| Fullname | Timothy Taranto |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 28 January 1998 (age 28) |
| Originalteam | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup) |
| Draftpick | No. 2, 2016 national draft |
| Debutdate | Round 1, 2017 |
| Debutstadium | Adelaide Oval |
| Height | 188cm |
| Weight | 89kg |
| Position | Midfielder |
| Guernsey | 14 |
| Years 1 | 2017–2022 |
| Games goals 1 | 114 (48) |
| Years 2 | 2023– |
| Games goals 2 | 69 (44) |
| Games goalstotal | 183 (92) |
| Statsend | round 12, 2026 |
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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 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 at Spotless Stadium in round 8, 2017.[7]
Richmond (2023–present)
Taranto was traded to 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 during their round 14 clash.[10]
Statistics
Updated to the end of round 12, 2026.[11]
|- | 2017 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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] || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 14 | 10 || 4 || 7 || 91 || 139 || 230 || 30 || 48 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 9.1 || 13.9 || 23.0 || 3.0 || 4.8 || |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 183 !! 92 !! 90 !! 2363 !! 2113 !! 4476 !! 665 !! 991 !! 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. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ 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. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Trade paperwork lodged.". No. 1576799227052982273. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "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 1 June 2026.