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

Scoring

	Match		Season		Career
Points	35	Jonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001)[1]	89	Jonny Wilkinson — 2001[2]	557	Ronan O'Gara — 2000–2013[3]
Tries	5	George Lindsay — Scotland v Wales (1887)[4]	8	Cyril Lowe — 1914,  Ian Smith — 1925[5]	26	Brian O'Driscoll — 2000–2014[6]
Conversions	9	Jonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001)[7]	24	Jonny Wilkinson — 2001[8]	89	Jonny Wilkinson — 1998–2011[9]
Penalties	7	Simon Hodgkinson — England v Wales (1991),  Rob Andrew — England v Scotland (1995),  Jonny Wilkinson — England v France (1999),  Neil Jenkins — Wales v Italy (2000),  Gérald Merceron — France v Italy (2002),  Chris Paterson — Scotland v Wales (2007),  Leigh Halfpenny — Wales v Scotland (2013),  Maxime Machenaud - France v England (2016)[10]	19	Leigh Halfpenny — 2013[11]	109	Ronan O'Gara — 2000–2013[12]
Drop Goals	3	Pierre Albaladejo — France v Ireland (1960),  Jean-Patrick Lescarboura — France v England (1985),  Diego Dominguez — Italy v Scotland (2000),  Neil Jenkins — Wales v Scotland (2001)[13]	5	Guy Camberabero — 1967,  Diego Dominguez — 2000,  Neil Jenkins — 2001,  Jonny Wilkinson — 2003,  Dan Parks — 2010[14]	11	Jonny Wilkinson — 1998–2011[15]

Appearances

All players with at least 50 appearances in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.^[16]

Player Name	Caps	Starts	Nation	Time span
Brian O'Driscoll	65	65	Ireland	2000–2014
Ronan O'Gara	63	41	Ireland	2000–2013
Martin Castrogiovanni	60	44	Italy	2003–2016
Mike Gibson	56	56	Ireland	1964–1979
Gethin Jenkins	56	38	Wales	2003–2016
Sergio Parisse	55	55	Italy	2004–2016
John Hayes	54	54	Ireland	2000–2010
Jason Leonard	54	49	England	1991–2004
Willie John McBride	53	53	Ireland	1962–1975
Chris Paterson	53	49	Scotland	2000–2011
Martyn Williams	51	48	Wales	1998–2010
Rory Best	51	42	Ireland	2006–2016
Marco Bortolami	51	44	Italy	2002–2015
Paul O'Connell	51	47	Ireland	2002–2015
Ross Ford	50	41	Scotland	2006–2016
Stephen Jones	50	43	Wales	2000–2011
Philippe Sella	50	50	France	1983–1995
Rory Underwood	50	50	England	1984–1996

Points

All players with at least 250 points in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.^[17]

Player Name	Points	Nation
Ronan O'Gara	557	Ireland
Jonny Wilkinson	546	England
Stephen Jones	467	Wales
Neil Jenkins	406	Wales
Chris Paterson	403	Scotland
Jonathan Sexton	288	Ireland
Gavin Hastings	288	Scotland
Leigh Halfpenny	277	Wales
David Humphreys	270	Ireland

Tries

All players with at least 18 tries in the championship are listed.^[18]

Player Name	Tries	Nation
Brian O'Driscoll	26	Ireland
Ian Smith	24	Scotland
Shane Williams	22	Wales
Gareth Edwards	18	Wales
Cyril Lowe	18	England
Rory Underwood	18	England

Team

Match

• Most points by one team

 England v Italy 2001 80 points^[19]

• Biggest winning margin

 England v Italy 2001 57 points 80-23^[20]

• Biggest away winning margin

 England v Italy 2000 47 points 59-12^[21]

Season

• Most points scored in a Season

•  England 2001 229 points^[22]

• Most points conceded in a Season

•  Italy 2000 228 points^[23]

• Fewest points scored in a Six Nations Season

•  Italy 2004 42 points^[24]

• Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations Season

•  England 2003 46 points^[25]

• Most tries scored in a Season

•  England 2001 29 tries^[26]

• Most tries conceded in a Season

•  Italy 2016 29 tries ^[27]

• Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations Season

•  Italy 2004 and 2009 (2 tries) ^[28]

• Fewest tries conceded in a Six Nations Season

•  Wales 2008 2 tries

See also

• Six Nations Championship
• List of Six Nations Championship hat-tricks

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External links

• Six Nations official site
• Rugby Union at the BBC
• Six nations news from Planet Rugby