THREE teams will head into the 2016 premiership season on the back of a perfect NAB Challenge campaign.

Fremantle, Melbourne and Collingwood went undefeated throughout the month-long pre-season competition, giving themselves the best possible chance of entering the year on a high.

However, three teams failed to win a single match with St Kilda, Brisbane and Carlton yet to taste victory as they look ahead to Round 1.

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Ross Lyon’s Dockers will be the happiest with their pre-season campaign, recording comprehensive victories over Richmond, Adelaide and Geelong to top the 2016 NAB Challenge ladder on percentage.

Fremantle will be buoyed by the results, given the pre-season premiers have qualified for three grand finals in the last seven years. Six of the last eight winners have made the finals.

Melbourne, led by coach-in-waiting Simon Goodwin, came in second place while Nathan Buckley’s Collingwood finished third.

Adelaide, GWS Giants, Sydney, West Coast and Hawthorn snuck inside the hypothetical top eight.

At the other end of the spectrum, Carlton finished last under new coach Brendon Bolton in a perhaps worrying sign of things to come this year.

St Kilda and Brisbane also failed to win a game, but played only two matches due to a cancellation of one of their fixtures.

Simon Goodwin’s Melbourne finished second. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: News Corp Australia

NAB CHALLENGE LADDER

1. Fremantle (WWW, 144.0%)

2. Melbourne (WWW, 124.5%)

3. Collingwood (WWW, 105.9%)

4. Adelaide (WLW, 161.1%)

5. GWS Giants (LWW, 117.0%)

6. Sydney (WLW, 104.0%)

7. West Coast (LWW, 103.1%)

8. Hawthorn (WLW, 97.6%)

9. Geelong (LWL, 128.1%)

10. Western Bulldogs (WLL, 106.7%)

11. Port Adelaide (LLW, 103.6%)

12. Gold Coast (WLL, 98.5%)

13. North Melbourne (WLL, 96.8%)

14. Richmond (LWL, 82.8%)

15. Essendon (WLL, 56.5%)

16. St Kilda* (LDL, 70.0%)

17. Brisbane* (LDL, 66.3%)

18. Carlton (LLL, 56.9%)

*St Kilda and Brisbane played one less match due to a cancellation.