List of leading rugby union test point scorers

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 twenty scoring international players (Tier 1)

Updated: 1 April 2016

World Rank	Tier Rank	Points	Player	International team(s)	Years active	Caps	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Avg. PTS (per game)	Ref
1	1	1598	Dan Carter	New Zealand	2003–2015	112	29	293	281	8	14.27	[1]
2	2	1246	Jonny Wilkinson	England (1179) British and Irish Lions (67)	1998–2011	97	7	169	255	36	12.84	[2]
3	3	1090	Neil Jenkins	Wales (1049) British and Irish Lions (41)	1990–2003	87	11	131	248	10	12.53	[3]
4	4	1083	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland (1083) British and Irish Lions (0)	2000–2013	130	16	176	202	15	8.33	[4]
5	5	1010	Diego Dominguez	Italy (983)  Argentina (27)	1991–2003 1989	76	9	133	209	20	13.29	[5]
6	6	970	Stephen Jones	Wales (917) British and Irish Lions (53)	1998–2011	110	7	160	198	7	8.82	[6]
7	7	967	Andrew Mehrtens	New Zealand	1995–2004	70	7	169	186	12	13.81	[7]
8	8	911	Michael Lynagh	Australia	1984–1995	72	17	140	177	9	12.65	[8]
9	9	893	Percy Montgomery	South Africa	1997–2008	102	25	153	148	6	8.75	[9]
10	10	878	Matt Burke	Australia	1993–2004	81	29	104	174	1	10.84	[10]
11	11	809	Chris Paterson	Scotland	1999–2011	109	22	90	170	3	7.42	[11]
12	12	733	Gavin Hastings	Scotland (667) British Lions (66)	1986–1995	67	18	87	160	0	10.94	[12]
16	13	698	Matt Giteau	Australia	2002–	102	30	106	108	4	6.84	[13]
17	14	694	Morne Steyn	South Africa	2009–	60	8	102	142	8	11.57	[14]
19	15	651	Felipe Contepomi	Argentina	1998–2013	85	16	74	139	2	7.66	[15]
20	16	651	Hugo Porta	Argentina (592) South American Jaguars (61)	1971–1990	68	12	91	114	28	9.57	[16]
21	17	645	Grant Fox	New Zealand	1985–1993	46	1	118	128	7	14.02	[17]
23	18	579	Johnny Sexton	Ireland (574) British and Irish Lions (5)	2009–	64	10	68	129	2	9.05	[18]
25	19	560	David Humphreys	Ireland	1996–2005	70	6	88	110	8	8.00	[19]
26	20	557	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales (508) British and Irish Lions (49)	2008–	65	12	40	139	0	8.57	[20]

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: 1 April 2016

World Rank	Tier Rank	Points	Player	International team(s)	Years active	Caps	Tries	Con	Pe	DG	Avg. PTS (per game)	Source(s)
13	1	711	Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	2003–	92	14	127	126	3	7.73	[22]
=	=	711	Florin Vlaicu	Romania	2006–	90	8	118	141	4	7.9	[23]
15	3	708	Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	2005–	56	18	162	98	0	12.64	[24]
18	4	670	Nicky Little	Fiji	1996–2011	71	2	117	140	2	9.44	[25]
22	5	607	James Pritchard	Canada	2003–	62	18	104	103	0	9.79	[26]
28	6	491	Gareth Rees	Canada	1986–1999	55	7	51	110	9	8.92	[27]
32	7	465	Mike Hercus	United States	2002–2009	48	9	90	76	4	9.69	[28]
34	8	422	Keiji Hirose	Japan	1994–2005	40	5	77	79	2	10.55	[29]
35	9	419	Bobby Ross	Canada	1989–2003	58	7	51	84	10	7.22	[30]
39	10	389	Dănuţ Dumbravă	Romania	2002–	73	3	73	74	2	5.33	[31]

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)

^[32] Updated: 1 April 2016

World Rank	Tier Rank	Points	Player	International team(s)	Years active	Caps	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Avg. PTS (per game)	Source(s)
24	1	562	Yuri Kushnarev	Russia	2005–	79	10	82	116	0	7.11	[33]
50	2	344	Theuns Kotzé	Namibia	2011–	29	4	78	51	5	11.86	[34]
53	3	335	Jaco Coetzee	Namibia	1990–1996	28	6	81	45	3	11.96	[35]
59	4	316	Konstantin Rachkov	Russia	1997–2011	40	10	51	36	10	7.90	[36]
75	5	279	Gonçalo Malheiro	Portugal	1998–2007	40	8	25	46	17	6.98	[37]

See also

• List of leading Rugby union Test try scorers
• List of leading Rugby union drop goal scorers
• List of rugby union Test caps leaders
• List of top English points scorers and try scorers

References

1. "Dan Carter career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
2. "Jonny Wilkinson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
3. "Neil Jenkins career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
4. "Ronan O'Gara career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
5. "Diego Diminguez career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
6. "Stephen Jones career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
7. "Andrew Mehrtens career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
8. "Michael Lynagh career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
9. "Percy Montgomery career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
10. "Matt Burke career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
11. "Chris Paterson career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
12. "Gavin Hastings career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
13. "Matt Giteau career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
14. "Morne Steyn career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
15. "Felipe Contepomi career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
16. "Hugo Porta career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
17. "Grant Fox career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
18. "Johnny Sexton career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
19. "David Humphreys career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
20. "Leigh Halfpenny career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
21. "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
22. "Merab Kvirikashvili career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
23. "Florin Vlaicu career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
24. "Ayumu Goromaru career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
25. "Nicky Little career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
26. "James Pritchard career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
27. "Gareth Rees career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
28. "Mike Hercus career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
29. "Keiji Hirose career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
30. "Bobby Ross career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
31. "Dănuţ Dumbravă career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
32. "Statsguru/Test matches/Player records". ESPN Scrum.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
33. "Yuri Kushnarev career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
34. "Theuns Kotzé Segovia career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
35. "Jaco Coetzee career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
36. "Konstantin Rachkov career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
37. "Gonçalo Malheiro career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

External links

• Scrum.com
• BBC Sport