Tim Taranto

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Tim Taranto
File:Tim Taranto 050425.jpg
Taranto pre-match with Richmond in 2025
Personal information
Full name Timothy Taranto
Born (1998-01-28) 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 Games (Goals)
2017–2022 Greater Western Sydney 114 (48)
2023– Richmond 59 (40)
Total 173 (88)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025 season.
Career highlights
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

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Taranto playing for Greater Western Sydney in 2018

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

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Greater Western Sydney (2017–2022)

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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)

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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

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Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[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
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
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 13 430 290 720 120 165 0.4 0.5 16.5 11.2 27.7 4.6 6.3 9
2020 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 5.2 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
Career 173 88 83 2272 1974 4246 635 943 0.5 0.5 13.1 11.4 24.5 3.7 5.5 77

Honours and achievements

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References

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