United States national rugby union team player statistics

The following is a list of selected United States national rugby union team player statistics. For additional statistics, see the United States national rugby union team main page.

Most matches as captain[]

Rank	Player	Position	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1	Todd Clever	Flanker	2008-2017	51	20	29	2	41.17
2	Dave Hodges	Flanker	2000-2003	28	9	19	0	32.14
3	Dan Lyle	Number 8	1996-2003	24	11	13	0	45.83
4	Blaine Scully	Full Back	2016-2019	23	14	9	0	60.86
5	Kort Schubert	Number 8	2003-2006	17	4	13	0	23.52
6	Tom Billups	Hooker	1998	12	4	8	0	33.33
7	Ed Burlingham	Lock	1983-1987	9	3	5	1	38.88
8	Kevin Swords	Lock	1991-1994	8	1	7	0	12.50
	Brian Vizard	Number 8	1990-1991	8	3	5	0	38
	Chris Wyles	Full Back	2015	8	3	5	0	37.50

Last updated: USA vs New Zealand, 23 October 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players[]

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Titi Lamositele	Prop	18 years and 187 days	Canada	Charleston	17/08/2013
2	David Ainu'u	Prop	18 years and 355 days	Samoa	San Sebastian	10/11/2018
3	Thretton Palamo	Wing	19 years and 8 days	South Africa	Montpellier	30/09/2007
4	Lorenzo Thomas	Centre	19 years and 29 days	Chile	Fort Lauderdale	20/02/2016
5	Deion Mikesell	Wing	19 years and 58 days	Uruguay		05/03/2016
6	Ruben de Haas	Scrum-half	19 years and 131 days	Chile	Fullerton	17/02/2018
7	Kapeli Pifeleti	Prop	19 years and 175 days	Brazil	Austin	23/02/2019
8	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	19 years and 187 days	Brazil	Sao Paulo	27/02/2016
9	Mike MacDonald	Prop	19 years and 216 days	Fiji	Apia	30/06/2000
10	Nic Johnson	Number 8	19 years and 239 days	Ireland	Santa Clara	31/05/2009

Last updated: USA vs New Zealand, 23 October 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Oldest players[]

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Mark Williams	Fly-half	38 years and 98 days	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	02/10/1999
2.		(Prop)	37 years and 279 days	Samoa	Apia	26/06/1999
3.	Fred Paoli	Prop	37 years and 229 days	Italy	Otley	05/10/1991
4.	Mate Moeakiola	(Prop)	37 years and 144 days	South Africa	London	07/10/2015
5.		Prop	35 years and 329 days	Canada	Denver	13/06/1992
6.	Dave Hodges	Lock	35 years and 292 days	France	Hartford	03/07/2004
7.	Mose Timoteo	(Scrum-half)	35 years and 290 days	Italy	Houston	23/06/2012
8.		Prop	35 years and 276 days	Hong Kong	San Francisco	18/04/1992
9.		Wing	35 years and 254 days	South Africa	Glenville	25/09/1981
10.	Ed Burlingham	Lock	35 years and 232 days	England	Sydney	03/07/1987

Last updated: USA vs New Zealand, 23 October 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Most points in a match[]

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Chris O'Brien	Fly-half	26	3	7	0	0	Uruguay	Montevideo	05/11/1989
	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	26	1	3	4	1	Russia	Tokyo	30/05/2004
	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	26	0	13	0	0	Barbados	Santa Clara	01/07/2006
4.	Chris O'Brien	Fly-half	25	2	6	1	0	Bermuda	Hamilton	12/03/1994
4.	AJ MacGinty	Fly-half	25	3	5	0	0	Chile	Maipù	02/02/2019
6.	Matt Alexander	Fly-half	24	1	8	1	0	Japan	San Francisco	06/07/1996
7.	Chris Wyles	Fullback	23	1	3	4	0	Canada	Sacramento	21/06/2014
8.	Matt Alexander	Fly-half	22	1	4	3	0	Hong Kong	San Francisco	29/06/1996
8.	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	22	0	5	4	0	Spain	Madrid	12/04/2003
10.	AJ MacGinty	Fly-half	21	1	5	2	0	Germany	Wiesbaden	18/11/2017

Last updated: USA vs New Zealand, 23 October 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Most tries in a match[]

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Richard Hyland	Wing	12	4	0	0	0	Romania	Colombes	11/05/1924
	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Japan	San Francisco	06/07/1996
		Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Japan	San Francisco	07/06/1997
	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Portugal	Lisbon	08/04/1998
5.	13 players on 3 tries

Last updated: USA vs New Zealand, 23 October 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

External links[]

Source: ESPN Scrum