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: 28 October 2023

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
2 2 1271 Owen Farrell Fly-half; Centre England (1237)
British and Irish Lions (34) 		2012– 118 10 201 268 5 10.77
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 1113 Johnny Sexton Fly-half Ireland (1108)
British and Irish Lions (5) 		2009–2023 124 19 182 214 4 8.98
5 5 1090 Neil Jenkins Fly-half Wales (1049)
British and Irish Lions (41) 		1990–2003 87 11 131 248 10 12.53
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 7 1010 Diego Dominguez Fly-half Italy (983)
Argentina (27) 		1991–2003
1989 		76 9 133 213 20 13.29
9 8 970 Stephen Jones Fly-half Wales (917)
British and Irish Lions (53) 		1998–2011 110 7 160 198 7 8.82
10 9 967 Andrew Mehrtens Fly-half New Zealand 1995–2004 70 7 169 186 12 13.81
11 10 911 Michael Lynagh Fly-half Australia 1984–1995 72 17 140 177 9 12.65
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
14 13 878 Matt Burke Fullback Australia 1993–2004 81 29 104 174 1 10.84
15 14 850 Leigh Halfpenny Fullback Wales (801)
British and Irish Lions (49) 		2008–2023 105 15 86 201 0 8.1
17 15 809 Chris Paterson Fullback Scotland 1999–2011 109 22 90 170 3 7.42
19 16 742 Morné Steyn Fly-half South Africa 2009–2021 68 8 102 156 10 10.91
20 17 736 Gavin Hastings Fullback Scotland (667)
British and Irish Lions (69) 		1986–1995 68 18 87 161 0 10.82
21 18 734 Beauden Barrett Fly-half; Fullback New Zealand 2012– 123 43 168 58 3 5.97
22 19 714 Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half Scotland 2010–2019 76 5 106 159 0 9.39
24 20 698 Matt Giteau Centre Australia 2002–2016 103 30 106 108 4 6.78
24 20 698 Handré Pollard Fly-half South Africa 2014– 69 7 96 152 5 10.12
26 22 673 Bernard Foley Fly-half Australia 2013–2022 76 16 133 107 1 8.82
28 23 656 Hugo Porta Fly-half Argentina (590)
South American Jaguars (66) 		1971–1990 66 12 91 115 28 9.94
29 24 654 Dan Biggar Fly-half Wales (631)
British and Irish Lions (23) 		2008-2023 115 8 103 127 9 5.69
30 25 651 Felipe Contepomi Fly-half Argentina 1998–2013 85 16 74 139 2 7.66

Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)

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

Updated: 1 October 2023

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
16 2 840 Merab Kvirikashvili Georgia 2003–2018 115 17 148 150 3 7.3
23 3 711 Ayumu Goromaru Japan 2005–2015 57 18 162 99 0 12.47
27 4 670 Nicky Little Fiji 1996–2011 71 2 117 140 2 9.44
32 5 607 James Pritchard Canada 2003–2015 62 18 104 103 0 9.79
34 6 491 Gareth Rees Canada 1986–1999 55 7 51 110 9 8.93
38 7 465 Mike Hercus United States 2002–2009 48 9 90 76 4 9.69
41 8 422 Keiji Hirose Japan 1994–2005 40 5 77 79 2 10.55
42 9 419 Bobby Ross Canada 1989–2003 58 7 51 84 10 7.22
45 10 389 Dănuț Dumbravă Romania 2002–2015 73 3 73 74 2 5.33

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)

Updated: 27 September 2023

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
40 2 430 Theuns Kotzé Namibia 2011–2017 40 6 110 55 5 10.75
58 3 374 Felipe Berchesi Uruguay 2011– 47 2 56 83 1 7.96
59 4 335 Jaco Coetzee Namibia 1990–1996 28 6 81 45 3 11.96
59 4 335 Raynor Parkinson Germany 2011–2019 37 6 88 41 2 9.05

See also