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

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Carter career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Jonny Wilkinson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Neil Jenkins career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Ronan O'Gara career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Diego Diminguez career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Jones career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Mehrtens career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  8. ↑ "Michael Lynagh career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Percy Montgomery career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  10. ↑ "Matt Burke career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  11. ↑ "Chris Paterson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  12. ↑ "Morne Steyn career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Gavin Hastings career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  14. ↑ "Matt Giteau career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  15. ↑ "Felipe Contepomi career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  16. ↑ "Hugo Porta career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  17. ↑ "Grant Fox career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  18. ↑ "Leigh Halfpenny career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  19. ↑ [http://www.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/12165.html? class=1;orderby=points;template=results;type=player;view=match "Johnny Sexton career figures"] Check |url= value (help). ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27. line feed character in |url= at position 57 (help); line feed character in |title= at position 21 (help)
  20. ↑ "Greig Laidlaw career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  21. ↑ "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  22. ↑ "Florin Vlaicu career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  23. ↑ "Merab Kvirikashvili career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  24. ↑ "Ayumu Goromaru career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  25. ↑ "Nicky Little career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  26. ↑ "James Pritchard career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  27. ↑ "Gareth Rees career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  28. ↑ "Mike Hercus career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  29. ↑ "Keiji Hirose career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  30. ↑ "Bobby Ross career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  31. ↑ "Dănuţ Dumbravă career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  32. ↑ "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  33. ↑ "Yuri Kushnarev career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  34. ↑ "Theuns Kotzé Segovia career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  35. ↑ "Jaco Coetzee career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  36. ↑ "Konstantin Rachkov career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  37. ↑ "Gonçalo Malheiro career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

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