Star midfield duo Jacob Hopper and Tim Taranto are Richmond’s standouts in the statistical department at the midway mark of the 2025 season.

A thorough statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group shows that Hopper features in the top five of the key categories more than any other Tiger, but he is tied with first-class defender Nick Vlastuin in terms of No. 1 rankings. 

Hopper’s name appears 13 times in the 21 specific categories (five times as No. 1), with Taranto next best on 12 (four times as No. 1), followed by Jack Ross on 10 (twice as No. 1), Vlastuin with nine (five as No. 1) and then captain Toby Nankervis on seven.

Here’s the full list of Richmond’s stats stars up to the mid-season bye.

Kicks
1.    Nick Vlastuin, 181
2.    Sam Banks, 149
Eq. 3. Jacob Hopper, 141
Eq. 3. Tom Brown, 141
Eq. 3. Jayden Short, 141

Handballs
Eq. 1. Jacob Hopper, 198
Eq. 1. Tim Taranto, 198
3.    Thomson Dow, 131
4.    Jack Ross, 118
5.    Sam Banks, 96

Disposals
1.    Jacob Hopper, 339
2.    Tim Taranto, 333
3.    Sam Banks, 245
4.    Nick Vlastuin, 243
5.    Jack Ross, 222

Contested possessions
1.    Tim Taranto, 166
2.    Jacob Hopper, 152
3.    Toby Nankervis, 110
4.    Thomson Dow, 78
5.    Nick Vlastuin, 75

Uncontested possessions
1.    Jacob Hopper, 197
2.    Sam Banks, 180
3.    Tim Taranto, 157
4.    Jack Ross, 152
5.    Luke Trainor, 140

Clearances
1.    Jacob Hopper, 79
2.    Tim Taranto, 72
3.    Toby Nankervis, 61
4.    Thomson Dow, 30
5.    Jack Ross, 27

Centre clearances
1.    Jacob Hopper, 36
2.    Tim Taranto, 21
3.    Toby Nankervis, 18
4.    Thomson Dow, 9
5.    Kamdyn McIntosh, 8

Stoppage clearances
1.    Tim Taranto, 51
Eq. 2. Jacob Hopper, 43
Eq. 2. Toby Nankervis, 43
4.   Jack Ross, 22
5.   Thomson Dow, 21

Inside-50s
1.    Jack Ross, 55
2.    Jacob Hopper, 52
3.    Tim Taranto, 42
4.    Seth Campbell, 30
5.    Hugo Ralphsmith, 28

Rebound-50s
1.    Nick Vlastuin, 74
Eq. 2. Tom Brown, 48
Eq. 2. Ben Miller, 48
4.   Nathan Broad, 43
5.   Jayden Short, 37

Intercepts
1.    Nick Vlastuin, 96
2.    Nathan Broad, 70
3.    Ben Miller, 65
4.    Tom Brown, 63
5.    Luke Trainor, 37

Marks
1.    Nathan Broad, 81
Eq. 2. Ben Miller, 78
Eq. 2. Nick Vlastuin, 78
4.    Tom Brown, 65
5.    Luke Trainor, 62

Contested marks
Eq. 1. Nick Vlastuin, 15
Eq. 1. Tom Lynch, 15
3.    Ben Miller, 10
Eq. 4. Jacob Blight, 9
Eq. 4. Toby Nankervis, 9

Marks inside 50
1.    Tom Lynch, 25
2.    Jonty Faull, 9
Eq. 3. Seth Campbell, 8
Eq. 3. Jacob Bauer, 8
Eq. 5. Rhyan Mansell, 6
Eq. 5. Harry Armstrong, 6

Goals
1.    Seth Campbell, 19
2.    Tom Lynch, 15
3.    Sam Lalor, 11
4.    Tim Taranto, 10
5.    Steely Green, 7

Goal assists
1.    Jack Ross, 10
2.    Sam Lalor, 9
3.    Tom Lynch, 8
Eq. 4. Jacob Hopper, 4
Eq. 4. Seth Campbell, 4
Eq. 4. Sam Banks, 4

Score involvements
1.    Seth Campbell, 66
2.    Jack Ross, 64
3.    Jacob Hopper, 62
4.    Tim Taranto, 58
5.    Tom Lynch, 50

Tackles
1.    Tim Taranto, 64
2.    Kamdyn McIntosh, 50
3.    Toby Nankervis, 49
4.    Jacob Hopper, 41
5.    Jack Ross, 40

Tackles inside 50
1.    Rhyan Mansell, 15
2.    Seth Campbell, 14
Eq. 3. Steely Green, 9
Eq. 3. Tom Lynch, 9
5.    Tim Taranto, 8

One-percenters
1.    Ben Miller, 78
2.    Nathan Broad, 54
3.    Toby Nankervis, 34
4.    Tom Brown, 29
5.    Nick Vlastuin, 27

Metres gained
1.    Nick Vlastuin, 5,088
2.    Sam Banks, 4,734
3.    Tom Brown, 4,345
4.    Jacob Hopper, 4,030
5.    Jack Ross, 3,934

Total
13 – Jacob Hopper
12 – Tim Taranto
10 – Jack Ross
9 – Nick Vlastuin
7 – Toby Nankervis
6 – Sam Banks, Tom Brown, Seth Campbell, Tom Lynch
5 – Thomson Dow, Ben Miller
4 – Nathan Broad
3 – Luke Trainor
2 – Steely Green, Sam Lalor, Rhyan Mansell, Kamdyn McIntosh, Jayden Short
1 – Harry Armstrong, Jacob Bauer, Jacob Blight, Jonty Faull, Hugo Ralphsmith