Dynamic Richmond midfielder Dustin Martin’s brilliant ‘ball-magnet’ display against Essendon at the MCG last Saturday has catapulted him into a select group of players in Tigerland history.

Martin became just the 10^th Richmond player, since official league football match statistics were first recorded in 1965, to finish with 40 disposals or more in a game.

He racked up a career-high 43 touches in the Round 17 clash with the Bombers, which is the fourth highest disposal tally by a Tiger throughout the past 51 years.

The 35 kicks Martin had last Saturday also were the most a Richmond player since Kevin Bartlett’s 38 against Geelong, late in the 1974 season.

Only Bartlett, Joel Bowden and Robert Wiley have managed to find more of the ball during a match over the past five decades than Martin.

The full list of the ‘over-40’ Tigers is:

46 disposals – Robert Wiley, Round 8, 1982 v Carlton, MCG

44 disposals – Kevin Bartlett, Round 17, 1974 v Geelong, Waverley Park

44 disposals – Joel Bowden, Round 4, 2009 v Melbourne, MCG

43 disposals – Dustin Martin, Round 17, 2016 v Essendon, MCG

42 disposals – Joel Bowden, Round 9, 2004 v Port Adelaide, AAMI Stadium

41 disposals – Wayne Walsh, Round 5, 1978 v Melbourne, MCG

41 disposals – Barry Rowlings, Round 18, 1981 v Footscray, Waverley Park

41 disposals – Wayne Campbell, Round 15, 1992 v Carlton, Waverley Park

41 disposals – Wayne Campbell, Round 10, 1998 v Port Adelaide, MCG

41 disposals – Wayne Campbell, Round 15, 1999 v West Coast, MCG

40 disposals – Phil Egan, Round 21, 1983 v Sydney, SCG

40 disposals – Kevin Bartlett, Round 19, 1979 v Fitzroy, SCG

40 disposals – Wayne Campbell, Round 18, 1997 v Western Bulldogs, Princes Park

40 disposals – Paul Broderick, Round 21, 1997 v Port Adelaide, MCG

40 disposals – Nathan Foley, Round 6, 2011 v Brisbane, MCG