List of leading rugby union test try scorers

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

Top try scorers

Updated: 31 October 2015

Players who are still active at international level are in bold. Players who are active in rugby union at club level, but not at international level, are in italics.

Rank Caps Tries Tries
per cap		 Player International team Position Ref
1 58 69 1.190 Daisuke Ohata  Japan Wing [1]
2 101 64 0.634 David Campese  Australia Wing [2]
= 117 64 0.547 Bryan Habana  South Africa Wing [3]
4 91 60 0.659 Shane Williams  Wales (58)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		 Wing [4][5]
5 81 55 0.679 Hirotoki Onozawa  Japan Wing [6]
6 91 50 0.549 Rory Underwood  England (49)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		 Wing [7]
7 62 49 0.790 Doug Howlett  New Zealand Wing [8]
8 141 47 0.333 Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland (46)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		 Centre [9][10]
9 58 46 0.793 Christian Cullen  New Zealand Fullback [11]
= 68 46 0.676 Joe Rokocoko  New Zealand Wing [12]
11 60 44 0.733 Jeff Wilson  New Zealand Wing / Fullback [13]
12 103 41 0.398 Gareth Thomas  Wales (40)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		 Utility back [14][15]
13 78 40 0.513 Chris Latham  Australia Fullback [16]
14 93 38 0.409 Serge Blanco  France Fullback [17]
= 41 38 0.927 Julian Savea  New Zealand Wing [18]
= 89 38 0.427 Joost van der Westhuizen  South Africa Scrum-half [19]
= 114 38 0.333 Adam Ashley-Cooper  Australia Centre [20]
18 63 37 0.587 Jonah Lomu  New Zealand Wing [21]
19 74 36 0.486 Tana Umaga  New Zealand Wing / Centre [22]
20 63 35 0.556 John Kirwan  New Zealand Wing [23]
21 67 34 0.507 Vincent Clerc  France Wing [24]
= 79 34 0.430 Ieuan Evans  Wales (33)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		 Wing [25]
= 70 34 0.486 Drew Mitchell  Australia Wing [26]
= 100 34 0.340 Mils Muliaina  New Zealand Fullback
25 54 33 0.611 Diego Ormaechea  Uruguay Number Eight [27]
26 48 33 0.688 Sitiveni Sivivatu  Pacific Islanders (4)
 New Zealand (29)		 Wing [28][29]
27 72 32 0.444 Jaque Fourie  South Africa Centre [30]
= 68 32 0.471 Takashi Kikutani  Japan Back-Row [31]
= 69 32 0.464 Philippe Saint-André  France Wing [32]
30 57 31 0.544 Ben Cohen  England Wing [33]
= 58 31 0.534 Will Greenwood  England (31)
 British and Irish Lions (0)		 Centre [34][35]
= 73 31 0.425 Jeremy Guscott  England (30)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		 Centre [36]
= 103 31 0.301 Ma'a Nonu  New Zealand Centre [37]
= 53 31 0.585 César Sempere  Spain Fullback [38]
35 72 30 0.417 Tommy Bowe  Ireland (30)
 British and Irish Lions (0)		 Wing [39]
= 102 30 0.294 Matt Giteau  Australia Centre [40]
= 80 30 0.375 Tim Horan  Australia Centre [41][42]
= 56 30 0.536 Jason Robinson  England (28)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		 Wing / Fullback [43]
= 86 30 0.349 Joe Roff  Australia Wing [41]
= 111 30 0.270 Philippe Sella  France Centre [44]
= 67 30 0.448 Lote Tuqiri  Australia Wing / Centre [41]
Sources other than those already cited: [1].

Forwards with the most tries

Nearly all the top try scorers are backs, but some forwards have scored numerous tries. Here is a non-comprehensive list:[45]

Notes

  • ^a Sources differ as to the number of tries scored by Núñez Piossek. His national federation, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR), credits him with 30 tries in 28 Tests. Scrum.com credits him with 29 tries in 28 Tests.[46] For the Pumas' Test against Chile on 25 April 2004 the UAR credits him with 3 tries[47] while Scrum.com credits him with only two.[46] Núñez Piossek also scored one try against the British and Irish Lions in 2005, but the UAR did not award test caps for this game, unlike the Home Unions.

See also

References

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