It’s no wonder Tim Taranto is a raging favourite to win his third Jack Dyer Medal in only four years at Richmond.

A comprehensive statistical analysis of the Club’s playing group for the 2026 season highlights the terrific form Taranto displayed over the course of the home-and-away rounds.

The star midfielder features in the top five of the 20 key categories a whopping 15 times – four more than Seth Campbell on 11 – with Jack Ross in third place on 10.

Taranto also ranks at No. 1 in more of the categories than any other Tiger – nine – with Jayden Short next best on five.

Here is the full list of Richmond’s stats stars for season 2026...

Kicks
1.     Jayden Short, 363
2.      Tim Taranto, 237
3.      Nick Vlastuin, 231
4.      Seth Campbell, 218
5.      Ben Miller, 209

Handballs
1.    Tim Taranto, 283
2.    Jack Ross, 276
3.    Dion Prestia, 169
Eq.4. Seth Campbell, 141
Eq. 4. Jacob Hopper, 141

Disposals
1.    Tim Taranto, 520
2.    Jayden Short, 472
3.    Jack Ross, 441
4.    Seth Campbell, 359
5.    Nick Vlastuin, 348
        
Contested possessions
1.    Tim Taranto, 264
2.    Jack Ross, 199
3.    Jacob Hopper, 129
4.    Seth Campbell, 128
5.    Toby Nankervis, 127

Uncontested possessions
1.    Jayden Short, 326
2.    Patrick Retschko, 261
3.    Jack Ross, 248
4.    Tim Taranto, 243
5.    Dion Prestia, 227

Clearances
1.    Tim Taranto, 134
2.    Jack Ross, 75
3.    Toby Nankervis, 74
4.    Jacob Hopper, 58
5.    Dion Prestia, 43

Centre clearances
1.    Tim Taranto, 61
2.    Jack Ross, 33
3.    Toby Nankervis, 26
4.    Jacob Hopper, 23
5.    Oliver Hayes-Brown, 20

Stoppage clearances
1.    Tim Taranto, 73
2.    Toby Nankervis, 48
3.    Jack Ross, 42
4.    Jacob Hopper, 35
5.    Seth Campbell, 27

Inside-50s
1.    Tim Taranto, 86
2.    Jack Ross, 71
3.    Seth Campbell, 66
4.    Dion Prestia, 60
5.    Jayden Short, 54

Rebound-50s
1.    Jayden Short, 99
2.    Nick Vlastuin, 98
3.    Ben Miller, 96
4.    Tom Brown, 67
5.    Nathan Broad, 65

Intercepts
1.    Nick Vlastuin, 134
2.    Nathan Broad, 110
3.    Ben Miller, 96
4.    Jayden Short, 81
5.    Tom Brown, 76

Marks
1.    Jayden Short, 143
2.    Ben Miller, 123
3.    Nathan Broad, 114
4.    Nick Vlastuin, 95
5.    Patrick Retschko, 88

Contested marks
1.    Noah Balta, 28
2.    Tom Lynch, 26
3.    Mykelti Lefau, 20
4.    Ben Miller, 14
5.    Nick Vlastuin, 11
       
Marks inside-50
1.    Tom Lynch, 35
2.    Mykelti Lefau, 25
3.    Tim Taranto, 17
4.    Seth Campbell, 16
Eq. 5. Noah Balta, 14
Eq. 5. Jasper Alger, 14

Goals
1.    Mykelti Lefau, 23
2.    Tom Lynch, 20
3.    Seth Campbell, 18
4.    Steely Green, 16
5.    Tim Taranto, 15

Score involvements
1.    Tim Taranto, 115
2.    Seth Campbell, 103
3.    Jack Ross, 99
4.    Tom Lynch, 80
5.    Steely Green, 78

Tackles
1.    Tim Taranto, 109
2.    Jack Ross, 81
3.    Mykelti Lefau, 60
4.    Sam Grlj, 57
5.    Dion Prestia, 52

Tackles inside-50
1.    Mykelti Lefau, 21
2.    Steely Green, 19
Eq. 3. Maurice Rioli, 18
Eq. 3. Tim Taranto, 18
Eq. 3. Seth Campbell, 18
Eq. 3. Tom Lynch, 18

One-percenters
1.    Ben Miller, 142
2.    Nathan Broad, 107
3.    Kye Annand, 83
4.    Campbell Gray, 54
Eq. 5. Toby Nankervis, 46
Eq. 5. Mykelti Lefau, 46

Metres gained
1.    Jayden Short, 9,899
2.    Patrick Retschko, 6,830
3.    Seth Campbell, 6,426
4.    Tim Taranto, 6,356
5.    Nick Vlastuin, 6,026

Total
15 – Tim Taranto
11 – Seth Campbell
10 – Jack Ross
8 – Jayden Short
7 – Nick Vlastuin
6 – Ben Miller, Mykelti Lefau
5 – Toby Nankervis, Tom Lynch, Dion Prestia, Jacob Hopper
4 – Nathan Broad
3 – Patrick Retschko, Steely Green
2 – Noah Balta, Tom Brown
1 – Jasper Alger, Sam Grlj, Oliver Hayes-Brown, Maurice Rioli, Kye Annand, Campbell Gray