We're back for Round 8 of Zero Hangerโ€™s weekly โ€˜five useless statsโ€™ series.

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 8 was another that provided plenty to look at in the way of weird, bizarre and ultimately Useless Stats.

3. North progressing โ€ฆ.. slowly

Only one team has improved their percentage over the last five rounds and itโ€™s North Melbourne. Although, they are coming off a very low base from Round 3 when they had a percentage 37.4%.

The Kangaroos have moved slowly upwards percentage wise, going to 43% after Round 4, 45.4% after Round 5, 45.9% after Round 6, 49.2% after Round 7 and 52.7% following the four-goal loss to Collingwood in Round 8. The 52.7% is the lowest percentage any AFL team has ever recorded following five consecutive percentage improvements.

If North lose to Hawthorn by around five to seven goals, they should record another small percentage increase in Round 9.