List of leading rugby union test point scorers

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

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)

Updated: 6 December 2020

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 14.26[1] [2]
2 2 1246 Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half  England (1179)
 British and Irish Lions (67)		 1998–2011 97 7 169 255 36 12.84 [3]
3 3 1090 Neil Jenkins Fly-half  Wales (1049)
 British and Irish Lions (41)		 1990–2003 87 11 131 248 10 12.53 [4]
4 4 1083 Ronan O'Gara Fly-half  Ireland (1083)
 British and Irish Lions (0)		 2000–2013 130 16 176 202 15 8.33 [5]
5 5 1010 Diego Dominguez Fly-half  Italy (983)
 Argentina (27)		 1991–2003
1989		 76 9 133 209 20 13.29 [6]
6 6 1000 Owen Farrell Fly-half  England (969)
 British and Irish Lions (31)		 2012- 92 10 163 205 3 10.87 [7]
8 7 970 Stephen Jones Fly-half  Wales (917)
 British and Irish Lions (53)		 1998–2011 110 7 160 198 7 8.82 [8]
9 8 967 Andrew Mehrtens Fly-half  New Zealand 1995–2004 70 7 169 186 12 13.81 [9]
10 9 911 Michael Lynagh Fly-half  Australia 1984–1995 72 17 140 177 9 12.65 [10]
11 10 893 Percy Montgomery Fullback  South Africa 1997–2008 102 25 153 148 6 8.75 [11]
12 11 878 Matt Burke Fullback  Australia 1993–2004 81 29 104 174 1 10.84 [12]
13 12 875 Jonathan Sexton Fly-half  Ireland (870)
 British and Irish Lions (5)		 2009- 101 15 124 180 4 8.55 [13]
15 13 813 Leigh Halfpenny Fullback  Wales (764)
 British and Irish Lions (49)		 2008- 97 15 78 194 0 8.45 [14]
16 14 809 Chris Paterson Fullback  Scotland 1999–2011 109 22 90 170 3 7.42 [15]
17 15 791 Nicolas Sanchez Fly-half  Argentina 2010- 84 11 108 158 12 9.54
19 16 736 Gavin Hastings Fullback  Scotland (667)
 British and Irish Lions (69)		 1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.94 [16]
20 17 736 Morne Steyn Fly-half  South Africa 2009–2016 66 8 102 154 10 11.15 [17]
21 18 714 Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half  Scotland 2010-2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.48
23 19 698 Matt Giteau Center  Australia 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78 [18]
25 20 656 Hugo Porta Fly-half  Argentina (590)
South American Jaguars (66)		 1971–1990 66 12 91 115 28 9.57 [19]
26 21 651 Felipe Contepomi Fly-half  Argentina 1998–2013 85 16 74 139 2 7.66 [20]
27 22 649 Beauden Barrett Fly-half  New Zealand 2012-2020 88 36 149 55 2 8.09
28 23 645 Grant Fox Fly-half  New Zealand 1985–1993 46 1 118 128 7 14.02 [21]
29 24 622 Bernard Foley Fly-half  Australia 2013-2019 71 16 124 97 1 8.87
31 25 560 David Humphreys Fly-half  Ireland 1996-2005 72 6 88 110 8 7.78

Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)

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

Updated: 31 October 2020

World
Rank		 Tier
Rank		 Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pe DG Avg. PTS
(per game)		 Source(s)
7 1 992 Florin Vlaicu  Romania 2006– 124 14 172 191 4 8.00 [23]
14 2 840 Merab Kvirikashvili  Georgia 2003–2018 115 17 148 150 3 7.37 [24]
22 3 711 Ayumu Goromaru  Japan 2005–2015 57 18 162 99 0 12.64 [25]
24 4 670 Nicky Little  Fiji 1996–2011 71 2 117 140 2 9.44 [26]
30 5 607 James Pritchard  Canada 2003–2015 62 18 104 103 0 9.79 [27]
32 6 491 Gareth Rees  Canada 1986–1999 55 7 51 110 9 8.92 [28]
36 7 465 Mike Hercus  United States 2002–2009 48 9 90 76 4 9.69 [29]
41 8 422 Keiji Hirose  Japan 1994–2005 40 5 77 79 2 10.55 [30]
42 9 419 Bobby Ross  Canada 1989–2003 58 7 51 84 10 7.22 [31]
45 10 389 Dănuţ Dumbravă  Romania 2002–2015 73 3 73 74 2 5.33 [32]

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)

[33]

Updated: 21 November 2020

World
Rank		 Tier
Rank		 Points Player International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS
(per game)		 Source(s)
18 1 784 Yuri Kushnarev  Russia 2005– 115 11 150 141 2 6.82 [34]
40 2 430 Theuns Kotzé  Namibia 2011–2017 40 6 110 55 5 10.75 [35]
58 3 335 Jaco Coetzee  Namibia 1990–1996 28 6 81 45 3 11.96 [36]
58 3 335 Raynor Parkinson  Germany 2011- 37 6 88 41 2 9.03
65 5 317 Felipe Berchesi  Uruguay 2011- 36 2 44 72 1 8.81

See also

References
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