Australia have competed in international rugby union matches since 1889. They compete in the annual Rugby Championship series and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1999 and finishing second in 2003 and 2015. 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).
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| Player | Venue | Competition | Opponent | Date | Score | Score invovlements | Points | Ref. | |||
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| Mat Rogers | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 2003 Rugby World Cup |  Namibia | 25 October 2003 | 142–0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Matt Burke | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 1996 Canada tour of Australia |  Canada | 29 June 1996 | 74–9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 39 | |
| Elton Flatley | Lang Park, Brisbane | 2003 Rugby World Cup |  Romania | 18 October 2003 | 90–8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |
| Stirling Mortlock | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | Mandela Challenge Plate |  South Africa | 8 July 2000 | 44–23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | |
| James O'Connor | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 2010 Autumn International |  France | 27 November 2010 | 16–59 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | |
| Bernard Foley | Twickenham Stadium, London | 2015 Rugby World Cup |  England | 3 October 2015 | 33–13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | |
| Michael Lynagh | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 1995 Argentina tour of Australia |  Argentina | 30 April 1995 | 53–7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | |
| Matt Giteau | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier | 2007 Rugby World Cup |  Fiji | 23 September 2007 | 55–12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 27 | |
| Matt Burke | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 1998 Scotland tour of Australia and Fiji |  Scotland | 13 June 1998 | 45–3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 25 | |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 1999 Rugby World Cup final | France | 6 November 1999 | 35–12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 2001 British & Irish Lions tour of Australia |  British and Irish Lions | 7 July 2001 | 35–14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Ben Donaldson | Stade de France, Seint-Denis | 2023 Rugby World Cup |  Georgia | 9 September 2023 | 35–15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Chris Latham | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 2003 Rugby World Cup | Namibia | 25 October 2003 | 142–0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Player | Venue | Competition | Opponent | Date | Score | Tries | Ref. |
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| Chris Latham | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 2003 Rugby World Cup | Namibia | 25 October 2003 | 142–0 | 5 | |
| Greg Cornelsen | Eden Park, Auckland | 1978 Australia tour of New Zealand |  New Zealand | 9 September 1978 | 30–16 | 4 | |
| David Campese | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1983 United States tour of Australia |  United States | 9 July 1983 | 49–3 | 4 | |
| Jason Little | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualification – Third Round |  Tonga | 22 September 1998 | 74–0 | 4 | |
| Chris Latham | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 2000 Argentina of Australia | Argentina | 17 June 2000 | 53–6 | 4 | |
| Lote Tuqiri | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 2005 June International |  Italy | 25 June 2005 | 69–21 | 4 | |
| Twenty players | 3 | ||||||
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