Tim Taranto’s excellent debut season at Tigerland is further highlighted through a comprehensive statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group for the season.

The star inside midfielder featured 15 times in the top five of 21 specific statistical categories.

That was one behind highly-talented teammate Shai Bolton, who had 16 top-five placings.

Taranto, however, topped nine of the categories, while Bolton was No. 1 in four of them.

Veteran champion Dustin Martin was next on the season statistics list with 11 top-five placings.

Here is the full list of Richmond’s stats stars for the 2023 season . . .

Kicks

1 – Tim Taranto, 337

2 – Shai Bolton, 315

3 – Nick Vlastuin, 283

4 – Dustin Martin, 280

5 – Jayden Short, 279

 

Handballs

1 – Tim Taranto, 325

2 – Dion Prestia, 228

3 – Daniel Rioli, 204

4 – Dustin Martin, 192

5 – Shai Bolton

 

Disposals

1 – Tim Taranto, 662

2 – Shai Bolton, 500

3 – Daniel Rioli, 476

4 – Dustin Martin, 472

5 – Dion Prestia, 439

 

Contested possessions

1 – Tim Taranto, 285

2 – Shai Bolton, 223

3 – Dustin Martin, 195

4 – Dion Prestia, 168

5 – Liam Baker, 159

 

Uncontested possessions

1 – Tim Taranto, 360

2 – Daniel Rioli, 295

3 – Shai Bolton, 283

4 – Dion Prestia, 280

5 – Liam Baker, 268

 

Clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 142

2 – Shai Bolton, 93

3 – Dion Prestia, 77

4 – Jacob Hopper, 68

5 – Toby Nankervis, 65

 

Centre clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 54

2 – Shai Bolton, 37

3 – Jacob Hopper, 31

4 – Dion Prestia, 29

5 – Toby Nankervis, 20

 

Stoppage clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 88

2 – Shai Bolton, 56

3 – Dion Prestia, 48

4 – Toby Nankervis, 45

5 – Dustin Martin, 41

 

Inside-50s

1 – Shai Bolton, 125

2 – Dustin Martin, 100

3 – Tim Taranto, 80

4 – Jacob Hopper, 67

5 – Dion Prestia, 60

 

Rebound-50s

1 – Noah Balta, 121

2 – Nick Vlastuin, 116

Eq. 3 – Daniel Rioli, 73

Eq. 3 – Jayden Short, 73

5 – Tylar Young, 69

 

Intercepts

1 – Noah Balta, 177

2 – Nick Vlastuin, 172

3 – Dylan Grimes, 123

Eq. 4 – Daniel Rioli, 115

Eq. 4 – Nathan Broad, 115

 

 

Marks

1 – Noah Balta, 147

2 – Nick Vlastuin, 144

3 – Nathan Broad, 101

Eq. 4 – Jayden Short, 100

Eq. 4 – Jack Ross, 100

 

Contested marks

1 – Noah Balta, 47

2 – Jack Riewoldt, 33

3 – Dustin Martin, 22

4 – Nick Vlastuin, 17

5 – Nathan Broad, 14

 

Marks inside 50

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 58

2 – Dustin Martin, 30

3 – Shai Bolton, 25

4 – Tim Taranto, 18

5 – Liam Baker, 16

 

Goals

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 32

2 – Shai Bolton, 31

3 – Dustin Martin, 25

4 – Tim Taranto, 19

Eq. 5 – Liam Baker, 12

Eq. 5 – Samson Ryan, 12

 

Goal assists

1 – Shai Bolton, 19

2 – Dustin Martin, 15

Eq. 3 – Liam Baker, 13

Eq. 3 – Dion Prestia, 13

Eq. 5 – Jack Graham, 12

Eq. 5 – Jacob Hopper, 12

 

Score involvements

1 – Shai Bolton, 161

2 – Dustin Martin, 154

3 – Tim Taranto, 133

4 – Liam Baker, 121

5 – Jack Riewoldt, 103

 

Tackles

1 – Tim Taranto, 154

2 – Toby Nankervis, 82

3 – Daniel Rioli, 79

4 – Jack Graham, 77

5 – Shai Bolton, 70

 

Tackles inside 50

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 24

2 – Shai Bolton, 22

Eq. 3 – Tim Taranto, 21

Eq. 3 – Jack Graham, 21

Eq. 3 – Marlion Pickett, 21

 

One-percenters

1 – Tylar Young, 148

2 – Dylan Grimes, 114

3 – Nathan Broad, 105

4 – Noah Balta, 103

5 – Nick Vlastuin, 84

 

Metres gained

1 – Shai Bolton, 10,362

2 – Noah Balta, 9058

3 – Jayden Short, 8729

4 – Tim Taranto, 8515

5 – Daniel Rioli, 8287

 

Total

16 – Shai Bolton (four as No. 1)

15 – Tim Taranto (nine as No. 1)

11 – Dustin Martin

9 – Dion Prestia

7 – Daniel Rioli

6 – Liam Baker, Noah Balta (four as No. 1), Nick Vlastuin

5 – Jack Riewoldt (three as No. 1)

4 – Nathan Broad, Jacob Hopper, Toby Nankervis, Jayden Short

3 – Jack Graham

2 – Dylan Grimes, Tylar Young (one as No. 1)

1 – Marlion Pickett