Season Simulation

Simulation Details
Competition:
Telstra Premiership
Season:
2025
Run Date:
Aug 29, 2025 04:05
Current Round:
Round 26
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 19.5 4.5 0.0 46.9 653.2 474.2 179.1 100% 100% 100% 75% 20% 0%
2 Storm 18.4 5.6 0.0 44.7 702.8 439.1 263.7 100% 100% 100% 24% 48% 0%
3 Bulldogs 16.6 7.4 0.0 41.3 552.2 412.2 140.1 0% 100% 100% 0% 13% 0%
4 Warriors 15.1 8.9 0.0 38.3 507.4 479.2 28.2 0% 60% 100% 0% 4% 0%
5 Sharks 14.2 9.8 0.0 36.4 572.1 501.8 70.2 0% 17% 100% 0% 4% 0%
6 Broncos 14.0 10.0 0.0 36.0 661.9 514.1 147.8 0% 22% 100% 0% 4% 0%
7 Panthers 12.8 10.2 1.0 34.6 557.8 466.7 91.1 0% 0% 100% 0% 3% 0%
8 Roosters 12.1 11.9 0.0 32.2 618.0 544.7 73.2 0% 0% 67% 0% 2% 0%
9 Dolphins 11.2 12.8 0.0 30.5 668.6 584.3 84.2 0% 0% 29% 0% 0% 0%
10 Sea Eagles 11.1 12.9 0.0 30.2 528.7 523.3 5.4 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0%
11 Cowboys 9.4 13.6 1.0 27.8 529.1 669.1 -140.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
12 Wests Tigers 9.7 14.3 0.0 27.3 470.4 588.4 -118.0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
13 Rabbitohs 9.2 14.8 0.0 26.3 433.9 589.7 -155.8 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
14 Eels 9.0 15.0 0.0 26.1 439.8 575.2 -135.4 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
15 Dragons 8.7 15.3 0.0 25.3 490.8 590.0 -99.2 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
16 Knights 6.5 17.6 0.0 20.9 332.5 560.9 -228.4 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 37%
17 Titans 5.7 18.3 0.0 19.3 485.5 691.8 -206.3 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 62%
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: 20% to win championship
Warriors: 4% to win championship
2nd Qualifying Final
Storm (2nd) vs Bulldogs (3rd)
Home: Storm
Storm: 48% to win championship
Bulldogs: 13% to win championship
1st Elimination Final
Sharks (5th) vs Roosters (8th)
Home: Sharks
Sharks: 4% to win championship
Roosters: 2% to win championship
2nd Elimination Final
Broncos (6th) vs Panthers (7th)
Home: Broncos
Broncos: 4% to win championship
Panthers: 3% to win championship
Week 2 - Semi Finals
1st Semi Final
Warriors vs Sharks
Home: Warriors
Most likely based on championship odds
2nd Semi Final
Bulldogs vs Broncos
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 Warriors
Home: Storm
Most likely progression
Week 4 - Grand Final
🏆 GRAND FINAL 🏆
Most Likely Grand Final
Raiders vs Storm
20% to win 48% to win
Neutral Venue
All Championship Contenders
Raiders 20%
Storm 48%
Bulldogs 13%
Warriors 4%
Sharks 4%
Broncos 4%
Panthers 3%
Roosters 2%
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
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
Raiders 75% 24% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Storm 24% 75% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bulldogs - - 100% - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Warriors - - - 60% 24% 15% - - - - - - - - - - -
Sharks - - - 17% 33% 41% 6% 2% - - - - - - - - -
Broncos - - - 22% 41% 18% 17% - - - - - - - - - -
Panthers - - - - 1% 24% 69% 5% - - - - - - - - -
Roosters - - - - - 0% 6% 60% 28% 4% - - - - - - -
Dolphins - - - - - - - 29% 47% 20% 2% 0% - - - - -
Sea Eagles - - - - - - - 2% 23% 64% 8% 0% - - - - -
Cowboys - - - - - - - - 0% 8% 41% 30% 17% 2% - - -
Wests Tigers - - - - - - - - 0% 3% 31% 31% 22% 10% 1% - -
Rabbitohs - - - - - - - - - - 2% 8% 12% 39% 37% - -
Eels - - - - - - - - - - 6% 13% 25% 28% 26% - -
Dragons - - - - - - - - - - 6% 15% 22% 19% 35% - -
Knights - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62% 37%
Titans - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37% 62%

Reading the table: Each row shows the probability of that team finishing in each position. For example, if a team has 25% in the "1st" column, they finished first in 25% of the 1000 simulated seasons. Each row should sum to approximately 100%.

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

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Wests Tigers Home
84%
Easy
27 Dolphins Away
58%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Roosters Home
73%
Easy
27 Broncos Away
64%
Moderate

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
27 Sharks Home
60%
Moderate

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Eels Home
71%
Easy
27 Sea Eagles Away
47%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Knights Home
85%
Easy
27 Bulldogs Away
39%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Cowboys Away
61%
Moderate
27 Storm Home
35%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
27 Dragons Away
74%
Easy

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Storm Away
26%
Very Hard
27 Rabbitohs Home
83%
Easy

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Titans Home
81%
Easy
27 Raiders Home
41%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Dragons Away
57%
Hard
27 Warriors Home
52%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Broncos Home
38%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Raiders Away
15%
Very Hard
27 Titans Away
51%
Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
27 Roosters Away
16%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Warriors Away
28%
Very Hard
27 Knights Home
70%
Easy

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Sea Eagles Home
42%
Hard
27 Panthers Home
25%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Sharks Away
15%
Very Hard
27 Eels Away
29%
Very Hard

Round Opponent Venue Win % Difficulty
26 Dolphins Away
18%
Very Hard
27 Wests Tigers Home
48%
Hard
Round 26 Predictions (15 total matches across 2 rounds)
Home Team Home Elo Away Team Away Elo Home Win %
Warriors 1520 Eels 1418 71%
Storm 1746 Roosters 1625 73%
Raiders 1617 Wests Tigers 1376 84%
Dragons 1374 Sea Eagles 1484 42%
Cowboys 1447 Broncos 1583 38%
Sharks 1578 Knights 1321 85%
Dolphins 1500 Titans 1305 81%