1993 – Makes his debut for
1994 – Wins a spot on the interchange bench in the All Australian team in his second AFL season at just 19 years of age.
1997 – Missed the Crows' inaugural AFL Premiership due to a persistent groin injury. Plays well enough in the 21 Home and Away matches to run fourth in the Brownlow Medal and also earns a second All Australian nomination, again on the interchange.
1998 – Best and Fairest in
1999 - Endures a quiet year by his standards as the Crows win just eight out of their 22 Home and Away matches.
2000 – Wins All Australian honours once again after playing in 21 of the Crows' 22 games for the season. Collects a career-high 41 possessions in the Showdown with Port Adelaide in Round 7. He wins a fourth All Australian berth and represents
2001 – Named
2002 – Earns a fifth All Australian gong.
2003 – Ties with Adam Goodes and Nathan Buckley to become
2004 – Named All Australian captain for the first time. Runner-up in the Brownlow Medal and wins a record third Best and Fairest for
2005 – Becomes one of just 10 players to win All Australian honours on eight or more occasions. He is named captain of the team for the second straight season.
Misses the team's first final after clashing with West Coast's Adam Selwood in the last home and away match of the year.
2006 – Starts the year off with a career best six goals against Collingwood in Round 1 on the way becoming his club's leading goal-kicker (44 goals from 17 games) for the first time. Again misses September action after succumbing to the debilitating pavovirus on the eve of the season.
Becomes just the second
2007 – On August 16 Ricciuto announces that, after 309 career matches, he will retire from AFL football at the end of the season.
His glittering career includes a Brownlow Medal (144 career votes), a premiership medallion, eight All-Australian jumpers, three club best and fairests, an Italian Team of the Century and Adelaide Team of the Decade member.
