2024 census

This is the league census. It focuses purely on player veterancy as a guide for how much sway the foundation draft has over the balance of the league. By the time a player reaches their 6th year in the league they will be at the peak of their performance. Declining players will hit their peak earlier but by their 6th year it's extremely rare that a player will improve any further.

This report includes the percentage of a team's players who are currently under their peak - indicating that the roster as-is will likely be stronger in the future. More plainly, the higher the number the further away from their potential they are. Obviously, this favours younger teams but it should act as a warning sign if you've a team playing closer to peak and aren't getting strong results.

Let's start with the number of players at each age bracket and the percentage of them who currently have a playing contract.

Rookie: 328 (48.5%)
Year 2: 377 (49.6%)
Year 3: 703 (48.1%) - foundation draft
Year 4: 534 (50.6%)
Year 5: 437 (51.7%)
Year 6: 272 (51.1%)
Year 7: 218 (57.8%)
Year 8: 170 (62.4%)
Year 9: 126 (50%)
Year 10: 78 (47.4%)
Year 11: 52 (34.6%)
Year 12: 31 (32.3%)
Year 13: 25 (36%)
Year 14: 11 (18.2%)
Year 15: 8 (0%)
Year 16: 5 (0%)
Year 17: 0 (0%)
Year 18: 0 (0%)
Year 19: 2 (0%)

All very interesting, but what you really want to know is how your team is ranking, right? What you're seeing here is the number of players on each roster who joined the league after foundation, and the percentage of players on each team that have yet to hit their peak. Teams with a winning record this season are highlighted in bold - purely to show if there's any link between peak and performance.

Entebbe Elders 7 (37.7%)
Porth Emmett Auctioneers 3 (43.4%)
Penrith Lions 13 (44.4%)
Seattle Slammers 6 (47.2%)
Reasonable Lengths 9 (51.9%)
Tillamook Sharknado 11 (54.7%)
Balsicas Zombies 8 (58.5%)
Batman Robins 10 (58.5%)
Cheesy Philly 5 (58.5%)
Portland Pilots 11 (59.6%)
Montevideo Screamers 9 (64.2%)
Sumpan Crazy Wolves 19 (66%)
Edlington Anarchy 11 (67.9%)
Forbidden City Dragons 10 (67.9%)
Nice Baguettes 8 (67.9%)
Dutch Prodigies 11 (69.8%)
Heliopolis Phoenix 19 (69.8%)
Derry Mean Machine 6 (73.6%)
Maastricht Violent Vermin 13 (74.5%)
Echunga Echidnas 7 (75.5%)
Nottingham Arrows 11 (75.5%)
Star City Slamhounds 16 (75.5%)
Stockholm North Stars 6 (76.9%)
Ulaanbaatar Raptors 15 (77.4%)
Catacol Wildcats 8 (78.8%)
Zena Soneros 14 (78.8%)
Florence Fools 16 (79.2%)
Harnosand Harbourmasters 12 (79.2%)
Los Angeles Earthquake 11 (81.1%)
Cape Town Rhinos 13 (83%)
Les Republicains de Paris 11 (86.8%)
Hong Kong Kings 17 (88.7%)


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