The huge impact Richmond’s star midfield recruit Tim Taranto has made in his debut season at Tigerland is further highlighted through a comprehensive statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group up to the midway mark of the year.

Taranto is ranked top five in 15 of 21 specific categories, with a highly impressive nine of those as No. 1.

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Shai Bolton also has 15 top-five placings and is No. 1 in four categories.

Daniel Rioli is third on the list with 10 top-five rankings, while Liam Baker, Dustin Martin and Dion Prestia are equal fourth on eight.

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Here is the full list of the Tigers’ stats stars up to the mid-year break . . .

Kicks

1 – Tim Taranto, 226

Eq. 2 – Daniel Rioli, 198

Eq. 2 – Jayden Short, 198

4 – Shai Bolton, 193

5 – Liam Baker, 180

Handballs

1 – Tim Taranto, 222

2 – Dion Prestia, 148

3 – Liam Baker, 125

4 – Daniel Rioli, 123

5 – Shai Bolton, 116

Disposals

1 – Tim Taranto, 448

2 – Daniel Rioli, 321

3 – Shai Bolton, 309

4 – Liam Baker, 305

5 – Dustin Martin, 285

Contested possessions

1 – Tim Taranto, 190

2 – Shai Bolton, 141

3 – Dion Prestia, 117

4 – Dustin Martin, 115

5 – Liam Baker, 103

Uncontested possessions

1 – Tim Taranto, 242

Eq. 2 – Liam Baker, 193

Eq. 2 – Daniel Rioli, 193

4 – Jayden Short, 177

5 – Dion Prestia, 170

Clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 97

2 – Shai Bolton, 58

3 – Dion Prestia, 48

4 – Jacob Hopper, 38

5 – Toby Nankervis, 37

Centre clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 40

2 – Shai Bolton, 22

3 – Dion Prestia, 18

4 – Jacob Hopper, 14

5 – Toby Nankervis, 12

Stoppage clearances

1 – Tim Taranto, 57

2 – Shai Bolton, 36

3 – Dion Prestia, 30

4 – Toby Nankervis, 25

Eq. 5 – Trent Cotchin, 24

Eq. 5 – Jacob Hopper, 24

Inside-50s

1 – Shai Bolton, 78

2 – Dustin Martin, 62

3 – Tim Taranto, 55

4 – Jacob Hopper, 47

5 – Marlion Pickett, 40

Rebound-50s

Eq. 1 – Noah Balta, 74

Eq. 1 – Nick Vlastuin, 74

3 – Daniel Rioli, 55

4 – Jayden Short, 49

5 – Liam Baker, 48

Intercepts

1 – Noah Balta, 116

2 – Nick Vlastuin, 98

3 – Liam Baker, 88

4 – Dylan Grimes, 84

5 – Daniel Rioli, 83

Marks

1 – Nick Vlastuin, 82

2 – Noah Balta, 78

3 – Jayden Short, 72

4 – Daniel Rioli, 70

5 – Kamdyn McIntosh, 63

Contested marks

1 – Noah Balta, 29

2 – Jack Riewoldt, 22

3 – Dustin Martin, 14

4 – Samson Ryan, 11

5 – Tom Lynch, 10

Marks inside 50

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 31

2 – Dustin Martin, 16

3 – Samson Ryan, 15

4 – Shai Bolton, 12

Eq. 5 – Tim Taranto, 11

Eq. 5 – Tom Lynch, 11

Goals

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 23

2 – Shai Bolton, 19

Eq.3 – Tim Taranto, 13

Eq. 3 – Dustin Martin, 13

5 – Samson Ryan, 12

Goal assists

1 – Shai Bolton, 10

2 – Dion Prestia, 9

Eq.3 – Dustin Martin, 7

Eq. 3 – Marlion Pickett, 7

Eq. 3 – Daniel Rioli, 7

Eq. 3 – Jacob Hopper, 7

Score involvements

1 – Shai Bolton, 90

2 – Tim Taranto, 89

3 – Dustin Martin, 87

4 – Liam Baker, 73

5 – Dion Prestia, 62

Tackles

1 – Tim Taranto, 98

2 – Toby Nankervis, 58

3 – Daniel Rioli, 47

4 – Shai Bolton, 44

5 – Jack Graham, 38

Tackles inside 50

1 – Jack Riewoldt, 16

Eq. 2 – Shai Bolton, 15

Eq. 2 – Rhyan Mansell, 15

4 – Marlion Pickett, 12

5 – Tim Taranto, 11

One-percenters

1 – Tylar Young, 95

2 – Dylan Grimes, 81

3 – Noah Balta, 71

4 – Nathan Broad, 62

5 – Nick Vlastuin, 58

Metres gained

1 – Shai Bolton, 6585

2 – Jayden Short, 6099

3 – Daniel Rioli, 5948

4 – Tim Taranto, 5680

5 – Noah Balta, 5265

Total

15 – Tim Taranto, Shai Bolton

10 – Daniel Rioli

8 – Liam Baker, Dustin Martin, Dion Prestia

6 – Noah Balta

5 – Jayden Short, Jacob Hopper

4 – Toby Nankervis, Nick Vlastuin, Jack Riewoldt

3 – Marlion Pickett, Samson Ryan

2 – Dylan Grimes, Tom Lynch

1 – Trent Cotchin, Kamdyn McInotsh, Jack Graham, Nathan Broad, Rhyan Mansell, Tylar Young