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List of leading rugby union test point scorers

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This is a list of the leading male scorers in rugby union test matches.

Male 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)

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Updated: 2 November 2024

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 1271 Owen Farrell Fly-half; Centre  England (1237)
 British and Irish Lions (34) 		2012–2023 119 10 201 268 5 10.68 [2][3]
3 3 1246 Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half  England (1179)
 British and Irish Lions (67) 		1998–2011 97 7 169 255 36 12.85 [4]
4 4 1113 Johnny Sexton Fly-half  Ireland (1108)
 British and Irish Lions (5) 		2009–2023 124 19 182 214 4 8.98 [5][6]
5 5 1090 Neil Jenkins Fly-half  Wales (1049)
 British and Irish Lions (41) 		1990–2003 87 11 131 248 10 12.53 [7]
6 6 1083 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half  Ireland (1083)
 British and Irish Lions (0) 		2000–2013 130 16 176 202 15 8.33 [8]
8 7 1010 Diego Dominguez Fly-half  Italy (983)
 Argentina (27) 		1991–2003
1989 		76 9 133 213 20 13.29 [9]
9 8 970 Stephen Jones Fly-half  Wales (917)
 British and Irish Lions (53) 		1998–2011 110 7 160 198 7 8.82 [10]
10 9 967 Andrew Mehrtens Fly-half  New Zealand 1995–2004 70 7 169 186 12 13.81 [11]
11 10 911 Michael Lynagh Fly-half  Australia 1984–1995 72 17 140 177 9 12.65 [12]
12 11 902 Nicolas Sanchez Fly-half  Argentina 2010–2023 104 15 130 177 12 8.67
13 12 893 Percy Montgomery Fullback  South Africa 1997–2008 102 25 153 148 6 8.75 [13]
14 13 878 Matt Burke Fullback  Australia 1993–2004 81 29 104 174 1 10.84 [14]
15 14 850 Leigh Halfpenny Fullback  Wales (801)
 British and Irish Lions (49) 		2008–2023 105 15 86 201 0 8.1 [15]
17 15 809 Chris Paterson Fullback  Scotland 1999–2011 109 22 90 170 3 7.42 [16]
19 16 755 Handré Pollard Fly-half  South Africa 2014– 77 7 105 165 5 9.81
20 17 751 Beauden Barrett Fly-half; Fullback  New Zealand 2012– 132 44 174 58 3 5.69 [17]
21 18 742 Morné Steyn Fly-half  South Africa 2009–2021 68 8 102 156 10 10.91 [18]
22 19 736 Gavin Hastings Fullback  Scotland (667)
 British and Irish Lions (69) 		1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.82 [19]
23 20 714 Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half  Scotland 2010–2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.39
25 21 698 Matt Giteau Centre  Australia 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78 [20]
26 22 673 Bernard Foley Fly-half  Australia 2013–2022 76 16 133 107 1 8.82
28 23 656 Dan Biggar Fly-half  Wales (633)
 British and Irish Lions (23) 		2008-2023 116 8 104 127 9 5.66 [21][22]
656 Hugo Porta Fly-half  Argentina (590)
South American Jaguars (66) 		1971–1990 66 12 91 115 28 9.94 [23]
30 25 651 Felipe Contepomi Fly-half  Argentina 1998–2013 85 16 74 139 2 7.66 [24]

Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)

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[25] There are eight 'Tier 2' countries: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Georgia, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA.

Updated: 20 July 2024

World
Rank 		Tier
Rank 		Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pe DG Avg. PTS
(per game) 		Source(s)
7 1 1030 Florin Vlaicu  Romania 2006–2022 129 14 173 203 4 7.98 [26]
16 2 840 Merab Kvirikashvili  Georgia 2003–2018 115 17 148 150 3 7.3 [27]
24 3 711 Ayumu Goromaru  Japan 2005–2015 57 18 162 99 0 12.47 [28]
27 4 670 Nicky Little  Fiji 1996–2011 71 2 117 140 2 9.44 [29]
32 5 607 James Pritchard  Canada 2003–2015 62 18 104 103 0 9.79 [30]
35 6 491 Gareth Rees  Canada 1986–1999 55 7 51 110 9 8.93 [31]
39 7 465 Mike Hercus  United States 2002–2009 48 9 90 76 4 9.69 [32]
42 8 422 Keiji Hirose  Japan 1994–2005 40 5 77 79 2 10.55 [33]
43 9 419 Bobby Ross  Canada 1989–2003 58 7 51 84 10 7.22 [34]
47 10 389 Dănuț Dumbravă  Romania 2002–2015 73 3 73 74 2 5.33 [35]

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)

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Updated: 20 July 2024

World
Rank 		Tier
Rank 		Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS
(per game) 		Source(s)
18 1 797 Yuri Kushnarev  Russia 2005–2021 120 11 155 142 2 6.64 [37]
41 2 430 Theuns Kotzé  Namibia 2011–2017 40 6 110 55 5 10.75 [38]
48 3 381 Felipe Berchesi  Uruguay 2011– 49 3 57 83 1 7.78
59 4 335 Jaco Coetzee  Namibia 1990–1996 28 6 81 45 3 11.96 [39]
59 4 335 Raynor Parkinson  Germany 2011–2019 37 6 88 41 2 9.05

See also

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References

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