Its back for Round 5! Zero Hangerโ€™s weekly โ€˜five useless statsโ€™.

Every week Aaron Delaporte fromย Useless AFL Statsย will take a look at the top five most useless, but captivating, statistics from the weekend.

Round 5 once again had us searching for the record books to see what stats had been toppled and here are the best of them.

3. Free kicks donโ€™t win matches

Brisbane easily accounted for Essendon in fairly miserable conditions at the Gabba but what was interesting was that the Bombers had 16 more free kicks than the Lions despite the 57-point thrashing they received.

The AFL record margin for a club with a -15 free kick or worse differential is a staggering 92 points by Port Adelaide over Fremantle in Rd 14 2001, whilst this match ranks just fourth for biggest margin.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Dustin Martin of the Tigers argues with Umpire Matt Stevic after a controversial rushed behind decision during the 2017 AFL round 10 Dreamtime at the G match between the Richmond Tigers and the Essendon Bombers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on May 27, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Many AFL fans often bemoan the umpiring in games and rightly or wrongly believe it has cost their side a win, however, statistically free kicks have little bearing on the results as teams that win the free kick count win just 48.3% of games.