Rapidly rising Richmond star Shai Bolton’s exciting progress in 2021 is highlighted through a comprehensive statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group up to the midway mark this season.
Bolton is ranked 14 times in the top five of 21 specific categories (twice as No. 1).
Only triple Norm Smith Medallist, Dustin Martin, 15 times (four as No. 1), is ahead of Bolton.
Jack Graham is third on the list with nine top-five rankings (one as No. 1).
Jayden Short’s name appears seven times, but he is ranked No. 1 in more categories than any other Richmond player, with six.
Here is the full list of the Tigers’ stats stars to this stage of season 2021 . . .
Kicks
1 – Jayden Short, 308
2 – Dustin Martin, 283
3 – Liam Baker, 271
4 – Shai Bolton, 241
5 – Jack Graham, 239
Handballs
1 – Dustin Martin, 134
2 – Liam Baker, 132
3 – Jack Graham, 121
4 – Marlion Pickett, 117
5 – Shai Bolton, 107
Disposals
1 – Jayden Short, 308
2 – Dustin Martin, 283
3 – Liam Baker, 271
4 – Shai Bolton, 241
5 – Jack Graham, 239
Contested possessions
1 – Dustin Martin, 122
2 – Toby Nankervis, 115
Eq. 3 – Shai Bolton, 106
Eq. 3 – Liam Baker, 106
5 – Marlion Pickett, 98
Uncontested possessions
1 – Jayden Short, 199
2 – Jack Graham, 173
3 – Liam Baker, 170
4 – Bachar Houli, 165
5 – Dustin Martin, 160
Clearances
Eq. 1 – Shai Bolton, 47
Eq. 1 – Toby Nankervis, 47
3 – Dustin Martin, 44
4 – Shane Edwards, 38
5 – Trent Cotchin, 33
Centre clearances
1 – Dustin Martin, 25
2 – Shane Edwards, 22
3 – Shai Bolton, 21
4 – Trent Cotchin, 15
5 – Dion Prestia, 14
Stoppage clearances
1 – Toby Nankervis, 33
2 – Shai Bolton, 26
3 – Dustin Martin, 19
4 – Trent Cotchin, 18
5 – Shane Edwards, 16
Inside-50s
1 – Dustin Martin, 68
2 – Shai Bolton, 63
3 – Jack Graham, 46
4 – Liam Baker, 35
5 – Shane Edwards, 33
Rebound-50s
1 – Jayden Short, 94
2 – Nathan Broad, 48
3 – Bachar Houli, 42
4 – Noah Balta 41
Eq. 5 – Nick Vlastuin, 28
Eq. 5 – Dylan Grimes, 28
Intercepts
Eq. 1 – Dylan Grimes, 88
Eq. 1 – Nathan Broad, 88
3 – Noah Balta, 73
4 – Liam Baker, 72
5 – Jayden Short, 61
Marks
1 – Jayden Short, 85
2 – Nathan Broad, 80
3 – Bachar Houli, 71
4 – Jack Riewoldt, 66
5 – Dylan Grimes, 61
Contested marks
Eq. 1 – Noah Balta, 20
Eq. 1 – Tom Lynch, 20
3 – Jack Riewoldt, 12
4 – Nathan Broad, 11
Eq. 5 – Shai Bolton, 8
Eq. 5 – Dylan Grimes, 8
Eq. 5 – Dustin Martin, 8
Eq. 5 – Callum Coleman-Jones, 8
Marks inside 50
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 42
2 – Tom Lynch, 30
3 – Shai Bolton, 14
Eq. 4 – Jason Castagna, 12
Eq. 4 – Dustin Martin, 12
Goals
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 34
2 – Tom Lynch, 18
3 – Jake Aarts, 16
Eq. 4 – Shai Bolton, 15
Eq. 4 – Dustin Martin, 15
Goal assists
1 – Shai Bolton, 14
2 – Dustin Martin, 12
3 – Jack Graham, 11
Eq. 4 – Tom Lynch, 10
Eq. 4 – Jack Riewoldt, 10
Eq. 4 – Jake Aarts, 10
Score involvements
1 – Jack Riewoldt, 80
2 – Shai Bolton, 77
3 – Dustin Martin, 76
4 – Jack Graham, 69
Eq. 5 – Tom Lynch, 65
Eq. 5 – Jake Aarts
Tackles
1 – Jack Graham, 77
2 – Marlion Pickett, 50
3 – Liam Baker, 41
4 – Jake Aarts, 38
5 – Toby Nankervis, 35
Tackles inside 50
1 – Jake Aarts, 16
2 – Jack Graham, 14
3 – Jason Castagna, 12
Eq. 4 – Jack Riewoldt, 11
Eq. 4 – Tom Lynch, 11
One-percenters
1 – Dylan Grimes, 66
2 – Nathan Broad, 56
3 – Noah Balta, 48
4 – Marlion Pickett, 40
5 – Toby Nankervis, 39
Metres gained
1 – Jayden Short, 7004
2 – Dustin Martin, 4899
3 – Shai Bolton, 4670
4 – Kamdyn McIntosh, 4400
5 – Noah Balta, 3872
Total
15 – Dustin Martin
14 – Shai Bolton
9 – Jack Graham
8 – Liam Baker
7 – Jayden Short, Jack Riewoldt
6 – Tom Lynch
5 – Toby Nankervis, Nathan Broad, Noah Balta, Dylan Grimes, Jake Aarts
4 – Marlion Pickett, Shane Edwards
3 – Bachar Houli, Trent Cotchin
2 – Jason Castagna
1 – Dion Prestia, Nick Vlastuin, Callum Coleman-Jones, Kamdyn McIntosh
