to win championship
1st Elimination Final
Panthers (5th) vs Roosters (8th)
Home: Panthers
Panthers: 0% to win championship
Roosters: 0% to win championship
2nd Elimination Final
Sharks (6th) vs Broncos (7th)
Home: Sharks
Sharks: 0% to win championship
Broncos: 0% to win championship
Week 2 - Semi Finals
1st Semi Final
Warriors vs Panthers
Home: Warriors
Most likely based on championship odds
2nd Semi Final
Bulldogs vs Sharks
Home: Bulldogs
Most likely based on championship odds
Week 3 - Preliminary Finals
1st Preliminary Final
Raiders vs Bulldogs
Home: Raiders
Most likely progression
2nd Preliminary Final
Storm vs Panthers
Home: Storm
Most likely progression
Week 4 - Grand Final
🏆 GRAND FINAL 🏆
Most Likely Grand Final
Raiders vs Storm
0% to win 0% to win
Neutral Venue
All Championship Contenders
How to read this: The "Most Likely" progression shows which teams would advance if the stronger team (higher championship probability) wins each match. The championship percentages show how often each team actually won the Grand Final across all 1000 simulated finals series.

Note: The NRL finals format means the two strongest teams don't always meet in the Grand Final - lower seeds face tougher paths through elimination and semi-finals.
Ladder Position Distribution
Probability of each team finishing in each position across 1000 simulations

No position distribution data available for this simulation.

Remaining Fixtures by Team
Shows each team's remaining matches with win probabilities

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Panthers Away
33%
Very Hard
26 Wests Tigers Home
84%
Easy
27 Dolphins Away
51%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Bulldogs Home
79%
Easy
26 Roosters Home
68%
Moderate
27 Broncos Away
67%
Moderate

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Storm Away
20%
Very Hard
26 Panthers Home
44%
Hard
27 Sharks Home
56%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Titans Away
68%
Moderate
26 Eels Home
74%
Easy
27 Sea Eagles Away
47%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Raiders Home
66%
Moderate
26 Bulldogs Away
55%
Hard
27 Dragons Away
74%
Easy

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Knights Home
81%
Easy
27 Bulldogs Away
43%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Knights Away
67%
Moderate
26 Cowboys Away
63%
Moderate
27 Storm Home
32%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Eels Away
79%
Easy
26 Storm Away
31%
Very Hard
27 Rabbitohs Home
85%
Easy

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Sea Eagles Away
51%
Hard
26 Titans Home
83%
Easy
27 Raiders Home
48%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
24 Wests Tigers Away
56%
Hard
25 Dolphins Home
48%
Hard
26 Dragons Away
48%
Hard
27 Warriors Home
52%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
24 Sea Eagles Home
43%
Hard
25 Cowboys Home
52%
Hard
26 Raiders Away
15%
Very Hard
27 Titans Away
48%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Rabbitohs Away
51%
Hard
26 Sea Eagles Home
51%
Hard
27 Panthers Home
25%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
24 Knights Home
62%
Moderate
25 Wests Tigers Away
47%
Hard
26 Broncos Home
36%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Dragons Home
48%
Hard
27 Roosters Away
15%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Roosters Home
20%
Very Hard
26 Warriors Away
25%
Very Hard
27 Knights Home
58%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
24 Cowboys Away
37%
Very Hard
25 Broncos Home
32%
Very Hard
26 Sharks Away
18%
Very Hard
27 Eels Away
41%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
25 Warriors Home
31%
Very Hard
26 Dolphins Away
16%
Very Hard
27 Wests Tigers Home
51%
Hard
Round 26 Predictions (26 total matches across 4 rounds)
Home Team Home Elo Away Team Away Elo Home Win %
Bulldogs 1564 Panthers 1663 44%
Warriors 1507 Eels 1377 74%
Storm 1741 Roosters 1666 68%
Raiders 1603 Wests Tigers 1366 84%
Dragons 1422 Sea Eagles 1469 51%
Cowboys 1404 Broncos 1560 36%
Sharks 1578 Knights 1375 81%
Dolphins 1538 Titans 1318 83%