List of Scotland national rugby union team records
Scotland has played international rugby union since 1871, when they beat England in their first Test match. Since that time, Scotland have competed in every Rugby World Cup. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
Team records
Scotland lines up for the anthem before a game.
| Greatest winning margin[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Points margin (score) | Opposing team | Venue | Year |
| 92 (100–8) | Japan | McDiarmid Park, Perth | 2004 |
| 89 (89–0) | Côte d'Ivoire | Olympia Park, Rustenburg | 1995 |
| 61 (61–0) | Russia | Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi | 2019 |
| 48 (48–0) | Spain | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | 1999 |
| 47 (53–6) | United States | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | 2000 |
| Greatest losing margin[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Points margin (score) | Opposing team | Venue | Year |
| 58 (10–68) | South Africa | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | 1997 |
| 49 (20–69) | New Zealand | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 2000 |
| 49 (6–55) | South Africa | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth | 2014 |
| 48 (3–51) | Wales | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 2014 |
| 46 (3–49) | New Zealand | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | 2010 |
Individual records
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| Most points in a match[7] | ||||
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| Points | Player | Opposing team | Venue | Year |
| 44 | Gavin Hastings | Côte d'Ivoire | Olympia Park, Rustenburg | 1995 |
| 40 | Chris Paterson | Japan | McDiarmid Park, Perth | 2004 |
| 33 | Gregor Townsend | United States | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | 2000 |
| 31 | Gavin Hastings | Tonga | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria | 1995 |
| 27 | Gavin Hastings | Romania | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1987 |
References
- Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (descending), Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (reverse), Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total matches played, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total matches played as captain, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored in a match, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
- Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored in a match, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
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