Richmond

Jayden Short

Medium Defender#15AFL

Bio

Born in 1996, Jayden Short debuted for Richmond Football Club in 2016. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 211 of his games across 2016–2026.

Key facts

Age: 30
Height: 178 cm
Number: #15
Born: 24 January 1996
Debut: 2016
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2016 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Bundoora (Vic), Northern U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Richmond Football Club

Compare ShortStack them up against anyone, with an analyst verdict

Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 AFLRichmond	21	472	363	109	143	3	4	29	7	54	74	326	2	9,899	2	1	99	21	49	14	15	67	88	81	0	1,843	161.6	9	0	2	5	380	58	15	163	16	10	400	283
2025 AFLRichmond	15	318	252	66	105	3	0	24	9	40	41	239	1	6,649	4	0	59	20	28	15	9	42	49	41	1	1,305	112.6	8	0	4	5	266	30	9	133	15	4	280	203
2024 AFLRichmond	22	482	384	98	110	1	4	25	13	53	74	315	4	10,363	1	2	100	19	54	9	9	66	92	82	0	1,770	179	4	0	2	11	390	61	10	142	15	5	389	300
2023 AFLRichmond	16	356	279	77	100	7	4	40	24	55	83	256	6	8,729	1	4	73	12	39	10	9	69	75	66	0	1,480	196.8	15	53	3	21	284	62	14	139	3	12	339	220
2022 AFLRichmond	23	559	444	115	127	6	4	67	58	113	140	371	10	13,423	2	2	79	29	77	14	11	124	121	73	4	2,232	278.5	18	248	22	36	415	109	8	348	12	15	511	311
2021 AFLRichmond	22	542	411	131	134	1	2	39	11	50	85	363	2	12,013	0	1	151	35	58	17	8	69	107	97	0	2,054	197.3	30	0	1	10	440	65	18	220	18	5	448	324
2020 AFLRichmond	21	400	297	103	113	0	4	28	11	55	96	247	3	10,087	2	5	95	32	32	11	8	67	79	89	0	1,539	179.1	28	–	3	8	330	75	15	179	23	6	343	241
2019 AFLRichmond	15	265	197	68	66	3	1	26	6	29	43	196	2	6,935	2	1	68	25	42	1	6	41	71	48	1	1,031	94.6	25	–	0	6	190	35	10	124	14	5	239	136
2018 AFLRichmond	24	480	360	120	102	9	8	39	11	81	119	344	6	12,552	0	3	104	24	58	9	12	110	110	126	1	1,817	260.9	35	–	2	9	376	104	20	231	16	20	463	266
2017 AFLRichmond	16	236	190	46	61	2	1	21	3	36	44	190	0	5,796	1	1	52	11	33	5	14	44	62	53	1	905	95.5	19	–	0	3	188	40	10	109	4	4	234	148
2016 AFLRichmond	16	238	189	49	54	6	3	30	3	27	47	180	3	5,162	4	3	47	20	33	8	10	53	64	39	3	964	83.7	5	–	0	3	187	34	4	137	17	10	227	139
Career11 seasons	211	4,348	3,366	982	1,115	41	35	368	156	593	846	3,027	39	101,608	19	23	927	248	503	113	111	752	918	795	11	16,940	1839.6	196	301	39	117	3,446	673	133	1,925	153	96	3,873	2,571

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Game log, 2026 AFL

Game
Rd 24 @ Geelong CatsL 76-133 22 Aug	18	13	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	0	447	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	2	4	3	68	5.1	0	0	0	14	2	1	8	2	0	13	10
Rd 23 v St KildaL 45-94 15 Aug	18	12	6	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	0	244	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	82	9.6	0	0	0	16	2	1	9	1	0	16	11
Rd 22 @ Adelaide CrowsL 54-63 8 Aug	16	12	4	5	0	0	4	1	1	9	9	0	445	0	0	3	2	6	2	4	2	8	6	65	3.8	1	0	1	12	6	0	11	1	0	18	9
Rd 21 v West Coast EaglesW 84-73 2 Aug	17	13	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	4	11	0	437	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	1	8	4	60	5.3	0	0	0	10	4	0	4	0	1	15	6
Rd 20 @ Western BulldogsL 48-105 25 July	26	22	4	15	0	0	2	0	2	2	22	0	378	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	124	5	0	0	0	22	2	1	6	0	0	24	18
Rd 19 v HawthornL 52-122 19 July	16	14	2	5	0	0	1	0	3	2	12	0	355	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	65	8.1	0	0	0	15	2	0	7	0	1	14	13
Rd 17 v CarltonL 72-74 4 July	16	12	4	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	10	0	499	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	5	59	8.5	3	0	0	14	3	2	6	0	0	13	11
Rd 16 @ CollingwoodL 72-106 27 June	21	17	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	2	12	0	454	0	0	3	0	4	1	2	4	2	4	70	6.7	0	0	0	17	1	2	13	0	0	14	13
Rd 15 v North MelbourneL 48-73 21 June	29	22	7	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	22	0	636	0	0	7	1	2	0	1	4	6	0	92	9	0	0	0	23	1	0	6	1	1	23	17
Rd 14 v Brisbane LionsL 80-115 14 June	21	16	5	5	0	0	1	1	4	3	13	1	457	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	6	5	3	78	7.4	0	0	1	16	2	1	5	0	0	16	12
Rd 12 @ Sydney SwansL 56-170 30 May	17	15	2	6	0	0	3	0	2	1	10	0	364	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	79	6.2	0	0	0	15	1	0	9	2	0	11	13
Rd 11 v EssendonW 74-56 22 May	30	25	5	7	1	1	2	0	4	3	22	0	723	0	0	10	3	3	1	0	5	7	5	122	12.4	1	0	0	20	2	1	12	3	2	25	15
Rd 10 @ St KildaL 73-109 17 May	25	16	9	7	0	0	1	0	1	5	15	0	356	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	7	88	12.1	0	0	0	25	5	0	13	0	0	20	16
Rd 9 v Adelaide CrowsL 61-98 10 May	26	15	11	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	19	1	287	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	5	4	3	94	8.9	0	0	0	25	4	0	5	0	0	23	14
Rd 8 @ West Coast EaglesW 99-88 2 May	23	16	7	6	0	0	1	0	2	5	16	0	382	0	0	6	1	2	1	1	4	3	5	82	8.9	0	0	0	20	4	0	6	0	0	21	15
Rd 6 @ North MelbourneL 55-130 19 Apr	26	19	7	8	0	1	0	1	5	5	18	0	469	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	5	4	5	99	7.7	0	0	1	21	3	3	3	0	1	23	15
Rd 5 @ GWS GIANTSL 75-131 12 Apr	23	18	5	4	0	0	1	1	4	3	15	0	439	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	3	4	5	79	3.7	0	1	0	19	2	1	5	1	0	18	15
Rd 4 v Port AdelaideL 48-90 4 Apr	22	19	3	6	0	2	3	2	4	7	13	0	603	1	0	5	3	2	3	0	2	8	7	98	6.1	1	1	1	13	4	1	10	3	2	20	11
Rd 3 @ FremantleL 43-103 28 Mar	20	17	3	10	0	0	3	0	0	2	15	0	441	0	0	7	1	5	0	2	0	3	1	93	0.9	0	0	0	15	1	0	11	0	0	17	12
Rd 2 v Gold Coast SUNSL 60-128 21 Mar	33	27	6	13	0	0	0	0	4	2	28	0	730	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	3	6	1	132	7.5	3	0	0	25	2	0	5	1	0	30	19
Rd 1 @ CarltonL 71-75 12 Mar	29	23	6	10	1	0	0	1	5	6	20	0	753	1	0	5	2	2	0	1	9	5	5	114	18.7	0	0	1	23	5	1	9	1	2	26	18

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 65W	107	20.8	16.1	4.7	5.5	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.9	14.8	0.2	486	0.1	0.1	4.5	1.2	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.4	4.4	3.6	0.1	82.0	8.4	0.9	1.2	0.1	0.6	16.3	3.2	0.5	9.4	0.8	0.5	18.7	12.1
AwayHome or away, 36W	104	20.4	15.8	4.6	5.0	0.2	0.1	1.6	0.8	2.9	4.1	13.9	0.2	477	0.1	0.2	4.3	1.1	2.3	0.5	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.0	78.6	9.0	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.5	16.3	3.2	0.7	8.8	0.6	0.4	18.0	12.3
LossesResult, 0W	106	21.0	16.5	4.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.7	2.6	3.7	14.6	0.1	478	0.1	0.1	4.6	1.1	2.3	0.7	0.5	3.2	4.3	3.7	0.1	82.1	8.3	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.5	16.9	2.9	0.6	8.7	0.7	0.4	18.3	12.7
WinsResult, 101W	101	20.3	15.5	4.8	5.0	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.8	3.1	4.3	14.1	0.2	489	0.1	0.1	4.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.5	4.0	4.4	3.9	0.0	78.3	9.2	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.6	15.8	3.5	0.6	9.5	0.8	0.5	18.4	11.6
DrawsResult, 0W	4	18.0	13.8	4.3	6.5	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	3.8	13.8	0.3	387	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	3.0	3.0	2.5	0.3	82.5	8.0	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.5	15.5	3.0	0.3	11.8	0.5	0.0	17.5	11.3
Regular seasonStage, 94W	201	20.7	16.0	4.7	5.4	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.8	2.8	4.0	14.5	0.2	479	0.1	0.1	4.4	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.5	3.6	4.3	3.7	0.1	80.7	8.7	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.6	16.5	3.1	0.6	9.0	0.7	0.5	18.5	12.3
FinalsStage, 7W	10	18.4	14.4	4.0	3.9	0.0	0.2	2.3	0.4	2.8	4.4	11.4	0.0	540	0.0	0.1	5.2	1.0	2.6	0.3	0.4	3.2	5.0	4.4	0.0	71.4	8.7	2.4	1.7	0.1	0.3	13.0	4.0	0.6	11.8	0.8	0.4	15.8	10.0
St KildaOpponent, 6W	18	21.8	17.0	4.8	6.1	0.1	0.2	1.6	0.8	2.9	4.2	15.8	0.0	494	0.1	0.1	4.3	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.7	3.3	4.3	4.4	0.0	84.9	9.7	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.7	17.6	3.2	1.0	8.6	0.8	0.4	19.9	13.2
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 9W	16	18.6	14.2	4.4	4.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.5	2.3	3.2	13.0	0.1	433	0.1	0.1	4.3	0.6	2.1	0.3	0.3	3.6	3.8	3.1	0.0	69.8	7.7	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.4	14.7	2.5	0.8	7.2	0.3	0.2	16.2	10.9
Port AdelaideOpponent, 5W	15	21.3	17.5	3.8	4.5	0.2	0.6	2.2	1.3	3.4	4.8	13.9	0.1	551	0.2	0.2	4.9	1.4	2.9	0.7	0.6	4.2	5.3	4.9	0.0	83.1	8.6	1.1	2.2	0.4	0.9	15.8	3.7	0.9	10.9	0.7	0.9	18.7	12.5
CarltonOpponent, 8W	14	19.4	16.0	3.4	4.8	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.6	3.9	3.6	12.0	0.3	567	0.1	0.2	5.5	1.6	2.2	0.1	0.5	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.0	75.0	9.1	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	15.2	2.9	0.8	10.1	1.0	0.5	15.6	12.2
CollingwoodOpponent, 6W	14	20.6	16.0	4.6	4.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.6	2.2	3.9	14.6	0.1	476	0.2	0.1	3.6	1.0	2.9	0.6	0.8	3.9	4.6	3.6	0.1	78.7	10.5	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.5	16.4	3.1	0.6	10.6	0.6	0.8	18.5	12.4
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 6W	14	20.4	15.5	4.9	5.2	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.4	2.4	3.4	14.3	0.1	457	0.1	0.1	4.3	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.4	2.6	4.1	4.1	0.1	78.4	8.1	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.2	16.6	2.9	0.7	7.9	0.6	0.1	17.7	12.3
Geelong CatsOpponent, 6W	13	20.5	15.9	4.6	5.1	0.0	0.1	2.2	0.8	3.1	3.9	14.0	0.2	531	0.0	0.1	5.6	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.5	3.7	4.5	4.1	0.0	80.5	8.4	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.7	16.2	2.9	0.7	11.2	1.0	0.1	17.9	12.5
HawthornOpponent, 5W	13	20.5	15.1	5.5	5.6	0.2	0.2	1.9	1.0	2.6	4.0	14.0	0.4	423	0.1	0.1	3.7	1.1	1.8	0.6	0.4	3.5	3.8	3.2	0.1	81.2	8.8	1.1	2.6	0.5	0.5	17.0	3.1	0.4	9.2	0.7	0.5	18.0	11.9
EssendonOpponent, 10W	12	23.1	17.1	6.0	6.0	0.2	0.1	1.8	1.1	3.3	4.3	16.9	0.3	508	0.2	0.1	4.5	1.3	2.7	0.3	0.6	4.2	5.7	3.4	0.2	88.2	9.9	1.5	3.8	0.5	0.6	18.3	3.8	0.6	10.2	0.9	0.3	21.3	12.6
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 5W	12	22.5	17.1	5.4	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.8	2.8	4.1	16.1	0.3	519	0.1	0.3	5.5	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.4	3.6	4.6	3.6	0.0	87.8	9.8	1.1	1.7	0.2	0.7	18.1	3.3	0.8	7.9	1.1	0.2	20.2	13.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 9W	12	17.7	14.0	3.7	4.7	0.4	0.2	2.1	1.3	3.0	4.7	12.4	0.3	423	0.1	0.2	3.3	1.3	3.0	0.6	0.7	3.2	3.7	3.2	0.0	72.9	8.3	0.5	4.8	0.4	0.8	13.9	3.3	0.3	9.1	0.8	0.8	17.1	10.8
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 5W	11	20.1	15.6	4.5	6.2	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.5	2.5	4.5	14.6	0.4	464	0.0	0.1	3.3	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.9	4.4	4.9	4.0	0.2	80.9	8.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	16.1	3.5	0.5	9.1	0.5	0.5	19.1	11.9
FremantleOpponent, 4W	11	19.9	15.2	4.7	6.0	0.3	0.1	2.5	0.6	1.6	3.0	14.5	0.0	439	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.7	2.8	0.2	0.5	2.4	3.6	2.5	0.3	83.1	6.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	15.1	2.5	0.3	9.5	0.4	0.4	17.5	11.2
North MelbourneOpponent, 5W	10	21.2	15.5	5.7	5.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	3.3	4.0	14.7	0.1	440	0.2	0.0	3.7	1.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	4.1	3.7	3.7	0.1	76.8	9.1	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.5	17.0	3.5	0.6	8.5	0.8	0.9	18.7	12.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 4W	9	18.6	14.7	3.9	4.9	0.4	0.1	1.7	0.6	2.9	3.9	13.1	0.3	420	0.1	0.2	3.1	0.6	2.2	0.7	0.2	3.1	3.9	3.2	0.0	75.9	7.9	0.9	2.3	0.3	0.2	14.8	2.7	0.3	9.1	0.2	0.7	17.0	11.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 4W	9	22.6	18.8	3.8	6.2	0.1	0.3	1.2	0.6	2.8	4.2	16.3	0.0	506	0.0	0.0	5.1	2.0	2.0	0.3	0.6	3.7	4.2	4.2	0.0	87.1	8.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	17.9	3.8	0.3	7.3	1.3	0.4	20.6	14.4
MelbourneOpponent, 4W	8	22.4	16.3	6.1	5.1	0.0	0.3	1.9	0.5	2.8	5.0	14.1	0.1	504	0.1	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.6	1.3	0.5	3.4	4.6	5.6	0.0	83.9	7.4	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.3	17.4	4.4	0.6	7.8	0.6	0.4	19.1	12.4
MCGGround, 62W	113	20.8	16.0	4.8	5.3	0.2	0.2	1.9	0.8	2.6	4.0	14.6	0.2	479	0.1	0.1	4.4	1.2	2.6	0.6	0.6	3.5	4.5	3.7	0.1	81.3	8.6	1.0	1.7	0.2	0.6	16.3	3.3	0.6	9.6	0.8	0.5	18.6	12.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 9W	28	22.0	16.8	5.2	5.7	0.1	0.2	1.6	1.0	3.4	4.4	15.9	0.0	465	0.1	0.1	4.3	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.5	3.6	4.6	3.8	0.1	84.3	8.7	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	17.4	3.6	0.7	8.4	0.4	0.4	20.3	12.6
Adelaide OvalGround, 6W	17	20.7	17.0	3.7	4.5	0.3	0.3	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.5	13.6	0.2	546	0.1	0.2	4.3	1.0	2.6	0.5	0.9	4.5	5.0	4.9	0.1	79.5	9.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.5	16.4	3.4	0.8	10.4	0.5	0.6	18.1	13.0
People First StadiumGround, 10W	13	21.4	15.6	5.8	6.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.5	2.8	4.1	14.1	0.3	536	0.2	0.3	5.8	1.5	2.2	0.6	0.5	4.1	3.9	4.4	0.0	80.2	9.7	1.8	1.3	0.1	0.5	17.8	3.3	0.8	8.2	1.2	0.4	18.2	12.4
Optus StadiumGround, 5W	11	20.4	16.8	3.5	6.0	0.5	0.2	1.7	0.6	2.5	3.4	14.6	0.3	478	0.1	0.0	4.4	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.9	0.0	84.5	9.8	0.4	2.1	0.4	0.3	16.4	2.5	0.5	8.2	0.8	0.8	18.0	13.5
GabbaGround, 5W	10	17.7	14.0	3.7	3.8	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.6	2.7	3.5	11.4	0.1	481	0.1	0.1	4.6	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	3.2	3.4	3.2	0.0	67.9	8.5	1.6	1.7	0.1	0.5	14.1	2.9	0.6	8.0	0.7	0.3	14.9	11.3
ENGIE StadiumGround, 2W	6	17.7	13.8	3.8	6.7	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.2	4.2	12.5	0.3	408	0.2	0.0	3.5	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.2	3.8	3.2	4.0	0.0	74.2	9.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	15.5	3.3	0.5	6.7	0.5	0.2	16.7	12.2
SCGGround, 0W	3	18.0	13.0	5.0	3.3	0.7	0.0	2.3	1.0	3.7	4.3	12.7	0.3	378	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	4.0	2.3	0.0	73.0	8.6	0.0	7.0	0.7	0.3	13.7	2.3	0.7	12.3	0.7	0.7	17.0	9.0
Barossa ParkGround, 0W	2	24.0	19.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	17.5	0.0	489	0.0	0.0	4.5	2.0	4.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	4.0	3.5	0.5	91.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	19.5	1.5	0.5	6.0	0.5	0.0	20.5	15.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 0W	2	20.0	14.0	6.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	4.0	12.0	0.5	473	0.0	0.5	5.5	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	70.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	16.0	2.5	0.5	7.5	1.0	0.0	16.0	11.0
Ninja StadiumGround, 0W	2	17.5	12.5	5.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	4.0	2.5	12.5	0.5	402	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	4.0	4.5	4.0	0.0	70.5	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	14.5	2.0	1.5	8.0	0.5	0.0	15.0	10.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 0W	1	23.0	20.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	17.0	0.0	681	0.0	1.0	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	85.0	3.1	1.0	–	0.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	17.0
Domain StadiumGround, 1W	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	144	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	29.0	2.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	4.0
Norwood OvalGround, 0W	1	24.0	20.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	17.0	0.0	680	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	94.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	15.0
TIO StadiumGround, 1W	1	14.0	9.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	334	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	56.0	13.0	5.0	–	1.0	0.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	7.0