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{{for|the rugby club in London, UK|Richmond F.C.}}
{{redirect|Richmond Tigers|the water polo team|Victorian Tigers}}
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| clubname   = Richmond Football Club
| image      = Richmond Tigers logo.svg
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| fullname   = Richmond Football Club Limited<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=25679793340|title=Current details for ABN 25 679 793 340|website=ABN Lookup|date=November 2014|publisher=Australian Business Register|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
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| home&away  = 17th
|bestandfairest= [[Tim Taranto]]
|bestandfairestname=Jack Dyer Medal
| topgoalkicker  = [[Seth Campbell]] (28 goals)
| founded    = {{start date and age|1885}}
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| league     = '''[[Australian Football League|AFL]]:''' Senior men<br />'''[[AFL Women's|AFLW]]:''' Senior women<br />'''[[Victorian Football League|VFL]]:''' Reserves men<br />'''[[#Wheelchair football|VWFL:]]''' Wheelchair (mixed)
| president  = [[John O'Rourke (businessmen)|John O'Rourke]]
| ceo = [[Shane Dunne]]
| coach      = '''AFL:''' [[Adem Yze]] <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Ryan Ferguson (footballer)|Ryan Ferguson]]<br />'''VFL:''' [[Jack Madgen]] 
| captain    = '''AFL:''' [[Toby Nankervis]] <br />'''AFLW:''' [[Katie Brennan]]<br />'''VFL:''' [[Lachlan Street (Australian footballer)|Lachlan Street]]
| premierships = '''VFL/AFL''' (13) {{hlist|[[1920 VFL Grand Final|1920]]|[[1921 VFL Grand Final|1921]]|[[1932 VFL Grand Final|1932]]|[[1934 VFL Grand Final|1934]]|[[1943 VFL Grand Final|1943]]|[[1967 VFL Grand Final|1967]]|[[1969 VFL Grand Final|1969]]|[[1973 VFL Grand Final|1973]]|[[1974 VFL Grand Final|1974]]|[[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980]]|[[2017 AFL Grand Final|2017]]|[[2019 AFL Grand Final|2019]]|[[2020 AFL Grand Final|2020]]}}'''VFA''' (2) {{hlist|[[1902 VFA season|1902]]|[[1905 VFA season|1905]]}}'''McClelland Trophy''' (8) {{hlist|[[McClelland Trophy|1967]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1972]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1973]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1974]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1975]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1977]]|[[McClelland Trophy|1982]]|[[McClelland Trophy|2018]]}}'''Championship of Australia''' (3){{hlist|[[1969 Championship of Australia|1969]]|[[1973 Championship of Australia|1973]]|[[1974 Championship of Australia|1974]]}}'''Reserves/VFL''' (10) {{hlist|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1929]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1946]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1954]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1955]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1966]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1971]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1973]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1977]]|[[List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers|1997]]|[[2019 VFL season|2019]]}}'''Thirds/Under-19s''' (11) {{hlist|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1958]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1967]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1968]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1969]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1970]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1973]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1975]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1977]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1980]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1985]]|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1989]]}}'''VWFL''' (3){{hlist|[[#Wheelchair football|2019]]||[[#Wheelchair football|2022]]||[[#Wheelchair football|2024]]}}'''VWFL Reserves/Development''' (1){{hlist|[[#Wheelchair football|2022]]}}
| ground     = '''AFL:''' [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (100,024)<br />'''AFLW/VFL:''' [[Punt Road Oval]] (2,800)
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The '''Richmond Football Club''', nicknamed the '''Tigers''' or colloquially the '''Tiges''', is a professional [[Australian rules football]] team competing in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]], the club competed in the [[Victorian Football League|Victorian Football Association]] (VFA) from 1885 to 1907, winning two premierships. Richmond then joined the Victorian Football League (now known as the AFL) from the 1908 season and has since won [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|13 premierships]], most recently in 2020. 

From 1885 to 1964, Richmond's home ground was the [[Punt Road Oval]], (formerly named Richmond Cricket Ground), which is still utilised as their headquarters, training facility and hosting [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW) and [[#Reserves team|reserves]] matches. Since the 1965 season, the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG) has been the club's official home ground.

Richmond traditionally wears a black [[guernsey (Australian rules football)|guernsey]] with a yellow sash. The club song, "[[#Song|We're From Tigerland]]", is well known for its "yellow and black" refrain.<ref>McFarlane, Glenn (15 August 2014). [https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/glenn-mcfarlane/glenns-18-special-edition-we-give-you-the-definitive-ranking-of-the-afl-club-songs/news-story/4e67021bc1849696bbff4674e00b5fb0 "Glenn's 18 Special Edition: we give you the definitive ranking of the AFL club songs"], ''Herald Sun''. Retrieved 24 September 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond/lyrics-to-richmond-theme-song-were-from-tigerland/news-story/0f821fe64c7cb54b9091f4e2e0c8cf09 "Lyrics to Richmond theme song 'We're from Tigerland'"] (24 September 2019), news.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2019.</ref>

The club is coached by former Melbourne assistant coach Adem Yze, and is captained by [[Toby Nankervis]]. Five Richmond players have been inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] as "[[Australian Football Hall of Fame#Legends|Legends]]" of the sport: [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]], [[Jack Dyer]], [[Royce Hart]], [[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]] and [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]

==History==
{{Recentism|date=September 2023}}
{{See also|List of Richmond Football Club seasons}}

=== Origins and VFA years (1885–1907) ===
[[File:RoyalHotel1874.jpg|thumb|left|The Richmond Football Club was formed at a meeting at the Royal Hotel in Richmond in 1885]]
A short-lived football club named Richmond formed in 1860 with [[Tom Wills]], one of the founders of [[Australian rules football]], serving as its inaugural secretary and captain.<ref>Blainey (1990), p62.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first1= Gillian|last1= Hibbins|first2= Trevor|last2= Ruddell|title= 'A Code of Our Own': Celebrating 150 Years of the Rules of Australian Football|url= http://www.mcc.org.au/~/media/Files/Yorker-Issue%2039_Autumn2009_low-res.pdf|publisher = Melbourne Cricket Club Library|journal= The Yorker|year= 2009|issue= 39 |page=8}}</ref> Wills' cousin [[H. C. A. Harrison]] captained Richmond briefly in the early 1860s before moving to [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]].<ref>Mancini & Hibbins (1987), p119.</ref> This club was disbanded in 1871<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183022376|title=Richmond's Best Since 1921-Expect Season;s Honors|newspaper=Sporting Globe |date=6 May 1931|page=9|via=Trove}}</ref> and has no continuity to the present club. A number of teams formed in Richmond during the game's rapid expansion in the 1870s and early 1880s.<ref>Blainey (1990), p64.</ref> However, all played at a junior level and it was considered an anomaly that Richmond, one of Melbourne's most prominent suburbs, did not boast a senior side. The wait ended when the Richmond Football Club was officially formed at the Royal Hotel in Richmond on 20 February 1885.<ref>Hansen (1992), p. 28.</ref> A successful application for immediate admission to the [[Victorian Football Association]] (VFA) followed. The club shared the [[Punt Road Oval]] with the [[Monash Tigers|Richmond Cricket Club]], one of the strongest cricket clubs in Australia which had been playing on the ground since 1856.<ref>[http://www.richmondcc.com.au/content.aspx?file=216|14108q. Richmond Cricket Club]. Retrieved 7 August 2007.</ref>

At first the team wore blue [[guernsey (Australian rules football)|guernsey]]s and caps with yellow and black stripes in the style of the Richmond Cricket Club. The football club soon adopted yellow and black as its official colours. From the 1890s the supporters and players were often referred to as "Richmondites"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139143174 |title=Football Notes. |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=XLIX |issue=1279 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 October 1890 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and, according to ''The Age'' in 1890,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196970621 |title=Football. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=10,991 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 May 1890 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''The Leader'' in 1899<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196509958 |title=RICHMOND (35) BEAT WEST MELBOURNE (21). |newspaper=[[The Leader (Melbourne)|Leader]] |issue=2265 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=3 June 1899 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and former club secretary William Maybury<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136623128 |title=Victorian Football Memories |newspaper=[[The Referee (newspaper)|The Referee]] |issue=1940 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 May 1924 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the team were occasionally called "Wasps." The moniker by which they are now known, the "Tigers", was first adopted around 1908–10 period through the newspapers ''Punch''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176016641 |title=Football Gossip. |newspaper=[[Melbourne Punch|Punch]] |volume=CVIII |issue=2758 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 June 1908 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and ''The Richmond Guardian''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255867844 |title=Sundry Squibs. |newspaper=[[Richmond Guardian]] |issue=1774 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 May 1910 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

During the late 1880s, Richmond struggled to make an impression in the VFA, and after a promising season in 1888 (when they finished fifth with eleven wins), the club slipped backwards, in the process losing players to more successful sides. As the local economy slipped into severe [[Recession|depression]] in the early 1890s and the crowds began to dwindle, some of the VFA's strongest clubs began to agitate for a reform of the competition. Richmond was not considered part of this elite group, which usually [[Voting bloc|voted as a ''bloc'']] at VFA meetings.

In 1896, Richmond [[wiktionary:forfeit|walked off the field]] in a match against [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]] to protest the umpiring, and later in the season, the Tigers had their half-time score annulled against [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] when it was discovered that they had too many men on the ground. In the closing three weeks of the season, Richmond's cut of the gate takings amounted to just five pounds, and they finished the season with the [[Wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]].

[[File:Alec Redmond Richmond.jpg|thumb|left|Alec Edmond captained Richmond from 1901 to his retirement in 1907]]
In October 1896, the cabal of six strong clubs broke with the association to form the [[VFL/AFL|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). As a struggling club with a poor following, Richmond was not invited to join the new league. Richmond's performances did not immediately improve in the depleted VFA until the turn of the century.

The Tigers were boosted by a significant country recruit in 1901. [[George Sidney Johnson|George "Mallee" Johnson]] was an instant sensation and the first true star player at the club. Richmond leapt to third place and then in 1902, with Johnson dominating the ruck, Richmond entered the closing weeks of the season neck and neck with [[Port Melbourne Football Club|Port Melbourne]] at the head of the ladder, but Port Melbourne faltered against [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] to hand Richmond its first flag. Having missed a potential bonanza from a premiership play-off, the VFA decided to emulate the VFL and introduce a finals series in 1903, a fateful decision for the Tigers. After recruiting the competition's leading goalkicker, [[Jack Hutchinson (footballer, born 1880)|Jack Hutchinson]], and finishing the season as [[Minor premiership|minor premier]], Richmond lost both finals and were [[runner-up]].

The following season, the club became embroiled in a feud with umpire Allen, whom the Tigers accused of failing to curb field invasions and, in particular, the dubious tactics of arch-rival [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]. In the 10 September 1904 match, during which a significant number of Richmond players sustained serious gashes, and despite the earnest requests of the Richmond players, field umpire Allen refused to exercise his legitimate, official power to check the boots of the North Melbourne players for "spikes" on the soles of their boots.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189428099 Association Match: North Melbourne (5.11) beat Richmond (4.15): Another Great Struggle, ''The Age'', (Monday, 12 September 1904), p.9.]</ref> When the two clubs were scheduled to meet in the [[1904 VFA Grand Final]], Richmond announced that they wouldn't play with Allen as umpire. The VFA called Richmond's bluff, and appointed Allen as umpire for the match, meaning that the Grand Final was scratched and North Melbourne won the premiership on forfeit.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189426636 The Football Trouble: Why the Richmond-North Melbourne Match was not Played, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 5 October 1904), p.8.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263638899 The Association Football Premiership, ''The Richmond Guardian'', (Saturday, 8 October 1904), p.2.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10344347 Football: North Melbourne—Richmond Fiasco: Richmond Club Censured, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 8 October 1904), p.13.]</ref>

Richmond were now openly at odds with the VFA, and matters failed to improve in the next few years. The club was campaigning against violence (both on-field and among the crowd), ungentlemanly conduct and poor sportsmanship, issues that plagued the VFA to a far greater extent than the rival VFL since the 1896 split. Richmond cultivated links with some VFL clubs by playing practice matches against them. Richmond knew that they were a major asset to the VFA, had built up a large following and played on one of the best grounds in the competition, where they remained unbeaten for five years. In 1905, Richmond confirmed their status with a second premiership, this time overcoming bitter rivals [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]], "Mallee" Johnson had moved to Carlton, but youngster [[Charlie Ricketts]] dominated the season and won plaudits among the pressmen, who voted him the best player in the VFA.

However, Ricketts was also lost to the VFL and injury hit the club hard. In 1906–07, the Tigers played finals without looking likely to win the flag. The club earned a rebuke from the VFA for scheduling a practice match against Geelong before the 1907 season, then went ahead with the commitment and earned further censure. Later in the year it became clear that the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] wanted to expand its competition and Richmond won a place ahead of North Melbourne, which had been strengthened by an amalgamation with the bankrupt West Melbourne as part of their bid. Richmond were granted admission to the VFL on 18 October 1907.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204996291 |title=FOOTBALL LEAGUE. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=16,413 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=19 October 1907 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Entry into the VFL (1908–1944)===
[[File:FrankTudorPEO.jpg|thumb|The Hon. Frank Tudor, federal leader of the [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]], was president of Richmond during World War I]]
The first few seasons in the VFL were less than spectacular. Although the club turned up some star players, it let a lot of talent leave and the administration was unstable after [[George Henry Bennett|George Bennett]]'s death at the end of the 1908 season. In 1916, the side won its first wooden spoon while also playing in the finals for the first time – [[World War I]] having reduced the competition to just four clubs, finals qualification was automatic.

Finally, in 1919, Richmond made their first [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] appearance, losing to [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]. Richmond stoked a rivalry with Collingwood by recruiting their former skipper [[Dan Minogue]] as playing coach and gained vengeance by beating Collingwood in the [[1920 VFL Grand Final]] to secure a first flag in the big league. This was followed by an even better performance the next year. The only club that continued to beat Richmond on a regular basis was Carlton. Finishing [[List of Australian Football League minor premiers|minor premier]] with only one loss for the season in 1921, Carlton were the hottest premiership favourite, yet Richmond managed to beat them in two classic finals matches played over successive weeks to go back-to-back.

[[File:Richmond fc 1920.jpg|thumb|left|Richmond team that won its first VFL premiership in 1920]]
The rest of the decade saw four more Grand Final appearances, all of which would end in frustration. From 1927 to 1929 Richmond became the first club in the VFL to lose three consecutive Grand Finals, all of which were to neighbouring archrivals, Collingwood.

[[File:Performance Chart AFL RIC.svg|thumb|Chart of yearly ladder positions for Richmond in [[Australian Football League|VFL/AFL]]]]
The next VFL flag came in 1932, with Richmond's triumph over Carlton in a tough encounter which saw Richmond [[Centre line (football)|wingman]] [[Allan Geddes]] play the second half with a broken jaw. Another premiership came in 1934, this time against South Melbourne's famed "Foreign Legion", avenging Richmond's loss in the [[1933 VFL Grand Final]].

[[File:Jack Dyer.jpg|thumb|Richmond legend [[Jack Dyer]] played 19 consecutive seasons for the club, scoring 443 goals]]
Prior to the commencement of the 1940 season, internal problems were brewing between the key personalities at the club. Some felt that the uneven performance of the team was due to [[Percy Bentley]]'s coaching methods, and that he should be replaced. [[Jack Dyer]] walked out on the club and threatened to play in the VFA after his father, a committeeman who was involved with the anti-Bentley faction, lost his position at the board elections. Finally, the matter was resolved and Bentley kept his job, while Dyer returned to training on the eve of the season. The problems appeared to have been solved when Richmond won the semi-final against Melbourne to go straight into the [[1940 VFL Grand Final]]. However, Melbourne reversed this result with a crushing win to pinch the premiership. Richmond had been out-thought by their old mentor [[Frank 'Checker' Hughes]], who had assigned a tagger to negate Dyer. Dyer was furious that Bentley had done nothing to prevent his opponent taking him out of the game. The Richmond committee agreed with this assessment, so when Bentley (after retiring as a player) attempted to negotiate a higher fee to continue his coaching tenure, he was rebuffed. Incensed, Bentley quit Punt Road and moved to Carlton as coach, adding further spice to an already fierce rivalry between the two clubs.

Despite the tribulations created by the Second World War, Richmond was able to maintain a commendable level of consistency on the field. The club had quite a lot of players in reserved occupations who remained at home, while the administration became adept at securing star players who were temporarily in Melbourne on war service.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}{{example needed|date=February 2014}} Dyer was a fearsome presence in his role as playing coach, but he was unable to improve Richmond's ability to win finals matches. A loss in the [[1942 VFL Grand Final]] to Essendon (after starting as favourite) meant that over the previous 18 years, Richmond had won two flags but been runner-up eight times. [[Jack Titus]] set a still unbeaten record of playing in six losing Grand Final teams. In 1943, Richmond broke through to beat Essendon in a thrilling [[1943 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] by five points, a win that the club dedicated to ex-player Bill Cosgrove, an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] pilot who had been killed in action a few weeks before the match. But another Grand Final loss followed in [[1944 VFL Grand Final|1944]], when Dyer's team failed against Fitzroy on a very hot day.

===Tough times at Tigerland (1945–1965)===
In the immediate post-war era, despite an influx of excellent new players, Richmond struggled to make the four, appearing in the finals only once, in 1947. Dyer continued on as coach for three years after his playing retirement at the end of 1949, but was asked to retire by the committee who felt the club needed a shake up. Under a succession of coaches in the 1950s, With the demands of potential players increasing with each passing year, the club refused to allocate sufficient funds to recruit and they failed to replace star players as they retired. When stalwarts such as [[Des Rowe]] and dual-[[Brownlow Medal]]list [[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]] left, the team slumped dramatically and finished with a [[Wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]] in 1960.

In 1962 [[Graeme Richmond]] was appointed Secretary of the club, Richmond was the under 19's coach who had been around the club since the early 1950s as a junior player until knee injury stopped him from playing so he took on coaching. Graeme understood that for Richmond to improve so would the recruiting. A shrewd businessman, Richmond was able to sign young recruits for bargain like fees. [[Royce Hart]] was given a suit and six shirts, and Kevin Bartlett simply walked in off the street. Graeme kept a close eye on the success former player Tom Hafey was having with Shepparton in the [[Goulburn Valley Football League]]. When coach Len Smith had a heart attack in 1965, the club appointed Jack Titus to serve as interim coach until a replacement could be found. Hafey was encouraged to apply, and the decision came down to Hafey and former club captain Ron Branton. Many expected Branton to get the job. However, Graeme Richmond saw something special in Hafey and he was appointed coach for the 1966 season.

===Success through Hafey Era (1966–1982)===
[[File:Kevin Bartlett.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Kevin Bartlett outside the MCG]]
1966 heralded the start of the [[Tom Hafey]] era. Hafey, a former player of the club, was appointed coach and brought with him a couple of quality young footballers from northern Victoria. Out of the Goulburn Valley came [[Dick Clay]] from Kyabram and [[Francis Bourke]] from Nathalia. Further afield were [[Doug Strang]] and [[John Perry (footballer)|John Perry]] from Albury and Wodonga.

On his return to Richmond, Hafey found the team had acquired a number of young, high quality players, [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] was a skinny 17 year old who lived locally and had walked in and asked for a tryout. [[Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)|Mike Green]] followed Kevin a year later. Even so, he quickly put his stamp on the club, bringing intensity and desire to reach the top. Although he acknowledged the ideas and tactical approach of Len Smith (who remained at the club as a selector and consultant), Hafey opted for what became his trademark style: kick the ball long and quickly into the forward line. He raised the bar for fitness among his players,[4] extending pre-season training and introducing a third training night during the week. Richmond quickly became known for being the fittest team in the competition.

Richmond began 1966 strongly. A month before the finals, they hit the top of the ladder for the first time since 1951 and seemed certain to play in September. However, two losses dropped the Tigers to fifth place with thirteen wins and a draw. Richmond dismissed a number of players, replacing them with new players such as [[Royce Hart]], Kevin Sheedy and [[Francis Bourke]].

Richmond dominated the 1967 season, running out winners in a classic Grand Final against Geelong. In his first two years, the team lost only seven games and Hafey had gone from an unknown coach in the bush to the toast of the football world. In hindsight, the 1967 premiership marked a turning point for the game. The Tigers were fitter than any team that had gone before and were the highest scoring team since 1950. Australian football, after two decades of defensive-based play, was about to enter an era of high scoring, aided by rule changes, new tactics and better standards of fitness. They won the 1967 flag in a thrilling encounter with Geelong, ending a 24-year premiership drought.

The Tigers started the 1968 season slowly. They rallied to win the last six games, but missed the finals. When the Tigers were again lethargic in mid-1969, accusations of under-achievement arose and rumours that Hafey was on the way out circulated. The players rallied behind Hafey and finished the season strong, taking fourth place. The team won all three finals, beat the much fancied Carlton in the [[1969 VFL Grand Final]] by 25 points.

After missing the playoffs in 1970, Hafey took the Tigers to the finals for the next five years. Basing the team's strategy around all-out attack had drawbacks. Richmond were dominant in 1972 and were hot favourites in the [[1972 VFL Grand Final]] against Carlton. However, Carlton stunned Richmond in a game of ridiculous high scoring. Even Richmond equalled the then record highest score in a Grand Final of 22.18 (150), but Carlton beat it with 28.9 (177). Richmond got their revenge in an intensely physical clash in the [[1973 VFL Grand Final]] and went back-to-back in [[1974 VFL Grand Final|1974]] with a strong win against a resurgent North Melbourne.

By now, the aggressive attitude of the club both on and off the field had created resentment toward the club. A number of incidents during the 1973 Grand Final – the Windy Hill brawl, the attempted recruitment of [[John Pitura]] from South Melbourne and a poor reaction to Kevin Bartlett's failure to win the Brownlow medal – all focussed negative attention on the club. Hafey, however, used the resentment to his advantage, telling his players "it's Richmond against the world".

Richmond showed signs of ageing in 1975, when they lost in the preliminary final. Triple Brownlow medallist, [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] retired, [[Paul Sproule]] returned to Hobart, [[Brian Roberts (Australian rules footballer)|Brian Roberts]] and two others were part of the John Pitura trade. A raft of other player departures made for a poor 1976 season, Hart spent most of the year nursing a knee and Dick Clay opted to retire. The Tigers finishing seventh, Hafey's worst ever result. Internally the Richmond board bickering had flared into the public domain. It took a majority vote for Hafey to be reappointed for 1977, but not unanimously (he had no contract with Richmond, instead being appointed on a year-to-year basis). When it leaked that [[Graeme Richmond]], the club's powerbroker, had voted against Hafey's reappointment Hafey immediately resigned.

The club appointed dual premiership player [[Barry Richardson (Australian footballer)|Barry Richardson]] as coach for two seasons before he was replaced by Tony Jewell. Richmond won its next premiership under Jewell with a then record-breaking margin of 81 points over arch-rivals Collingwood in [[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980]]. After reaching and losing the [[1982 VFL Grand Final]], it has been a rocky road for Richmond who have struggled to come to grips with the rules and regulations of a modernised VFL, including the [[AFL Draft|draft]] and [[salary cap]]. The successes of the early 1980s were bought at high financial cost through expensive recruiting, and were followed by severe cut backs that saw several top players depart.

===Recruiting war (1983–1986)===
Still smarting from the loss of star players to Collingwood, Richmond set themselves for war with Collingwood in 1984 by signing three of their players: [[John Annear]], [[Craig Stewart (Australian footballer)|Craig Stewart]] and [[Phil Walsh (Australian footballer)|Phil Walsh]]. Not only were there big contracts and transfer fees to pay, but the costs of an expensive court action as well.

Richmond also signed a number of mediocre players on big contracts, and the club's financial situation took a battering. With the team failing to improve, a challenge to the committee was brewing and Richmond's traditional political stability threatened. The rebel group, organised by long-time servant Bill Durham, convinced former player and coach [[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]] to be leader. An election in late 1984 failed to clarify the situation.

Ian Wilson held on to the presidency into the new year. When the one hundredth birthday of the club arrived in February 1985, there was too much dissension to mark the moment fittingly. Eventually, Wilson handed over to Richardson, who had selected his former premiership teammate [[Paul Sproule]] to return from [[Tasmania]] and take over the coaching position on a guaranteed contract.

As the season progressed with Richmond still struggling, Sproule came under pressure. Richardson guaranteed his position, but at the end of the year, the committee overruled Richardson and sacked Sproule. Incensed, Richardson walked out of Punt Road, which was in turmoil again. Desperately, Richmond turned back to [[Tony Jewell (footballer)|Tony Jewell]], who was appointed coach for a second time, the only man in the club's history to get a second go at the job. Jewell later commented on the destruction wrought on the club during his four-year absence: "the supporters were gone, the members were gone, the money was gone, ... a real shame."

With the competition set to expand, Richmond made a number of misguided moves in 1986. To fill the vacancy left by Richardson, Richmond wooed high-flying West Australian entrepreneur [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]] to become president. Bond came with an agenda to raise money for the club by listing on the stockmarket and relocating to [[Brisbane]]. When the latter plan was revealed in the media, a furious reaction from supporters and high-profile club personalities buried the proposal almost immediately. Early in 1987, Bond's tenure at the club ended in farce when he resigned without presiding over a single game. The off-field confusion was reflected in the players' performance as Richmond slumped to only its second wooden spoon in 70 years.

===''Save Our Skins'' and a return to the finals (1987–1995)===
[[File:Matthew Richardson media.jpg|thumb|upright|Debuting for Richmond in 1993, Matthew Richardson went on to become one of the league's leading goal kickers.]]
Although the new president, ex-captain [[Neville Crowe]], had stabilised the club and scored a coup by persuading club legend [[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] to coach, the club managed to stay solvent by cutting expenses to the bone and paying only two-thirds of the allowable salary cap. But there was no money for recruiting to improve an impoverished playing list. The club struggled to come to terms with the draft after its inception in 1986, and made a number of poor choices—notably, the number one pick in 1987 was used on a player who had only four games with Richmond.

Finally, with the economy in serious recession and interest rates touching seventeen per cent, Richmond's creditors came knocking. At one point, an attempt was made to seize the club's 1973 and 1974 premiership trophies as securities for unpaid debts, an embarrassing situation. For a number of years, the exact amount that the club owed was not publicly known. After Bartlett came Allan Jeans, who then passed the job to ex-Richmond premiership player [[John Northey]] for 1993. Northey returned the team to the simple long-kicking style of the halcyon days under the legendary Tom Hafey. Along with some draft concessions granted by the AFL, Northey's efforts gradually improved Richmond. The team fumbled an opportunity to make the 1994 finals, then opened [[1995 AFL season|1995]] with its best start to a season in 75 years and eventually made it to the preliminary final. With a talented playing list and a strong administration led by Leon Daphne (Richmond's first president from the corporate world, the Alan Bond farce aside), Richmond looked set to become regular finalists again.

===Lost opportunities (1996–2004)===
The anticipated success failed to materialise, partly because Richmond allowed the coaching position to again become unstable. With over a year still to run on his contract, John Northey demanded a contract extension that the club refused. This was because of a rumour that some people with an association with the club were pursuing Essendon coach and former Richmond premiership player [[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]. So Northey walked out on Richmond and accepted a longer-term contract to coach the [[Brisbane Bears]]. Richmond, caught short, appointed the Bears' ex-coach [[Robert Walls]] for 1996. After several humiliating thrashings in 1997, [[Robert Walls]] became the first Richmond coach to be sacked mid-season. After two-and-a-half seasons under [[Jeff Gieschen]], the club appointed ex-St Kilda captain [[Danny Frawley]]. After a Preliminary Final appearance in Frawley's second season, Richmond overestimated the strength of the list and settled for trading for established players rather than drafting youth. Over the next three seasons, the team managed just 18 wins. The administration continued to support Frawley and ensured that he would see out his contract, a far cry from the way many of his predecessors were treated. However, midway through the 2004 season (a season in which Richmond only managed 4 wins, and lost their last 14 H&A matches), Frawley announced he would be relinquishing his role as Richmond coach at seasons' end.

===Beginning to rebuild and another wooden spoon (2005–2007)===
{{See also|Richmond Football Club season 2007}}
Under newly appointed head coach, [[Terry Wallace]], the 2005 pre-season brought renewed optimism at the club. The Tigers held the no. 1 draft pick, selecting [[Brett Deledio]] who was touted as a future star and leader. However, the Tigers' first match of the season (against [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]), quickly dashed that hope, as they were thrashed by 62 points. However, this loss would spark a change in the Tigers, and in the next 8 weeks of the season, they would go on to win 7 matches (the one exception being a 68-point loss at the hands of [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in Round 5). This included wins over the then-reigning premiers, [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]], and over then-runners up, the [[Brisbane Lions]]. Sitting pretty at 7 wins and 2 losses, and 3rd on the ladder, the impossible prospect of finals football loomed large. However, in the Round 10 match against [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]], star player [[Nathan G. Brown|Nathan Brown]] suffered a horrible leg injury, that would sideline him for the rest of the season. They went on to lose the match by 57 points, and would only register 3 more wins for the season (one of those was against eventual premiers the [[Sydney Swans]] by one point, who had a one-point win against [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] the round before), eventually finishing 12th.

2006, a year which many experts predicted continued improvement for the Tigers, saw them lose their first H&A match by 115 points, against the [[Western Bulldogs]], after which followed losses to St Kilda and [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]. By the end of Round 3, things were looking grim for the Tigers once again. However, just as they did in 2005, the Tigers would respond to their poor start by winning 8 of their next 11 matches, and by the end of Round 14, the Tigers were in the Top 8 by a game and percentage. However, their spot in the Top 8 would be short lived, as 4 straight losses between Rounds 15 and 18 would effectively end their finals chances. They finished the 2006 season in 9th place, with 11 wins and 11 losses.

After promising seasons in 2005 and 2006, it was expected that the Tigers would take the next step in 2007, and play finals football. After massive hype in the off-season, the Tigers had a terrible start to the 2007 season, losing their first 9 matches (this included suffering their biggest ever defeat, at the hands of eventual premiers [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]], by a whopping 157 points). Their first premiership points came in a draw against the [[Brisbane Lions]] in Round 10, and their first win of the season didn't come until Round 12 against fellow straggler [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]. After Round 18 of the season, the Tigers had registered a mere 1 win, 1 draw, and 16 losses, and were looking like recording their worst ever recorded season. However, late-season victories over old rivals [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in Round 19, and [[Essendon Bombers|Essendon]] in Round 21, saved them from this fate. They would eventually finish the year as wooden-spooners, with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 18 losses.

===Centenary (2008)===
After the end of the [[2007 AFL season|2007 season]], Richmond elected to delist [[Patrick Bowden]], [[Brent Hartigan]], [[Andrew Krakouer]] and [[Carl Peterson (Australian footballer)|Carl Peterson]]. These four joined another four players in leaving Punt Road—veteran [[Darren Gaspar]], [[Kent Kingsley]], [[Trent Knobel]] and [[Ray Hall (Australian footballer)|Ray Hall]]. While these players left the club [[Jake King]] and [[Angus Graham (footballer)|Angus Graham]] were elevated off the rookie list.

Next up came the [[2007 AFL draft]], in which the Tigers recruited highly rated midfielder [[Trent Cotchin]] with their first pick (No. 2 overall), backman [[Alex Rance]] (pick No. 18 overall) and ruckman Dean Putt (pick No. 51 overall). Then, in the pre-season draft, they elected to pick [[David Gourdis]] with the number one pick. The Tigers also picked [[Clayton Collard]], [[Jarrod Silvester]], [[Tristan Cartledge]] and [[Cameron Howat]] for the rookie list. Cam Howat had previously been on the rookie list but was delisted then picked up again.

Richmond began the 2008 season with a surprise win over Carlton, but from Rounds 2 to 11, registered only two more wins (and a controversial draw against the Western Bulldogs). The club fought back in the latter half of the season, winning eight of its last 11 matches. However, this was not enough to reach the finals, as Richmond finished two premiership points short (and percentage) of 8th placed [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]].

=== Wallace era ends (2009) ===
At the start of 2009, Richmond was said to be rising as a team, and they would be in the eight .{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} They had recruited former [[Brownlow Medal]] winner [[Ben Cousins]] – who had previously been released by the West Coast Eagles due to drug trouble – and they had rising stars in [[Brett Deledio]] and [[Trent Cotchin]]. However, the club was beaten by 83 points in Round 1 by Carlton, and did not register a win until Round 5, against [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]. With a record of 2–9 after eleven weeks, [[Terry Wallace]] stepped down as coach, having announced his intention during the previous week. [[Jade Rawlings]] was announced as caretaker senior coach; he adopted a youth policy for the remainder of the year, which saw experienced players [[Joel Bowden]] and [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]] retire by the end of the year. Rawlings led Richmond to three wins and a draw from eleven games. Richmond finished fifteenth with a record of 5–16–1. On 25 August, [[Damien Hardwick]] was appointed to be the senior coach from 2010.

As Jade Rawlings, [[Craig McRae]] and [[Brian Royal]] left the Tigers assistant coaching panel, [[Brendon Lade]] and [[Justin Leppitsch]] were appointed as assistant coaches, leaving only [[Wayne Campbell]] as a previous Richmond assistant coach. [[Brendon Gale]] was also appointed CEO of the Tigers.

===New coach, new list and a new beginning (2010–2012)===
[[File:Damien Hardwick 2017.jpg|thumb|upright|Damien Hardwick coached Richmond from 2010 to 2023.]]
Richmond was not expected to be competitive in 2010, with many commentators predicting the team would win no more than four games. From the [[2009 AFL draft]], the Tigers drafted seven new players, which included midfielder [[Dustin Martin]]. At the 2010 Pre-season Draft, Richmond recruited young key defender [[Dylan Grimes]], brother of Melbourne defender [[Jack Grimes (footballer)|Jack Grimes]].

[[Damien Hardwick]] selected a young team at the start of the season, with four debutants, and only three players ([[Ben Cousins]], [[Chris Newman (footballer)|Chris Newman]] and [[Troy Simmonds]]) over 25 in the Round 1 loss against [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]. Richmond was winless after nine games, before a scrappy win over Port Adelaide in Round 10. This was the start of a turnaround in Richmond's form, with the team winning six out of eight games, to sit with a record of 6–12 after eighteen rounds. After losing the final four matches, Richmond finished fifteenth out of sixteen with a record of 6–16. Young key forward [[Jack Riewoldt]] finished the season with 78 goals, to win the [[Coleman Medal]].

Very early in the season, Richmond were criticised for "partying too much" in the wake of its winless start to the season; after the Round 3 loss to the [[Sydney Swans]], Richmond players were reported to be at the bar drinking and acting in a disorderly manner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ben-cousins-punched-drunken-teammate-daniel-connors-in-sydney-fracas/news-story/b512331c2d29ea784df46b868844cb84|title=Ben should have done better|date=12 April 2010|website=Herald Sun}}</ref>

Richmond continued to show improvement to finish 12th out of 17 teams in 2011 with eight wins and a draw.

[[Jack Riewoldt]] again led the goalkicking with 62 majors, down on his previous year's tally of 78. Young midfielder [[Trent Cotchin]] won his first [[Jack Dyer Medal]] with 236 votes.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Gleeson |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/cotchins-top-honour-for-yellow-and-black-20110913-1k7t0.html |title=Cotchin's top honour for yellow and black |work=The Age|location=Melbourne |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> Cotchin also polled the most votes of any Richmond player in the [[2011 Brownlow Medal]] count with 15 votes. [[Dustin Martin]] was next best, polling 12 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow2011.html |title=AFL Tables – 2011 Brownlow Medal |publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref>

Richmond's 2012 season did not see an improvement from the previous three years, as they lost 6 games by 12 points or less and finished 12th for the second year running. {{AFL GC}} also beat them, while trailing by ten points with less than a minute remaining, the Tigers produced what former [[Sydney Swans]] coach [[Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)|Paul Roos]] labelled "the worst 47 seconds in footy" to lose by two points.<ref>[http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/former-sydney-swans-coach-paul-roos-analyses-richmond-implosion-against-gold-coast-suns-in-afl-clash/story-e6frf3e3-1226427744605 Former Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos analyses Richmond implosion against Gold Coast Suns], Fox Sports, 17 July 2012</ref> They did, however, defeat both of the eventual grand finalists {{AFL Haw}} and {{AFL Syd}} during the season, the only team to do so the entire year. 2012 also saw Richmond have its first Brownlow Medallist in over 40 years when Trent Cotchin polled 26 votes to be the joint winner with Hawthorn's [[Sam Mitchell (footballer)|Sam Mitchell]], due to a countback 4 years later after disqualified winner [[Jobe Watson]] was stripped of his medal due to the [[Essendon Football Club supplements saga]].

===Return to finals (2013–2016)===
[[File:Richmond players run out.jpg|thumb|left|Captain [[Trent Cotchin]] leads Richmond out onto the ground before a match against {{AFL GWS}} late in the [[2013 AFL season|2013 season]].]]
2013 saw Richmond claim a victory over [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] (making it one of only two clubs that season to defeat the eventual premiers) and go on to qualify for its first finals series in over a decade.<ref>[http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/08/11/richmond-sew-up-finals-spot/ Richmond sew up finals spot], ''The Roar'', 11 August 2013</ref> However, before 94,690 fans—the largest week-one crowd since the VFL/AFL adopted its current finals system—Richmond lost to Carlton in the first elimination final.<ref>[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-08/tiger-tough-not-enough "Feel-good Tigers must harden up"]. AFL News 8 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.</ref> Also that year, [[Peggy O'Neal (lawyer)|Peggy O'Neal]], an American-born lawyer, became the AFL's first female club president when she got the position at Richmond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8733406|title=Woman to lead Tigers in AFL first|publisher=Ninemsn|date=3 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233929/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8733406|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>

After its drought-breaking finals appearance the previous year, Richmond failed to live up to expectations in the first half of the 2014 season, losing 10 of its first 13 matches and dropping to 16th place on the ladder. Despite public sentiment that the season was lost, the club rallied behind a five-goal performance by Cotchin to win against St Kilda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2014/141520140628.html|title=AFL Tables – St Kilda v Richmond – Sat, 28-Jun-2014 2:10 PM – Match Stats|website=afltables.com}}</ref> It catalysed a nine-match winning streak, with a Round 23 victory against eventual grand-finalists Sydney raising Richmond to 8th on the ladder and putting the club into its first back-to-back finals appearance since 1975. A 57-point loss to Port Adelaide in an elimination final knocked Richmond out in the first week of the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2014/09/12/mastermind-season-review-richmond-tigers/|title=Mastermind season review: Richmond Tigers}}</ref> Cotchin won the Jack Dyer Medal for the third time in four years, making him the youngest Richmond player to win three club best and fairest awards.<ref>[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-30/cotch-wins-dyer-medal-no3], ''AFL Media'', 30 September 2014.</ref>

Richmond faced the prospect of another disappointing season in 2015, losing 4 of its first 6 games. In the following weeks, however, the club registered 4 straight wins, including an upset victory over the previously undefeated [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] in Perth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finalsiren.com/AFLLadder.asp?AFLLadderTypeID=2&SeasonID=2015&Round=10-1|title=AFL Ladder 2015 Round 10 |website=finalsiren.com}}</ref> and went on to defeat top-four teams [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] and reigning premiers [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]. Richmond would go on to win the final four games of the home and away season to finish fifth on the ladder. Facing North Melbourne in an elimination final, Richmond lost by 17 points in front of a crowd of 90,186, making it the club's third consecutive first weeks finals loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2015/24/rich-v-nmfc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907090829/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2015/24/rich-v-nmfc |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2015 |title=Match results |publisher=AFL Media |year=2015 |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, Richmond failed to qualify for the finals for the first time in four years. Following a comprehensive Round 3 loss to Adelaide, coach Hardwick said the team would have to "take a little half-step back to go two steps forward."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-season-2016-hardwick-says-richmond-may-need-to-go-back-to-go-forward-20160409-go2lf8.html|title=AFL season 2016: Hardwick says Richmond may need to go back to go forward|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|first=Rohan Connoly and|last=Larissa Nicholson|date=9 April 2016|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> It would go on to be the story of the season with several major defeats including one against Greater Western Sydney in which Richmond registered its lowest score since 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-30/giants-smash-dismal-tigers-by-88-points-to-sound-afl-warning/7675110|title=GWS Giants pulverise Richmond by 88 points to sound AFL warning|publisher=ABC|date=30 July 2016|access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> The club debuted six players and brought in two recruits for their first games in the yellow and black.

===Premiership success (2017–2020)===

During the preseason period for 2016/17, Richmond made a number of changes to its playing list and coaching staff. Among these changes was the departure of [[Brett Deledio]] to Greater Western Sydney, in a three-way deal involving Geelong that saw the Tigers receive a 2017 first-round draft selection from the Cats, as well as a 2017 third-round selection from the [[Greater Western Sydney Giants|Giants]]. Richmond also attained the services of [[Gold Coast Suns]] midfielder [[Dion Prestia]], Geelong player [[Josh Caddy]], and young [[Sydney Swans]] ruckman [[Toby Nankervis]] in preparation for the 2017 season.

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Richmond began 2017 with 5 straight wins, a feat it had not achieved since 1995. A series of close losses hampered the Tigers throughout the middle of the season, including a 5-point loss to the Western Bulldogs, 2-point loss to Fremantle, and a 3-point loss to the Giants. Richmond ended the season strongly with convincing victories over Fremantle and St Kilda in the final two rounds, elevating the club to 3rd on the ladder. Richmond's first final of the season – their qualifying final against the Cats at the MCG – attracted a record qualifying final crowd of 95,028; the Tigers won by 51 points. This sent them to their first preliminary final since 2001, in which Richmond defeated [[Greater Western Sydney Giants|Greater Western Sydney]] by 36 points in front of a crowd of 94,258 to progress to the [[2017 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] against [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]], their first Grand Final appearance since 1982. The attendance was 100,021, the largest crowd for a Grand Final since 1986. The Crows led at quarter time and were in front by as much as 13, but the Tigers took over the game as it progressed and kicked seven straight goals at one point with former South Australian U-19 captain [[Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1998)|Jack Graham]] finishing as the game's leading goalscorer after kicking three despite playing only his fifth game at AFL level. They eventually would win by 48 points – 16.12 (108) to Adelaide's 8.12 (60) – to end their 37-year flag drought.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/30/richmond-end-37-year-wait-with-afl-grand-final-win-over-adelaide|title=Richmond end 37-year wait with AFL grand final win over Adelaide|last=O'Halloran|first=Kate|date=30 September 2017|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=30 September 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Dustin Martin]] also became the first player to win a Premiership medal, the [[Brownlow Medal]] and the [[Norm Smith Medal]] in the same season, while Damien Hardwick was named AFL Coaches Association Coach of the Year. Richmond's jump from 13th to premiers also marked the biggest jump from one AFL season to the next.

[[File:RFC Win %.png|thumb|Richmond Football Club Win % by Season (including Finals)Gold * denotes Premiership

Red * denotes Wooden Spoon]]

The reigning premiers were dominant throughout the [[2018 AFL season|2018 season]], winning their first minor premiership since 1982 with an 18–4 win–loss record. Richmond won all 17 of their games in Victoria during the home-and-away season,<ref name="Invicwethrive">{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Tony |title=In Victoria we thrive |url=http://m.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-08-27/in-victoria-we-thrive |website=richmondfc.com.au |date=26 August 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> and broke the record for most consecutive wins at the MCG, winning 22 games at the venue<ref name="1qf">{{cite web |last1=Bowen |first1=Nick |title=Ruthless Tigers book prelim |url=http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-06/match-report-richmond-v-hawthorn |publisher=AFL Media |date=6 September 2018 |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> (starting from round 14, 2017) and eclipsing the record of 17 set by Melbourne in [[1955 VFL season|1955]]–[[1956 VFL season|56]].<ref name="Sbs2018">{{cite web |title=Tigers beat Pies, break AFL's MCG record |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/tigers-beat-pies-break-afl-s-mcg-record |website=SBS.com.au |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="TheAge2018Richmond">{{cite web |last1=Pierik |first1=Jon |title=Tigers claim MCG record with another final-quarter blitz against Pies |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-claim-mcg-record-with-another-final-quarter-blitz-against-pies-20180728-p4zu4z.html |website=The Age|location=Melbourne |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

The Tigers defeated Hawthorn by 31 points in the first qualifying final at the MCG<ref name="1qf"/> and were seemingly destined to win a second consecutive flag. However, they were stunningly denied a repeat Grand Final appearance after Collingwood defeated them by 39 points in the first preliminary final.<ref name="PiesStunTigersAFLsite">{{cite web |last1=Bowen |first1=Nick |title=Match report: Pies stun Tigers to make GF |url=http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-21/match-report-richmond-v-collingwood |publisher=AFL Media |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="PiesPrelimAge">{{cite web |last1=Pierik |first1=Jon |title=Pies stun Tigers to march into grand final |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/pies-stun-tigers-to-march-into-grand-final-20180921-p50554.html |website=The Age|date=21 September 2018 |location=Melbourne |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>

Jack Riewoldt had an outstanding year for Richmond, winning his third [[Coleman Medal]] after kicking 65 goals during the regular season,<ref name="JackwinsJohn">{{cite web |last1=Phelan |first1=Jason |title=Riewoldt claims third Coleman Medal |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-08-26/riewoldt-claims-third-coleman-medal |website=Richmondfc.com.au |date=26 August 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> his second [[Jack Dyer Medal]]<ref name="JackwinsJack">{{cite web |last1=Sewell |first1=Eliza |title=Richmond spearhead Jack Riewoldt adds second Jack Dyer Medal to bulging trophy cabinet |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/richmond-spearhead-jack-riewoldt-adds-second-jack-dyer-medal-to-bulging-trophy-cabinet/news-story/85ddbc51dc89a8b63adb21d9a2f3ef1e |website=Herald Sun |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="jack4jack">{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Tony |title=It's Jack for Jack |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-10-02/2018-jack-dyer-medal-winner |website=Richmondfc.com.au |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> and receiving his third
[[All-Australian team|All-Australian]] selection.<ref name="Buddyleadstheway">{{cite web |last1=Laughton |first1=Max |title=AFL All-Australian team 2018: Lance Franklin joins all-time greats as captain in eighth appearance |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-allaustralian-team-2018-see-the-full-22man-side-as-its-announced-live/news-story/70325a4272a8a4e40a7bf0975b5e8cb6 |work=Fox Sports|location=Australia |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> Three other Tigers received All-Australian honours: [[Alex Rance]] (fullback), Dustin Martin (centre) and [[Shane Edwards]] (interchange),<ref name="Buddyleadstheway"/> and four more were shortlisted in the initial 40-man squad: captain [[Trent Cotchin]], [[Josh Caddy]], [[Dylan Grimes]] and [[Kane Lambert]].<ref name="8tigersinAAshortlist">{{cite web |title=Eight Tigers in All Australian squad |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-08-27/2018-all-australian-squad-richmond |website=Richmondfc.com.au |date=27 August 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> Exciting young forward/midfielder [[Jack Higgins (Australian footballer)|Jack Higgins]] capped off a stellar debut season by winning [[Goal of the Year (AFL)|Goal of the Year]] for his highly memorable scissor-kick goal against Collingwood in Round 19.<ref name="Higgospeech">{{cite web |title=Brownlow Medal 2018: Jack Higgins delivers hilarious goal of the year speech |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/brownlow-medal-jack-higgins-delivers-hilarious-goal-of-the-year-speech-ng-b88970874z |website=The West Australian |date=24 September 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>

At the conclusion of the season, Richmond acquired former {{AFL GC}} co-captain [[Tom Lynch (Australian footballer, born 1992)|Tom Lynch]] via free agency on 8 October.<ref name="LynchtoRichmond">{{cite news |title=Tom Lynch joins Richmond Tigers as Gold Coast Suns departure is confirmed |url=https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-08/tom-lynch-joins-richmond-tigers-as-he-leaves-gold-coast-suns/10351138 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="FoxsportsTigerslandLynch">{{cite web |title=Tom is a Tiger: Richmond officially lands big fish Tom Lynch on seven-year deal |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/tom-is-a-tiger-richmond-officially-lands-big-fish-tom-lynch-on-sevenyear-deal/news-story/9a7408a6a68acd4ad83727cc44927930 |work=Fox Sports|location=Australia |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> Five players departed the club during the free agency and trade periods: [[Reece Conca]] left to {{AFL Fre}} as a free agent on 5 October,<ref name="ConcatoFremantle">{{cite web |title=Conca becomes a Docker |date=5 October 2018 |url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2018-10-05/conca-becomes-a-docker |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> [[Anthony Miles (Australian footballer)|Anthony Miles]] and [[Corey Ellis]] were traded to Gold Coast along with a third round draft pick on 8 October in exchange for another third round pick,<ref name="miles&ellisdepart">{{cite web |title=Miles, Ellis join Suns |date=8 October 2018 |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-10-08/miles-ellis-join-suns |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> [[Tyson Stengle]] was traded to Adelaide in exchange for its fourth round pick on 15 October,<ref name="StengletoAdelaide">{{cite web |last1=@AFL_House |title=Trade paperwork officially lodged. Richmond has traded Tyson Stengle to the Adelaide Crows for its Rd 4 selection, currently selection number 68 (on traded from the Gold Coast Suns) |url=https://twitter.com/AFL_House/status/1052017276323475456 |via=Twitter |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}} and [[Sam Lloyd (footballer)|Sam Lloyd]] was sent to the {{AFL WB}} for pick 64 on 15 October.<ref name="LloydtoWhittenOval">{{cite web |last1=Cleary |first1=Mitch |title=Tiger forward makes move to the Kennel |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-15/tiger-forward-lloyd-makes-move-to-the-kennel |publisher=AFL Media |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> In addition, [[Ben Griffiths]] retired in January to pursue a college football career in the United States<ref name="Griffithsretires">{{cite web |last1=Salemme |first1=Kate |title=Richmond forward Ben Griffiths has quit the AFL to pursue an American football punting career |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-forward-ben-griffiths-has-quit-the-afl-to-pursue-an-american-football-punting-career/news-story/d4b58c80817609d1ba78deca2cceb85c |website=Herald Sun |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref> and [[Shaun Hampson]] retired on 26 June, citing a chronic back condition.<ref name="Hampsonretires">{{cite web |title=Hampson calls time on afl career |date=26 June 2018 |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-06-26/hampson-calls-time-on-afl-career |access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>

Richmond were looking to rebound in 2019 after the bitter disappointment of their unexpected preliminary final exit. They suffered various setbacks during the first half of the season, with several of their best players sidelined, most notably [[Alex Rance]] who suffered a career-ending ACL injury in Round 1 against Carlton. The Tigers were resilient in spite of their misfortune, winning six games in a seven-game stretch from round four to round 10. Despite a midseason slump where three losses on the trot dislodged them from the top eight, the Tigers re-emerged from the mid-year bye a different team and would not lose again for the rest of the season. They won their last nine games of the home-and-away season and finished third on the ladder with a 16–6 win–loss record, trailing minor premiers Geelong and second-placed Brisbane on percentage.

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| style="width:200px;"| ''[[2019 AFL Grand Final]]'' 
| ''G'' 
| ''B'' 
| ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |Richmond 
| '''17''' 
| '''12''' 
| '''114'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{AFL GWS}} 
| 3
| 7
| 25
|-
| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 100,014
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They would defeat both teams en route to their second grand final in three years, dispatching the Lions by 47 points in the second qualifying final at the Gabba (marking their first interstate finals victory) before coming from 21 points down at half time to beat the Cats by 19 points in the second preliminary final at the MCG. They met Greater Western Sydney in the [[2019 AFL Grand Final]] on 28 September, thrashing the Giants by 89 points – their biggest ever win in a grand final, eclipsing their 81-point victory over Collingwood in 1980. Martin won his second Norm Smith Medal, becoming just the fourth to win multiple Norm Smith Medals after [[Gary Ayres]], [[Andrew McLeod]] and [[Luke Hodge]]. Cotchin equaled Dan Minogue, Percy Bentley and Royce Hart with his second Premiership as Richmond captain while Hardwick became the Tigers' first multiple Premiership coach since Tom Hafey – whose widow Maureen presented the two of them with the Premiership cup. Richmond also chose to debut [[Marlion Pickett]], who they had drafted midseason following Grigg's retirement and who had won the Norm Goss Medal in the VFL Grand Final against Williamstown the previous week. Pickett not only became the first player to make his senior debut in an AFL or VFL Grand Final since [[Keith Batchelor]] for Collingwood in 1952, but he also kicked his first AFL goal in the third quarter and finished with four Norm Smith Medal votes.

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| style="width:200px;"| ''[[2020 AFL Grand Final]]'' 
| ''G'' 
| ''B'' 
| ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |Richmond 
| '''12''' 
| '''9''' 
| '''81'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{AFL Gee}} 
| 7
| 8
| 50
|-
| Venue: [[The Gabba]]
| colspan="3" | Crowd: 29,707
|}
Despite some off-field indiscretions during the [[2020 AFL season|2020 season]] and playing most of the season interstate due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the reigning premiers finished in the top four for the fourth consecutive season, qualifying in third place with 12 wins, four losses and a draw after a shortened 17-match home-and-away season. Richmond faltered against the Brisbane Lions in the qualifying final, but recovered to play in their third Grand Final in four years after defeating St Kilda by 31 points in the semi-final and pipping minor premiers Port Adelaide by six points in the preliminary final. The Tigers would meet Geelong at the Gabba in the first VFL/AFL Grand Final to be played outside Victoria, and despite trailing the Cats by 22 points deep in the second term, Richmond scored 10 of the final 12 goals of the match to run out 31-point winners. It marked their third premiership in four years and also made them the first team since Hawthorn completed their three-peat in 2015 to win consecutive premierships. Martin, who kicked four goals, became the first-ever three-time Norm Smith Medalist, while Cotchin became the club's first-ever three-time Premiership captain.

=== End of a dynasty (2021–present) ===

The Tigers' four-year era of success would come to a halt in 2021. Despite a decent start to the year, winning seven of their first 12 matches, the reigning premiers would fall away rapidly to win just two of their last 10. With a season record of nine wins, 12 losses and a draw, Richmond finished 12th and missed the finals for the first time since 2016. The Tigers became the fourth team in five years to miss the finals after playing in the previous year's grand final, following 2016 premiers the Western Bulldogs, 2017 runners-up Adelaide and 2019 runners-up Greater Western Sydney.

At the conclusion of the season, triple-premiership captain Trent Cotchin relinquished his role as skipper,<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 September 2021 |title=Richmond's three-time AFL premiership captain Trent Cotchin steps down as skipper |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-14/afl-richmond-trent-cotchin-steps-down-as-tigers-captain/100462214 |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> and Dylan Grimes and Toby Nankervis were appointed as co-captains for the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 2022 |title=Tigers announce historic co-captains |work=richmondfc.com.au |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1059945/tigers-announce-historic-co-captains |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

Richmond were looking to rebound quickly from their poor 2021 season. Despite some inconsistent form throughout the 2022 season, which included dispiriting losses to also-rans Gold Coast and North Melbourne, and a low-scoring draw against Fremantle, the Tigers were able to secure an eighth finals berth in 10 seasons, finishing seventh on the ladder with 13 wins, eight losses and one draw. However, their finals campaign came to an early end after a heart-breaking two-point loss to Brisbane in a high scoring elimination final. Three time premiership player and 300 gamer Shane Edwards announced his retirement at the conclusion of the season.

The 2023 season truly was the end of the Dynasty Era at Tigerland. Three time premiership coach Damien Hardwick announced he would be resigning from his position after a 1-point defeat to Essendon in Round 10. This shocked the football world as Hardwick sited 'burnout' as his reasoning for departing the club prior to his contract ending. Later in the year he would sign a 6-year deal as coach of the Gold Coast Suns, confusing many of the Richmond faithful.

[[Andrew McQualter]] took the reins as interim coach for the remainder of the season with mixed success. The club would eventually finish 13th and miss the finals with 10 wins, 12 losses and a draw. Late in the season, club legends Trent Cotchin & Jack Riewoldt announced they would be retiring after the clubs Round 23 fixture against North Melbourne at the MCG. Over 60,000 supporters turned out to farewell the retiring champions as the Tigers won the match by 29 points.

The season finished with Richmond suffering a loss at Adelaide Oval against Port Adelaide, with many of the clubs young players being showcased – showing promising signs for the seasons ahead. The club announced on 21 September that [[Adem Yze]] would be taking over as the clubs new Senior Coach, beating Andrew McQualter to win the position.

Richmond finished last on the AFL ladder in 2024, claiming its eighth [[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|wooden spoon]] only four years after winning its most recent premiership. Premiership players [[Dylan Grimes]], [[Dustin Martin]] and [[Marlion Pickett]] all retired following the conclusion of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1203151/gold-coast-suns-spoil-tiger-farewells-confirm-richmonds-wooden-spoon|title=Suns spoil Tiger farewells, confirm Richmond's wooden spoon|publisher=AFL.com.au|first=Gemma|last=Bastiani|date=24 August 2024|accessdate=25 August 2024}}</ref>

==Club identity and culture==
Initially, Richmond saw itself as a gentlemanly and sportsman-like club; it even went to the extent of sacking a player who used poor language. During the early 1900s, the club used the press as a forum to publicise a campaign against violence in the game, which earned the derision of some rival clubs. This image followed the club into the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] in 1908 and during the First World War the club emphasised the number of men associated with the club who had enlisted and served overseas. But the club's actions in 1916, when it voted with three other clubs seen as representative of the working class ([[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]], [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] and [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]) to continue playing football, left no doubt as to which side of the class divide that the Tigers belonged. The club's self-consciously non-confrontational image can be partly attributed to two of its long serving presidents—[[George Henry Bennett|George Bennett]] (1887–1908) and [[Frank Tudor]] (1909–1918). Both were Richmond men and respected parliamentarians who took the view that how the game was played was more important than whether the game was won.

After World War I, the club's attitude hardened as they attempted to match it with the then power clubs Collingwood and Carlton. Eventually, the Tigers became more prosaic in their approach to recruiting and training.

The Hafey era transformed Richmond into one of the most feared combinations in the then VFL. The club's football administrator, Graeme Richmond, drove the "win at all costs" mentality across the whole club, making Richmond a formidable force, winning five premierships from 1967 to 1980.

Since the Tigers' grand final appearance in 1982, the club appeared in five finals series (1995, 2001, 2013, 2014 and 2015) before winning another preliminary final and eventually breaking their Premiership drought as board and coaching instability during the 1980s and 1990s distracted the club and forced its focus away from becoming an on-field force.

The club also hosts the Korin Gamadji Institute (KGI) at Punt Road, which has delivered highly-unique and innovative leadership and well-being programming for young Indigenous boys and girls since 2008. In 2018, Richmond became the first sports club to present at the [[United Nations]] Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.<ref>[https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-04-04/richmond-invited-to-present-at-the-united-nations Richmond invited to present at the United Nations] Richmond Football Club</ref>

===Guernseys===
The club's current home jumper design is black and features a yellow sash running from the top left of the jumper to the bottom right. For away games against teams with dark coloured jumpers, the club wears a clash strip with a reverse of this design, a black sash on a yellow base. In its first season, Richmond wore a blue jumper with a thin yellow-and-black sash running from right to left. Between 2011 and 2016, the club guernseys were manufactured by sportswear company [[KooGa|BLK]], who were known as KooGa Australia prior to 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-10-21/richmond-renews-partnership-with-blk |title=Richmond renews partnership with BLK |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 October 2013 |website=Richmond Football Club |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> before it went into receivership in November 2016. [[Puma SE|Puma]] manufactures the club's on-and-off field apparel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-12-01/richmond-partner-with-puma|title=Richmond partner with world leading sports brand PUMA|publisher=richmondfc.com.au|date=1 December 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> With the change to [[Puma SE|Puma]], the yellow used is reasonably lighter than the sash seen in the past few years.

====Uniform evolution====
Richmond's uniform changes throughout their history.
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===Song===
Prior to 1962, the Richmond Football Club did not have an official club song. Instead, on away trips players would sing from a large collection of well-known ditties like "With a Hat on One Side",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartlett |first1=Rhett |title=Richmond F.C "The Tigers" |date=2019 |publisher=Slattery Media Group |location=Australia |isbn=9780958029063 |pages=85 |edition=3rd |chapter=William "Polly" Perkins}}</ref> and "Barefoot Days".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartlett |first1=Rhett |title=Richmond F.C "The Tigers" |date=2019 |publisher=Slattery Media Group |location=Australia |isbn=9780958029063 |pages=168 |chapter=Jack Malcomson}}</ref> A record, endorsed or officially adopted by the club, was released in the 1950s by The Thinmen and The Party Allstars called "Onward the Tigers" (before 1962),<ref>{{cite web |title=Onward the Tigers |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/583390/onward-the-tigers |website=Richmond Football Club|date=6 April 2020 }}</ref> set to the tune of the traditional Australian [[bush ballad]] "[[Waltzing Matilda]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbu_9mip7sU | title=Onward the tigers | date=28 February 2011 | via=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> In 1962, Jack Malcomson, a cabaret singer, tapdancer, and bit actor,<ref>{{cite web |first=Rhett |last=Bartlett |title=Jack Malcomson: The man behind the theme song |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1141298/jack-malcomson-the-man-behind-the-theme-song |publisher=Richmond Football Club |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> who was performing regularly at the Richmond Football Club Pleasant Sunday Morning events, was approached by committeeman Alf Barnett to write an official club song, so he adapted "Row, Row, Row" ([[James V. Monaco|Monaco]]/[[William Jerome|Jerome]]), a show tune from the [[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1912]], to create "We're From Tigerland". The current version of the song used by the club is a modified version of the 1972 recording performed by the Fable Singers, released for the start of season 2018; [[Richmond Football Club#Richmond Team of the Century|Richmond Team of the Century]] players [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] and [[Matthew Richardson (footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]'s voices were incorporated into the new mix.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-16 |title=Tigers tune-up for Club song |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/279351/tigers-tune-up-for-club-song |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=richmondfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0pvzvD7CY |title=Richmond Tigers Theme Song 2021 Version HQ |date=2021-07-14 |last=H |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The song replaces "skin" with "shin", which was Malcomson's original lyric.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-tunes-to-remember-20100723-10nyh.html AFL Tunes to Remember]—The Melbourne Age, 23 July 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3kvY6wzXI |title=Jack Malcomson, who wrote the Richmond Themesong in 1962, sings it at the 2002 Hall of Fame. |date=2024-05-11 |last=Rhettrospective |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In 2014, the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' named it the top club song of any AFL team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/glenn-mcfarlane/glenns-18-special-edition-we-give-you-the-definitive-ranking-of-the-afl-club-songs/news-story/4e67021bc1849696bbff4674e00b5fb0|last1=MacFarlane|first1=Glenn|title=Every AFL song ranked from best to worst|website=Herald Sun|year=2014|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> "Tigerland" is noted for the line "Yellow and black", which fans of the club shout when the song is performed at games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/04/03/worst-best-definitive-ranking-afl-club-songs|title=Worst to Best: The definitive ranking of AFL club songs|website=SBS|last1=Manovic|first1=Adam|date=10 April 2019|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>

: ''Oh, we're from Tigerland''
: ''A fighting fury, we're from Tigerland''
: ''In any weather, you will see us with a grin''
: ''Risking head and shin''
: ''If we're behind, then never mind''
: ''We'll fight and fight and win''
: ''For we're from Tigerland''
: ''We never weaken 'till the final siren's gone''
: ''Like the tiger of old''
: ''We're strong and we're bold''
: ''For we're from Tiger''
: ''Yellow and black''
: ''We're from Tigerland''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/club-song |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=richmondfc.com.au}}</ref>

==Stadium==
[[File:MelbourneCricketGround.jpg|thumb|The MCG, Richmond's home ground since 1965]]
[[File:David Mandie building 25.05.19.jpg|thumb|The David Mandie building at Punt Road Oval is home to Richmond's training facilities and administrative headquarters.]]
The club's home ground is the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (MCG), where the team plays most of their home matches in the regular season. The MCG has a capacity of 100,024 and the club usually draws large attendances against [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] clubs, particularly rivals such as [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]], [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] and [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]].

The club also played select home games against local and interstate clubs with smaller supporter bases at [[Docklands Stadium]] in Melbourne. Between 2011 and 2025 it played one home game per year at the ground. In 2026 the club moved its Docklands Stadium home game to [[Bellerive Oval]] in [[Hobart]], Tasmania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1927445/richmond-to-play-a-home-game-in-tasmania|title=Richmond to play a home game in Tasmania|date=10 November 2025|work=richmondfc.com.au}}</ref>

Richmond's training ground and base of operations is located at the [[Punt Road Oval]], currently branded as the Swinburne Centre, located a few hundred metres from the MCG.

==Administration and corporate==
'''Club administration since 1908'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/History/ClubOfficials/tabid/7676/default.aspx |title=Club Officials |access-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221140320/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/History/ClubOfficials/tabid/7676/default.aspx |archive-date=21 February 2011  }}</ref>

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|+Richmond Football Club administration since 1977
! Year !! President !! Chief Executive Officer !! Treasurer
|-
|2025-
|John O'Rourke
|Shane Dunne
|Tina De Young
|-
|2023-2024
|John O'Rourke
|[[Brendon Gale]]
|Tina De Young
|-
|2018–2022
|[[Peggy O'Neal (lawyer)|Peggy O'Neal]]
|[[Brendon Gale]]
|Tina De Young
|-
| 2013–2018 || [[Peggy O'Neal (lawyer)|Peggy O'Neal]] || [[Brendon Gale]]|| Robert Dalton
|-
| 2010–2012 || Gary March || [[Brendon Gale]] || Robert Dalton
|-
! Year !! President !! General manager !! Treasurer
|-
| 2006–2009 || Gary March || Steve Wright || Garry Cameron
|-
| 2005 || Clinton Casey [[Gary March]] || Steve Wright || Garry Cameron
|-
| 2004 || Clinton Casey || Ian Campbell <br /> Steve Wright || Garry Cameron
|-
| 2003 || Clinton Casey || Ian Campbell || Garry Cameron
|-
| 2001–2002 || Clinton Casey || Mark Brayshaw || Garry Cameron
|-
| 2000 || Clinton Casey || [[Mark Brayshaw]] || Terry Grigg
|-
| 1999 || Leon Daphne || Jim Malone || Terry Grigg
|-
| 1995–1998 || Leon Daphne || Jim Malone || Keith Miller
|-
| 1994 || Leon Daphne || Cameron Schwab [[Mal Brown]], Jim Malone || Keith Miller
|-
| 1993 || Neville Crowe <br />Leon Daphne || Cameron Schwab || Keith Miller
|-
| 1991–1992 || Neville Crowe || Cameron Schwab || Keith Miller
|-
| 1989–1990 || Neville Crowe || Cameron Schwab || Michael Humphris
|-
| 1988 || Neville Cowe || Richard Doggett [[Cameron Schwab]] || Michael Humphris
|-
| 1987 || [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]] <br /> [[Neville Crowe]] || Richard Doggett || Michael Humphris
|-
| 1986 || Bill Durham || Kevin Dixon <br />Richard Doggett || John McCormack <br /> Michael Humphris
|-
| 1985 || Ian Wilson <br />[[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]] || Kevin Dixon || John McCormack
|-
| 1981–1984 || Ian Wilson || Kevin Dixon || Ron Carson
|-
| 1980 || Ian Wilson || Richard Doggett || Richard Doggett
|-
| 1979 || Ian Wilson || Gareth Andrews <br />Richard Doggett || Gareth Andrews <br /> Richard Doggett
|-
| 1978 || Ian Wilson || Gareth Andrews || Gareth Andrews
|}
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:90%;"
|+Richmond Football Club administration until 1977
! Year !! President !! Secretary !! Treasurer
|-
| 1977 || Ian Wilson || Max Scales,[[Gareth Andrews]]
| Max Scales,
Gareth Andrews
|-
| 1974–1976 || Ian Wilson || Alan Schwab || Alan Schwab
|-
| 1973 || Al Board || Alan Schwab || Alan Schwab
|-
| 1972 || Al Board || Alan Schwab || Pat Kennelly <br /> Alan Schwab
|-
| 1971 || Ray Dunn <br /> Al Board || Alan Schwab || Pat Kennelly
|-
| 1970 || Ray Dunn || Alan Schwab || Ron Carson
|-
| 1969 || Ray Dunn || Alan Schwab || Graeme Richmond
|-
| 1968 || Ray Dunn || Graeme Richmond <br /> Alan Schwab || Ron Carson <br /> Graeme Richmond
|-
| 1966–1967 || Ray Dunn || Graeme Richmond || Ron Carson
|-
| 1965 || Ray Dunn || Graeme Richmond || Graeme Richmond
|-
| 1964 || [[Ray Dunn]] || Graeme Richmond || I Cameron
|-
| 1963 || Maurie Fleming || Graeme Richmond || Bill Tymms
|-
| 1962 || Maurie Fleming || Bill Tymms <br /> [[Graeme Richmond]] || Bill Tymms
|-
| 1960–1961 || Maurie Fleming || Bill Tymms || Bill Tymms
|-
| 1959 || Maurie Fleming || [[Bill Tymms]] || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1958 || Harry Dyke <br /> [[Maurie Fleming]] || Bill Tymms || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1956–1957 || Harry Dyke || Bill Tymms || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1955 || Harry Dyke || Hector Lingwood-Smith <br /> Bill Tymms || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1953–1954 || Harry Dyke || Maurie Fleming || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1952 || Harry Dyke || Maurie Fleming <br /> Hector Lingwood-Smith || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1950–1951 || Harry Dyke || Maurie Fleming || Bill Quinn
|-
| 1949 || Harry Dyke || Maurie Fleming || Jack Smith <br /> Bill Quinn
|-
| 1947–1948 || Harry Dyke || Maurie Fleming || Jack Smith
|-
| 1940–1946 || Harry Dyke || [[Maurie Fleming]] || Charlie Turner
|-
| 1939 || [[Barney Herbert]] || [[Maurie Sheahan]] || Charlie Turner
|-
| 1938 || Lou Roberts || John Smith || Charlie Turner
|-
| 1937 || Lou Roberts || John Smith || George Smith
|-
| 1936 || Lou Roberts || John Smith || Jos Langdon
|-
| 1932–1935 || [[Barney Herbert]] || John Smith || Jos Langdon
|-
| 1925–1931 || Jack Archer || Percy Page || Jos Langdon
|-
| 1924 || Jack Archer || Percy Page || Abe Aarons
|-
| 1921–1923 || Alf Wood || Bill Maybury || Abe Aarons
|-
| 1919–1920 || Alf Wood || Bill Maybury || Jack Archer
|-
| 1917–1918 || Frank Tudor || Bill Maybury || Jack Archer
|-
| 1913–1916 || Frank Tudor || Bill Lohse || Jack Archer
|-
| 1912 || Frank Tudor|| [[George Beachcroft]] || James MacDermott
|-
| 1909–1911 || [[Frank Tudor]] || Andrew Manzie || Archie McNair
|-
| 1908 || [[George Henry Bennett|George Bennett]] || [[Andrew Manzie]] || Archie McNair
|}
|}

===Supporter base===
Richmond has a large supporter base which is known for its dedication, including its personal cheer squad, who attend both home and away matches for the club.

The building of the fan base was a slow process for Richmond. In the 1890s, the club never sold more than 300 season tickets, but the following was built up with success in the [[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] and membership numbered about 2,000 at the time of admission to the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] in 1908. Between the wars, the club captured the imagination of the residents of [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]]. The successful Tigers were a positive motif for the oppressed working class community which suffered deprivation during the [[Great Depression]]. At this time, the Richmond community was almost half Catholic, and this demographic was reflected in the club among the players and officials.

As Melbourne dramatically spread out in the post-war years, so too did the Richmond supporters. Many were now concentrated in the eastern suburbs, which eventually formed the club's metropolitan recruiting zone. Indeed, at one point during the early development of the [[Waverley Park]] ground, the Tigers considered making the stadium its home for this reason. Following the barren period of the 1950s, Richmond was able to tap into the large number of fans by moving home matches to the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] and almost doubled attendance figures. The Tigers maintained this advantage over the other clubs until the mid-1980s, when poor administration led to a downturn in every area of the club. As the club struggled for funds, the membership plummeted from over 10,000 to under 3,000.

The greatest display of loyalty from the fans occurred during 1990. Threatened by liquidation, the supporters rallied to pay off the multimillion-dollar debt via the "Save Our Skins" campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/99801/default.aspx|title=Superb salute to Save Our Skins}}</ref> In 2011, the club launched the ''Fighting Tiger Fund'' to reduce the club's debt and to allow it to increase spending on the football department in order to be more competitive on field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-6-million-bid-to-buy-an-afl-flag/news-story/bfaefd848f37899fcd34679baeff5537|title=Tigers' $6m bid to buy a flag|date=9 February 2011|website=Herald Sun}}</ref>
[[File:RFC commemorative football 2013.jpg|thumb|RFC commemorative football 2013]]
In 2013, the club launched ''The Roar is Back'' membership promotion aiming at signing up 60,000 members in a season for the first time ever. Following a successful campaign, on 24 June 2013, Richmond chief executive [[Brendon Gale]] confirmed that membership had passed 60,000.<ref>[http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2012-11-06/the-roar-is-back The Roar is Back. Richmond launches its 2013 membership theme | RFC website 6 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013]</ref><ref name="membership">[http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/on-and-off-field-tigers-are-burning-bright-20130624-2osxt.html On and off field, Tigers are burning bright | The Age 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013]</ref> The club created a limited edition commemorative [[Sherrin]] football to celebrate the achievement, and it was distributed free to families at the 'Thank you for 60,000 members BBQ/Training Morning' at Punt Road Oval on 29 June 2013. The official membership total for 2013 was 60,321.<ref>[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-08-22/membership-up-in-2013 Despite the drama, Bomber fans sign on | AFL website 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013]</ref>

For statistical purposes, 30 June is the cut-off date for membership numbers, although it does continue to sell memberships. In 2013, after 30 June, the club commenced bundling 2013 and 2014 membership years into a special "Sign up as a member for 2014 and get the rest of 2013 free!" offer.<ref>[http://membership.richmondfc.com.au/ Sign up as a member for 2014 and get the rest of 2013 free! | RFC website. Retrieved 9 July 2013]</ref> The 2014 membership total of 66,122<ref name=TheAge220814>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/st-kilda-saints/st-kilda-drops-to-bottom-of-victorian-membership-table-20140822-1078b3.html |title=St Kilda drops to bottom of Victorian membership table |last1=Chenry |first1=Daniel |date=22 August 2014 |website=The Age|location=Melbourne  |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> gave Richmond the 3rd-biggest membership base in the AFL, behind Collingwood and Hawthorn (80,793 and 68,650, respectively). This record was again broken in 2015 with the club signing up 70,809 members, still ranking 3rd in total membership numbers. The club averaged the highest crowds in the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] of 49,841 in 2015; the home crowd averaged 53,236 the highest in the [[2015 AFL season]].

Following Richmond's [[2017 AFL Grand Final|2017 premiership]], the club shattered its membership record by more than 28,000 for [[2018 Richmond Football Club season|season 2018]] and became the first team to get over 100,000 members when it registered 100,726 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richmond Becomes The First AFL Club To Crack 100,000 Members |url=https://www.triplem.com.au/story/richmond-becomes-the-first-afl-club-to-crack-100-000-members-102513 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Triple M |date=7 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-01 |title=Thanks a million: New membership benchmark |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/136963/thanks-a-million-new-membership-benchmark |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}}</ref> It also had the most members of any Australian sporting team until [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]] eclipsed it in [[2022 AFL season|2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australia - AFL club memberships by club 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058317/australia-afl-club-memberships-by-club/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> Richmond has surpassed the 100,000-member mark for six years running.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=100,000 strong, six years in a row |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1386174/100000-strong-six-years-in-a-row |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=richmondfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

==== Membership ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Attendance for Richmond Football Club games
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Season
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Ticketed Members
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Ladder Position
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Finals
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Premiers
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Home Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Away Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Finals Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Season Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Total Season Attendance
|-
!scope="row" |[[2023 AFL season|2023]]
|101,349 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13|||| ||50,646||47,581||||49,180||1,131,144
|-
!scope="row" |[[2022 AFL season|2022]]
|100,535 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |7||{{ya}}|| ||46,485||39,465||35,013||42,975||980,456
|-
!scope="row" |[[2021 AFL season|2021]]
|105,084 {{increase}} || style="text-align:center;" |12||||||30,116***||37,243***||||33,705***||606,081***
|-
!scope="row" |[[2020 AFL season|2020]]
|100,420 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||3,850**||8,125**||22,470**||10,108**||161,735**
|-
|-
!scope="row" |[[2019 AFL season|2019]]
|'''103,358''' {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||59,987||41,682||77,305||54,011*||1,350,275*
|-
!scope="row" |[[2018 AFL season|2018]]
|100,726 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |1||{{ya}}|| ||'''61,175'''||47,452||93,203||'''57,554*'''||'''1,381,298*'''
|-
!scope="row"|[[2017 AFL season|2017]]
|72,669 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||55,958||37,201||'''96,436'''||52,562*||1,314,058*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2016 AFL season|2016]]
|72,278 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||41,155||40,684|| ||40,920||900,237
|-
!scope="row"|[[2015 AFL season|2015]]
|70,809 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |5||{{ya}}|| ||49,877||45,974||90,186||49,841*||1,146,335*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2014 AFL season|2014]]
|66,122 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |8||{{ya}}|| ||43,196||33,147||49,886||38,712*||890,377*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2013 AFL season|2013]]
|60,321 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |5||{{ya}}|| ||50,901||43,671||94,690||49,477*||1,137,980*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2012 AFL season|2012]]
|53,027 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||41,319||37,909|| ||39,614||871,504
|-
!scope="row"|[[2011 AFL season|2011]]
|40,184 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||42,784||38,606|| ||40,695||895,290
|-
!scope="row"|[[2010 AFL season|2010]]
|35,960 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |15||  || ||37,452||38,434|| ||37,943||834,744
|-
!scope="row"|2009
|36,985 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |15||  || ||43,165||35,822|| ||39,493||868,855
|-
!scope="row"|2008
|30,820 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||43,548||41,452|| ||42,500||935,002
|-
!scope="row"|2007
|30,044 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |16||  || ||38,255||44,400|| ||41,327||909,203
|-
!scope="row"|2006
|29,406 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||42,929||34,849|| ||38,889||855,556
|-
!scope="row"|2005
|28,029 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||35,800||37,189|| ||36,495||802,885
|-
!scope="row"|2004
|27,133 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |16||  || ||35,378||32,984|| ||34,181||751,982
|-
!scope="row"|2003
|25,101 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||35,630||39,901|| ||37,766||830,841
|-
!scope="row"|2002
|27,251 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |14||  || ||32,796||37,759|| ||35,278||776,113
|-
!scope="row"|2001
|26,501 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |4||{{ya}}|| ||46,129||42,532||66,203||46,955*||1,173,875*
|-
!scope="row"|2000
|26,869 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||44,012||33,617|| ||38,814||853,916
|-
!scope="row"|1999
|29,047 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||40,533||39,936|| ||40,235||885,159
|-
!scope="row"|1998
|27,092 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||44,307||'''48,768'''||||46,537||1,023,821
|-
!scope="row"|1997
|24,975 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||34,515||36,713|| ||35,614||783,517
|-
!scope="row"|1996
|20,308 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||38,624||38,737|| ||38,680||850,966
|-
!scope="row"|1995
|14,647 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}|| ||41,952||37,844||75,168||44,184*||1,104,607*
|-
!scope="row"|1994
|8,229 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||33,968||24,787|| ||29,377||646,301
|-
!scope="row"|1993
|9,918 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |14||  || ||24,853||23,552|| ||24,202||484,041
|-
!scope="row"|1992
|8,158|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||20,888||22,255|| ||21,572||474,575
|}

Club records in '''bold''' text.

{{sup|*}} Includes three finals in 1995, 2001, 2017, 2019; two finals in 2018 and one final in 2013, 2014, 2015. <br />
{{sup|**}} 2020 crowds were significantly affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. <br />
{{sup|***}} Crowds during the second half of the 2021 season were also significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, excluding matches in [[Perth Stadium|Perth]].

==== Cheer squad ====
The Official Richmond Cheer Squad is an organised group of passionate supporters who attend every Richmond game whether in Melbourne or interstate. There are also supporter groups located in each state of Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/fans/supporter-groups|title=Supporter Groups}}</ref>

==Club honour board==

===Premiership teams===
:See [[Richmond premiership teams]]

===Richmond Team of the Century===
In 1998, Richmond announced its Team of the 20th Century. The selection of the 22 players shows an even spread of champions from all the eras of the club: Thorp from the club's first premiership wins of 1920–21; McCormack, Strang, Titus and Dyer from the inter-war years; Rowe, Morris and Wright from the battling era after the war; Richardson and Knights from recent times. But the great days from the late 1960s to the early 1980s provide the bulk of the side: Sheedy, Green, Keane, Bourke, Barrot, Clay, Hart, Dean and Bartlett who made up the core of Tom Hafey's teams, and later success stories Weightman and Raines. Ian Stewart, named on the bench, managed selection in a team of the century at two clubs—he was named in the centre of St Kilda's team as well. Richmond has four players denoted below with an [[asterisk]] who are also members of [[AFL Team of the Century]]. This is the second-most of any club.

{{Aussie rules team | title = Richmond Team of the Century<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/TeamoftheCentury/tabid/7669/Default.aspx |title=Team of the Century – Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club |website=richmondfc.com.au |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314021736/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/TeamoftheCentury/tabid/7669/Default.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| backpocket1 = [[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]
''1967–79, 180&nbsp;cm 81k,<br /> 251 games 91 goals''
| fullback = [[Vic Thorp]]
''1910–25, 178&nbsp;cm 83k,<br /> 263 games 7 goals''
| backpocket2 = [[Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Green]]
''1966–75, 193&nbsp;cm 94k,<br /> 146 games 83 goals''
| halfbackflank1 = [[Basil McCormack]]
''1925–36, 180&nbsp;cm 80k,<br /> 199 games 1 goal''
| centrehalfback = [[Gordon Strang]]
''1931–38, 185&nbsp;cm 83k,<br /> 116 games 108 goals''
| halfbackflank2 = [[Mervyn Keane]]
''1972–84, 185&nbsp;cm 82k,<br /> 238 games 36 goals''
| wing1 = [[Francis Bourke]] *
''1967–81, 185&nbsp;cm 83k,<br /> 300 games 71 goals''
| centre = [[Bill Barrot]]
''1961–70, 180&nbsp;cm 76k,<br /> 120 games 91 goals''
| wing2 = [[Dick Clay]]
''1966–76, 185&nbsp;cm 85k,<br /> 213 games 80 goals''
| halfforwardflank1 = [[Matthew Richardson (footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
''1993–2009 , 197&nbsp;cm 103k,<br /> 282 games 800 goals''
| centrehalfforward = [[Royce Hart]] *
''1967–77, 187&nbsp;cm 86k,<br /> 187 games 369 goals''
| halfforwardflank2 = [[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Roger Dean]]
''1957–73, 175&nbsp;cm 73k,<br /> 245 games 204 goals''
| forwardpocket1 = [[Dale Weightman]]
''1978–93, 170&nbsp;cm 69k,<br /> 274 games 344 goals''
| fullforward = [[Jack Titus]]
''1926–43, 175&nbsp;cm 66k,<br /> 294 games 970 goals''
| forwardpocket2 = [[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]]
''1942–51, 188&nbsp;cm 86k,<br /> 140 games 98 goals''
| ruck = [[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]
''1946–59, 188&nbsp;cm, 102k,<br /> 195 games 127 goals''
| ruckrover = [[Jack Dyer]] * (capt)
''1931–49, 185&nbsp;cm 89k,<br /> 312 games 443 goals''
| rover = [[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
''1965–83, 175&nbsp;cm 71k,<br /> 403 games 778 goals''
| interchange1 = [[Des Rowe]]
''1946–57, 182&nbsp;cm 83k,<br /> 175 games 24 goals''
| interchange2 = [[Geoff Raines]]
''1976–82, 180&nbsp;cm 78k,<br /> 134 games 53 goals''
| interchange3 = [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] *
''1971–75, 180&nbsp;cm 78k,<br /> 78 games 55 goals''
| interchange5 = 
| interchange6 =
| coach = [[Tom Hafey]]
''Coached 248 games – Won 173, lost 73, Drawn 2''}}

===Australian Football Hall of Fame members===
As legends of the game:
*[[Jack Dyer]] (inaugural "Legend")
*[[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
*[[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]
*[[Royce Hart]]
*[[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]
As players of the game:
*[[Percy Bentley]]
*[[Francis Bourke]]
*[[Dan Minogue]]
*[[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]]
*[[Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)|Charlie Pannam]]
*[[Vic Thorp]]
*[[Jack Titus]]
*[[Dale Weightman]]
*[[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]
*[[Matthew Richardson (footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
*[[Maurice Rioli]]

As coaches of the game:
*[[Tom Hafey]]
*[[Frank 'Checker' Hughes]]

===Richmond Hall of Fame===
The Richmond 'Hall of Fame' was created in 2002, with 24 inaugural inductees. Since then there have been a further twelves batches of inductees added, most recently in 2023, for a total of 69 members. Below is a list of members, their contributions to the club, and the year they were inducted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond Hall of Fame |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/tabid/7638/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317035606/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/tabid/7638/Default.aspx |archive-date=17 March 2007 |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |publisher=[[Australian Football League]] |access-date=9 June 2019 |year=2007}}</ref><ref name="RFCHOF">{{cite web |title=Welcome To Tigerland: Hall of Fame |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |website=RFC Official Site |publisher=[[Australian Football League]] |access-date=9 June 2019 |archive-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603160703/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TAHOF">{{cite web |last1=Bartlett |first1=Rhett |last2=Ruddell |first2=Trevor |title=Richmond Hall of Fame |url=https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Richmond+Hall+of+Fame |website=Tigerland Archive: Richmond Football Club history (1885 – Now) |access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> To date, nine Richmond "''Immortals''" have been named, the highest level of honour within the Hall of Fame. The first of these was [[Jack Dyer]], who was immediately made an 'immortal' upon his induction into the Hall of Fame in 2002, the year before his death.<ref name="dean-immortal">{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Tony |title=Roger Dean honoured as Tiger 'Immortal' |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-03-15/roger-dean-honoured-as-tiger-immortal |website=Richmond FC Official Site |publisher=[[Australian Football League]] |access-date=4 June 2019 |date=15 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="titus-immortal">{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Tony |title=Jack Titus elevated to Richmond 'Immortal' |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-03-15/jack-titus-elevated-to-richmond-immortal-?camefrom=EMCL_2794945_132024951 |website=Richmond FC Official Site |publisher=[[Australian Football League]] |access-date=29 May 2019 |date=15 March 2019}}</ref>

The ''Immortals'' are highlighted in yellow in the table below and have their names in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Richmond Hall of Fame inductees
|-
!scope="col" style="width: 120px; text-align:left;" | Name
!scope="col" style="width: 80px; text-align:left;" | Category
!scope="col" style="text-align:left;" | Career (at Richmond)
!scope="col" style="width: 110px; text-align:center;" | Year Inducted
!scope="col" style="width: 110px; text-align:center;" | Year 'Immortal'
|-
| data-sort-value="Baggot, Jack"|[[Jack Baggott]]
| Player
| 1927–35
| style="text-align:center; | 2019
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Balme, Neil"|[[Neil Balme]]
| Player
| 1970–79 (player), 2017–current (administration)
| style="text-align:center; | 2010
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Barrot, Bill"|[[Bill Barrot]]
| Player
| 1961–70
| style="text-align:center; | 2007
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Bartlett, Kevin"|'''[[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]'''
| Player
| 1965–83 (player), 1988–91 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; |2004
|-
| data-sort-value="Bentley, Percy"|[[Percy Bentley]]
| Player
| 1925–40 (player), 1934–40 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Bolger, Martin"|[[Martin Bolger]]
| Player
| 1930–39 (player), 1940–75 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2005
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Bourke, Francis"|'''[[Francis Bourke]]'''
| Player
| 1967–81 (player), 1982–83 (coach), 1992–94 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2005
|-
| data-sort-value="Bowden, Joel"|[[Joel Bowden]]
| Player
| 1996–09
| style="text-align:center; | 2022
| data-sort-value="9999"| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Branton, Ron"|[[Ron Branton]]
| Player
| 1953–62
| style="text-align:center; | 2006
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Campbell, Wayne"|[[Wayne Campbell]]
| Player
| 1991–2005
| style="text-align:center; | 2013
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Clay, Dick"|'''[[Dick Clay]]'''
| Player
| 1966–76 (player), 1985 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2023
|-
| data-sort-value="Cloke, David"|[[David Cloke]]
| Player
| 1974–82, 1990–91
| style="text-align:center; | 2007
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Dean, Roger"|'''[[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Roger Dean]]'''
| Player
| 1957–73 (player)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2019
|-
| data-sort-value="Don, Donald"|[[Donald Don]]
| Player
| 1917–28
| style="text-align:center; | 2015
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Dyer, Jack"|'''[[Jack Dyer]]'''
| Player
| 1931–49 (player), 1941–52 (coach), 1949–53, 1956–63 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
|-
| data-sort-value="Edmond, Alec"|[[Alec Edmond]]
| Player
| 1899–1907
| style="text-align:center; | 2007
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Free, Tony"|[[Tony Free]]
| Player
| 1987–96
| style="text-align:center; | 2019
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Geddes, Allan"|[[Allan Geddes]]
| Player
| 1925–35
| style="text-align:center; | 2007
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Green, Michael"|[[Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Green]]
| Player
| 1966–75
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Guinane, Paddy"|[[Paddy Guinane]]
| Player
| 1958–68 
| style="text-align:center; | 2023
| data-sort-value="9999"| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Hall, Clarrie"|[[Clarrie Hall]]
| Player
| 1912–22, 1924 (player), 1924–29, 1932–35 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2006
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Harris, Dick"|[[Dick Harris (Australian rules footballer)|Richard 'Dick' Harris]]
| Player
| 1934–44 (player), 1964 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Hart, Royce"|'''[[Royce Hart]]'''
| Player
| 1967–77 (player), 1977 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2008
|-
| data-sort-value="Hughes, Frank"|[[Frank 'Checker' Hughes|Frank Hughes]]
| Player
| 1914–23 (player), 1927–32 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="James, Hugh"|[[Hugh James (footballer)|Hugh James]]
| Player
| 1909–16, 1919–23
| style="text-align:center; | 2005
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Jess, Jim"|[[Jim Jess]]
| Player
| 1976–88
| style="text-align:center; | 2008
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Judkins, Stan"|[[Stan Judkins]]
| Player
| 1928–36
| style="text-align:center; | 2022
| data-sort-value="9999"| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Keane, Mervyn"|[[Mervyn Keane]]
| Player
| 1972–84
| style="text-align:center; | 2005
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Knights, Matthew"|[[Matthew Knights]]
| Player
| 1988–2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2011
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Lee, Mark"|[[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]]
| Player
| 1977–91
| style="text-align:center; | 2010
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Martin, Ray"|[[Ray Martin (Australian footballer)|Ray Martin]]
| Player
| 1930–40
| style="text-align:center; | 2010
|data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="McCormack, Basil"|[[Basil McCormack]]
| Player
| 1925–36 (player), 1955–71 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Merrett, Leo"|[[Leo Merrett]]
| Player
| 1940–49
| style="text-align:center; | 2022
| data-sort-value="9999"| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Morris, Bill"|[[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]]
| Player
| 1942–51
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Murdoch, Joe"|[[Joe Murdoch]]
| Player
| 1927–36
| style="text-align:center; | 2011
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-

| data-sort-value="Newman, Chris"|[[Chris Newman (footballer)|Chris Newman]]
| Player
| 2002–15
| style="text-align:center; | 2022
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Northey, John"|[[John Northey]]
| Player
| 1963–70 (player), 1993–95 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2011
| data-sort-value="9999"|

|-

| data-sort-value="O'Halloran, Thomas"|[[Thomas O'Halloran (Australian footballer)|Tom O'Halloran]]
| Player
| 1925–34
| style="text-align:center; | 2013
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="O'Neill, Kevin"|[[Kevin O'Neill (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin O'Neill]]
| Player
| 1930–41
| style="text-align:center; | 2008
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Oppy, Max"|[[Max Oppy]]
| Player
| 1942–54 (player), 1956 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Raines, Geoff"|[[Geoff Raines]]
| Player
| 1976–82
| style="text-align:center; | 2008
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Richardson, Matthew"|[[Matthew Richardson (footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
| Player
| 1993–2009
| style="text-align:center; | 2015
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Roach, Michael"|[[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]
| Player
| 1977–89
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Rowe, Des"|[[Des Rowe]]
| Player
| 1946–57 (player), 1961–63 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Rowe, Havel"|[[Havel Rowe]]
| Player
| 1948–57
| style="text-align:center; | 2015
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Rowlings, Barry"|[[Barry Rowlings]]
| Player
| 1979–86
| style="text-align:center; | 2015
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Sheedy, Kevin"|[[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]
| Player
| 1967–79
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Smith, Jimmy"|[[James Smith (Australian rules footballer)|Jimmy Smith]]
| Player
| 1917–26
| style="text-align:center; | 2023
| data-sort-value="9999"| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Stewart, Ian"|[[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]
| Player
| 1971–75
| style="text-align:center; | 2013
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Thorp, Vic"|'''[[Vic Thorp]]'''
| Player
| 1910–25 (player), 1927–35 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2015
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Titus, Jack"|'''[[Jack Titus]]'''
| Player
| 1926–43 (player), 1965 (coach) 1944–77 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2019
|-
| data-sort-value="Walsh, Wayne"|[[Wayne Walsh]]
| Player
| 1968, 1972–78
| style="text-align:center; | 2013
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Weightman, Dale"|[[Dale Weightman]]
| Player
| 1978–93
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wood, Bryan"|[[Bryan Wood]]
| Player
| 1972–82
| style="text-align:center; | 2006
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wright, Roy"|[[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]
| Player
| 1946–59
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|- style="background:#FEFC75;"
| data-sort-value="Hafey, Tom"|'''[[Tom Hafey]]'''
| Servant
| 1953–58 (player), 1966–76 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| style="text-align:center; | 2003
|-
| data-sort-value="Minogue, Dan"|[[Dan Minogue]]
| Servant
| 1920–25 (player), 1920–25 (coach)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Backhouse, Charlie"|[[Charlie Backhouse]]
| Servant
| 1891–1905 (player), 1894, 1900, 1902 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Callandar, Charlie"|[[Charlie Callander]]
| Servant
| 1924–86 (property steward/admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Charles, James"|[[James Charles (footballer)|James Charles]]
| Servant
| 1885–88, 1896 (founder/admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Cooke, Allan"|[[Allan Cooke]]
| Servant
| 1949–58 (player), 1967–84 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2006
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Crowe, Neville"|[[Neville Crowe]]
| Servant
| 1957–67 (player), 1987–93 (admin/president)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Dunn, Ray"|[[Ray Dunn]]
| Servant
| 1940–71 (admin/president)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Herbert, Barney"|[[Barney Herbert]]
| Servant
| 1909–12, 1914–21 (player), 1932–35, 1939 (admin/president)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Jewell, Tony"|[[Tony Jewell (footballer)|Tony Jewell]]
| Servant
| 1964–70 (player), 1979–81, 1986–87 (coach), 1994–2003 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Richardson, Barry"|[[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]]
| Servant
| 1965–74 (player), 1977–78 (coach), 1985 (president)
| style="text-align:center; | 2004
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Richmond, Graeme"|[[Graeme Richmond]]
| Servant
| 1962–86 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wills, Alice"|[[Alice Wills]]
| Servant
| 1950–81 (?) (supporter groups/admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2002
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Wilson, Ian"|[[Ian Wilson (football administrator)|Ian Wilson]]
| Servant
| 1969–85 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2010
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|-
| data-sort-value="Gale, Brendon"|[[Brendon Gale]]
| Servant
| 1990-2001 (player), 2009–24 (admin)
| style="text-align:center; | 2024
| data-sort-value="9999"|
|}

==="100 Tiger Treasures"===
During the centenary season the tigers announced their '''100 Tiger Treasures''' consisting of 10 awards, each with 10 nominees given by the Richmond Football Club in 2008 to celebrate their [[2008 AFL season|centenary year]] of competition in the [[VFL/AFL]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/history/100-tiger-treasures |title=100 Tiger Treasures |website=richmondfc.com.au |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303053003/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/club/history/100-tiger-treasures |archive-date=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The awards were mostly given to players but also club moments and campaigns. On Saturday, 28 June {{AFL Ric}} held a centenary celebration at [[Punt Road Oval]] before the centenary game at the [[MCG]] against arch rivals {{AFL Car}} later that day.

{| class="wikitable"
|+100 Tiger Treasures awardees
!scope="col"|Award
!scope="col"|Winner
!scope="col"|Nominees
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Best Individual Performance of the Century
|'''[[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]'''
"Put his unique stamp on the [[1980 VFL season#Finals|1980 finals series]], kicking 21 goals as a half-forward in Richmond's three appearances, including seven in [[1980 VFL Grand Final|the Grand Final]] massacre of [[Collingwood Football Club|the Magpies]], which earned him the [[Norm Smith Medal]] for being best afield."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Jack Titus]]
* [[Doug Strang]]
* [[Jack Dyer]]
* [[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]
* [[Tommy Hafey]]
* [[Bill Barrot]]
* [[Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Green]]
* [[David Cloke]]
* [[Matthew Knights]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Class of the Century
|'''[[Royce Hart]]'''
"Thrilled Tiger fans for a decade with his match-winning exploits at centre half-forward. His dominance up forward was a major factor in the Club's run of four premierships from 1967–74. He was an extraordinary mark, a deadeye shot for goal, very courageous and, when the ball hit the ground, he swooped on it like a rover."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Vic Thorp]]
* [[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]]
* [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]
* [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
* [[Dick Clay]]
* [[Paul Sproule]]
* [[Geoff Raines]]
* [[Dale Weightman]]
* [[Maurice Rioli]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|The Strong & the Bold
|'''[[Jack Dyer]]'''
"No player in the history of the game epitomises his club more than the man known as 'Captain Blood'. He struck fear into the hearts and minds of all opposition players during the 1930s and 40s. Was renowned for his bone-jarring shirtfronts, which left many an opponent bloodied, battered and bruised. He bled for the Tigers and expected his teammates to do likewise."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Basil McCormack]]
* [[Percy Bentley]]
* [[Max Oppy]]
* [[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Roger Dean]]
* [[Martin Bolger]]
* [[Des Rowe]]
* [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
* [[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]
* [[Francis Bourke]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Defining Moment
|'''Save Our Skins'''
"On 15 August 1990, Richmond announced that it needed to raise $1 million by 31 October that year, or it would cease to exist. The Save Our Skins campaign was immediately established to keep the Tigers alive. With Club president [[Neville Crowe]] as the figurehead, the SOS campaign did exactly what it set out to achieve, raising the necessary funds to stave off the threat of extinction."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[1908 VFL season|Joining The VFL]]
* [[#Guernseys|The Sash]]
* [[1920 VFL season|First Premiership]]
* Eat 'Em Alive
* [[Jack Dyer]]'s Debut
* [[#Song|The Theme Song]]
* [[1965 VFL season|Move to the MCG]]
* [[Tommy Hafey]]'s Appointment As Coach
* [[1967 VFL season|Breaking The Drought In '67]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Servant of the Century
|'''[[Graeme Richmond]]'''
"Graeme Richmond filled a variety of important roles at Tigerland over more than 30 years of devoted service. He was a shrewd, ruthless administrator, who never wasted an opportunity that could benefit his beloved Tigers. His strength lay in his relentless persuasiveness—he was a masterly recruiter and negotiator. And, as a speaker, arguably there have been none finer in league football history."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Charlie Callander]]
* [[Charlie Priestley]]
* [[Ray Dunn]]
* Alan Schwab
* [[Allan Cooke]]
* [[Maurie Fleming]]
* [[Neville Crowe]]
* [[Alice Wills]]
* Ian Wilson
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Brave Act of the Century
|'''[[Francis Bourke]]'''
"Bourke collided with teammate [[Stephen Mount]] in a tense Round 21, 1980 clash with {{AFL NM}} at [[Arden Street Oval|Arden Street]] and had trouble seeing because of the blood streaming down his face. He was subsequently moved from full-back to the opposite end of the ground, where he immediately made his presence felt, taking a diving chest mark and slotting through a crucial goal."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Bill Burns (footballer)|Bill Burns]]
* [[George Smeaton (footballer)|George Smeaton]]
* [[Eric Moore (Australian rules footballer, born 1948)|Eric Moore]]
* [[Francis Bourke]]
* [[Royce Hart]]
* [[Laurie Fowler]]
* [[Robert Lamb (footballer)|Robert Lamb]]
* [[Tony Free]]
* [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Premiership of the Century
|'''[[1967 VFL season|1967]]'''
"Richmond, under coach [[Tommy Hafey]], finished the [[1967 VFL season|1967 home-and-away season]] on top. The Tigers disposed of [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] by 40 points in the second-semi, then faced up to a star-studded [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] combination in [[1967 VFL Grand Final|the Grand Final]]. At the end of a spectacular contest, Richmond had broken a 24-year premiership drought. [[Bill Barrot|Barrot]], [[Billy Brown (Australian footballer)|Brown]], [[Royce Hart|Hart]], [[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Dean]] and [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Bartlett]] starred, while unsung hero [[John Ronaldson|Ronaldson]] kicked three vital goals."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[1920 VFL season|1920]]
* [[1921 VFL season|1921]]
* [[1932 VFL season|1932]]
* [[1934 VFL season|1934]]
* [[1943 VFL season|1943]]
* [[1969 VFL season|1969]]
* [[1973 VFL season|1973]]
* [[1974 VFL season|1974]]
* [[1980 VFL season|1980]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Mark of the Century
|'''[[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]'''
"The superstar full-forward was a noted high-flyer during his 200-game career at Tigerland, but the mark he took against {{AFL Haw}} at the [[MCG]] in 1979 was, almost literally, out of this world. 'Roachy' actually rose so high over a huge nest of Hawk players, he ended up making it a chest mark!"
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Thomas O'Halloran (Australian footballer)|Thomas O'Halloran]]
* [[Royce Hart]]
* [[Malcolm Greenslade]]
* [[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]]
* [[Bryan Wood]]
* [[Geoff Raines]]
* [[Michael Mitchell (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Mitchell]]
* [[David Bourke]]
* [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Goal of the Century
|'''[[Michael Mitchell (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Mitchell]]'''
"The little Tiger excitement machine decided to take off on a bit of a trot during the team's final home-and-away match of the [[1990 AFL season|1990 season]], against [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]]. After gathering the ball deep in defence, 'Mitch' took one bounce, then another, and then five more (seven in total), before calmly drilling home an incredibly inspirational goal."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[John Ronaldson]]
* [[Bill Barrot]]
* [[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]
* [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]
* [[Jimmy Jess]]
* [[Matthew Knights]]
* [[Joel Bowden]]
* [[Nathan G. Brown|Nathan Brown]]
* [[Chris Newman (Australian rules footballer)|Chris Newman]]
}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;"|Controversy of the Century
|'''Windy Hill Brawl'''
"On 18 May 1974, all hell broke loose at half-time of Richmond's clash with {{AFL Ess}} at [[Windy Hill, Essendon|Windy Hill]] as the players were leaving the field . . . A massive brawl erupted, involving players and officials of both clubs. Following a league investigation, several players and officials received suspensions, the heaviest being for [[Graeme Richmond]], who was rubbed out until 31 December and also fined $2000."
|{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Dean]]/[[Ron Barassi|Barassi]] Incident in 1963
* [[Neville Crowe|Crowe]]/[[John Nicholls (footballer)|Nicholls]] Incident in 1967 Second-Semi
* [[Bill Barrot|Barrot]]/[[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Stewart]] Swap
* [[Neil Balme]]'s Rampage, [[1973 VFL Grand Final|1973 Grand Final]]
* [[John Pitura]] Trade
* [[Tony Jewell (footballer)|Jewell]]/[[Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)|Jones]] Quarter-Time Brawl
* 1980's Trade Wars With {{AFL Col}}
* [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]]'s Brisbane Plan
* [[Jeff Hogg]] Trade
}}
|}

===Captains===
{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|
*[[Toby Nankervis]] 2024–today
*[[Dylan Grimes]] & [[Toby Nankervis]] 2022–2023
*[[Trent Cotchin]] 2013–21
*[[Chris Newman (Australian rules footballer)|Chris Newman]] 2009–12
*[[Kane Johnson]] 2005–08
*[[Wayne Campbell]] 2001–04
*[[Matthew Knights]] 1997–00
*[[Tony Free]] 1994–96
*[[Jeff Hogg]] 1993
*[[Dale Weightman]] 1988–92
*[[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]] 1985–87
*[[Barry Rowlings]] 1983–84
*[[David Cloke]] 1982
*[[Bryan Wood]] 1981
*[[Bruce Monteath]] 1980
*[[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] 1979
*[[Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)|Kevin Sheedy]] 1978
*[[Francis Bourke]] 1976–77
*[[Royce Hart]] 1972–75
*[[Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer)|Roger Dean]] 1968–71
*[[Fred Swift]] 1967
*[[Neville Crowe]] 1963–66
*[[Ron Branton]] 1960–62
*[[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]] 1958–59
*[[Des Rowe]] 1952–57
*[[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]] 1950–51
*[[Jack Dyer]] 1941–49
*[[Percy Bentley]] 1932–40
*[[Maurie Hunter]] 1931
*[[Allan Geddes]] 1930
*[[Cyril Lilburne]] 1929
*[[Allan Geddes]] 1927–28
*[[Mel Morris]] 1926
*[[Dan Minogue]] 1920–25
*[[Bill Thomas (Australian footballer)|Bill Thomas]] 1919
*[[Clarrie Hall]] 1918
*[[Percy Maybury]] 1917
*[[Bill Thomas (Australian footballer)|Bill Thomas]] 1914–16
*[[Hugh James (footballer)|Hugh James]] 1913
*[[Ted Ohlson]] 1912
*[[Len Incigneri]] 1911
*[[Billy Schmidt]] 1910
*[[Dick Condon]]/[[John Lawson (Australian rules footballer)|John Lawson]] 1909
*[[Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)|Charlie Pannam Snr]] 1908
}}

===Coaches===
{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|
*[[Adem Yze]] 2024– 
*[[Andrew McQualter]] <small>(interim)</small> 2023 <small>(Rounds 11–23)</small>
*[[Damien Hardwick]] 2010–2023 <small>(Rounds 1–10)</small>
*[[Jade Rawlings]] 2009 <small>(Rounds 12–22)</small>
*[[Terry Wallace]] 2005–09 <small>(Rounds 1–11)</small>
*[[Danny Frawley]] 2000–04
*[[Jeff Gieschen]] 1997–99
*[[Robert Walls]] 1996–97
*[[John Northey]] 1993–95
*[[Allan Jeans]] 1992
*[[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] 1988–91
*[[Tony Jewell (footballer)|Tony Jewell]] 1986–87
*[[Paul Sproule]] 1985
*[[Mike Patterson (footballer)|Mike Patterson]] 1984
*[[Francis Bourke]] 1982–83
*[[Tony Jewell (footballer)|Tony Jewell]] 1979–81
*[[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]] 1977–78
*[[Verdun Howell]] 1971
*[[Tom Hafey]] 1966–76
*[[Jack Titus]] 1965
*[[Len Smith (footballer, born 1912)|Len Smith]] 1964–65
*[[Dick Harris (Australian rules footballer)|Dick Harris]] 1964
*[[Des Rowe]] 1961–63
*[[Alan McDonald (Australian rules footballer)|Alan McDonald]] 1957–60
*[[Max Oppy]] 1956
*[[Alby Pannam]] 1953–55
*[[Jack Dyer]] 1941–52
*[[Percy Bentley]] 1934–40
*[[Billy Schmidt]] 1933
*[[Frank 'Checker' Hughes]] 1927–32
*[[Mel Morris]] 1926
*[[Dan Minogue]] 1920–25
*[[Norm Clark]] 1919
*[[Bernie Nolan (footballer)|Bernie Nolan]] 1918
*[[Percy Maybury]] 1917
*[[Charlie Ricketts]] 1914–16
*[[Ern Jenkins]] 1913
*[[Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)|Charlie Pannam Sr]] 1912
*[[Len Incigneri]] 1911
*[[Alex Hall (Australian footballer)|Alex 'Joker' Hall]] 1910
*[[Dick Condon]] 1908–09
}}

==Records==
===Club records and achievements===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Premierships'''
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! style="width: 210px;" | Competition
! style="width: 145px;" | Team
!Wins
!Years Won
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"|'''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers|Seniors]]||13||[[1920 VFL Grand Final|1920]], [[1921 VFL Grand Final|1921]], [[1932 VFL Grand Final|1932]], [[1934 VFL Grand Final|1934]], [[1943 VFL Grand Final|1943]], [[1967 VFL Grand Final|1967]], [[1969 VFL Grand Final|1969]], [[1973 VFL Grand Final|1973]], [[1974 VFL Grand Final|1974]], [[1980 VFL Grand Final|1980]], [[2017 AFL Grand Final|2017]], [[2019 AFL Grand Final|2019]], [[2020 AFL Grand Final|2020]]
|-
|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|Reserves]] <small>(1919–1999)</small>||9||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1929]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1946]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1954]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1955]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1966]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1971]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1973]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Seconds/Reserves premierships|1977]], [[Victorian State Football League|1997]] 
|-
|[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|Under 19s]] <small>(1946–1991)</small>||11||[[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1958]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1967]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1968]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1969]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1970]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1973]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1975]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1977]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1980]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1985]], [[List of VFL/AFL premiers#VFL/AFL Thirds/Under-19s premierships|1989]]
|-
|rowspan=2 scope="row" style="text-align: left"|'''[[Victorian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFA/VFL premiers|Seniors]] <small>(1885–1907)</small>||2||[[1902 VFA season|1902]], [[1905 VFA season|1905]]
|-
|[[List of VFA/VFL premiers|Reserves]] <small>(2014–present)</small>||1||[[2019 VFL season|2019]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Other titles and honours'''
|-
||'''[[McClelland Trophy]]'''||Seniors||8||[[1967 VFL season|1967]], [[1972 VFL season|1972]], [[1973 VFL season|1973]], [[1974 VFL season|1974]] [[1975 VFL season|1975]], [[1977 VFL season|1977]], [[1982 VFL season|1982]], [[2018 AFL season|2018]]
|-
|'''[[Championship of Australia]]'''||Seniors||3||[[1969 Championship of Australia|1969]], [[1973 Championship of Australia|1973]], [[1974 Championship of Australia|1974]]
|-
|'''[[VFL Night Series]]'''||Seniors||1||[[1962 Night Series Cup|1962]]
|-
|'''[[Lightning football#Top level lightning premiership winners|Lightning Premiership]]'''||Seniors||1||[[1953 VFL Lightning Premiership|1953]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background:#bdb76b;" align="center"| '''Finishing positions'''
|-
|rowspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align: left"| '''[[Australian Football League]]'''||[[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]]||9||[[1920 VFL season|1920]], [[1933 VFL season|1933]], [[1934 VFL season|1934]], [[1943 VFL season|1943]], [[1944 VFL season|1944]], [[1967 VFL season|1967]], [[1974 VFL season|1974]], [[1982 VFL season|1982]], [[2018 AFL season|2018]]
|-
||[[AFL Grand Final|Grand Finalist]]||11||[[1919 VFL Grand Final|1919]], [[1927 VFL Grand Final|1927]], [[1928 VFL Grand Final|1928]], [[1929 VFL Grand Final|1929]], [[1931 VFL Grand Final|1931]], [[1933 VFL Grand Final|1933]], [[1940 VFL Grand Final|1940]], [[1942 VFL Grand Final|1942]], [[1944 VFL Grand Final|1944]], [[1972 VFL Grand Final|1972]], [[1982 VFL Grand Final|1982]]
|-
||[[List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons|Wooden spoons]]||8||[[1916 VFL season|1916]], [[1917 VFL season|1917]], [[1960 VFL season|1960]], [[1987 VFL season|1987]], [[1989 VFL season|1989]], [[2004 AFL season|2004]], [[2007 AFL season|2007]], [[2024 AFL season|2024]]
|}

===Win–loss records===
{|class="wikitable"
|+Win–loss records<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/teams/richmond/overall_wl.html|title=AFL Tables – Richmond Win–loss records|website=afltables.com}}</ref>
|'''Win–loss record'''|| '''Played:''' 2,301 || '''Won:''' 1,179 &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Lost:''' 1,099 &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Drawn:''' 23 &nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|'''Highest score''' || 222 (34.18) || vs. {{AFL Stk}}, Round 16, 1980 at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]]
|-
|'''Lowest score''' || 8 (0.8) || vs. {{AFL Stk}}, Round 16, 1961 at [[Junction Oval]]
|-
|'''Greatest winning margin''' || 168 points || vs. {{AFL NM}}, Round 2, 1931 at [[Punt Road Oval]]
|-
|'''Greatest losing margin''' || 157 points || vs. {{AFL Gee}}, Round 6, 2007 at [[Telstra Dome]]
|-
|'''Biggest match attendance''' || 119,165 || vs. {{AFL Car}}, Grand Final, 1969 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
|'''Biggest home & away match attendance''' || 92,436 || vs. {{AFL Col}}, Round 4, 1977 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|}

===Career records===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"| Statistic
!scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| Seasons inclusive 
|-
!scope="row"| Most league [[Brownlow Medal|Best and Fairest awards]]
| 2 
| [[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]] 
| 1952, 1954
|-
!scope="row"| Most seasons as [[Coleman Medal|league leading goal kicker]]
| 3
| [[Jack Riewoldt]]
| 2010, 2012, 2018
|-
!scope="row"| Most All-Australian selections
| 5 || [[Alex Rance]] || 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
|-
!scope="row"| Most [[Brownlow Medal]] votes
| 191 || [[Dustin Martin]] || 2010–2024
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2|Most club [[Jack Dyer Medal|Best & Fairest awards]]
|rowspan="2"| 5
| [[Jack Dyer]] || 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946
|-
| [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1977
|-
!scope="row"| Most seasons as [[Michael Roach Medal|club leading goal-kicker]]
| 13 || [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]] || 1994, 1996–1999, 2001–2008
|-
!scope="row"| Games played
| 403 || [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || 1965–1983
|-
!scope="row"| Games played as captain
| 188 || [[Trent Cotchin]] || 2013–2022
|-
!scope="row"| Games as coach
| 274 || [[Damien Hardwick]] || 2010–''2023''
|-
!scope="row"| Goals
| 970 || [[Jack Titus]] || 1926–1943
|-
!scope="row"| Disposals
| 9151 || [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || 1965–1983
|-
!scope="row"| Kicks
| 8293 || [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || 1965–1983
|-
!scope="row"| Handballs
| 2736 || [[Dale Weightman]] || 1978–1993
|-
!scope="row"| Marks
| 2270 || [[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]] || 1993–2009
|-
!scope="row"| Tackles
| 1033 || [[Trent Cotchin]] || 2008- 2023
|-
!scope="row"| Hit Outs
| 4304 || [[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]] || 1977–1991
|-
!scope="row"| Clearances
| 1295|| [[Trent Cotchin]] || 2008–''2023''
|-
!scope="row"| Inside 50s
| 1246 || [[Dustin Martin]] || 2010–2024
|-
!scope="row"| Rebound 50s
| 1006 || [[Joel Bowden]] || 1996–2009
|-
!scope="row"| One percenters
| 1557 || [[Alex Rance]] || 2009–2019
|-
| colspan=4|Last updated 28 September 2024<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/teams/richmond.html AFL Tables].</ref>
|}

===Single-game records===
{|class="wikitable"
|+Single-game records<ref name="auto">[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/teams/richmond/playershi.html AFL Tables]. Last updated 29 September 2019</ref>
!scope="col"| Statistic
!scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| Opponent
!scope="col"| Match 
|-
!scope="row"|Goals
| 14 || [[Doug Strang]] || [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] || Round 2, 1931 at [[Punt Road Oval]]
|-
!scope="row"|Disposals
| 46 || [[Robert Wiley]] || [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] || Round 8, 1980 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"|Kicks
| 38 || [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] || Round 17, 1974 at [[Waverley Park]]
|-
!scope="row"|Handballs
| 28 || [[Nathan Foley (footballer)|Nathan Foley]] || [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]] || Round 6, 2011 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"|Marks
| 23 || [[Joel Bowden]] || [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] || Round 13, 2008 at [[Football Park]]
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=3|Tackles
|rowspan="3"| 14
| [[Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1998)|Jack Graham]] || {{AFL Car}} || Round 21, 2019 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
| [[Shane Tuck]] || [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] || Round 10, 2010 at [[Football Park]]
|-
| [[Angus Graham (footballer)|Angus Graham]] || [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] || Round 10, 2010 at [[Football Park]]
|-
!scope="row"|Hit Outs
| 56 || [[Toby Nankervis]] || [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] || Round 5, 2017 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"|Clearances
| 15 || [[Wayne Campbell]] || {{AFL Fre}} || Round 19, 2000 at [[WACA Ground]]
|-
!scope="row"|Inside 50s
| 14 || [[Kane Johnson]] || {{AFL WB}} || Round 17, 2003 at [[Docklands Stadium]]
|-
!scope="row"|Rebound 50s
| 16 || [[Joel Bowden]] || {{AFL Ade}} || Round 8, 2006 at [[Docklands Stadium]]
|-
!scope="row"|One percenters
| 19 || [[Alex Rance]] || {{AFL Gee}} || Round 21, 2016 at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|}

===Single-season records===
{|class="wikitable"
|+Single-season records<ref name="auto"/>
!scope="col"| Statistic
!scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| Season 
|-
!scope="row"|Goals
| 112 || [[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]] || 1980
|-
!scope="row"|Disposals
| 744 || [[Dustin Martin]] || 2017
|-
!scope="row"|Kicks
| 634 || [[Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]] || 1973
|-
!scope="row"|Handballs
| 320 || [[Craig Lambert]] || 1991
|-
!scope="row"|Marks
| 224 || [[Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)|Mike Green]] || 1969
|-
!scope="row"|Tackles
| 139 || [[Trent Cotchin]] || 2017
|-
!scope="row"|Hit Outs
| 711 || [[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]] || 1984
|-
!scope="row"|Clearances
| 160 || [[Dustin Martin]] || 2017
|-
!scope="row"|Inside 50s
| 159 || [[Nick Daffy]] || 1998
|-
!scope="row"|Rebound 50s
| 190 || [[Joel Bowden]] || 2006
|-
!scope="row"|One percenters
| 242 || [[Alex Rance]] || 2017
|}

==Individual awards==
{{Columns-start|num=3}}

'''[[Brownlow Medal|Brownlow (VFL/AFL Best & Fairest)]]'''
*[[Stan Judkins]]&nbsp;– 1930
*[[Bill Morris (Australian rules footballer)|Bill Morris]]&nbsp;– 1948
*[[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]&nbsp;– 1952, 1954
*[[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]]&nbsp;– 1971
*[[Trent Cotchin]]&nbsp;– 2012
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2017

'''[[Coleman Medal|Coleman (VFL/AFL leading goalkicker)]]'''
*[[George Bayliss]]&nbsp;– 1920
*[[Jack Titus]]&nbsp;– 1940
*[[Dick Harris (Australian rules footballer)|Dick Harris]]&nbsp;– 1943
*[[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]&nbsp;– 1980, 1981
*[[Jack Riewoldt]]&nbsp;– 2010, 2012, 2018

'''[[Norm Smith Medal|Norm Smith (Grand Final Best & Fairest)]]'''
<br />''First Awarded 1979''
*[[Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)|Kevin Bartlett]]&nbsp;– 1980
*[[Maurice Rioli]]&nbsp;– 1982
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2017, 2019, 2020

'''[[AFL Rising Star]]'''
<br />''First Awarded 1993''
*[[Brett Deledio]]&nbsp;– 2005

'''[[Mark of the Year]]'''
*[[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]&nbsp;– 1979
*[[Geoff Raines]]&nbsp;– 1982
*[[Michael Mitchell (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Mitchell]]&nbsp;– 1990
*[[Shai Bolton]] – 2021

'''[[Goal of the Year (Australia)|Goal of the Year]]'''
*[[Geoff Raines]]&nbsp;– 1984
*[[Michael Mitchell (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Mitchell]]&nbsp;– 1990
*[[Daniel Rioli]]&nbsp;– 2017
*[[Jack Higgins (Australian footballer)|Jack Higgins]]&nbsp;– 2018

{{Column}}
'''[[All-Australian team|All-Australian selection]]'''
<br />''First Awarded 1953''
*[[Des Rowe]]&nbsp;– 1956
*[[Roy Wright (footballer)|Roy Wright]]&nbsp;– 1956
*[[Neville Crowe]]&nbsp;– 1966
*[[Royce Hart]]&nbsp;– 1969
*[[David Cloke]]&nbsp;– 1979
*[[Bruce Monteath]]&nbsp;– 1979
*[[Michael Roach (footballer)|Michael Roach]]&nbsp;– 1979
*[[Jim Jess]]&nbsp;– 1980
*[[Geoff Raines]]&nbsp;– 1980
*[[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]]&nbsp;– 1980, 1983, 1985
*[[Maurice Rioli]]&nbsp;– 1983, 1986
*[[Dale Weightman]]&nbsp;– 1985, 1986, 1988
*[[Wayne Campbell]]&nbsp;– 1995, 1999
*[[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]&nbsp;– 1996, 1999, 2008
*[[Matthew Knights]]&nbsp;– 1998
*[[Andrew Kellaway (Australian rules footballer)|Andrew Kellaway]]&nbsp;– 2000
*[[Darren Gaspar]]&nbsp;– 2000, 2001
*[[Brad Ottens]]&nbsp;– 2001
*[[Joel Bowden]]&nbsp;– 2005, 2006
*[[Jack Riewoldt]]&nbsp;– 2010, 2015, 2018
*[[Trent Cotchin]]&nbsp;– 2012
*[[Brett Deledio]]&nbsp;– 2012, 2015
*[[Alex Rance]]&nbsp;– 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (captain), 2018
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
*[[Shane Edwards]]&nbsp;- 2018
*[[Dylan Grimes]]&nbsp;- 2019
*[[Bachar Houli]]&nbsp;- 2019
*[[Shai Bolton]]&nbsp;- 2022
{{Column}}

'''[[AFL Coaches Association awards|AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year]]'''
*[[Trent Cotchin]]&nbsp;– 2012
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2017

'''[[AFL Coaches Association awards|AFL Coaches Association Coach of the Year]]'''
*[[Damien Hardwick]]&nbsp;– 2017

'''[[Leigh Matthews Trophy|AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player]]'''
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2017

'''[[International Rules Series|International Rules Series representatives]]'''
<br />''Commenced 1998''
*[[Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Matthew Richardson]]&nbsp;– 1996, 1999, 2008
*[[Wayne Campbell]]&nbsp;– 1998, 1999, 2000
*[[Andrew Kellaway (Australian rules footballer)|Andrew Kellaway]]&nbsp;– 2000, 2002
*[[Darren Gaspar]]&nbsp;– 2001
*[[Brad Ottens]]&nbsp;– 2001
*[[Joel Bowden]]&nbsp;– 2001, 2004
*[[Nathan G. Brown|Nathan Brown]]&nbsp;– 2003, 2004
*[[Brett Deledio]]&nbsp;– 2005
*[[Chris Newman (Australian rules footballer)|Chris Newman]]&nbsp;– 2005
*[[Andrew Raines]]&nbsp;– 2006
*[[Jack Riewoldt]]&nbsp;– 2010
*[[Jake King]]&nbsp;– 2011
*[[Robin Nahas]]&nbsp;– 2011

'''[[22 Under 22 team|22 Under 22 team selection]]'''
*[[Alex Rance]]&nbsp;– 2012
*[[Dustin Martin]]&nbsp;– 2012, 2013
*[[Trent Cotchin]]&nbsp;– 2012
*[[Brandon Ellis]]&nbsp;– 2013, 2014, 2015
*[[Daniel Rioli]]&nbsp;– 2017
*[[Jayden Short]]&nbsp;– 2018
*[[Dan Butler (Australian footballer)|Dan Butler]]&nbsp;– 2018
*[[Sydney Stack]]&nbsp;– 2019
*[[Liam Baker]]&nbsp;– 2020
*[[Noah Balta]]&nbsp;– 2020
*[[Shai Bolton]]&nbsp;– 2021

'''Club Best & Fairest'''
:See [[Jack Dyer Medal]]

'''Club leading goalkicker'''
:See [[List of Michael Roach Medal recipients|Michael Roach Medal]]
{{Columns-end}}

==Current squad==
{{Richmond Football Club AFL personnel}}

==Reserves team==
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The '''Richmonds reserves''' are the [[Reserve team|reserves team]] of the club. The latest iteration of the side was created in 2013, and has competed in the [[Victorian Football League]] (VFL) since 2014.

===History===
[[#History|Richmond City]] and [[#History|West Richmond]] amalgamated on 2 April 1902 to become Richmond Junior League Football Club, with the Richmond Football Club offering the new club free use of its ground and facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=1902 Chronology |url=https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=1902+Chronology |publisher=Tigerland Archive}}</ref> The side, which operated independently from the senior club until 1959, first competed in the [[Victorian Junior Football Association]] before joining the [[AFL reserves|Victorian Junior Football League]] in 1919.<ref name="juniors">{{cite web |title=Reserves Life Memberships |url=https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Reserves+Life+Membership |publisher=Tigerland Archive}}</ref>

The Richmond juniors recorded its first premiership in 1929. In the following 68 years, Richmond went on to win a further eight premierships in reserve-grade football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-12-04/history-of-the-richmond-reserves|title=History of the Richmond reserves|publisher=Richmondfc.com.au|date=4 December 2013|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

The Richmond reserves joined the [[Victorian Football League]] competition after the [[AFL reserves]] was disbanded, finishing 17th at the end of their first season in [[2000 VFL season|2000]].

In 2001, the reserves side was dissolved and the club entered a [[Australian Football League reserves affiliations|reserves affiliation]] with the [[Coburg Football Club]]. This arrangement lasted from 2001 until 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/un/aspirex/vfl_history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413170921/http://www.angelfire.com/un/aspirex/vfl_history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2009|title=VFL Genealogy (See year 2000)|publisher=Angelfire.com|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

Richmond ended the affiliation at the end of 2013, seeking to re-establish a more direct developmental structure by operating a stand-alone reserves team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-set-to-walk-away-from-coburg-in-2014/story-fnelctok-1226431540421|title=Richmond set to walk away from Coburg in 2014|work=Herald Sun|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The reformed Richmond reserves team has played in the VFL since 2014, playing its home games at the [[Punt Road Oval]], with many staged as [[curtain raisers]] to the club's senior home and away games at the nearby [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/129545/vfl-curtainraiser-bonanza-for-tigers|title=VFL curtain-raiser bonanza for Tigers|website=richmondfc.com.au|date=10 December 2013 }}</ref> The team is made up of a combination of senior listed AFL players, rookie listed players and VFL exclusive contracted players.

===Premierships===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"|Year 
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Venue
|-
!scope="row"| [[1929 VFL season|1929]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Geelong Football Club#Reserves team|Geelong]] || '''12.8 (80) – 7.15 (57)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1946 VFL season|1946]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Fitzroy Football Club#Reserves team|Fitzroy]] || '''7.15 (57) – 7.14 (56)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1954 VFL season|1954]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Melbourne Football Club#Reserves team|Melbourne]] || '''10.20 (80) – 4.9 (33)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1955 VFL season|1955]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Footscray Football Club#Reserves team|Footscray]] || '''13.18 (96) – 9.12 (66)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1966 VFL season|1966]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Collingwood Football Club#Reserves team|Collingwood]] || '''14.11 (95) – 13.12 (90)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1971 VFL season|1971]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Essendon Football Club#Reserves team|Essendon]] || '''14.14 (98) – 8.18 (66)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1973 VFL season|1973]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Geelong Football Club#Reserves team|Geelong]] || '''17.18 (120) – 8.12 (60)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1977 VFL season|1977]]
| [[AFL reserves|VFL reserves]]|| [[Western Bulldogs#Reserves team|Footscray]] ||  class="nowrap"| '''19.18 (132) – 10.15 (75)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
| [[AFL reserves]]|| [[Hawthorn Football Club#Reserves team|Hawthorn]] || '''17.12 (114) – 10.10 (70)''' || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[2019 VFL season|2019]]
| [[Victorian Football League|VFL]]|| [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] || '''8.10 (58) – 7.13 (55)''' || [[Ikon Park]]
|}

===Seasons===
{{excerpt|List of Richmond Football Club seasons|section=Reserves}}

==Women's teams==
The Richmond Football Club fields a team in the premier national league for women, the [[AFL Women's]] competition. The club entered the league in 2020. For two seasons in 2018 and 2019, the club also fielded a team in the state-league level [[VFL Women's]] competition.

The program, including development pathways, is presently overseen by the women's football operations manager, [[Kate Sheahan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sheahan secures key Tiger job|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-05-30/sheahan-secures-key-tiger-job|access-date=10 November 2017|work=Richmond FC|date=30 May 2017}}</ref>

===History===
Richmond has a thin history with women's football, with the club connected to just two women's matches in the 20th century. The first occurred in 1923, with a team dubbed the "Tigresses" playing off against the club's junior men's team (Cubs) as a fundraiser for a VFL team's interstate trip. As was the case with women versus men charity matches in that era, the men's team competed in the match in full fancy dress attire and were hobbled at the knees.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 August 1923 |title=Cubs' Carnival To-day |work=Richmond Guardian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article265741912 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> In what was a non-serious affair the women's side (9.14 (68)) defeated the Cubs side (0.1 (1)).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brunette Lenkic & Rob Hess|title=Play On! – The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football|date=2016|publisher=Echo Publishing|location=Richmond, Victoria|isbn=9781760063160|page=49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=100 YEARS AGO TODAY |url=https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1692461342517817399 |via=Twitter |publisher=Rhett Bartlett}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}} In August 1933, however, an all women's match was held between teams representing the suburbs of Richmond and Carlton in a charity match. While the Carlton team was associated with the club itself, Richmond did not pair with the side that played under its moniker. The match, played at Carlton's home ground, [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]], drew an estimated crowd of 10,000 and raised funds as part of a VFL bye-week carnival for the [[Royal Melbourne Hospital]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brunette Lenkic & Rob Hess|title=Play On! – The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football|date=2016|publisher=Echo Publishing|location=Richmond, Victoria|isbn=9781760063160|page=77}}</ref>

===AFL Women's team===
In 2016, Richmond was among 13 AFL clubs to bid for licenses to compete in the soon to be formed [[AFL Women's]] competition. The club was one of five to miss out, instead being awarded provisional licenses guaranteeing access in later expansions.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Bruce|title=Eight teams named for inaugural women's league|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-15/eight-teams-named-for-inaugural-womens-league|access-date=15 June 2016|publisher=AFL Media|date=27 September 2017}}</ref> The following year they would again bid, this time winning the right to entry into the competition's fourth season, to be held in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|title=FAQ: The AFLW's expansion in 2019 and 2020|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-27/faq-the-aflws-expansion-in-2019-and-2020|access-date=27 September 2017|publisher=AFL Media|date=27 September 2017}}</ref> The club's first player signing came in the April 2019 expansion signing period, securing former {{AFLW|WB}} captain [[Katie Brennan]], who would go on to captain the club in its first season in the league.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title=Brennan a Tiger: Former Dogs' co-captain signs two-year deal|url=https://womens.afl/news/17771/brennan-a-tiger-former-dogs-co-captain-signs-two-year-deal|publisher=AFL Media|date=9 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>

====Current squad====
{{Richmond Football Club AFL Women's personnel}}

====Season summaries====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Richmond AFLW honour roll
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Season !! Ladder !! W–L–D !! Finals !! Coach !! Captain(s) !! Best and fairest !! Leading goalkicker
|- 
|[[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]]
|14th ^
|0–6–0
|DNQ
|[[Tom Hunter (coach)|Tom Hunter]]
|rowspan=7|[[Katie Brennan]]
|rowspan=7|[[Monique Conti]]
|[[Courtney Wakefield]] (4)
|- 
|[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]
|10th
|3–6–0
|DNQ
|rowspan=6|[[Ryan Ferguson (footballer)|Ryan Ferguson]]
|Katie Brennan (14)
|- 
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]]
|11th
|3–7–0
|DNQ
|Katie Brennan (14)
|- 
|[[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]]
|4th
|7–2–1
|Semi-finalists
|Courtney Wakefield (14)
|-
|[[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]]
|10th
|5–5–0
|DNQ
|Katie Brennan (14)
|-
|[[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]]
|7th
|6-4-1
|Elimination final
|Katie Brennan (13)
|-
|[[2025 AFL Women's season|2025]]
|16th
|2-10-0
|DNQ
| [[Caitlin Greiser]] (10)
|}
<small>^ Denotes the ladder was split into two conferences. Figure refers to the club's overall finishing in the home-and-away season.</small>

===VFL Women's team===
In October 2017, Richmond was granted a license to field a team in the 2018 VFL Women's season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Richmond secures VFLW licence|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-10-11/richmond-secures-vflw-licence|access-date=10 November 2017|work=Richmond FC|date=11 October 2017}}</ref> They were one of 13 clubs in the competition that season, including all 10 Victorian-based AFL clubs. The league operated in the winter season (separately to the AFLW competition). Former men's VFL assistant coach Tom Hunter was named the team's head coach in November 2017 and served in the role over the 2018 and 2019 seasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tigers appoint inaugural VFLW coach|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-11-10/tigers-appoint-inaugural-vflw-coach|access-date=10 November 2017|work=Richmond FC|date=10 November 2017}}</ref> [[Jess Kennedy]] was named the team's inaugural captain in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cahill|first1=Georgina|title=VFLW leadership group|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-05-04/vflw-leadership-group|access-date=4 May 2018|work=Richmond FC}}</ref> After two seasons in the competition and following the cancellation of the 2020 season due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the club withdrew from the competition and entered into an alignment with the [[Port Melbourne Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/832312/|title=Richmond form Port Melbourne alignment for 2021 VFLW season|work=Richmond FC|date=27 October 2020}}</ref>

====Season summaries====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Richmond VFLW honour roll<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vfl.com.au/richmond-womens-historical-data/|title=Richmond women's historical data|website=VFL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-118-0-518546-0&a=STATS|title=Competition Statistics for 2019 Swisse Wellness VFL Women's|website=SportsTG}}</ref>
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
!scope="col"| Season
!scope="col"| Final position
!scope="col"|Coach
!scope="col"|Captain
!scope="col"| Best and fairest
!scope="col"| Leading goal kicker
|-
!scope="row"|2018
|12th 
|[[Tom Hunter (coach)|Tom Hunter]]
|[[Jess Kennedy|Jessica Kennedy]]
|[[Jess Kennedy|Jessica Kennedy]]
|[[Kate Dixon]] (9)
|-
!scope="row"|2019
|4th
|[[Tom Hunter (coach)|Tom Hunter]]
|[[Jess Kennedy|Jessica Kennedy]]
|[[Monique Conti]] 
|[[Tayla Stahl]] (19)
|}

==Wheelchair football==
Richmond has had a team compete in the [[Wheelchair Australian rules football|Victorian Wheelchair Football League]] since its inception in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=New AFL wheelchair league to launch in 2018 featuring Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/new-afl-wheelchair-league-to-launch-in-2018-featuring-collingwood-essendon-hawthorn-richmond-and-st-kilda/news-story/38724cf69fa31d90aa91c00c9b7ffa15 |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=Herald Sun |date=16 March 2018}}</ref> The team were runners up in 2018 before winning the league premiership in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spiteri |first1=Tate |title=VWFL Tigers clinch premiership |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-09-02/vwfl-tigers-clinch-premiership |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=Richmond FC |date=2 September 2019}}</ref> After a two-year hiatus due to the suspension of the 2020 & 2021 seasons as a result of the [[COVID pandemic]], Richmond won their second league premiership<ref>{{cite news |title=Victorian Wheelchair Football League > Robert Rose Foundation 2022 Seniors Grand Final |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=126434317&c=0-11774-0-606780-0&pool=1001 |date=18 September 2022}}</ref> as well as the development league premiership<ref>{{cite news |title=Victorian Wheelchair Football League > 2022 Development League Grand Final |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=126434313&c=0-11774-0-606779-0&pool=1001 |date=18 September 2022}}</ref> in 2022.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Wheelchair Premierships (3)
|-
!scope="col"|Year 
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Venue
|-
!scope="row"| 2019
| Victorian Wheelchair Football League|| [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] || class="nowrap"| '''9.7 (61) – 7.5 (47)''' || Boroondara Sports Complex
|-
!scope="row"| 2022
| Victorian Wheelchair Football League|| [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] || class="nowrap"| '''17.8 (110) – 12.8 (80)''' || [[Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2024
| Victorian Wheelchair Football League|| [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] || class="nowrap"| '''13.4 (82) – 9.5 (59)''' || [[Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Wheelchair Development League Premierships (1)
|-
!scope="col"|Year 
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Venue
|-
!scope="row"| 2022
| VWFL Development League|| [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] || class="nowrap"| '''12.4 (76) – 9.4 (58)''' || [[Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Richmond Football Club seasons]]
*[[List of Richmond Football Club players]]
*[[List of Richmond Football Club coaches]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

;Bibliography
*Bartlett, R: ''Richmond FC: A Century of League Football'', Melbourne 2019
*Blainey, G: ''A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football'', Melbourne 1990
*Hansen, B: ''Tigerland'', Richmond Past Players and Officials Assoc, Melbourne 1992
*Hogan, P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070317035606/http://www.richmondfc.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/tabid/7638/Default.aspx Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame]

==External links==
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* {{official website}}
* [http://www.tigerlandarchive.org Tigerland Archive]
* [https://www.flashscore.com.au/team/richmond-tigers/40PebOIM/results/ Richmond Tigers results] – Latest scores for Richmond Football Club

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