In the lead-up to the 2019 AFL national draft, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday at Marvel Stadium, Tony Greenberg provides a plethora of Richmond historical drafting facts.
First player picked in the inaugural 1986 national draft: Richard Anderson (pick 4 overall from Norwood, SANFL, but he never made the move to Victoria).
First player picked in inaugural draft who appeared for the Tigers at senior league level: Trent Nichols (pick 17 overall in 1986, from Sandy Bay, Tasmania).
Tallest player drafted (who played at least one game): Andrew Browne (pick 94 in the 2009 draft, from Murray Bushrangers), 205cm.
Smallest player drafted (who played at least one game): Chris Naish (pick 5 in the 1988 draft, from Wangaratta), 172cm.
Heaviest player drafted (who played at least one game): Richard Lounder (No. 1 pick overall in the 1987 draft, from Central District, SANFL).
Lightest player drafted (who played at least one game): Daniel Rioli (pick 15 in the 2015 draft, from North Ballarat Rebels), 65kg.
Top 10 games’ tallies by Tiger draftees
297 – Wayne Campbell (pick 29 in the 1989 draft, Golden Square)
268 – Chris Newman (pick 55 in the 2000 draft, Dandenong Stingrays)
262 – Jack Riewoldt (pick 13 in the 2006 draft, Clarence/Tasmania under 18s)
255 – Shane Edwards (pick 26 in the 2006 draft, North Adelaide, SANFL)
244 – Brendon Gale (pick 27 in the 1987 draft, Burnie Hawks, Tasmania)
243 – Brett Deledio (pick 1 in the 2004 draft, Murray Bushrangers)
234 – Trent Cotchin (pick 2 in the 2007 draft, Northern Knights)
224 – Dustin Martin (pick 3 in the 2009 draft, Castlemaine/Bendigo Pioneers)
200 – Alex Rance (pick 18 in the 2007 draft, Swan Districts, WAFL)
197 – Matthew Rogers (pick 37 in the 1992 draft, South Adelaide, SANFL)
Top 10 Tiger draftee goalscorers
631 – Jack Riewoldt
250 – Dustin Martin
212 – Chris Naish
209 – Brendon Gale
182 – Brett Deledio
181 – Nick Daffy (pick 49 in the 1990 draft, North Gambier)
172 – Wayne Campbell
163 – Matthew Rogers
161 – Shane Edwards
158 – Ty Vickery (pick 8 in the 2008 draft, Sandringham Dragons)
Jack Dyer Medallist draftees
Wayne Campbell – four times (1995, 1997, 1999, 2002)
Trent Cotchin – three times (2011, 2012, 2014)
Brett Deledio – twice (2008, 2009)
Dustin Martin – twice (2016, 2017)
Jack Riewoldt – twice (2010, 2018)
Nick Daffy – once (1998)
Andrew Kellaway (pick 71 in the 1997 draft, Richmond reserves) – once (2000)
Mark Coughlan (pick 25 in the 2000 draft, Perth, WAFL) – once (2003)
Daniel Jackson (pick 53 in the 2003 draft, Oakleigh Chargers) – once (2013)
Alex Rance – once (2015)
Coleman Medallist draftees
Jack Riewoldt – three times (78 goals in 2010, 65 goals in 2012, 65 goals in 2018)
Michael Roach Medallist draftees
Jack Riewoldt – nine times (78 goals in 2010, 62 goals in 2011, 65 goals in 2012, 58 goals in 2013, 61 goals in 2014, 54 goals in 2015, 48 goals in 2016, 54 goals in 2017, 70 goals in 2018)
Matthew Rogers – once (37 goals in 2000)
Nick Daffy – once (45 goals in 1995)
Brownlow Medallist draftees
Trent Cotchin, 2012
Dustin Martin, 2017
All Australian draftees
Alex Rance five times (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Jack Riewoldt three times (2010, 2015, 2018)
Dustin Martin three times (2016, 2017, 2018)
Wayne Campbell twice (1995, 1999)
Brett Deledio twice (2012, 2015)
Andrew Kellaway (pick 71 in the 1997 draft, Sandringham, VFA) once (2000)
Brad Ottens (pick 2 in the 1997 draft, Glenelg, SANFL) once (2001)
Shane Edwards once (2018)
Premiership draftees
David Astbury (pick 35 in the 2009 draft, North Ballarat Rebels), 2017, 2019
Shai Bolton (pick 29 in the 2016 draft, South Fremantle, WAFL), 2019
Nathan Broad (pick 67 in the 2015 draft, Swan Districts, WAFL), 2017, 2019
Dan Butler (pick 67 in the 2014 draft, North Ballarat Rebels), 2017
Trent Cotchin, 2017, 2019
Shane Edwards, 2017, 2019
Brandon Ellis (pick 15 in the 2011 draft, Calder Cannons), 2017, 2019
Jack Graham (pick 53 in the 2016 draft, North Adelaide, SANFL), 2017
Dustin Martin, 2017, 2019
Kamdyn McIntosh (pick 31 in the 2012 draft, Peel Thunder, WAFL), 2017
Alex Rance, 2017
Jack Riewoldt, 2017, 2019
Daniel Rioli, 2017, 2019
Nick Vlastuin (pick 9 in the 2012 draft, Northern Knights), 2017, 2019
• Former Richmond stars Matthew Richardson and Joel Bowden have not been included in the lists above as they joined the Tigers under the ‘automatic’ father-son rule of the time. Rookie-elevation players, pre-draft and mid-season draft selections also haven’t been included.
