Star midfield duo Dustin Martin and Dion Prestia are Richmond’s standouts in the statistical department at the midway mark of the 2019 season.
A thorough statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group shows that Martin features in the top five of the key categories more than any other Tiger, but Prestia is well ahead in terms of No. 1 rankings.
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Martin’s name appears 13 times in the 20 specific categories (twice as No. 1), with Prestia next best on 11 (eight times as No. 1), followed by Shane Edwards (none as No. 1) on nine, Bachar Houli (two as No. 1) on eight, Jack Higgins (two as No. 1) on seven, with Brandon Ellis (none as No. 1) and Tom Lynch (three as No. 1) both on six.
Here’s the full list of Richmond’s stats stars up to the mid-season bye . . .
Kicks
1. D. Martin (197)
2. D. Prestia (189)
3. B. Houli (174)
4. B. Ellis (146)
5. S. Edwards (128)
Handballs
1. D. Prestia (144)
2. S. Edwards (129)
3. K. Lambert (116)
4. B. Houli (113)
5. B. Ellis (111)
Total disposals
1. D. Prestia (333)
2. D. Martin (304)
3. B. Houli (287)
Eq. 4. S. Edwards (257)
Eq. 4. B. Ellis (257)
Contested possessions
1. D. Prestia (143)
2. D. Martin (127)
3. S. Edwards (104)
4. J. Higgins (82)
5. K. Lambert (78)
Uncontested possessions
1. B. Houli (192)
2. D. Prestia (190)
3. B. Ellis (182)
4. D. Martin (166)
5. S. Edwards (144)
Clearances
1. D. Prestia (74)
2. D. Martin (54)
3. S. Edwards (34)
4. T. Cotchin (28)
5. K. Lambert (26)
Centre clearances
1. D. Martin (32)
2. D. Prestia (26)
3. S. Edwards (13)
Eq. 4. T. Cotchin (12)
Eq. 4. T. Nankervis (12)
Inside-50s
1. D. Prestia (64)
2. D. Martin (59)
3. K. McIntosh (41)
4. N. Balta (36)
5. J. Higgins (35)
Rebound-50s
1. B. Houli (58)
2. N. Vlastuin (48)
3. D. Astbury (38)
4. B. Ellis (37)
5. D. Grimes (36)
Goals
1. T. Lynch (28)
2. D. Martin (13)
Eq. 3. J. Caddy (11)
Eq. 3. J. Castagna (11)
5.J. Higgins (9)
Goal assists
1. J. Higgins (8)
Eq. 2. D. Martin (7)
Eq. 2. K. Lambert (7)
Eq. 2. L. Baker (7)
Eq. 2. T. Lynch (7)
Score involvements
1. D. Prestia (77)
2. D. Martin (75)
3. T. Lynch (67)
4. J. Higgins (65)
5. K. Lambert (63)
Marks
1. N. Vlastuin (75)
2. B. Ellis (70)
3. D. Astbury (66)
Eq. 4. B. Houli (62)
Eq. 4. S. Stack (62)
Contested marks
1. T. Lynch (27)
Eq. 2. D. Martin (11)
Eq. 2. D. Grimes (11)
Eq. 4. N. Vlastuin (10)
Eq. 4. K. McIntosh (10)
Marks inside 50
1. T. Lynch (34)
2. J. Castagna (17)
3. D. Martin (11)
Eq. 4. J. Higgins (9)
Eq. 4. L. Baker (9)
Intercepts
Eq. 1. D. Grimes (85)
Eq. 1. N. Vlastuin (85)
3. S. Stack (76)
4. S. Edwards (73)
5. B. Houli (71)
Metres gained
1. D. Prestia (5296)
2. B. Houli (5092)
3. D. Martin (4995)
4. S. Edwards (3983)
5. K. McIntosh (3784)
Tackles
1. D. Prestia (64)
2. L. Baker (45)
3. J. Castagna (43)
4. J. Graham (41)
5. K. McIntosh (40)
Tackles inside 50
1. J. Higgins (15)
2. J. Castagna (14)
3. L. Baker (12)
Eq. 4. T. Lynch (9)
Eq. 4. J. Caddy (9)
One-percenters
1. D. Grimes (85)
2. R. Garthwaite (58)
3. N. Vlastuin (53)
4. N. Broad (50)
5. D. Astbury (41)
Total
13 – D. Martin
11 – D. Prestia
9 – S. Edwards
8 – B. Houli
7 – J. Higgins
6 – B. Ellis, T. Lynch
5 – K. Lambert, N. Vlastuin
4 – K. McIntosh, D. Grimes, J. Castagna, L. Baker
3 – D. Astbury
2 – T. Cotchin, J. Caddy, S. Stack
1 – T. Nankervis, N. Balta, J. Graham, R. Garthwaite, N. Broad
