Tim Taranto

Tim Taranto
Tim Taranto
	Taranto pre-match with Richmond in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Taranto
Born	28 January 1998 (age 28)
Original team	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 2, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Greater Western Sydney vs. Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	14
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2022	Greater Western Sydney
2023–	Richmond
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 6, 2026.
Career highlights
	2× Jack Dyer Medal: 2023, 2025; Richmond vice-captain: 2026; Kevin Sheedy Medal: 2019; Ian Stewart Medal: 2023; Brett Kirk Medal: 2019 (game 1); AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Timothy Taranto (born 28 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2017 to 2022. Taranto is a three-time club best and fairest, having won the Kevin Sheedy Medal in 2019 and the Jack Dyer Medal in 2023 and 2025.

Early life

Taranto was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and an American father from Texas, and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Parkdale.^[1] His parents separated when he was two and his father returned to the United States, and he was regularly looked after by his maternal grandparents, Paul and Dianne. Taranto attended St Kevin's College in Toorak from the age of ten^[2] and played junior football for the Mordialloc-Braeside Junior Football Club.^[3] He played TAC Cup football for the Sandringham Dragons and grew up supporting the Melbourne Football Club.^[4]

AFL career

Greater Western Sydney (2017–2022)

Taranto was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their first selection and second overall in the 2016 national draft.^[5] He made his debut in the 56-point loss against Adelaide in the opening round of the 2017 season at Adelaide Oval.^[6] Taranto was nominated for the 2017 AFL Rising Star after gathering 21 disposals, laid five tackles and had six score involvements in the Giants' three-point win over Collingwood at Spotless Stadium in round 8, 2017.^[7]

Richmond (2023–present)

Taranto was traded to Richmond on a seven-year deal at the end of the 2022 AFL season.^[8]^[9] In his first year at the club, Taranto received the Ian Stewart Medal for his best on ground performance with a game-high and equal career-high 38 disposals, game-high 18 contested possessions, game-high 10 tackles, four inside-50s, six clearances and the match-sealing goal against St Kilda during their round 14 clash.^[10]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 6, 2026.^[11]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2017	Greater Western Sydney	14	14	7	4	105	110	215	31	54	0.5	0.3	7.5	7.9	15.4	2.2	3.9	0
2018	Greater Western Sydney	14	23	6	14	271	208	479	83	140	0.3	0.6	11.8	9.0	20.8	3.6	6.1	0
2019	Greater Western Sydney	14	26	11	13	431	290	721	121	164	0.4	0.5	16.6	11.2	27.7	4.7	6.3	9
2020^[a]	Greater Western Sydney	14	11	4	3	132	80	212	30	45	0.4	0.3	12.0	7.3	19.3	2.7	4.1	3
2021	Greater Western Sydney	14	24	13	13	372	265	637	118	127	0.5	0.5	15.5	11.0	26.5	4.9	5.3	15
2022	Greater Western Sydney	14	16	7	7	220	187	407	57	76	0.4	0.4	13.8	11.7	25.4	3.6	4.8	6
2023	Richmond	14	23	19	14	337	325	662	79	154	0.8	0.6	14.7	14.1	28.8	3.4	6.7	19
2024	Richmond	14	15	6	10	185	190	375	53	80	0.4	0.7	12.3	12.7	25.0	3.5	5.3	5
2025	Richmond	14	21	15	5	219	319	538	63	103	0.7	0.2	10.4	15.2	25.6	3.0	4.9	20
2026	Richmond	14	6	3	2	46	88	134	15	31	0.5	0.3	7.7	14.7	22.3	2.5	5.2
Career			179	91	85	2318	2062	4380	650	974	0.5	0.5	12.9	11.5	24.5	3.6	5.4	77

Notes

^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Kevin Sheedy Medal: 2019
Jack Dyer Medal: 2023, 2025
Brett Kirk Medal: 2019 (game 1)
AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017

References

^ "Tim Taranto didn't know that GWS traded up to get him. Now we all know why they did". Fox Sports. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ Emma Quayle. "Tim Taranto could be bigger than Texas in this year's draft". The Age, 22 November 2016.
^ "20 things about Tim Taranto". richmondfc.com.au. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Giant Taranto embraces debut in MCG cauldron". AAP. AFL.com.au. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ Cordy, Neil (26 November 2016). "GWS and Sydney add more top end players to its already talented lists at 2016 AFL draft". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 26 March 2017.
^ Curley, Adam (21 March 2017). "Tim's time to shine: Giants confirm debut for No.2 pick". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
^ McGowan, Marc (15 May 2017). "Rising Star Taranto earns stripes after Giant fright". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ @AFL_House (3 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Taranto becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "Taranto emulating Stewart's debut Tiger season". Richmond FC. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
^ "Tim Taranto". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

External links

Tim Taranto's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
Tim Taranto's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Tim Taranto at AustralianFootball.com

[12] The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "Tim Taranto didn't know that GWS traded up to get him. Now we all know why they did". Fox Sports. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[2] Emma Quayle. "Tim Taranto could be bigger than Texas in this year's draft". The Age, 22 November 2016.

[3] "20 things about Tim Taranto". richmondfc.com.au. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[4] "Giant Taranto embraces debut in MCG cauldron". AAP. AFL.com.au. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[5] Cordy, Neil (26 November 2016). "GWS and Sydney add more top end players to its already talented lists at 2016 AFL draft". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 26 March 2017.

[6] Curley, Adam (21 March 2017). "Tim's time to shine: Giants confirm debut for No.2 pick". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

[7] McGowan, Marc (15 May 2017). "Rising Star Taranto earns stripes after Giant fright". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[8] @AFL_House (3 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] "Taranto becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[10] "Taranto emulating Stewart's debut Tiger season". Richmond FC. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.

[11] "Tim Taranto". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

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v t e Richmond Football Club · AFL squad
Coach: Yze
1. Vlastuin 2. Hopper 3. Prestia 4. Lalor 5. Ross 6. Banks 7. Mansell 8. Faull 10. Hotton 11. Trainor 12. Miller 13. Ralphsmith 14. Taranto 15. Short 16. Smillie 17. Rioli 18. Gibcus 19. Lynch 21. Balta 22. Cumming 23. Clarke 24. Grlj 25. Nankervis (c) 26. Peucker 27. Roberts-Thomson 28. McAuliffe 29. Alger 30. Brown 32. Ryan 33. Retschko 34. Armstrong 35. Broad 36. Trezise* 38. Sims 40. Sonsie 42. Lefau* 43. Fawcett 44. Campbell* 45. Burton* 47. Hayes-Brown* 48. Green 49. Smith 50. Gray*
* denotes rookie-listed players; italics denote inactive players

v t e 2016 AFL national draft
First round	1. Andrew McGrath 2. Tim Taranto 3. Hugh McCluggage 4. Ben Ainsworth 5. Will Setterfield (academy selection) 6. Sam Petrevski-Seton 7. Jack Scrimshaw 8. Griffin Logue 9. Will Brodie 10. Jack Bowes (academy selection) 11. Oliver Florent 12. Jy Simpkin 13. Daniel Venables 14. Harry Perryman (academy selection) 15. Jordan Gallucci 16. Todd Marshall 17. Jarrod Berry 18. Sam Powell-Pepper 19. Tim English 20. Isaac Cumming (academy selection) 21. Will Hayward (PP)
Second round	22. Jordan Ridley 23. Alex Witherden 24. Cedric Cox 25. Ben Long 26. Brandan Parfitt 27. Zac Fisher 28. Patrick Lipinski 29. Shai Bolton 30. Sam McLarty 31. Josh Begley 32. Joe Atley 33. Willem Drew 34. Declan Watson 35. Callum Brown (F/S) 36. Josh Williams 37. Josh Rotham 38. Sean Darcy 39. Josh Battle 40. Tom Stewart 41. Brennan Cox
Third round	42. Kobe Mutch 43. Esava Ratugolea 44. Myles Poholke 45. Jack Maibaum 46. Mitch Hannan 47. Harrison Macreadie 48. Darcy Cameron 49. Lewis Young 50. Kayle Kirby 51. Elliott Himmelberg 52. Willie Rioli 53. Jack Graham
Fourth round	54. Lachlan Tiziani (academy selection) 55. Jacob Allison (academy selection) 56. Ed Phillips 57. Josh Daicos (F/S) 58. Matt de Boer 59. Cameron Polson 60. Quinton Narkle 61. Tom Williamson 62. Matthew Signorello 63. Dylan Clarke 64. Dion Johnstone 65. Pat Kerr 66. Luke Ryan 67. Brad Scheer (academy selection) 68. Timm House 69. Ryan Abbott 70. Fergus Greene
Fifth round	71. Corey Lyons 72. Ryan Garthwaite 73. Nick Larkey 74. Harry Morrison 75. Ben Davis 76. Mitchell Lewis
Sixth round	77. Jake Waterman (F/S)

v t e 2017 AFL Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Powell-Pepper Rd 2: Burton Rd 3: Parfitt Rd 4: McGrath Rd 5: Hipwood Rd 6: Marchbank Rd 7: Petrevski-Seton Rd 8: Taranto Rd 9: Phillips Rd 10: Milera Rd 11: Butler Rd 12: Cuningham Rd 13: Silvagni Rd 14: McCluggage Rd 15: Hardwick Rd 16: Curnow Rd 17: Witherden Rd 18: Melican Rd 19: Castagna Rd 20: Ryan Rd 21: Houston Rd 22: Ainsworth Rd 23: Hayward
Italics denote winner