Dustin Martin 2017 - Best Single Season For A Star Ever?

[BF Tiger]

Players MVP
Coaches MVP
All-Australian
Brownlow Medal
Premiership
Norm Smith Medal
Gary Ayres Medal
Jack Dyer Medal

The last person to take a home a bigger swag was Michael Phelps.

 

[TiggerMan22]

Yes

 

[TiggerMan22]

Leigh Matthews 28 touches, 4 goals per game. Buddy 2008 if talking the past 10 years, The year Huddo kicked 150. Hey, I'm more likely to remember Hawk players.

He's certainly cleaned the year up medal wise though! Ablett averaged 34 and 1.5 goals per game, and 32 and 2 goals per game.

So very impressive, statistically no. But a strong claim.

Different eras mean comparing stats is kinds useless.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Players MVP
Coaches MVP
All-Australian
Brownlow Medal
Premiership
Norm Smith Medal
Gary Ayres Medal
Jack Dyer Medal

The last person to take a home a bigger swag was Michael Phelps.

Ian Stewart Medal
Yiooken Medal

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Plus his Dad has tatts .....on his face !



Just sayin'

 

[Benji85]

I know he collected a ton of awards and was easily the best player this year but...was his season really THAT mind blowing? Or has his season been hyped for 22 rounds by the media train a little too much? Legit, just want to know everyone's thoughts

 

[ize_]

I know he collected a ton of awards and was easily the best player this year but...was his season really THAT mind blowing? Or has his season been hyped for 22 rounds by the media train a little too much? Legit, just want to know everyone's thoughts

Both. I don't think his year was necessarily better than Danger's 2016 but both were pretty great.

 

[Vic pokiesmon]

I'm pretty sure Leigh Matthews stated Dusty had just played the best individual season in history.Why- so people would compare this season to his own 1977season.Very similar stats and his were in a lower possession era.The exclamation point is Lethal also kicked 91goals in 24 games to Dustys 37 in 25 games.Too young to remember but that's an amazing season.Takes Dusty to the cleaners

 

[cannot]

Players MVP
Coaches MVP
All-Australian
Brownlow Medal
Premiership
Norm Smith Medal
Gary Ayres Medal
Jack Dyer Medal

The last person to take a home a bigger swag was Michael Phelps.

best player in finals apparently

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

He won the awards, but I can think of a lot of players who have had better seasons. He won the Brownlow as well, but it was far from convincing.

I know right. He only polled the most votes ever and finished 11 votes clear of 2nd

 

[cannot]

Players were frightened of tackling dusty cause they knew they would often get pushed away. They were possibility told of his stats where he had 3-4 times more 'tackles broken' than the #2nd place guy

pretty amazing to watch, he has reached a very high mark

 

[Badesumofu]

Different eras mean comparing stats is kinds useless.

Probably makes comparing at all useless. Lethal was for all intents and purposes playing a different sport to the one Martin played in 2017.

As I said earlier, I'm happy to call it the best individual season this century (or millennium if you want to be grandiose) but even that is arguable.

 

[EagleShore]

I'm done with comparisons. Just enjoying the bloke for who he is and what he does. We're blessed to have him.

That you are. IMO he translates the work of his teammates into goals better than anyone else in the league and in that manner he was particularly important to Richmond in the way they played in 2017 - turning the chaotic ground ball into clean attack.

The sheer number of tackles broken is testament to this. Has that ever been matched?

 

[Duck Farmer]

Players were frightened of tackling dusty cause they knew they would often get pushed away.

Except for one

But yeah, champion player and awesome season. Glad he stayed loyal to Richmond even though he could've earned a few bucks more somewhere else.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Leigh Matthews alone had 10 better seasons.

 

[cannot]

Except for one

But yeah, champion player and awesome season. Glad he stayed loyal to Richmond even though he could've earned a few bucks more somewhere else.

in situations where dusty had the ball

 

[Boston tiger]

Leigh Matthews alone had 10 better seasons.

Never got the Leigh thing. No one was really raving about when he was playing.

 

[Chuckie357]

If the chumps actually enforced the high fend off rule he wouldn’t be half as prominent or dominant as he was this season

 

[cannot]

If the chumps actually enforced the high fend off rule he wouldn’t be half as prominent or dominant as he was this season

rubbish your allowed to push the chest

 

[Tigers_fan24]

Easily yes.

 

[Damon_3388]

People are overlooking the new contract among the "awards", too.

 

[Snake_Baker]

rubbish your allowed to push the chest

Neck: Free kick

Umpire: Richmond player, play on.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Never got the Leigh thing. No one was really raving about when he was playing.

You probably disappeared back in to the wood work in 70,71,75,76,77,78,79,81,83 & 84 and missed most of his career.

 

[kidkenobi]

Also had 32 and 2 goals v Hawks and didn't get a vote, same as danger v pies.

Probably cos Martin didn’t deserve any votes. Coaches had 3 other guys better than him on the day and the HS had him outside the best 3 on the ground also.

Danger got the perfect 10 votes from the coaches and was BOG in all the media reports.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I know he collected a ton of awards and was easily the best player this year but...was his season really THAT mind blowing? Or has his season been hyped for 22 rounds by the media train a little too much? Legit, just want to know everyone's thoughts

Polled a record 11 BOG's in the Brownlow. Previous best was 9.