Jack Riewoldt is in the midst of the hottest individual goalkicking streak seen in AFL football since 2001.

Richmond’s young gun spearhead has kicked 38 goals in the past seven rounds, taking his season’s tally to 53 and putting him five ahead of his nearest rival (Barry Hall) in the race for the Coleman Medal, as the competition’s leading goalkicker.

Essendon’s 12-time leading goalkicker, Matthew Lloyd, was the last league player to score more goals over a consecutive seven-match period.  Lloyd kicked a total of 39 goals in Rounds 12-18 of the 2001 season, finishing with 105 for the year.

In Tigerland history, you have to go all the way back to 1984 to find the last time a player had a more prolific goalscoring sequence over seven successive weeks than what Riewoldt has achieved.

Brian Taylor booted 41 goals in Rounds 6-12 of the 1984 season, on his way to a final total of 61 (in 16 games) for the year.

Here is a snapshot of Riewoldt’s goalkicking spree over the past seven games . . .

Round 8 v Hawthorn:  4 goals
Round 9 v Essendon:  6 goals
Round 10 v Port Adelaide:  4 goals
Round 11 v St Kilda:  6 goals
Round 12 v West Coast:  10 goals
Round 13 v Brisbane:  3 goals
Round 14 v Sydney:  5 goals