Its back for Round 5! Zero Hanger’s weekly ‘five useless stats’.

Every week Aaron Delaporte from Useless AFL Stats will take a look at the top five most useless, but captivating, statistics from the weekend.

Round 5 once again had us searching for the record books to see what stats had been toppled and here are the best of them.

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1. Thursday Night Jack

In what could well be the last Thursday night game of the season given the AFL has seemingly moved away from this timeslot, Jack Riewoldt set a new record for games played on Thursdays at 23 along with the record for goals on a Thursday at 48 after bagging 5.

The Tigers had a massive 260-68 Thursday games experience differential over the Saints, who seemingly went to sleep after quarter time - we will touch more on this later. The 86pt thrashing is the fifth biggest seen on a Thursday and the biggest margin Riewoldt has been involved with personally on this day.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: Jack Riewoldt of the Tigers celebrates a goal with teammates Kane Lambert and Kamdyn McIntosh (right) during the 2017 AFL round 05 match between the Richmond Tigers and the Melbourne Demons at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 24, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Interestingly, his biggest previous margin was his first Thursday game way back in Round 1 2009 when Richmond were beaten by Carlton by 83pts in what has since become the traditional season opener. The coach for Blues that night was none other than the now Saints coach in Brett Ratten.

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