List of leading rugby union test point scorers
This is a list of the leading male scorers in rugby union test matches.
Male players currently active at international level are listed in bold; those not playing at international level but still active at club level are listed in italics.
Top 25 scoring international players (Tier 1)
Updated: 17 August 2024
World Rank | Tier Rank | Points | Player | Position | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) | Ref | |
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1 | 1 | 1598 | Dan Carter | Fly-half | ![]() | 2003–2015 | 112 | 29 | 293 | 281 | 8 | 14.27 | [1] | |
2 | 2 | 1271 | Owen Farrell | Fly-half; Centre | ![]() ![]() | 2012–2023 | 119 | 10 | 201 | 268 | 5 | 10.68 | [2][3] | |
3 | 3 | 1246 | Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 1998–2011 | 97 | 7 | 169 | 255 | 36 | 12.85 | [4] | |
4 | 4 | 1113 | Johnny Sexton | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 2009–2023 | 124 | 19 | 182 | 214 | 4 | 8.98 | [5][6] | |
5 | 5 | 1090 | Neil Jenkins | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 1990–2003 | 87 | 11 | 131 | 248 | 10 | 12.53 | [7] | |
6 | 6 | 1083 | Ronan O'Gara | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 2000–2013 | 130 | 16 | 176 | 202 | 15 | 8.33 | [8] | |
8 | 7 | 1010 | Diego Dominguez | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 1991–2003 1989 | 76 | 9 | 133 | 213 | 20 | 13.29 | [9] | |
9 | 8 | 970 | Stephen Jones | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 1998–2011 | 110 | 7 | 160 | 198 | 7 | 8.82 | [10] | |
10 | 9 | 967 | Andrew Mehrtens | Fly-half | ![]() | 1995–2004 | 70 | 7 | 169 | 186 | 12 | 13.81 | [11] | |
11 | 10 | 911 | Michael Lynagh | Fly-half | ![]() | 1984–1995 | 72 | 17 | 140 | 177 | 9 | 12.65 | [12] | |
12 | 11 | 902 | Nicolas Sanchez | Fly-half | ![]() | 2010–2023 | 104 | 15 | 130 | 177 | 12 | 8.67 | ||
13 | 12 | 893 | Percy Montgomery | Fullback | ![]() | 1997–2008 | 102 | 25 | 153 | 148 | 6 | 8.75 | [13] | |
14 | 13 | 878 | Matt Burke | Fullback | ![]() | 1993–2004 | 81 | 29 | 104 | 174 | 1 | 10.84 | [14] | |
15 | 14 | 850 | Leigh Halfpenny | Fullback | ![]() ![]() | 2008–2023 | 105 | 15 | 86 | 201 | 0 | 8.1 | [15] | |
17 | 15 | 809 | Chris Paterson | Fullback | ![]() | 1999–2011 | 109 | 22 | 90 | 170 | 3 | 7.42 | [16] | |
19 | 16 | 742 | Morné Steyn | Fly-half | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 68 | 8 | 102 | 156 | 10 | 10.91 | [17] | |
20 | 17 | 739 | Beauden Barrett | Fly-half; Fullback | ![]() | 2012– | 128 | 44 | 168 | 58 | 3 | 5.77 | [18] | |
21 | 18 | 736 | Gavin Hastings | Fullback | ![]() ![]() | 1986–1995 | 68 | 18 | 87 | 161 | 0 | 10.82 | [19] | |
22 | 19 | 734 | Handré Pollard | Fly-half | ![]() | 2014– | 73 | 7 | 99 | 162 | 5 | 10.05 | ||
23 | 20 | 714 | Greig Laidlaw | Scrum-half | ![]() | 2010–2019 | 76 | 5 | 106 | 159 | 0 | 9.39 | ||
25 | 21 | 698 | Matt Giteau | Centre | ![]() | 2002–2016 | 103 | 30 | 106 | 108 | 4 | 6.78 | [20] | |
26 | 22 | 673 | Bernard Foley | Fly-half | ![]() | 2013–2022 | 76 | 16 | 133 | 107 | 1 | 8.82 | ||
28 | 23 | 656 | Dan Biggar | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 2008-2023 | 116 | 8 | 104 | 127 | 9 | 5.66 | [21][22] | |
656 | Hugo Porta | Fly-half | ![]() ![]() | 1971–1990 | 66 | 12 | 91 | 115 | 28 | 9.94 | [23] | |||
30 | 25 | 651 | Felipe Contepomi | Fly-half | ![]() | 1998–2013 | 85 | 16 | 74 | 139 | 2 | 7.66 | [24] |
Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)
[25] There are eight 'Tier 2' countries: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Georgia, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA.
Updated: 20 July 2024
World Rank | Tier Rank | Points | Player | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pe | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) | Source(s) |
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7 | 1 | 1030 | Florin Vlaicu | ![]() | 2006–2022 | 129 | 14 | 173 | 203 | 4 | 7.98 | [26] |
16 | 2 | 840 | Merab Kvirikashvili | ![]() | 2003–2018 | 115 | 17 | 148 | 150 | 3 | 7.3 | [27] |
24 | 3 | 711 | Ayumu Goromaru | ![]() | 2005–2015 | 57 | 18 | 162 | 99 | 0 | 12.47 | [28] |
27 | 4 | 670 | Nicky Little | ![]() | 1996–2011 | 71 | 2 | 117 | 140 | 2 | 9.44 | [29] |
32 | 5 | 607 | James Pritchard | ![]() | 2003–2015 | 62 | 18 | 104 | 103 | 0 | 9.79 | [30] |
35 | 6 | 491 | Gareth Rees | ![]() | 1986–1999 | 55 | 7 | 51 | 110 | 9 | 8.93 | [31] |
39 | 7 | 465 | Mike Hercus | ![]() | 2002–2009 | 48 | 9 | 90 | 76 | 4 | 9.69 | [32] |
42 | 8 | 422 | Keiji Hirose | ![]() | 1994–2005 | 40 | 5 | 77 | 79 | 2 | 10.55 | [33] |
43 | 9 | 419 | Bobby Ross | ![]() | 1989–2003 | 58 | 7 | 51 | 84 | 10 | 7.22 | [34] |
47 | 10 | 389 | Dănuț Dumbravă | ![]() | 2002–2015 | 73 | 3 | 73 | 74 | 2 | 5.33 | [35] |
Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)
[36]
Updated: 20 July 2024
World Rank | Tier Rank | Points | Player | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) | Source(s) |
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18 | 1 | 797 | Yuri Kushnarev | ![]() | 2005–2021 | 120 | 11 | 155 | 142 | 2 | 6.64 | [37] |
41 | 2 | 430 | Theuns Kotzé | ![]() | 2011–2017 | 40 | 6 | 110 | 55 | 5 | 10.75 | [38] |
48 | 3 | 381 | Felipe Berchesi | ![]() | 2011– | 49 | 3 | 57 | 83 | 1 | 7.78 | |
59 | 4 | 335 | Jaco Coetzee | ![]() | 1990–1996 | 28 | 6 | 81 | 45 | 3 | 11.96 | [39] |
59 | 4 | 335 | Raynor Parkinson | ![]() | 2011–2019 | 37 | 6 | 88 | 41 | 2 | 9.05 |
See also
- List of leading rugby union test try scorers
- List of leading international rugby union drop goal scorers
- List of rugby union test caps leaders
- International rugby union player records
References
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- ^ "Johnny Sexton". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Neil Jenkins career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Ronan O'Gara career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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- ^ "Percy Montgomery career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Matt Burke career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Leigh Halfpenny career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Chris Paterson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Morne Steyn career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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- ^ "Florin Vlaicu career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Merab Kvirikashvili career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Ayumu Goromaru career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ^ "Nicky Little career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "James Pritchard career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Gareth Rees career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Mike Hercus career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Keiji Hirose career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Bobby Ross career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Dănuţ Dumbravă career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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- ^ "Yuri Kushnarev career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Theuns Kotzé Segovia career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
- ^ "Jaco Coetzee career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
External links
- Scrum.com
- BBC Sport