List of Wales national rugby union team records

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Wales have competed in the sport of rugby union since their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup.

The records listed below only include performances in test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Team records[]

Wales (in red), playing against England ( in white).

Greatest winning margin[]

Margin Date Opposing Team Result Venue Competition
98 26 November 2004  Japan 98 – 0 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 2004 Autumn Internationals
91 17 May 1994  Portugal 102 – 11 Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifier
74 4 June 2005  United States 77 – 3 Rentschler Field, Hartford, USA 2005 Summer Internationals
74 26 September 2011  Namibia 81 – 7 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup
72 19 September 2001  Romania 81 – 9 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 2001 Autumn Internationals

Greatest losing margin[]

Margin Date Opposing Team Result Venue Competition
83 27 June 1998  South Africa 13 – 96 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 1998 Summer Tour
57 22 July 1991  Australia 6 – 63 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Australia 1991 Summer Tour
57 4 June 2005  England 5 – 62 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
52 21 June 2003  New Zealand 3 – 55 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand 2003 Summer Tour
51 5 April 1998  France 0 – 51 Wembley Stadium, London, England 1998 Five Nations Championship

Individual career records[]

Most caps[]

# Name Period Caps Starts Subs Position
1 Alun Wyn Jones 2006– 149 138 11 Lock
2 Gethin Jenkins 2002-2016 129 93 36 Prop
3 Stephen Jones 1998–2011 104 86 18 Fly-half
4 George North 2010– 102 98 4 Wing
5 Gareth Thomas 1995–2007 100 94 6 Wing
Martyn Williams 1996–2012 100 87 13 Flanker
7 Leigh Halfpenny 2008– 96 92 4 Fullback
8 Dan Biggar 2008– 95 78 17 Fly-half
Adam Jones 2003–2014 95 84 11 Prop
10 Colin Charvis 1996–2007 94 84 10 Flanker
Mike Phillips 2003–2015 94 67 27 Scrum-half

Last updated: Wales vs Australia, 20 November 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]

Most points[]

# Player Period Points Caps Tries Con Pen DG Ave
1 Neil Jenkins 1991–2002 1049 87 11 130 248 10 12.06
2 Stephen Jones 1998–2011 917 104 7 153 186 6 8.82
3 Leigh Halfpenny 2008– 778 96 15 74 185 0 8.1
4 Dan Biggar 2008– 532 95 7 85 102 7 5.6
5 James Hook 2006–2015 352 81 13 46 61 4 4.35
6 Paul Thorburn 1985-1991 304 37 2 43 70 0 8.22
7 Shane Williams 2000-2011 290 87 58 0 0 0 3.33
8 George North 2010– 215 102 43 0 0 0 2.11
9 Arwel Thomas 1996-2000 211 23 11 30 32 0 9.17
10 Gareth Thomas 1995–2007 200 100 40 0 0 0 2

Last updated: Wales vs Australia, 20 November 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[2]

Most tries[]

# Name Period Tries Caps Ave. Position
1 Shane Williams 2000–2011 58 87 0.67 Wing
2 George North 2010– 43 102 0.42 Wing
3 Gareth Thomas 1995–2007 40 100 0.4 Wing
4 Ieuan Evans 1987–1998 33 72 0.46 Wing
5 Colin Charvis 1996–2007 22 94 0.23 Flanker
6 Gerald Davies 1966–1978 20 46 0.43 Wing
Gareth Edwards 1967–1978 20 53 0.38 Scrum-half
Tom Shanklin 2001–2011 20 70 0.29 Centre
9 Rhys Williams 2000–2005 18 44 0.41 Fullback
10 Josh Adams 2018– 17 35 0.49 Wing
Alex Cuthbert 2011– 17 48 0.35 Wing
Liam Williams 2012- 17 74 0.23 Fullback

Last updated: Wales vs Australia, 20 November 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[3]

Most appearances as captain[]

# Name Period Apps Win % Position
1 Alun Wyn Jones 2009– 52 0.54 Lock
2 Sam Warburton 2011–2016 49 0.47 Flanker
3 Ryan Jones 2008–2013 33 0.58 Flanker
4 Ieuan Evans 1991-1995 28 0.46 Wing
5 Colin Charvis 2002–2004 22 0.5 Flanker
Rob Howley 1998–1999 22 0.68 Scrum-half
7 Gareth Thomas 2003–2007 21 0.43 Wing
8 Jonathan Humphreys 1995–2003 19 0.32 Hooker
9 Arthur Gould 1889–1897 18 0.44 Hooker
10 Clive Rowlands 1963–1965 14 0.43 Scrum-half

Rugby World Cup records[]

Career[]

Most appearances at Rugby World Cup
21 – Alun Wyn Jones (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) [4]
Most points at Rugby World Cup
98 – Neil Jenkins (1995, 1999) [5]
Most tries at Rugby World Cup
10 – Shane Williams (2003, 2007, 2011)[6]

Tournament[]

Most points at one tournament
57 – Neil Jenkins (1999) [7]
Most tries at one tournament
7 – Josh Adams (2019) [8]

Match[]

Most points in one game
23 – Dan Biggar vs England (2015) [9]
Most tries in one game
4 – Ieuan Evans vs Canada (1987) [10]
Fastest score at Rugby World Cup
36 seconds – Dan Biggar vs Australia (2019)
Fastest try at Rugby World Cup
2 minutes 8 seconds  – Jonathan Davies vs Georgia (2019)

Individual match records[]

Most points in a match[11]
Points Player Opposing team Venue Year
30 Neil Jenkins Italy Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso 1999
29 Neil Jenkins France Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 1999
28 Neil Jenkins Canada Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 1999
28 Neil Jenkins France Stade de France, Saint-Denis 2001
28 Gavin Henson Japan Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2004
Most tries in a match[12]
Tries Player Opposing team Venue Year
4 Willie Llewellyn England St. Helen's, Swansea 1899
4 Reggie Gibbs France National Stadium, Cardiff 1908
4 Maurice Richards England National Stadium, Cardiff 1969
4 Ieuan Evans Canada Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill 1987
4 Nigel Walker Portugal Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon 1994
4 Gareth Thomas Italy Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso 1999
4 Shane Williams Japan Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka 2001
4 Tom Shanklin Romania Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2004
4 Colin Charvis Japan Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2004

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.wru.wales/fixtures-and-teams/established-1881/player-records/
  2. ^ https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/team/_/id/4/wales[bare URL]
  3. ^ https://www.wru.wales/fixtures-and-teams/established-1881/player-records/
  4. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/stats/players?metric=matches&team=33
  5. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/stats/players?metric=points&team=33
  6. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/stats/players?metric=tries&team=33
  7. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/stats/players?metric=points&event=4&team=33
  8. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2019/stats/players/2019?metric=tries
  9. ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/100163
  10. ^ https://www.world.rugby/match/624
  11. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored in a match, Scrum, 29 September 2019.
  12. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored in a match, Scrum, 29 September 2019.
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