a 31-point grand final win over . Short placed second behind only Dustin Martin in the Norm Smith Medal votes for best afield, for that performance which also included a personal season-best 25 disposals. He bested Martin in the club's best and fairest count though, securing the Jack Dyer Medal as the club's most outstanding player in 2020 after playing in all 21 possible matches and recording a league-best average of 480 metres gained per match. Player profile Short plays as a rebounding half-back, utilising exceptional long kicking skills on either foot to set up offensive chains of possession. He previously played as a small forward in his very early AFL matches. Following a best and fairest winning year, Short was named the ninth best defender and 28th best player overall in the Herald Sun's list of the best players from the 2020 season. Statistics Updated to the end of the 2022 season. |- | 2015 || || 45 | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- | 2016 || || 45 | 16 || 6 || 3 || 189 || 49 || 238 || 54 || 30 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 11.8 || 3.1 || 14.9 || 3.4 || 1.9 || 0 |- | 2017 || || 15 | 16 || 2 || 1 || 190 || 46 || 236 || 61 || 21 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 11.9 || 2.9 || 14.8 || 3.8 || 1.3 || 0 |- | 2018 || || 15 | 24 || 9 || 8 || 360 || 120 || 480 || 102 || 39 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 15.0 || 5.0 || 20.0 || 4.3 || 1.6 || 1 |- | scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2019# || | 15 || 15 || 3 || 1 || 197 || 68 || 265 || 66 || 26 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 13.1 || 4.5 || 17.7 || 4.4 || 1.7 || 0 |- | scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2020# || | 15 || 21 || 0 || 4 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | 297† || 103 || 400 || 114 || 27 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 14.1 || 4.9 || 19.0 || 5.4 || 1.3 || 3 |- | 2021 || || 15 | 22 || 1 ||