As the league breaks for the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, we thought we'd take a moment to have a look at some of the key stats from the opening nine rounds of the season.

The Netball World Cup break is upon us, so what better time than now to take a closer look at some of the key stats from the season so far.

Goals

Goal leader Jhaniele Fowler has now scored 1,243 goals in just 25 games. That’s an average of just under 50-goals per game. Shimona Nelson and Sam Wallace have both taken their games to another level this season, while Caitlin Thwaites and Caitlin Bassett continue to do what they do best.

Jhaniele Fowler (West Coast Fever) – 460 Shimona Nelson (Collingwood Magpies) – 390 Sam Wallace (NSW Swifts) – 365 Caitlin Thwaites (Melbourne Vixens) – 320 Caitlin Bassett (GIANTS Netball) – 312

Goal Attempts

No surprises here as all five leading goal scorers are in the top five for attempts. When it comes to the accuracy of the five most prolific shooters so far, Fowler leads the pack with an incredible 95% shooting goal accuracy.

Jhaniele Fowler (West Coast Fever) – 482 Shimona Nelson (Collingwood Magpies) – 443 Sam Wallace (NSW Swifts) – 387 Caitlin Thwaites (Melbourne Vixens) – 350 Caitlin Bassett (GIANTS Netball) – 349

Defensive Rebounds

The physical play of Sam Poolman has been a highlight for the GIANTS defence and her hustle underneath the post has her tied with Shamera Sterling in the defensive rebounds total.

Sam Poolman (GIANTS Netball) – 21 Shamera Sterling (Adelaide Thunderbirds) – 21 Geva Mentor (Collingwood Magpies) – 19 Phumza Maweni (Sunshine Coast Lightning) – 16 Sarah Klau (NSW Swifts) – 12

Offensive Rebounds

The development of 21-year old shooter Sasha Glasgow has Thunderbirds fans excited for the future. She has 224 goals from 267-attempts and an impressive 30-rebounds, good for second best behind Caitlin Bassett.

Caitlin Bassett (GIANTS Netball) – 33 Sasha Glasgow (Adelaide Thunderbirds) – 30 Peace Proscovia (Sunshine Coast Lightning) – 27 Jhaniele Fowler (West Coast Fever) – 26 Shimona Nelson (Collingwood Magpies) – 24

Intercepts

Just one intercept separates leader Shamera Sterling and Karla Pretorius, but then there is daylight as Geva Mentor trails those two by a whopping 15 intercepts.

Shamera Sterling (Adelaide Thunderbirds) – 42 Karla Pretorius (Sunshine Coast Lightning) – 41 Geva Mentor (Collingwood Magpies) – 27 Emily Mannix (Melbourne Vixens) – 26 Phumza Maweni (Sunshine Coast Lightning) – 21

Goal Assists

Melbourne Vixens star Liz Watson is backing up her fantastic 2018 season, leading the goal assists with 256, an incredible 72 more than second place Kelsey Browne.