The huge impact Richmond’s star midfield recruit Tim Taranto has made in his debut season at Tigerland is further highlighted through a comprehensive statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group up to the midway mark of the year.
Taranto is ranked top five in 15 of 21 specific categories, with a highly impressive nine of those as No. 1.
Shai Bolton also has 15 top-five placings and is No. 1 in four categories.
Daniel Rioli is third on the list with 10 top-five rankings, while Liam Baker, Dustin Martin and Dion Prestia are equal fourth on eight.
Here is the full list of the Tigers’ stats stars up to the mid-year break . . .
Kicks
1 – Tim Taranto, 226
Eq. 2 – Daniel Rioli, 198
Eq. 2 – Jayden Short, 198
4 – Shai Bolton, 193
5 – Liam Baker, 180
Handballs
1 – Tim Taranto, 222
2 – Dion Prestia, 148
3 – Liam Baker, 125
4 – Daniel Rioli, 123
5 – Shai Bolton, 116
Disposals
1 – Tim Taranto, 448
2 – Daniel Rioli, 321
3 – Shai Bolton, 309
4 – Liam Baker, 305
5 – Dustin Martin, 285
Contested possessions
1 – Tim Taranto, 190
2 – Shai Bolton, 141
3 – Dion Prestia, 117
4 – Dustin Martin, 115
5 – Liam Baker, 103
Uncontested possessions
1 – Tim Taranto, 242
Eq. 2 – Liam Baker, 193
Eq. 2 – Daniel Rioli, 193
4 – Jayden Short, 177
5 – Dion Prestia, 170
Clearances
1 – Tim Taranto, 97
2 – Shai Bolton, 58
3 – Dion Prestia, 48
4 – Jacob Hopper, 38
5 – Toby Nankervis, 37
Centre clearances
1 – Tim Taranto, 40
2 – Shai Bolton, 22
3 – Dion Prestia, 18
4 – Jacob Hopper, 14
5 – Toby Nankervis, 12
Stoppage clearances
1 – Tim Taranto, 57
2 – Shai Bolton, 36
3 – Dion Prestia, 30
4 – Toby Nankervis, 25
Eq. 5 – Trent Cotchin, 24
Eq. 5 – Jacob Hopper, 24
Inside-50s
1 – Shai Bolton, 78
2 – Dustin Martin, 62
3 – Tim Taranto, 55
4 – Jacob Hopper, 47
5 – Marlion Pickett, 40
Rebound-50s
Eq. 1 – Noah Balta, 74
Eq. 1 – Nick Vlastuin, 74
3 – Daniel Rioli, 55
4 – Jayden Short, 49
5 – Liam Baker, 48
Intercepts
1 – Noah Balta, 116
2 – Nick Vlastuin, 98
3 – Liam Baker, 88
4 – Dylan Grimes, 84
5 – Daniel Rioli, 83
Marks
1 – Nick Vlastuin, 82
2 – Noah Balta, 78
3 – Jayden Short, 72
4 – Daniel Rioli, 70
5 – Kamdyn McIntosh, 63
Contested marks
1 – Noah Balta, 29
2 – Jack Riewoldt, 22
3 – Dustin Martin, 14
4 – Samson Ryan, 11
5 – Tom Lynch, 10
Marks inside 50
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 31
2 – Dustin Martin, 16
3 – Samson Ryan, 15
4 – Shai Bolton, 12
Eq. 5 – Tim Taranto, 11
Eq. 5 – Tom Lynch, 11
Goals
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 23
2 – Shai Bolton, 19
Eq.3 – Tim Taranto, 13
Eq. 3 – Dustin Martin, 13
5 – Samson Ryan, 12
Goal assists
1 – Shai Bolton, 10
2 – Dion Prestia, 9
Eq.3 – Dustin Martin, 7
Eq. 3 – Marlion Pickett, 7
Eq. 3 – Daniel Rioli, 7
Eq. 3 – Jacob Hopper, 7
Score involvements
1 – Shai Bolton, 90
2 – Tim Taranto, 89
3 – Dustin Martin, 87
4 – Liam Baker, 73
5 – Dion Prestia, 62
Tackles
1 – Tim Taranto, 98
2 – Toby Nankervis, 58
3 – Daniel Rioli, 47
4 – Shai Bolton, 44
5 – Jack Graham, 38
Tackles inside 50
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 16
Eq. 2 – Shai Bolton, 15
Eq. 2 – Rhyan Mansell, 15
4 – Marlion Pickett, 12
5 – Tim Taranto, 11
One-percenters
1 – Tylar Young, 95
2 – Dylan Grimes, 81
3 – Noah Balta, 71
4 – Nathan Broad, 62
5 – Nick Vlastuin, 58
Metres gained
1 – Shai Bolton, 6585
2 – Jayden Short, 6099
3 – Daniel Rioli, 5948
4 – Tim Taranto, 5680
5 – Noah Balta, 5265
Total
15 – Tim Taranto, Shai Bolton
10 – Daniel Rioli
8 – Liam Baker, Dustin Martin, Dion Prestia
6 – Noah Balta
5 – Jayden Short, Jacob Hopper
4 – Toby Nankervis, Nick Vlastuin, Jack Riewoldt
3 – Marlion Pickett, Samson Ryan
2 – Dylan Grimes, Tom Lynch
1 – Trent Cotchin, Kamdyn McInotsh, Jack Graham, Nathan Broad, Rhyan Mansell, Tylar Young
