Matthew Richardson, by the numbers

This story is lifted from the AFL web site thanks to Luke Holmesby for the inforamtion on the Tigers champion Matthew Richardson.

800
Career goals kicked

551
Behinds kicked

282
Games played

12
The number worn in every one of those games

140
Career Brownlow votes, the most by any Tasmanian-born player

464
Goals kicked at the MCG, the most of any player

8
Marks averaged per game

3
All-Australian selections (1996, 1999, 2008)

13
Seasons he was Richmond’s highest goalkicker

1
Club best and fairest in 2007

3
Career finals

20
Disposals in his first AFL game against St Kilda in 1993

6
Goals kicked in his fourth AFL game against the Sydney Swans, earning him an AFL Rising Star nomination

0
Number of games missed through suspension

96
Number of games missed through injury or being omitted

11
Number of games Richardson played in the reserves; 10 for Richmond in 1993-4 and one for Coburg in 2009

22
Games played against Geelong, the most of any team he played against

6
Number of coaches Richardson played under at Richmond: John Northey, Robert Walls, Jeff Gieschen, Danny Frawley, Terry Wallace and Jade Rawlings. He also played under six captains: Jeff Hogg, Tony Free, Matthew Knights, Wayne Campbell, Kane Johnson and Chris Newman

116
Richmond wins he played in