List of leading rugby union test point scorers

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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 25 scoring international players (Tier 1)[]

Updated: 21 November 2021

World
Rank
Tier
Rank
Points Player Position International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS
(per game)
Ref
1 1 1598 Dan Carter Fly-half  New Zealand 2003–2015 112 29 293 281 8 14.27 [1]
2 2 1246 Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half  England (1179)
 British and Irish Lions (67)
1998–2011 97 7 169 255 36 12.85 [2]
3 3 1090 Neil Jenkins Fly-half  Wales (1049)
 British and Irish Lions (41)
1990–2003 87 11 131 248 10 12.53 [3]
4 4 1083 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half  Ireland (1083)
 British and Irish Lions (0)
2000–2013 130 16 176 202 15 8.33 [4]
5 5 1070 Owen Farrell Fly-half  England (1036)
 British and Irish Lions (34)
2012- 100 10 171 223 3 10.7 [5]
7 6 1010 Diego Dominguez Fly-half  Italy (983)
 Argentina (27)
1991–2003
1989
76 9 133 209 20 13.29 [6]
8 7 970 Stephen Jones Fly-half  Wales (917)
 British and Irish Lions (53)
1998–2011 110 7 160 198 7 8.82 [7]
9 8 967 Andrew Mehrtens Fly-half  New Zealand 1995–2004 70 7 169 186 12 13.81 [8]
10 9 951 Jonathan Sexton Fly-half  Ireland (946)
 British and Irish Lions (5)
2009- 107 16 137 195 4 8.89 [9]
11 10 911 Michael Lynagh Fly-half  Australia 1984–1995 72 17 140 177 9 12.65 [10]
12 11 893 Percy Montgomery Fullback  South Africa 1997–2008 102 25 153 148 6 8.75 [11]
13 12 878 Matt Burke Fullback  Australia 1993–2004 81 29 104 174 1 10.84 [12]
15 13 838 Nicolas Sanchez Fly-half  Argentina 2010- 93 13 115 169 12 9.01
16 14 827 Leigh Halfpenny Fullback  Wales (778)
 British and Irish Lions (49)
2008- 100 15 79 198 0 8.27 [13]
17 15 809 Chris Paterson Fullback  Scotland 1999–2011 109 22 90 170 3 7.42 [14]
19 16 742 Morne Steyn Fly-half  South Africa 2009–2021 68 8 102 156 10 10.91 [15]
20 17 736 Gavin Hastings Fullback  Scotland (667)
 British and Irish Lions (69)
1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.82 [16]
21 18 714 Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half  Scotland 2010-2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.39
23 19 703 Beauden Barrett Fly-half  New Zealand 2012- 101 39 164 58 2 6.96
24 20 698 Matt Giteau Center  Australia 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78 [17]
26 21 656 Hugo Porta Fly-half  Argentina (590)
Flag sudamerica xv.jpg South American Jaguars (66)
1971–1990 66 12 91 115 28 9.94 [18]
27 22 651 Felipe Contepomi Fly-half  Argentina 1998–2013 85 16 74 139 2 7.66 [19]
28 23 645 Grant Fox Fly-half  New Zealand 1985–1993 46 1 118 128 7 14.02 [20]
29 24 622 Bernard Foley Fly-half  Australia 2013-2019 71 16 124 97 1 8.76
31 25 601 Handré Pollard Fly-half  South Africa 2014- 60 6 83 131 4 10.02

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: 12 September 2021

World
Rank
Tier
Rank
Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pe DG Avg. PTS
(per game)
Source(s)
6 1 1024 Florin Vlaicu  Romania 2006– 128 14 173 201 4 8 [22]
14 2 840 Merab Kvirikashvili  Georgia 2003–2018 115 17 148 150 3 7.3 [23]
22 3 711 Ayumu Goromaru  Japan 2005–2015 57 18 162 99 0 12.47 [24]
25 4 670 Nicky Little  Fiji 1996–2011 71 2 117 140 2 9.44 [25]
30 5 607 James Pritchard  Canada 2003–2015 62 18 104 103 0 9.79 [26]
34 6 491 Gareth Rees  Canada 1986–1999 55 7 51 110 9 8.93 [27]
38 7 465 Mike Hercus  United States 2002–2009 48 9 90 76 4 9.69 [28]
41 8 422 Keiji Hirose  Japan 1994–2005 40 5 77 79 2 10.55 [29]
42 9 419 Bobby Ross  Canada 1989–2003 58 7 51 84 10 7.22 [30]
45 10 389 Dănuţ Dumbravă  Romania 2002–2015 73 3 73 74 2 5.33 [31]

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)[]

[32]

Updated: 26 November 2021

World
Rank
Tier
Rank
Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS
(per game)
Source(s)
18 1 797 Yuri Kushnarev  Russia 2005– 120 11 155 142 2 6.64 [33]
40 2 430 Theuns Kotzé  Namibia 2011–2017 40 6 110 55 5 10.75 [34]
58 3 337 Felipe Berchesi  Uruguay 2011- 39 2 48 76 1 8.64
59 4 335  Namibia 1990–1996 28 6 81 45 3 11.96 [35]
59 4 335 Raynor Parkinson  Germany 2011-2019 37 6 88 41 2 9.05

See also[]

References[]

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