Although Dustin Martin didn’t quite reach the lofty heights of 2017 this season, his form was still extremely good, as highlighted through a comprehensive statistical analysis of Richmond’s playing group across the 22 home-and-away rounds and two finals.
Martin features in the top five of more key statistical categories than any other Tiger player.
The superstar midfielder is in 14 of the 20 specific categories (seven as No. 1), with captain Trent Cotchin next best on 10, followed by Shane Edwards with nine.
Here is the full list of Richmond’s stats stars for the 2018 season . . .
Kicks
1. D. Martin (362)
2. J. Short (360)
3. T. Cotchin (255)
4. J. Riewoldt (253)
5. S. Grigg (238)
Handballs
1. K. Lambert (291)
2. S. Edwards (272)
3. T. Cotchin (230)
4. D. Martin (221)
5. S. Grigg (217)
Total disposals
1. D. Martin (583)
2. K. Lambert (496)
3. T. Cotchin (485)
4. J. Short (480)
5. S. Edwards (462)
Contested possessions
1. D. Martin (272)
2. T. Cotchin (253)
3. S. Edwards (224)
4. T. Nankervis (211)
5. K. Lambert (197)
Uncontested possessions
1. J. Short (344)
2. K. Lambert (311)
3. D. Martin (306)
4. S. Grigg (301)
5. B. Ellis (263)
Clearances
1. D. Martin (122)
2. T. Cotchin (110)
3. T. Nankervis (78)
4. S. Edwards (68)
5. K. Lambert (63)
Centre clearances
1. D. Martin (77)
2. T. Cotchin (49)
3. T. Nankervis (36)
4. D. Prestia (23)
5. S. Edwards (20)
Inside-50s
1. D. Martin (136)
Eq.2. T. Cotchin (89)
Eq.2. S. Grigg (89)
4. K. Lambert (86)
5. S. Edwards (85)
Rebound-50s
1. J. Short (104)
2. N. Vlastuin (87)
3. A. Rance (85)
4. D. Astbury (69)
5. B. Ellis (56)
Goals
1. J. Riewoldt (70)
2. J. Caddy (46)
3. D. Martin (31)
4. J. Castagna (26)
5. D. Butler (18)
Goal assists
1. S. Edwards (31)
2. D. Martin (23)
3. 3. J. Riewoldt (19)
4. 4. K. Lambert (16)
Eq.5. T. Cotchin (15)
Eq.5. J. Higgins (15)
Score involvements
1. D. Martin (197)
2. J. Riewoldt (185)
3. S. Edwards (152)
4. K. Lambert (147)
5. J. Caddy (125)
Marks
1. J. Riewoldt (149)
2. N. Vlastuin (136)
3. A. Rance (133)
4. D. Astbury (125)
5. J. Short (102)
Contested marks
1. J. Riewoldt (48)
2. T. Nankervis (24)
3. A. Rance (23)
4. D. Martin (22)
5. J. Caddy (21)
Marks inside 50
1. J. Riewoldt (95)
2. J. Castagna (33)
3. J. Caddy (30)
4. D. Martin (17)
Eq.5. J. Higgins (13)
Eq.5. J. Townsend (13)
Intercepts
1. A. Rance (237)
2. N. Vlastuin (171)
3. D. Grimes (152)
4. D. Astbury (146)
5. J. Short (126)
Metres gained
1. J. Short (12,548)
2. D. Martin (10,109)
3. S. Grigg (7651)
4. S. Edwards (7594)
5. T. Cotchin (7216)
Tackles
1. J. Graham (107)
2. T. Cotchin (103)
3. R. Conca (92)
4. D. Grimes (82)
5. T. Nankervis (81)
Tackles inside 50
1. J. Riewoldt (35)
2. J. Castagna (29)
3. J. Caddy (28)
4. D. Butler (23)
5. J. Higgins (21)
One-percenters
1. A. Rance (217)
2. D. Grimes (138)
3. T. Nankervis (110)
4. D. Astbury (103)
5. N. Broad (92)
Total
14 – D. Martin
10 – T. Cotchin
9 – S. Edwards
8 – J. Riewoldt, K. Lambert
6 – J. Short, T. Nankervis
5 – S. Grigg, J. Caddy, A. Rance
4 – D. Astbury
3 – N. Vlastuin, J. Castagna, D. Grimes
2 – B. Ellis, D. Butler, J. Higgins
1 – D. Prestia, J. Townsend, J. Graham, R. Conca, N. Broad
