List of England national rugby union team records
The England national rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches.[1] The record for most Test appearances, or caps, is held by Rochelle Clark who appeared in 137 games.
The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Jonny Wilkinson, who scored 1179 points between 1998 and 2011. The record for the number of Test tries is held by Rory Underwood, who scored 49 tries in 85 matches between 1984 and 1996.
Currently active players at Test level are listed in bold; those available for national selection but not currently in the national team setup are listed in italics. This list includes only points and tries scored playing for England, and does not include those scored for the British and Irish Lions.
Team records[]
Greatest winning margin[]
- As of March 2022[2]
Margin | Date | Opposing Team | Result | Ground | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
134 | 17 November 2001 | Romania | 134 – 0 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | |
110 | 14 November 1998 | Netherlands | 110 – 0 | Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England | 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier |
98 | 21 August 1999 | United States | 106 – 8 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 1999 USA Tour |
98 | 2 November 2003 | Uruguay | 111 – 13 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
91 | 15 October 1999 | Tonga | 101 – 10 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 1999 Rugby World Cup |
78 | 12 October 2003 | Georgia | 84 – 6 | Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
70 | 13 November 2004 | Canada | 70 – 0 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2004 Canada Tour |
66 | 6 November 2021 | Tonga | 69 – 3 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2021 Autumn Internationals |
64 | 24 September 2011 | Romania | 67 – 3 | Otago Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand | 2011 Rugby World Cup |
60 | 2 October 1999 | Italy | 67 – 7 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 1999 Rugby World Cup |
57 | 17 February 2001 | Italy | 80 – 23 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2001 Six Nations Championship |
57 | 4 August 2007 | Wales | 62 – 5 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches |
57 | 10 October 2015 | Uruguay | 60 – 3 | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England | 2015 Rugby World Cup |
Greatest losing margin[]
- As of March 2022[3]
Margin | Date | Opposing Team | Result | Ground | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 | 6 June 1998 | Australia | 0 – 76 | Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia | 1998 England Tour |
48 | 26 May 2007 | South Africa | 10 – 58 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | 2007 England Tour |
42 | 20 June 1998 | New Zealand | 22 – 64 | Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand | 1998 England Tour |
36 | 26 June 2004 | Australia | 15 – 51 | Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia | 2004 England Tour |
36 | 14 September 2007 | South Africa | 0 – 36 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 2007 Rugby World Cup |
36 | 22 November 2008 | South Africa | 6 – 42 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2008 South Africa Tour |
33 | 12 June 2004 | New Zealand | 3 – 36 | Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand | 2004 England Tour |
33 | 2 June 2007 | South Africa | 22 – 55 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa | 2007 England Tour |
32 | 21 June 2008 | New Zealand | 12 – 44 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand | 2008 England Tour |
31 | 11 June 2006 | Australia | 3 – 34 | Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia | 2006 England Tour |
30 | 27 June 1998 | New Zealand | 10 – 40 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 1998 England Tour |
30 | 24 February 2007 | Ireland | 13 – 43 | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland | 2007 Six Nations Championship |
Individual career records[]
Most appearances[]
- As of 12 March 2022[4]
Rank | Name | Career | Caps | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ben Youngs | 2010- | 116 | Scrum Half |
2 | Jason Leonard | 1990-2003 | 114 | Prop |
3 | Dylan Hartley | 2008–2018 | 97 | Hooker |
4 | Dan Cole | 2010–2019 | 95 | Prop |
5 | Owen Farrell | 2012– | 94 | Fly-half |
6 | Courtney Lawes | 2009- | 92 | Lock |
7 | Jonny Wilkinson | 1998–2011 | 91 | Fly-half |
8 | Lawrence Dallaglio | 1995–2007 | 85 | Number 8 |
Rory Underwood | 1984–1996 | Wing | ||
10 | Danny Care | 2008–2018 | 84 | Scrum-half |
Martin Johnson | 1993–2003 | Lock | ||
12 | George Ford | 2014- | 80 | Fly-half |
13 | Joe Marler | 2012- | 78 | Prop |
Joe Worsley | 1999–2011 | 78 | Flanker | |
15 | Matt Dawson | 1995–2006 | 77 | Scrum-half |
James Haskell | 2007–2018 | Back-row | ||
17 | Mike Catt | 1994–2007 | 75 | Centre |
Mike Tindall | 2001–2011 | Centre | ||
19 | Steve Thompson | 2002-2011 | 73 | Hooker |
Phil Vickery | 1998-2009 | Prop |
Top point scorers[]
- As of 12 March 2022[5]
Rank | Name | Career | Points | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop Go | Caps | Points per game | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Wilkinson | 1998–2011 | 1179 | 6 | 162 | 239 | 36 | 91 | 12.96 | Fly-half |
2 | Owen Farrell | 2012– | 1036 | 10 | 169 | 213 | 3 | 94 | 11.02 | Fly-half / Centre |
3 | Paul Grayson | 1995–2004 | 400 | 2 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 32 | 12.5 | Fly-half |
4 | Rob Andrew | 1985–1997 | 396 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 21 | 71 | 5.58 | Fly-half |
5 | George Ford | 2014– | 308 | 10 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 80 | 3.85 | Fly-half |
6 | Toby Flood | 2006–2013 | 301 | 4 | 40 | 66 | 1 | 60 | 5.02 | Fly-half |
7 | Jonathan Webb | 1987–1993 | 296 | 4 | 41 | 66 | 0 | 33 | 8.97 | Full-back |
8 | Charlie Hodgson | 2001–2012 | 269 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 38 | 7.08 | Fly-half |
9 | Dusty Hare | 1974–1984 | 240 | 2 | 14 | 67 | 1 | 25 | 9.6 | Full-back |
10 | Rory Underwood | 1984–1996 | 210 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 2.47 | Wing |
Top try scorers[]
- As of 12 March 2022[6]
Rank | Name | Career | Tries | Caps | Tries / game |
Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rory Underwood | 1984–1996 | 49 | 85 | 0.58 | Wing |
2 | Jonny May | 2013– | 35 | 69 | 0.51 | Wing |
3 | Ben Cohen | 2000–2006 | 31 | 57 | 0.54 | Wing |
Will Greenwood | 1997–2004 | 31 | 55 | 0.56 | Centre | |
5 | Jeremy Guscott | 1989–1999 | 30 | 65 | 0.46 | Centre |
6 | Jason Robinson | 2001–2007 | 28 | 51 | 0.55 | Full-back |
7 | Dan Luger | 1998–2003 | 24 | 38 | 0.63 | Wing |
8 | Josh Lewsey | 1998–2007 | 22 | 55 | 0.4 | Wing |
Anthony Watson | 2014– | 22 | 51 | 0.43 | Wing | |
10 | Chris Ashton | 2010–2019 | 20 | 44 | 0.45 | Wing |
Mark Cueto | 2004–2011 | 20 | 55 | 0.36 | Wing | |
Ben Youngs | 2010– | 20 | 116 | 0.17 | Scrum-half |
Most matches as captain[]
- As of 12 March 2022[7]
Rank | Name | Career | Tests | Won | Drew | Lost | Win percent |
Position | Honours as captain |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Will Carling | 1988–1996 | 59 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 74.6 | Centre | 1991 Grand Slam 1991 RWC Final 1992 Grand Slam 1995 Grand Slam 1996 Five Nations Championship |
2 | Chris Robshaw | 2012–2017 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 59.5 | Flanker | 2014 Triple Crown |
3 | Martin Johnson | 1998–2003 | 39 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 87.2 | Lock | 2001 Six Nations Championship 2002 Triple Crown 2003 Grand Slam 2003 RWC Final |
4 | Owen Farrell | 2018– | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 67.6 | Fly-half/Centre | 2019 RWC Final 2020 Six Nations Championship 2020 Triple Crown |
5 | Dylan Hartley | 2012–2018 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 83.3 | Hooker | 2016 Grand Slam 2017 Six Nations Championship |
6 | Lawrence Dallaglio | 1997–2004 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 45.5 | Number 8 | 1998 Triple Crown |
7 | Bill Beaumont | 1978–1982 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 52.4 | Lock | 1980 Grand Slam |
Steve Borthwick | 2008–2010 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 42.9 | Lock | None | |
9 | Martin Corry | 2005–2007 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 52.9 | Lock | None |
10 | Phil Vickery | 2002–2008 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 66.7 | Prop | 2007 RWC Final |
Individual match records[]
Most points in a match[]
- As of March 2022[8]
Rank | Player | Position | Points | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop Goals | Result | Opposition | Competition | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charlie Hodgson | Fly-half | 44 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 134–0 | Romania | 17 November 2001 | |
2 | Paul Grayson | Fly-half | 36 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 101–10 | Tonga | 1999 Rugby World Cup | 15 October 1999 |
3 | Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | 35 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 80–23 | Italy | 2001 Six Nations Championship | 17 February 2001 |
4 | Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | 32 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 67–7 | Italy | 1999 Rugby World Cup | 2 October 1999 |
5 | Rob Andrew | Fly-half | 30 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 60–19 | Canada | 1994 Canada Tour | 10 December 1994 |
Paul Grayson | Fly-half | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 110–0 | Netherlands | 1999 Rugby World Cup qualification | 14 November 1998 | ||
Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50–10 | Wales | 2002 Six Nations Championship | 23 March 2002 | ||
8 | Dave Walder | Fly-half | 29 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 59–20 | Canada | 2001 England Tour | 9 June 2001 |
9 | Rob Andrew | Fly-half | 27 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 32–15 | South Africa | 1994 England Tour | 9 June 1994 |
Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27–22 | South Africa | 2000 England Tour | 24 June 2000 | ||
Charlie Hodgson | Fly-half | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 32–16 | South Africa | 2004 Autumn Internationals | 20 November 2004 | ||
Jonny Wilkinson | Fly-half | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 42–20 | Scotland | 2007 Six Nations Championship | 3 February 2007 |
Most tries in a match[]
- As of March 2022[9]
See also[]
- England rugby union try record progression
- List of leading rugby union test point scorers
- List of leading rugby union test try scorers
- List of rugby union test caps leaders
References[]
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- Rugby union records and statistics
- Lists of England national rugby union players