Shai Bolton

Shai Bolton
Bolton playing for Richmond in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-12-08) 8 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Katanning, Western Australia
Original team(s)	South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 29, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 9, 2017, Richmond vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Spotless Stadium
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	29
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–	Richmond	135 (165)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024 season.
Career highlights
AFL 2× AFL premiership player: 2019, 2020 All-Australian: 2022 AFL Mark of the Year: 2021 Yiooken Award: 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2019 Richmond Maurie Fleming Medal (3rd RFC B&F): 2023 3× Fred Swift Medal (4th RFC B&F): 2020, 2021, 2022 Kevin Bartlett Medal (5th RFC B&F): 2024 Richmond leading goalkicker: 2024 Richmond Life Member: 2019
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Shai Bolton (/ˈʃeɪ/ SHAY;^[1] born 8 December 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Richmond in the second round of the 2016 draft and made his debut in round 9 of the 2017 season, as the club's youngest debutant in nine years. In 2018, he won the VFL's Mark and Goal of the Year awards while playing reserves grade football. Bolton was a premiership player with Richmond in each of the 2019 and 2020 seasons, the first of which he also received a Rising Star nomination in.