Talented tall forward Ty Vickery enters the 2016 season as a member of an exclusive group in Tigerland history.
Vickery is one of just 21 Richmond players (past or present) during the past 50 years, with 100 games-plus to their credit, averaging more than a goal a match.
The 25-year-old veteran of 102 league games for the Tigers has kicked 132 goals, with 44 of those coming in his past 21 senior appearances. He booted 31 goals in the 15 games he played last season.
Two other current-day Tigers appear on this special post-1965 goalkicking list – Dustin Martin, with 141 goals from 131 games, and Jack Riewoldt, with 435 goals from 180 games.
The full list is:
- Kevin Bartlett – 403 games, 778 goals.
- Matthew Richardson – 282 games, 800 goals.
- Dale Weightman – 274 games, 344 goals.
- David Cloke – 219 games, 272 goals.
- Michael Roach – 200 games, 607 goals.
- Royce Hart – 187 games, 369 goals.
- Jack Riewoldt – 180 games, 435 goals.
- Nick Daffy – 165 games, 181 goals.
- Neil Balme – 159 games, 229 goals.
- Jeff Hogg – 144 games, 306 goals.
- Chris Naish – 143 games, 212 goals.
- Michael Pickering – 136 games, 160 goals.
- Dustin Martin – 131 games, 141 goals.
- Brad Ottens – 129 games, 152 goals.
- Barry Richardson – 125 games, 134 goals.
- Bruce Monteath—118 games, 198 goals.
- Kayne Pettifer – 113 games, 132 goals.
- Rex Hunt – 113 games, 121 goals.
- Andrew Krakouer – 102 games, 102 goals.
- Ty Vickery – 102 games, 132 goals.
- John Northey – 100 games, 172 goals (he played 118 games in total and kicked 192 goals)