Tim Taranto has polled the second most Brownlow Medal votes by a player in his debut season at Richmond.

The star midfielder, recruited by the Tigers from Greater Western Sydney in last year’s AFL trade period, received 19 votes at last night’s Brownlow count.

Only champion centreman Ian Stewart, who won the Brownlow Medal in his debut season at Richmond in 1971, polled more votes.

Stewart, a dual Brownlow Medallist with St Kilda before joining the Tigers, captured the game’s most prestigious individual award in 1971 with 21 votes.

Taranto was a slow burn in last night’s count with only four votes after Round 10.

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Latitude Player of the Match: Round 14

Tim Taranto has been awarded the Latitude Player of the Match for Round 14.

But he had a perfect run from Round 11-14, polling the maximum three votes as best-on-ground in all those four games.

He picked up a further three votes in Round 19 to take his total to 19, which was the most by a Richmond player on the night – five ahead of Shai Bolton with 14.

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Round 19: Taranto bemused by his own goal

Tim Taranto provides a funny reaction after he surprises himself nailing this long-range goal.

Here are Taranto’s statistical numbers in his three-vote Brownlow games this season:

Round 11 v Port Adelaide, MCG: 33 disposals, 12 contested possessions, six marks, seven clearances, four inside-50s, four rebound-50s, four goals, eight score involvements, seven tackles, 422 metres gained.

Round 12 v Greater Western Sydney, GIANTS Stadium: 36 disposals, 12 contested possessions, four marks, nine clearances, three inside-50s, six rebound-50s, one goal, six score involvements, five tackles, 630 metres gained.

Round 13 v Fremantle, Optus Stadium: 35 disposals, 15 contested possessions, three marks, seven clearances, three rebound-50s, two goals, six score involvements, seven tackles, 214 metres gained.

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Round 13: Two in a row

Jayden Short drills it from the paint before Tim Taranto nails a superb snap.

Round 14 v St Kilda, MCG: 38 disposals, 18 contested possessions, six clearances, four inside-50s, one goal, four score involvements, four intercepts, 10 tackles, 411 metres gained.

Round 19 v Hawthorn, MCG: 23 disposals, 11 contested possessions, five marks, three clearances, three goals, eight score involvements, four intercepts, eight tackles, 312 metres gained.

Meanwhile, Richmond champion Dustin Martin has moved past Chris Judd and into eighth place on the all-time Brownlow Medal votes list.

Martin’s eight votes in the 2023 Brownlow count took his overall tally to 212, which is 50 behind No. 1 on the list – Gary Ablett Jr. (262).