The Western Bulldogs have posted their highest score of the AFL season and given under-fire coach Luke Beveridge some relief from fierce criticism with a 91-point thrashing of Richmond.

Under a blowtorch after four losses in their previous five games, the Bulldogs were dominant from the opening bounce in their crushing 19.19 (133) to 6.6 (42) victory at the MCG on Saturday night.

The Dogs held their opponents goalless in the first quarter and were never challenged in a result that improved their record to 4-5 ahead of a tough away clash with Greater Western Sydney next week.

Injury-riddled Richmond (1-8) slipped further into the mire and lost Maruice Rioli Jr (lower leg), Sam Banks (concussion) and Jack Graham (hamstring) in the process.

The contest never reached any great heights, with both sides guilty of a raft of skill errors.

Aaron Naughton, Sam Darcy and James Harmes (four goals each) cashed in on the Bulldogs' territorial dominance as they won a lop-sided inside-50 count (77-41).

Adam Treloar (41 disposals), Marcus Bontempelli (32), Bailey Dale (30) and Ed Richards (34) were prolific ball-winners, with skipper Bontempelli and Riley Garcia adding two goals each.

Dion Prestia (23 disposals, one goal) battled hard for Richmond on return from injury, Shai Bolton kicked two majors from 19 touches and Daniel Rioli (26 possessions) was busy, but the Tigers had few winners.

Bontempelli sparked his side with a classy opening goal under pressure but the Bulldogs didn't take full toll from their early control, leading 3.6 to 0.1 at the first break.

Former Melbourne utility Harmes kicked his first three goals for the Bulldogs during the second term as they stretched the advantage to 47 points by halftime.

It got ugly for Richmond in the second half as Treloar squeezed through a right-foot snap under pressure on the boundary line and the margin temporarily blew out beyond 100 points.

Unlucky Tigers midfielder Graham was substituted out with yet another soft-tissue injury just minutes before Banks was hurt in an awkward landing from a third-quarter marking contest.

Dogs ruckman Tim English accidentally took Banks' legs from underneath him after being pushed into the contest by Noah Balta.

Play was held up for several minutes while medical staff assessed Banks, who was driven off the field on a medicab.

In a social media post, Richmond said the 21-year-old was "awake in the rooms and doing OK" after the collision.

Rioli was hurt in the dying stages and also taken off on a medicab after his left leg got caught and twisted under the weight of a Treloar tackle.

The Bulldogs kicked six goals to two in the final quarter to complete the rout.

AAP