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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 25 scoring international players (Tier 1)

Updated: 13 February 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 1017 Owen Farrell Fly-half England (986)
British and Irish Lions (31) 		2012- 94 10 167 208 3 10.82 [5]
6 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 9 911 Michael Lynagh Fly-half Australia 1984–1995 72 17 140 177 9 12.65 [9]
11 10 893 Percy Montgomery Fullback South Africa 1997–2008 102 25 153 148 6 8.75 [10]
12 11 878 Matt Burke Fullback Australia 1993–2004 81 29 104 174 1 10.84 [11]
13 12 873 Jonathan Sexton Fly-half Ireland (868)
British and Irish Lions (5) 		2009- 102 15 123 180 4 8.56 [12]
15 13 827 Leigh Halfpenny Fullback Wales (778)
British and Irish Lions (49) 		2008- 99 15 79 198 0 8.35 [13]
16 14 809 Chris Paterson Fullback Scotland 1999–2011 109 22 90 170 3 7.42 [14]
17 15 791 Nicolas Sanchez Fly-half Argentina 2010- 84 11 108 158 12 9.42
19 16 736 Gavin Hastings Fullback Scotland (667)
British and Irish Lions (69) 		1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.82 [15]
20 17 736 Morne Steyn Fly-half South Africa 2009–2016 66 8 102 154 10 11.15 [16]
21 18 714 Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half Scotland 2010-2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.39
23 19 698 Matt Giteau Center Australia 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78 [17]
25 20 656 Hugo Porta Fly-half Argentina (590)
Flag sudamerica xv.jpg South American Jaguars (66) 		1971–1990 66 12 91 115 28 9.94 [18]
26 21 651 Felipe Contepomi Fly-half Argentina 1998–2013 85 16 74 139 2 7.66 [19]
27 22 649 Beauden Barrett Fly-half New Zealand 2012-2020 88 36 149 55 2 7.38
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 25 560 David Humphreys Fly-half Ireland 1996-2005 72 6 88 110 8 7.78

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: 31 October 2020

World
Rank 		Tier
Rank 		Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pe DG Avg. PTS
(per game) 		Source(s)
7 1 992 Florin Vlaicu Romania 2006– 124 14 172 191 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]
24 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]
32 6 491 Gareth Rees Canada 1986–1999 55 7 51 110 9 8.93 [27]
36 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: 21 November 2020

World
Rank 		Tier
Rank 		Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS
(per game) 		Source(s)
18 1 784 Yuri Kushnarev Russia 2005– 115 11 150 141 2 6.82 [33]
40 2 430 Theuns Kotzé Namibia 2011–2017 40 6 110 55 5 10.75 [34]
58 3 335 Jaco Coetzee Namibia 1990–1996 28 6 81 45 3 11.96 [35]
58 3 335 Raynor Parkinson Germany 2011- 37 6 88 41 2 9.05
65 5 317 Felipe Berchesi Uruguay 2011- 36 2 44 72 1 8.81

See also

References

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  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. ^ "Owen Farrell career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  6. ^ "Diego Diminguez career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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  11. ^ "Matt Burke career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  12. ^ "Johnny Sexton career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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  15. ^ "Gavin Hastings career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  16. ^ "Morne Steyn career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  17. ^ "Matt Giteau career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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  20. ^ "Grant Fox career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
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  24. ^ "Ayumu Goromaru career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
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  26. ^ "James Pritchard career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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  30. ^ "Bobby Ross career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  31. ^ "Dănuţ Dumbravă career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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