Group of Tiger stars round out top fiveThe 2nd-5th place finishers in the 2025 Jack Dyer Medal have been revealed.
By Richmond Media
Sep 30, 2025, 10:35 pm
Five dependable Tigers have etched their names into the Richmond history books, becoming the newest winners of the Jack Titus, Maurie Fleming, Fred Swift and Kevin Bartlett Medals, rounding out the Jack Dyer Medal top five on Tuesday night.
Nick Vlastuin earned his second consecutive Jack Titus Medal after placing as the runner-up in the Club’s Best and Fairest count, adding to his third-place finish in the 2020 premiership campaign.
Tough, courageous and reliable… all characteristics that sum up Vlastuin’s incredible 2025 season.
Once again, Vlastuin displayed his incredible read on the football, averaging 7.5 intercept marks, finishing with a total of 164 intercepts for the year.
The 31-year-old led Richmond in kicks (309), rebound-50s (118) and was second in meters gained (8249).
Vlastuin showed no signs of slowing down in his 13th season in the yellow and black, earning his second All-Australian Squad selection for his defensive prowess.
In Round 18 he reached the 250-game milestone in the side’s nine-point win over Essendon, where the defender had an impressive showing, recording 23 disposals, eight marks and four tackles.
Unfortunately for the three-time premiership Tiger, he fell just shy of playing every game this season, having suffered a broken ankle in Round 23, which ruled him out of the final game of the year.
Jacob Hopper has finished a career-best third, claiming the Maurie Fleming Medal.
After finally putting together a full and healthy season, the 28-year-old dominated across all 23 games this year.
The trustworthy midfielder averaged 26 disposals, 11 kicks, 15 handballs, as well as an above-average 5.7 clearances in 2025.
His best performance came against Collingwood in Round 20, when he managed 33 disposals.
Meantime, another highlight came against his former side, GWS in Round 12, when he collected a whopping 13 clearances in Richmond’s narrow loss.
It’s well-deserved recognition for Hopper, who played just 12 games last season.
Excitingly, key defender Ben Miller has claimed the Fred Swift Medal for a career-best fourth place finish, after a breakout year that saw him cement his place in the best 22.
Miller, who also played all 23 games this season, became a reliable source of calm in the back six across the campaign.
The 26-year-old averaged a career-best six marks and 12 disposals, with his season high of 19 touches coming against Port Adelaide in Round 2.
He also took an average of two intercept marks per game and took on the job of shutting down the game's most dangerous forwards with aplomb.
Sharing in the glory of fifth place and the Kevin Bartlett Medal is skipper Toby Nankervis and young forward Seth Campbell.
The ever-trusted captain, Nankervis yet again showed that age is just a number in 2025.
Playing in 22 of a possible 23 games, the 31-year-old averaged 16 disposals and an above-average 33 hit-outs.
The ruckman was prominent throughout the season, leading a young Tiger brigade, but stood out with 15 hit-outs to advantage against the Giants in Round 12.
Meantime, 20-year-old Campbell shone brightly in front of goal, bringing a new level of excitement, flips, tricks and energy to a budding forward line.
Campbell played in 22 of 23 matches, kicking a career-high 28 goals, averaging a goal a game for the year.
On top of his top five Jack Dyer finish, he also takes home the 2025 Michael Roach Medal, as the Club’s leading goalkicker. Campbell becomes the youngest player to win Richmond’s leading goalkicker award in a season for three decades.
He also averaged 12 disposals and 2.5 tackles a week, etching his name into the Richmond history books in just his third season at the Club.
Excitingly, the sky is the limit for Campbell, who recently signed on at Tigerland until 2029.
Sam Banks (7th) and Jack Ross (equal 8th) finished in the top 10 of the count for the first time in their careers, while the ever-reliable Nathan Broad (equal 8th) return to the placings for a fourth straight season.
Impressively, Dion Prestia also managed to finish in the top 10 despite missing the first 11 games with an Achilles injury.
2025 Jack Dyer Medal Leaderboard
1st – Tim Taranto (47 votes)
2nd – Nick Vlastuin (44 votes)
3rd – Jacob Hopper (40 votes)
4th – Ben Miller (33 votes)
Eq 5th – Seth Campbell and Toby Nankervis (32 votes)
7th – Sam Banks (30 votes)
Eq 8th – Nathan Broad and Jack Ross (28 votes)
10th – Dion Prestia (26 votes)
11th – Kamdyn McIntosh (24 votes)
12th – Rhyan Mansell (23 votes)
Under the Jack Dyer Medal voting system all the team’s players on match day receive a rating from 0-5 based on their overall performance.
The match committee assesses each player’s offensive, defensive and contest impacts on the game.
After those game phases have been analysed, the 0-5 rating is given as a joint match committee decision.
Votes are not allocated for what the match committee deems a below-average performance.
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