List of leading rugby union test try scorers
- Top left: Angus Buchanan was the first international try-scorer (Scotland).
- Top right: Ian Smith (Scotland) held the try-record for the longest period of time (58 years, 89 days).
- Bottom left: David Campese (Australia) took Ian Smith's try-record of twenty-four and moved the record to sixty-four.
- Bottom right: Daisuke Ohata (Japan) holds the current record (69 tries).
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 7 September 2024.
Bold | Player is still playing at international level. |
Italics | Player is still playing, but not for a national team. |
Indicates the top try-scorer for their national team. |
No. | Player | Team(s) | Tries | Caps | Try ratio | Time | List | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daisuke Ohata[a] | Japan | 69 | 58 | 1.19 | 1996–2006 | — | [1][2] |
2 | Bryan Habana | South Africa | 67 | 124 | 0.54 | 2004–2016 | List | [3] |
3 | David Campese | Australia | 64 | 101 | 0.63 | 1982–1996 | List | [4] |
4 | Shane Williams | Wales (58) British and Irish Lions (2) | 60 | 91 | 0.66 | 2000–2011 | List | [5][6] |
5 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Japan | 55 | 81 | 0.68 | 2001–2013 | — | [7] |
6 | Rory Underwood | England (49) British and Irish Lions (1) | 50 | 91 | 0.55 | 1984–1996 | — | [8] |
7 | Doug Howlett | New Zealand | 49 | 62 | 0.79 | 2000–2007 | — | [9] |
George North | Wales (47) British and Irish Lions (2) | 123 | 0.40 | 2010–2024 | — | [10] | ||
9 | Brian O'Driscoll | Ireland (46) British and Irish Lions (1) | 47 | 141 | 0.33 | 1999–2014 | List | [11][12] |
10 | Julian Savea | New Zealand | 46 | 54 | 0.85 | 2012–2017 | — | [13] |
Christian Cullen | New Zealand | 58 | 0.79 | 1996–2002 | List | [14] | ||
Joe Rokocoko | New Zealand | 68 | 0.68 | 2003–2010 | — | [15] | ||
13 | Jeff Wilson | New Zealand | 44 | 60 | 0.73 | 1993–2002 | — | [16] |
Beauden Barrett | New Zealand | 130 | 0.34 | 2012– | — | [17] | ||
15 | Gareth Thomas | Wales (40) British and Irish Lions (1) | 41 | 103 | 0.40 | 1995–2007 | — | [18][19] |
16 | Chris Latham | Australia | 40 | 78 | 0.51 | 1998–2007 | — | [20] |
17 | Akaki Tabutsadze | Georgia | 39 | 43 | 0.91 | 2020- | — | |
Ben Smith | New Zealand | 84 | 0.46 | 2009–2019 | — | [21] | ||
Adam Ashley-Cooper | Australia | 121 | 0.32 | 2005–2019 | — | [22] | ||
20 | D.T.H. van der Merwe | Canada | 38 | 61 | 0.62 | 2006–2019 | — | [23] |
Joost van der Westhuizen | South Africa | 89 | 0.43 | 1993–2003 | — | [24] | ||
Serge Blanco | France | 93 | 0.41 | 1980–1991 | — | [25] | ||
23 | Jonah Lomu | New Zealand | 39 | 63 | 0.59 | 1994–2002 | List | [26] |
Israel Folau | Australia (37) Tonga | 75 | 0.49 | 2013–2023 | List | [27] | ||
25 | Damian Penaud | France | 36 | 53 | 0.68 | 2017- | — | |
Tana Umaga | New Zealand | 74 | 0.49 | 1997–2005 | — | [28] | ||
Rieko Ioane | New Zealand | 75 | 0.48 | 2016– | — | [29] | ||
Jonny May | England | 78 | 0.46 | 2013–2023 | — | |||
Keith Earls | Ireland | 101 | 0.36 | 2008–2023 | — | |||
30 | John Kirwan | New Zealand | 35 | 63 | 0.56 | 1984–1994 | — | [30] |
31 | Vincent Clerc | France | 34 | 67 | 0.51 | 2002–2013 | — | [31] |
Drew Mitchell | Australia | 71 | 0.48 | 2005–2016 | — | [32] | ||
Ieuan Evans | Wales (33) British and Irish Lions (1) | 79 | 0.43 | 1987–1998 | — | [33] | ||
Mils Muliaina | New Zealand | 100 | 0.34 | 2003–2011 | — | [34] | ||
35 | Will Jordan | New Zealand | 33 | 35 | 0.94 | 2020- | — | |
Sitiveni Sivivatu | New Zealand (29) Pacific Islanders (4) | 48 | 0.69 | 2005–2011 | — | [35][36] | ||
Diego Ormaechea | Uruguay | 54 | 0.61 | 1979–1999 | — | [37] | ||
Cătălin Fercu | Romania | 109 | 0.30 | 2005–2020 | — | |||
39 | Takashi Kikutani | Japan | 32 | 68 | 0.47 | 2005–2014 | — | [38] |
Philippe Saint-André | France | 69 | 0.46 | 1990–1997 | — | [39] | ||
Jaque Fourie | South Africa | 72 | 0.44 | 2003–2014 | — | [40] | ||
42 | Rodrigo Marta | Portugal | 31 | 39 | 0.79 | 2016- | — | |
César Sempere | Spain | 56 | 0.55 | 2004–2014 | — | [41] | ||
Ben Cohen | England | 57 | 0.54 | 2000–2006 | — | [42] | ||
Will Greenwood | England | 57 | 0.54 | 1997–2004 | — | [43][44] | ||
Jeremy Guscott | England (30) British and Irish Lions (1) | 73 | 0.42 | 1989–1999 | — | [45] | ||
Ma'a Nonu | New Zealand | 103 | 0.30 | 2003–2015 | — | [46] | ||
48 | Makazole Mapimpi | South Africa | 30 | 44 | 0.68 | 2018- | — | |
Jason Robinson | England (28) British and Irish Lions (2) | 56 | 0.54 | 2001-2007 | — | [47] | ||
Lote Tuqiri | Australia | 67 | 0.45 | 2003–2009 | — | [48] | ||
Tommy Bowe | Ireland | 74 | 0.41 | 2004–2017 | — | [49] | ||
Tim Horan | Australia | 80 | 0.38 | 1989–2000 | — | [48][50] | ||
Joe Roff | Australia | 86 | 0.35 | 1996–2004 | — | [48] | ||
Matt Giteau | Australia | 103 | 0.29 | 2002–2016 | — | [51] | ||
Philippe Sella | France | 111 | 0.27 | 1982–1995 | — | [52] |
Notes
- ^ Two of Ohata's tries were scored against Australia A and England A, and three against the Arabian Gulf, which has since been disbanded.
References
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See also
- International rugby union player records
- List of leading rugby union drop goal scorers
- List of leading rugby union test point scorers
- List of rugby union test caps leaders
External links
- Scrum.com