2023 Rugby World Cup statistics

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This article documents the statistics of the 2023 Rugby World Cup that was held in France from 8 September to 28 October. [1] [2]

Contents

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.

Team statistics
TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints
for		Points
against		Points
diff		TriesConv­ersionsPenaltiesDrop goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7403185156+29191818020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 42029091−11177030
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 400427215−188421050
Flag of England.svg  England 7601221102+119211623501
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5203112113−1121111050
Flag of France.svg  France 540123861+177302512010
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 401364113−49747020
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 540121474+14030254010
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4202114181−6715153020
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4202109107+212118130
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 400437255−218326042
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 750233689+24749357052
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 411264103−39864021
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 400432287−255432050
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 41039275+171187051
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 420214671+7521191010
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 760120888+120271911030
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 410396177−811385021
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 410365164−99961120
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 540116088+72191610130

Last updated: 28 October 2023

Try scorers

8 tries
6 tries
5 tries
4 tries
3 tries
2 tries
1 try

Conversion scorers

21 conversions
18 conversions
17 conversions
14 conversions
12 conversions
11 conversions
9 conversions
8 conversions
7 conversions
6 conversions
5 conversions
4 conversions
3 conversions
2 conversions
1 conversion

Penalty goal scorers

15 penalties
13 penalties
9 penalties
8 penalties
7 penalties
6 penalties
5 penalties
4 penalties
3 penalties
2 penalties
1 penalty

Drop goal scorers

3 drop goals
2 drop goals
1 drop goal

Top point scorers

Top 10 points scorers
PlayerTeamTotalDetails
TriesConv­ersionsPenaltiesDrop goals
Owen Farrell Flag of England.svg  England 75012152
Thomas Ramos Flag of France.svg  France 7412190
Emiliano Boffelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6729130
Johnny Sexton IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 5831730
Richie Mo'unga Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5611850
Damian McKenzie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5351400
Rikiya Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4601180
Ben Donaldson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 452770
George Ford Flag of England.svg  England 410483
Will Jordan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 408000

Scoring

Timing

Hat-tricks

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

RankPlayerTeamOpponentStageResultVenueDate
1 George Ford D3Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Pool 27–10 Stade Vélodrome 9 September 2023
2 Cobus Reinach Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pool 76–0 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux 17 September 2023
3 Makazole Mapimpi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pool 76–0 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux 17 September 2023
4 Damian Penaud Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Pool 96–0 Stade Vélodrome 21 September 2023
5 Henry Arundell T5Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Pool 71–0 Stade Pierre-Mauroy 23 September 2023
6 Aaron Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Pool 96–17 Parc Olympique Lyonnais 29 September 2023
7 Darcy Graham T4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pool 84–0 Stade Pierre-Mauroy 30 September 2023
8 Leicester Fainga'anuku Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Pool 73–0 Parc Olympique Lyonnais 5 October 2023
9 Louis Rees-Zammit Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Pool 43–19 Stade de la Beaujoire 7 October 2023
10 Mateo Carreras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Pool 39–27 Stade de la Beaujoire 8 October 2023
11 Will Jordan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Semi Final 44–6 Stade de France 20 October 2023
Key
D3Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4Scored 4 tries
T5Scored 5 tries

Player of the match awards

AwardsPlayerTeamOpponentRef
2 Emiliano Boffelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina SamoaPM, WalesQF [3] [4]
George Ford Flag of England.svg  England ArgentinaPM, JapanPM [5] [6]
Grégory Alldritt Flag of France.svg  France New ZealandPM, ItalyPM [7] [8]
Bundee Aki IRFU flag.svg  Ireland TongaPM, South AfricaPM [9] [10]
Ardie Savea Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand ItalyPM, IrelandQF [11] [12]
1 Mateo Carreras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina JapanPM [13]
Nicolás Sánchez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina ChilePM [14]
Ben Donaldson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GeorgiaPM [15]
Rob Valetini Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia PortugalPM [16]
Henry Arundell Flag of England.svg  England ChilePM [17]
Owen Farrell Flag of England.svg  England FijiQF [18]
Sam Underhill Flag of England.svg  England ArgentinaBF [19]
Levani Botia Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji GeorgiaPM [20]
Josua Tuisova Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji AustraliaPM [21]
Maxime Lucu Flag of France.svg  France UruguayPM [22]
Damian Penaud Flag of France.svg  France NamibiaPM [23]
Peter O'Mahony IRFU flag.svg  Ireland RomaniaPM [24]
Jamison Gibson-Park IRFU flag.svg  Ireland ScotlandPM [25]
Lorenzo Cannone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy NamibiaPM [26]
Michele Lamaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy UruguayPM [27]
Amato Fakatava Flag of Japan.svg  Japan ChilePM [28]
Lomano Lemeki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan SamoaPM [29]
Jordie Barrett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand ArgentinaSF [30]
Damian McKenzie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand UruguayPM [31]
Cam Roigard Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand NamibiaPM [32]
Nicolas Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal FijiPM [33]
Jerónimo Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal GeorgiaPM [34]
Theo McFarland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa ChilePM [35]
Lima Sopoaga Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa EnglandPM [36]
Pieter-Steph du Toit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa New ZealandF [37]
Deon Fourie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa TongaPM [38]
Manie Libbok Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa ScotlandPM [39]
Makazole Mapimpi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa RomaniaPM [40]
Bongi Mbonambi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa FranceQF [41]
Handré Pollard Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa EnglandSF [42]
Darcy Graham Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland RomaniaPM [43]
Duhan van der Merwe Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland TongaPM [44]
George Moala Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga RomaniaPM [45]
Santiago Arata Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay NamibiaPM [46]
Gareth Anscombe Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales AustraliaPM [47]
Dan Biggar Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales FijiPM [48]
Jac Morgan Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales PortugalPM [49]
Tommy Reffell Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales GeorgiaPM [50]
Key
PMPool match
QFQuarter-final
SFSemi-final
BFBronze final
FFinal

Squads

Each team named a squad made up of 33 players, two more than the previous World Cup. [51] [52]

Coaches

Players

Discipline

Yellow cards

2 yellow cards
1 yellow card

Red cards

A record equaling eight red cards for a Rugby World Cup was issued, same as in 2019.

1 red card

Penalty tries

1 penalty try

Citing/bans

PlayerOppositionCite dateLaw breachedResultNoteRef
Flag of England.svg Tom Curry Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card		3-match ban– [75]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ethan de Groot Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 15 September 20239.16 – Charging without attempting to grasp the opponent
Red card		3-match ban– [76]
Flag of Portugal.svg Vincent Pinto  [ fr ]Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 16 September 20239.11 – Players must not do anything reckless to others
Red card		3-match ban– [77]
Flag of Portugal.svg Rafael Simões Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 16 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackleCiting not upheld– [78]
Flag of Namibia.svg Johan Deysel Flag of France.svg  France 21 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card		6-match ban– [79]
Flag of Tonga.svg Vaea Fifita Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 24 September 20239.20 – Dangerous charging into ruck or maul
Red card		4-match ban– [80]
Flag of Namibia.svg Desiderius Sethie Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 27 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card		3-match ban– [81]
Flag of Uruguay.svg Eric Dosantos Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 27 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle3-match ban– [82]
Flag of Samoa.svg Ben Lam Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 28 September 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card		3-match ban– [83]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sam Cane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 28 October 20239.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card		3-match ban– [84]

Stadiums

StadiumCityCapacityMatches playedOverall

attendance

Average

attendance per match

Average

attendance as % of capacity

Tries scoredAvg. tries

scored / match

Overall

points scored

Avg. points

scored / match

Stade de France Saint-Denis 80,6986469,78278,29797.02%335.522036.67
Stade de Marseille Marseille 67,3946374,62962,43892.64%335.531252
OL Stadium Lyon 59,1865277,49555,49993.77%469.236172.2
Stade Pierre-Mauroy Lille 50,1865232,58546,51792.69%428.429559
Stade de Bordeaux Bordeaux 42,1155200,38640,07795.16%418.230661.2
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 41,9654157,13239,28393.61%20517443.5
Allianz Riviera Nice 35,6244121,01630,25484.92%256.2519949.75
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 35,3224132,84033,21094.02%358.7516741.75
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse 33,1505158,08931,61895.38%30626161.25
Total2,263,381442,123,95448,27193.84%3056.932,29552.19

Attendances

Top 10 highest attendances. All Top 10 games were played in Stade de France, Saint-Denis.

RankAttendanceMatchStage
180,065Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand vs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa F
279,486Flag of France.svg  France vs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa QF
378,845IRFU flag.svg  Ireland vs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand QF
478,680Flag of France.svg  France vs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand PM
578,542Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa vs IRFU flag.svg  Ireland PM
678,459IRFU flag.svg  Ireland vs Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland PM
778,098Flag of England.svg  England vs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa SF
877,653Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand vs Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina SF
977,604Flag of England.svg  England vs Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina BF
1075,770Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia vs Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia PM
Key
PMPool match
QFQuarter-final
SFSemi-final
BFBronze final
FFinal

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