Is injury associated with team performance in elite Australian football? 20 years of player injury and team performance data that include measures of individual player value.

The impact of injury (burden weighted by best and fairest) explained up to 12% of the variation in final table position-this is particularly relevant to making/not making playoffs as well as home ground/travel advantages for those teams that make the one-game format of AFL playoffs (not home-away or best of seven format).