AFL Tipping Calculator
Enter correct tips, incorrect tips and drawn matches, set the draw rule your comp uses, and get the round score, the strike rate and the margin tiebreaker.
AFL Tipping Calculator
Inputs
Matches tipped correctly, 1 point each.
Matches tipped incorrectly, no points.
Matches that finished level.
Set this to whatever your competition uses.
Your margin prediction for the nominated match.
The margin that match finished on.
Results
7 from 9, a strike rate of 77.78%
6 from correct tips plus 1 under the draw rule "Point to everyone". The margin tiebreaker adds 7, the absolute difference between a predicted 24 and an actual 31.
- Round score
- 7
- Strike rate
- 77.78%
- Margin tiebreaker
- 7
- Points dropped
- 2
- From correct tips
- 6
- From drawn matches
- 1
- Matches counted
- 9
- Points available
- 9
From 9 matches
Round score over matches counted
7 too low
Points available but not scored
1 point each
Awarded by the draw rule you set
Byes excluded, no point is available for one
One per match counted
| Result | Matches | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Correct tips | 6 | 6 |
| Incorrect tips | 2 | 0 |
| Drawn matches | 1 | 1 |
| Round score | 9 | 7 |
| Draw rule | What it means |
|---|---|
| Point to everyone | Every tipper gets 1 point for a drawn match, whatever they selected. |
| Point only if the draw was tipped | A drawn match scores 1 point only where the draw itself was selected. |
| No point for a draw | A drawn match scores nothing for anyone. |
No governing body sets tipping rules, so the draw rule is a setting rather than a fixed convention. Check the wording your competition uses before the season. Where a tip is missed, most competitions apply default tips, usually all away teams, so a missed round still scores. A bye carries no tip and no point available, so it is left out of the matches counted. Margin is normally a tiebreaker rather than the primary score: the absolute differences are accumulated and the lowest total wins.
How the AFL Tipping Calculator works
Tipping scoring is simple where it is settled and awkward where it is not. A correct tip is worth 1 point and an incorrect tip is worth nothing. There is no governing standard for the rest, so the draw rule is a setting here rather than something hardcoded. Conventions differ between competitions: some award the point to everyone when a match is drawn regardless of what was selected, some award it only where a draw was actually tipped, and a minority award nothing. Pick the one your competition uses and the round score follows.
Two other conventions affect the count. Where a tip is missed, most competitions apply default tips, usually all away teams, so a missed round scores rather than voids. Byes carry no tip and no point available, so they are excluded from the matches counted and from the strike rate denominator. Margin is normally a tiebreaker rather than the primary score: the absolute difference between the predicted and actual margin is accumulated and the lowest total wins, applied either to one nominated match per round or to every match, again depending on the competition.
Round score = correct tips + (drawn matches x draw rule value) Draw rule options: 1 point to everyone, 1 point only to a tipped draw, or 0 points Strike rate = round score / matches counted x 100 Margin tiebreaker = the absolute difference between predicted margin and actual margin
Example
A round of nine matches with 6 correct tips, 2 incorrect and 1 drawn match, with the draw rule set to award a point to everyone, scores 6 + 1 = 7 from 9, a strike rate of 77.78 per cent. With a predicted margin of 24 against an actual margin of 31, the margin tiebreaker adds 7.
How to use it
- Enter the number of correct tips and incorrect tips for the round.
- Enter the number of drawn matches, if any.
- Set the draw rule your competition uses.
- Read the round score and strike rate, then add a margin prediction for the tiebreaker.
AFL Tipping Calculator FAQ
How are drawn matches scored in AFL tipping?
It depends on the competition, because no governing body sets a standard. Three conventions are in use: award the point to everyone regardless of what was selected, award the point only to those who selected the draw where that is allowed, or award nothing. Because the treatment is genuinely different between competitions, this calculator exposes it as a setting rather than assuming one. Check the rules of the competition you are in, since a drawn match can decide a ladder over a season.
Can I tip a draw?
Most competitions do not offer a draw as a selectable option, so the question only arises when a match finishes level. Where a draw can be selected, the scoring for it is set by the same draw rule as everything else, and the value of selecting one depends entirely on whether the competition rewards it above the default. Draws are rare enough that many competitions never revisit the rule, which is why the wording is worth checking before the season rather than after a level result.
What happens if I forget to enter tips?
Most competitions apply default tips rather than scoring the round as zero, and the usual default is all away teams. That means a missed round still returns a score, generally a below-average one, rather than removing you from contention. The specific default varies, so confirm what your competition applies. When calculating a round here, count default tips exactly as you would count your own selections, since they score in the same way.
Do byes count in a tipping round?
No. A bye is not a match, so there is no tip to make and no point available. Byes are excluded from the matches counted, which matters for the strike rate: a round with a bye has a smaller denominator, so each correct tip is worth more in percentage terms. Enter only the matches actually played when using this calculator, otherwise the strike rate understates the round.
How does the margin tiebreaker work?
The score is the absolute difference between the margin you predicted and the margin that occurred, so predicting 24 against an actual 31 scores 7, and predicting 38 against the same result also scores 7. Those figures are accumulated across the season and the lowest total wins, which is the reverse of the tipping score. Competitions apply it either to one nominated match per round or to every match, and it is normally used to separate tippers level on tips rather than as the primary score.