List of leading rugby union test point scorers
This is a list of the leading scorers in rugby union Test matches.
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 twenty scoring international players (Tier 1)
Updated: 26 November 2016
World Rank |
Tier Rank |
Points | Player | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1598 | Dan Carter | New Zealand | 2003–2015 | 112 | 29 | 293 | 281 | 8 | 14.27 | [1] |
2 | 2 | 1246 | Jonny Wilkinson | England (1179) British and Irish Lions (67) |
1998-2012 | 97 | 7 | 169 | 255 | 36 | 12.84 | [2] |
3 | 3 | 1090 | Neil Jenkins | Wales (1049) British and Irish Lions (41) |
1990–2003 | 87 | 11 | 131 | 248 | 10 | 12.53 | [3] |
4 | 4 | 1083 | Ronan O'Gara | Ireland (1083) British and Irish Lions (0) |
2000–2013 | 130 | 16 | 176 | 202 | 15 | 8.33 | [4] |
5 | 5 | 1010 | Diego Dominguez | Italy (983) Argentina (27) |
1991–2003 1989 |
76 | 9 | 133 | 209 | 20 | 13.29 | [5] |
6 | 6 | 970 | Stephen Jones | Wales (917) British and Irish Lions (53) |
1998–2011 | 110 | 7 | 160 | 198 | 7 | 8.82 | [6] |
7 | 7 | 967 | Andrew Mehrtens | New Zealand | 1995–2004 | 70 | 7 | 169 | 186 | 12 | 13.81 | [7] |
8 | 8 | 911 | Michael Lynagh | Australia | 1984–1995 | 72 | 17 | 140 | 177 | 9 | 12.65 | [8] |
9 | 9 | 893 | Percy Montgomery | South Africa | 1997–2008 | 102 | 25 | 153 | 148 | 6 | 8.75 | [9] |
10 | 10 | 878 | Matt Burke | Australia | 1993–2004 | 81 | 29 | 104 | 174 | 1 | 10.84 | [10] |
11 | 11 | 809 | Chris Paterson | Scotland | 1999–2011 | 109 | 22 | 90 | 170 | 3 | 7.42 | [11] |
12 | 12 | 736 | Morne Steyn | South Africa | 2009– | 66 | 8 | 102 | 154 | 10 | 11.15 | [12] |
13 | 13 | 733 | Gavin Hastings | Scotland (667) British Lions (66) |
1986–1995 | 67 | 18 | 87 | 160 | 0 | 10.94 | [13] |
14 | 14 | 698 | Matt Giteau | Australia | 2002– | 102 | 30 | 106 | 108 | 4 | 6.84 | [14] |
19 | 15 | 651 | Felipe Contepomi | Argentina | 1998–2013 | 85 | 16 | 74 | 139 | 2 | 7.66 | [15] |
20 | 16 | 651 | Hugo Porta | Argentina (592) South American Jaguars (61) |
1971–1990 | 68 | 12 | 91 | 114 | 28 | 9.57 | [16] |
21 | 17 | 645 | Grant Fox | New Zealand | 1985–1993 | 46 | 1 | 118 | 128 | 7 | 14.02 | [17] |
23 | 18 | 606 | Leigh Halfpenny | Wales (557) British and Irish Lions (49) |
2008– | 69 | 12 | 45 | 152 | 0 | 8.78 | [18] |
24 | 19 | 592 | Johnny Sexton | Ireland(587) British and Irish Lions (5) |
2009- | 66 | 10 | 70 | 132 | 2 | 8.96 | [19] |
25 | 20 | 570 | Greig Laidlaw | Scotland | 2011- | 56 | 4 | 74 | 134 | 0 | 10.18 | [20] |
Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)
[21] There are eight 'Tier 2' countries: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Georgia, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA.
Updated: 20 June 2016
World Rank |
Tier Rank |
Points | Player | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pe | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) |
Source(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | 1 | 733 | Florin Vlaicu | Romania | 2006– | 93 | 8 | 122 | 148 | 4 | 7.88 | [22] |
14 | 2 | 723 | Merab Kvirikashvili | Georgia | 2003– | 93 | 14 | 127 | 130 | 3 | 7.77 | [23] |
15 | 3 | 708 | Ayumu Goromaru | Japan | 2005– | 56 | 18 | 162 | 98 | 0 | 12.64 | [24] |
18 | 4 | 670 | Nicky Little | Fiji | 1996–2011 | 71 | 2 | 117 | 140 | 2 | 9.44 | [25] |
22 | 5 | 607 | James Pritchard | Canada | 2003– | 62 | 18 | 104 | 103 | 0 | 9.79 | [26] |
28 | 6 | 491 | Gareth Rees | Canada | 1986–1999 | 55 | 7 | 51 | 110 | 9 | 8.92 | [27] |
32 | 7 | 465 | Mike Hercus | United States | 2002–2009 | 48 | 9 | 90 | 76 | 4 | 9.69 | [28] |
35 | 8 | 422 | Keiji Hirose | Japan | 1994–2005 | 40 | 5 | 77 | 79 | 2 | 10.55 | [29] |
36 | 9 | 419 | Bobby Ross | Canada | 1989–2003 | 58 | 7 | 51 | 84 | 10 | 7.22 | [30] |
39 | 10 | 389 | Dănuţ Dumbravă | Romania | 2002– | 73 | 3 | 73 | 74 | 2 | 5.33 | [31] |
Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)
[32] Updated: 20 June 2016
World Rank |
Tier Rank |
Points | Player | International team(s) | Years active | Caps | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Avg. PTS (per game) |
Source(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 1 | 568 | Yuri Kushnarev | Russia | 2005– | 80 | 10 | 85 | 116 | 0 | 7.1 | [33] |
45 | 2 | 362 | Theuns Kotzé | Namibia | 2011– | 31 | 5 | 83 | 52 | 5 | 11.68 | [34] |
54 | 3 | 335 | Jaco Coetzee | Namibia | 1990–1996 | 28 | 6 | 81 | 45 | 3 | 11.96 | [35] |
59 | 4 | 316 | Konstantin Rachkov | Russia | 1997–2011 | 40 | 10 | 51 | 36 | 10 | 7.90 | [36] |
77 | 5 | 279 | Gonçalo Malheiro | Portugal | 1998–2007 | 40 | 8 | 25 | 46 | 17 | 6.98 | [37] |
See also
- List of leading Rugby union Test try scorers
- List of leading Rugby union drop goal scorers
- List of rugby union Test caps leaders
- List of top English points scorers and try scorers
References
- ↑ "Dan Carter career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Jonny Wilkinson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Neil Jenkins career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Ronan O'Gara career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Diego Diminguez career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Stephen Jones career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Andrew Mehrtens career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Michael Lynagh career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Percy Montgomery career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Matt Burke 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.
- ↑ "Gavin Hastings career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Matt Giteau career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Felipe Contepomi career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Hugo Porta career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Grant Fox career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Leigh Halfpenny career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ↑ [http://www.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/12165.html?
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- ↑ "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Konstantin Rachkov career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Malheiro career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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