The Michael Roach Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker (or goalkickers) for the Richmond Football Club.
The award is now named in honour of Michael Roach, Richmond's "best post-war full forward".[1] Roach won the goalkicking award at Richmond on seven occasions; in 1980 kicked the highest individual season goal tally in Tiger history and became only the second Richmond full forward to kick over 100 goals in a season; and was the first Richmond player to win the VFL/AFL goalkicking award twice (Jack Riewoldt winning it for the second time in 2012).
Richmond's best pre-war full forward, Jack Titus, led the goalkicking at Richmond on eleven occasions. Retiring in 2009, Richmond forward Matthew Richardson was the club's leading goalkicker on thirteen occasions.
Former Richmond captain Jeff Hogg won the award five times, while and Kevin Bartlett has won the award four times. Jack Riewoldt won the award twelve times and won the Coleman Medal a club-record three times. A number of players were the club's leading goalkicker for the season on three occasions – George Bayliss, Doug Strang, Dick Harris, Ray Poulter, Bob Dummett, Ted Langridge.
The following is a list of Richmond leading goalkickers in each season.[2] [3]
| Season | Player(s) | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Jack Conlon | 6 | |
| William Wells | |||
| 1886 | Alf Hill | 10 | |
| 1887 | Alf Hill (2) | 11 | |
| 1888 | Billy Brown | 53 | |
| 1889 | Billy Brown (2) | 25 | |
| 1890 | Alf Elder | 8 | |
| 1891 | Alf Elder (2) | 15 | |
| 1892 | 19 | ||
| 1893 | (2) | 23 | |
| 1894 | Fred Alsop | 21 | |
| 1895 | Fred Alsop (2) | 19 | |
| 1896 | Richard Kelly | 12 | |
| 1897 | Alf Elder (3) | 28 | |
| 1898 | Alf Elder (4) | 20 | |
| 1899 | Hector Milne | 16 | |
| 1900 | George Backhouse | 15 | |
| 1901 | James Douglas | 13 | |
| 1902 | R. Duncan | 17 | |
| 1903 | 34 | ||
| 1904 | 40 | ||
| 1905 | Dick Knell | 46 | |
| 1906 | (2) | 55 | |
| 1907 | (3) | 67 |
| Season | Player(s) | Goals | |
| 1908 | 25 | ||
| 1909 | Bill Bourke (2) | 20 | |
| 1910 | 20 | ||
| 1911 | Michael Maguire (2) | 29 | |
| 1912 | 24 | ||
| 1913 | 32 | ||
| 1914 | 32 | ||
| 1915 | Clarrie Hall (2) | 25 | |
| 1916 | 22 | ||
| 1917 | 14 | ||
| 1918 | 19 | ||
| 1919 | Donald Don (2) | 31 | |
| 1920 | 63 | ||
| 1921 | George Bayliss (2) | 53 | |
| 1922 | George Bayliss (3) | 32 | |
| 1923 | 18 | ||
| 1924 | 44 | ||
| 1925 | Mel Morris (2) | 25 | |
| 1926 | 31 | ||
| 1927 | 37 | ||
| 1928 | Jack Baggott (2) | 61 | |
| 1929 | 54 | ||
| 1930 | Jack Titus (2) | 50 | |
| 1931 | 68 | ||
| 1932 | Doug Strang (2) | 49 | |
| 1933 | Doug Strang (3) | 51 | |
| 1934 | Jack Titus (3) | 80 | |
| 1935 | Jack Titus (4) | 83 | |
| 1936 | Jack Titus (5) | 83 | |
| 1937 | Dick Harris | 65 | |
| Jack Titus (6) | |||
| 1938 | Jack Titus (7) | 72 | |
| 1939 | Jack Titus (8) | 48 | |
| 1940 | Jack Titus (9) | 100 | |
| 1941 | Jack Titus (10) | 87 | |
| 1942 | Jack Titus (11) | 67 | |
| 1943 | Dick Harris (2) | 63 | |
| 1944 | Dick Harris (3) | 63 | |
| 1945 | 55 | ||
| 1946 | 49 | ||
| 1947 | 46 | ||
| 1948 | Jack Dyer (2) | 64 | |
| 1949 | 51 | ||
| 1950 | Ray Poulter (2) | 56 | |
| 1951 | 58 | ||
| 1952 | Jack O'Rourke (2) | 43 | |
| 1953 | 22 | ||
| 1954 | Ron Branton (2) | 33 | |
| 1955 | Ray Poulter (3) | 49 | |
| 1956 | 32 | ||
| 1957 | Bob Dummett (2) | 41 | |
| 1958 | 28 | ||
| 1959 | Bob Dummett (3) | 45 | |
| 1960 | 21 | ||
| 1961 | Ted Langridge (2) | 29 | |
| 1962 | Ted Langridge (3) | 42 | |
| 1963 | 25 | ||
| 1964 | 23 | ||
| 1965 | 32 | ||
| 1966 | 50 | ||
| 1967 | 55 | ||
| 1968 | Paddy Guinane (2) | 41 | |
| 1969 | 55 | ||
| 1970 | 41 | ||
| 1971 | Royce Hart (2) | 59 | |
| 1972 | Neil Balme | 55 | |
| Ricky McLean | |||
| 1973 | Neil Balme (2) | 34 | |
| 1974 | 47 | ||
| 1975 | Kevin Bartlett (2) | 42 | |
| 1976 | 38 | ||
| 1977 | Kevin Bartlett (3) | 55 | |
| 1978 | 55 | ||
| 1979 | 90 | ||
| 1980 | Michael Roach (2) | 112 | |
| 1981 | Michael Roach (3) | 86 | |
| 1982 | 71 | ||
| 1983 | Kevin Bartlett (4) | 37 | |
| Michael Roach (4) | |||
| 1984 | 61 | ||
| 1985 | Michael Roach (5) | 80 | |
| 1986 | Michael Roach (6) | 62 | |
| 1987 | Michael Roach (7) | 43 | |
| 1988 | 57 | ||
| 1989 | Jeff Hogg (2) | 34 | |
| 1990 | 28 | ||
| 1991 | Jeff Hogg (3) | 68 | |
| 1992 | Jeff Hogg (4) | 45 | |
| 1993 | Jeff Hogg (5) | 57 | |
| 1994 | 56 | ||
| 1995 | 45 | ||
| 1996 | Matthew Richardson (2) | 91 | |
| 1997 | Matthew Richardson (3) | 47 | |
| 1998 | Matthew Richardson (4) | 55 | |
| 1999 | Matthew Richardson (5) | 67 | |
| 2000 | 37 | ||
| 2001 | Matthew Richardson (6) | 59 | |
| 2002 | Matthew Richardson (7) | 36 | |
| 2003 | Matthew Richardson (8) | 33 | |
| 2004 | Matthew Richardson (9) | 65 | |
| 2005 | Matthew Richardson (10) | 65 | |
| 2006 | Matthew Richardson (11) | 45 | |
| 2007 | Matthew Richardson (12) | 53 | |
| 2008 | Matthew Richardson (13) | 48 | |
| 2009 | 41 | ||
| 2010 | 78 | ||
| 2011 | Jack Riewoldt (2) | 62 | |
| 2012 | Jack Riewoldt (3) | 65 | |
| 2013 | Jack Riewoldt (4) | 58 | |
| 2014 | Jack Riewoldt (5) | 61 | |
| 2015 | Jack Riewoldt (6) | 54 | |
| 2016 | Jack Riewoldt (7) | 48 | |
| 2017 | Jack Riewoldt (8) | 54 | |
| 2018 | Jack Riewoldt (9) | 70 | |
| 2019 | 63 | ||
| 2020 | Jack Riewoldt (10) | 33 | |
| 2021 | Jack Riewoldt (11) | 51 | |
| 2022 | Tom Lynch (2) | 63 | |
| 2023 | Jack Riewoldt (12) | 32 |
| Season | Leading goalkicker | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | 14 | ||
| 2022 (S6) | Katie Brennan (2) | 14 | |
| 2022 (S7) | Courtney Wakefield (2) | 14 | |
| 2023 | Katie Brennan (3) | 14 |
| Number of Wins | Player | Seasons | |
| 13 | 1994, 1996–99, 2001–08 | ||
| 12 | 2010–18, 2020–21, 2023 | ||
| 11 | 1929–30, 1934–42 | ||
| 7 | 1979–81, 1983, 1985–87 | ||
| 5 | 1988–89, 1991–93 | ||
| 4 | 1974–75, 1977, 1983 |