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List of leading rugby union test try scorers

Daisuke Ohata, the leading international try scorer with 69.

This is a list of the leading try scorers in men's rugby union test matches. It includes players with a minimum of 30 test tries.

Try scorers

As of 13 February 2021

  • Bold denotes the player is still playing
Top international try scorers
Rank Player National team Tries Caps Tries /
match 		Years Ref
1 Daisuke Ohata Japan 69 58 1.19 1996–2006 [1]
2 Bryan Habana South Africa 67 124 0.54 2004–2016 [2]
3 David Campese Australia 64 101 0.63 1982–1996 [3]
4 Shane Williams Wales (58)
British and Irish Lions (2) 		60 91 0.66 2000–2011 [4][5]
5 Hirotoki Onozawa Japan 55 81 0.68 2001–2013 [6]
6 Rory Underwood England (49)
British and Irish Lions (1) 		50 91 0.55 1984–1996 [7]
7 Doug Howlett New Zealand 49 62 0.79 2000–2007 [8]
8 Brian O'Driscoll Ireland (46)
British and Irish Lions (1) 		47 141 0.33 1999–2014 [9][10]
9 Christian Cullen New Zealand 46 58 0.79 1996–2002 [11]
Joe Rokocoko New Zealand 68 0.68 2003–2010 [12]
Julian Savea New Zealand 54 0.85 2012–2017 [13]
12 Jeff Wilson New Zealand 44 60 0.73 1993–2002 [14]
13 George North Wales (42)
British and Irish Lions (2) 		44 102 0.43 2010- [15]
14 Gareth Thomas Wales (40)
British and Irish Lions (1) 		41 103 0.40 1995–2007 [16][17]
15 Chris Latham Australia 40 78 0.51 1998–2007 [18]
16 Adam Ashley-Cooper Australia 39 121 0.32 2005-2019 [19]
Ben Smith New Zealand 84 0.46 2009-2019
18 Serge Blanco France 38 93 0.41 1980–1991 [20]
D.T.H. van der Merwe Canada 61 0.62 2006-2019 [21]
Joost van der Westhuizen South Africa 89 0.43 1993–2003 [22]
21 Israel Folau Australia 37 73 0.51 2013–2019 [note 1] [24]
Jonah Lomu New Zealand 63 0.59 1994–2002 [25]
23 Beauden Barrett New Zealand 36 88 0.41 2012-2020
Tana Umaga New Zealand 74 0.49 1997–2005 [26]
25 John Kirwan New Zealand 35 63 0.56 1984–1994 [27]
26 Vincent Clerc France 34 67 0.51 2002–2013 [28]
Ieuan Evans Wales (33)
British and Irish Lions (1) 		79 0.43 1987–1998 [29]
Drew Mitchell Australia 71 0.48 2005–2016 [30]
Mils Muliaina New Zealand 100 0.34 2003–2011
30 Cătălin Fercu Romania 33 109 0.30 2005-
Diego Ormaechea Uruguay 54 0.61 1979–1999 [31]
Sitiveni Sivivatu New Zealand (29)
Flag of rugby Pacific Islanders.svg Pacific Islanders (4) 		48 0.69 2005–2011 [32][33]
33 Keith Earls Ireland 32 89 0.36 2008-
Jaque Fourie South Africa 72 0.44 2003–2014 [34]
Takashi Kikutani Japan 68 0.47 2005–2014 [35]
Jonny May England 63 0.51 2013-
Philippe Saint-André France 69 0.46 1990–1997 [36]
38 Ben Cohen England 31 57 0.54 2000–2006 [37]
Will Greenwood England 57 0.54 1997–2004 [38][39]
Jeremy Guscott England (30)
British and Irish Lions (1) 		73 0.42 1989–1999 [40]
Ma'a Nonu New Zealand 103 0.30 2003–2015 [41]
César Sempere Spain 56 0.55 2004–2014 [42]
43 Tommy Bowe Ireland 30 74 0.41 2004–2017 [43]
Matt Giteau Australia 103 0.29 2002–2016 [44]
Tim Horan Australia 80 0.38 1989–2000 [45][46]
Jason Robinson England (28)
British and Irish Lions (2) 		56 0.54 2001–2007 [47]
Joe Roff Australia 86 0.35 1996–2004 [45]
Philippe Sella France 111 0.27 1982–1995 [48]
Lote Tuqiri Australia 67 0.45 2003–2009 [45]

Notes

  1. ^ Folau is not eligible for selection by Australia following the termination of his contract by Rugby Australia.[23]

See also

References

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