List of Six Nations Championship records
This is a list of individual and team records for the Six Nations Championship and its predecessors the Five Nations and Home Nations Championships.
Individual[]
Appearances[]
The top 15 players with the most appearances in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.[1]
Player Name | Caps | Starts | Nation | Time span |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sergio Parisse | 69 | 69 | ![]() |
2004–2019 |
Brian O'Driscoll | 65 | 65 | ![]() |
2000–2014 |
Rory Best | 64 | 55 | ![]() |
2006–2019 |
Alun Wyn Jones | 63 | 61 | ![]() |
2007–2021 |
Ronan O'Gara | 63 | 41 | ![]() |
2000–2013 |
Martin Castrogiovanni | 60 | 44 | ![]() |
2003–2016 |
Mike Gibson | 56 | 56 | ![]() |
1964–1979 |
Cian Healy | 56 | 42 | ![]() |
2010–2022 |
Gethin Jenkins | 56 | 38 | ![]() |
2003–2016 |
Ross Ford | 55 | 42 | ![]() |
2006–2017 |
John Hayes | 54 | 54 | ![]() |
2000–2010 |
Jason Leonard | 54 | 49 | ![]() |
1991–2004 |
Alessandro Zanni | 54 | 45 | ![]() |
2006–2020 |
Leonardo Ghiraldini | 53 | 47 | ![]() |
2007–2019 |
Willie John McBride | 53 | 53 | ![]() |
1962–1975 |
Chris Paterson | 53 | 49 | ![]() |
2000–2011 |
Jonathan Sexton | 53 | 50 | ![]() |
2010–2022 |
Points[]
All players with at least 250 points in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.[2]
No. | Player Name | Points | Nation |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ronan O'Gara | 557 | ![]() |
2 | Jonny Wilkinson | 546 | ![]() |
3 | Jonathan Sexton | 505 | ![]() |
4 | Owen Farrell | 500 | ![]() |
5 | Stephen Jones | 467 | ![]() |
6 | Leigh Halfpenny | 417 | ![]() |
7 | Neil Jenkins | 406 | ![]() |
8 | Chris Paterson | 403 | ![]() |
9 | Greig Laidlaw | 290 | ![]() |
10 | Gavin Hastings | 288 | ![]() |
11 | David Humphreys | 270 | ![]() |
Tries[]
All players with at least 18 tries in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.[3]
No. | Player Name | Tries | Nation |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brian O'Driscoll | 26 | ![]() |
2 | Ian Smith | 24 | ![]() |
3 | George North | 22 | ![]() |
4 | Shane Williams | 22 | ![]() |
5 | Gareth Edwards | 18 | ![]() |
6 | Cyril Lowe | 18 | ![]() |
7 | Rory Underwood | 18 | ![]() |
Scoring[]
Match | Season | Career | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 35 | ![]() |
89 | ![]() |
557 | ![]() |
Tries | 5 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
26 | ![]() |
Conversions | 9 |
|
24 | ![]() |
89 | ![]() |
Penalties | 7 |
|
19 |
|
109 | ![]() |
Drop Goals | 3 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
Team[]
Match[]
- Most points by one team
- Most points by a losing team
- Most points in one match
England -
Italy 2001 103 points 80-23
- Most points in a drawn match
England -
Scotland 2019 38-38
- Most tries by one team
Scotland v Wales 1887 12 tries
- Most tries in one match
- Biggest winning margin
- Biggest away winning margin
Season[]
- Most points scored in a Season
- Most points conceded in a Season
- Fewest points scored in a Six Nations Season
- Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations Season
- Most tries scored in a Season
- Most tries conceded in a Season
- Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations Season
- Fewest tries conceded in a Six Nations Season
- Most tries in a Season
- 2019 84 tries (5.6 per match)
- Biggest points difference in a Season
England 2001 +149
- Weakest points difference in a Season
Italy 2021 -184
See also[]
- Six Nations Championship
- List of Six Nations Championship hat-tricks
- List of Six Nations Championship Player of the Championship winners
References[]
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- ^ "Statsguru: Player data, total drop goals scored, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, match by match list, total points scored, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, match by match list, points difference, away win Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points scored, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points conceded, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points scored, reverse order, Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points conceded, reverse order, Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries conceded, Five/Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries scored, reverse order, Six Nations". ESPN Scrum. SFMS Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
External links[]
- Six Nations Championship lists
- Rugby union records and statistics