The England national men's rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches. [1]
The record for most Test points by an England player is held by Owen Farrell, who scored 1237 points between 2012 and 2023. The record for the number of Test tries is held by Rory Underwood, who scored 49 tries in 85 matches between 1984 and 1996.
Currently active players at Test level are listed in bold; those available for national selection but not currently in the national team setup are listed in italics. This list includes only points and tries scored playing for England, and does not include those scored for the British and Irish Lions.
Margin | Opposing Team | Result | Date | Ground | Competition |
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134 | Romania | 134–0 | 17 November 2001 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals |
110 | Netherlands | 110–0 | 14 November 1998 | Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England | 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier |
98 | United States | 106–8 | 21 August 1999 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 1999 USA Tour |
98 | Uruguay | 111–13 | 2 November 2003 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
91 | Tonga | 101–10 | 15 October 1999 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 1999 Rugby World Cup |
78 | Georgia | 84–6 | 12 October 2003 | Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia | 2003 Rugby World Cup |
71 | Chile | 71–0 | 23 September 2023 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
70 | Canada | 70–0 | 13 November 2004 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2004 Canada Tour |
66 | Tonga | 69–3 | 6 November 2021 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals |
64 | Romania | 67–3 | 24 September 2011 | Otago Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand | 2011 Rugby World Cup |
Rank | Name | Caps | Position | Career |
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1 | Ben Youngs | 127 | Scrum half | 2010 – 2023 |
2 | Dan Cole | 115 | Prop | 2010 – |
3 | Jason Leonard | 114 | Prop | 1990 – 2003 |
4 | Owen Farrell | 112 | Fly-half/ Centre | 2012 – 2023 |
5 | Courtney Lawes | 105 | Lock | 2009 – 2023 |
6 | Danny Care | 101 | Scrum-half | 2008 – 2024 |
7 | Dylan Hartley | 97 | Hooker | 2008 – 2018 |
8 | George Ford | 96 | Fly-half | 2014 – |
9 | Joe Marler | 95 | Prop | 2012 – |
10 | Jamie George | 93 | Hooker | 2015 – |
11 | Jonny Wilkinson | 91 | Fly-half | 1998 – 2011 |
12 | Lawrence Dallaglio | 85 | Number 8 | 1995 – 2007 |
Rory Underwood | Wing | 1984 – 1996 | ||
14 | Maro Itoje | 84 | Lock | 2016 – |
Martin Johnson | Lock | 1993 – 2003 | ||
16 | Jonny May | 78 | Wing | 2013 – 2023 |
Mako Vunipola | Prop | 2012 – 2023 | ||
Joe Worsley | Flanker | 1999 – 2011 | ||
19 | Matt Dawson | 77 | Scrum-half | 1995 – 2006 |
James Haskell | Back-row | 2007 – 2018 |
Rank | Name | Points | Tries | Con | Pen | DGs | Caps | Avr. | Position | Career |
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1 | Owen Farrell | 1237 | 10 | 190 | 262 | 5 | 112 | 11 | Fly-half | 2012–2023 |
2 | Jonny Wilkinson | 1179 | 6 | 162 | 239 | 36 | 91 | 12.96 | Fly-half | 1998–2011 |
3 | George Ford | 413 | 10 | 76 | 73 | 6 | 96 | 4.3 | Fly-half | 2014– |
4 | Paul Grayson | 400 | 2 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 32 | 12.5 | Fly-half | 1995–2004 |
5 | Rob Andrew | 396 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 21 | 71 | 5.58 | Fly-half | 1985–1997 |
6 | Toby Flood | 301 | 4 | 40 | 66 | 1 | 60 | 5.02 | Fly-half | 2006–2013 |
7 | Jonathan Webb | 296 | 4 | 41 | 66 | 0 | 33 | 8.97 | Full-back | 1987–1993 |
8 | Charlie Hodgson | 269 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 38 | 7.08 | Fly-half | 2001–2012 |
9 | Dusty Hare | 240 | 2 | 14 | 67 | 1 | 25 | 9.6 | Full-back | 1974–1984 |
10 | Rory Underwood | 210 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 2.47 | Wing | 1984–1996 |
Rank | Name | Tries | Caps | Ratio | Position | Career |
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1 | Rory Underwood | 49 | 85 | 0.58 | Wing | 1984–1996 |
2 | Jonny May | 36 | 78 | 0.46 | Wing | 2013–2023 |
3 | Ben Cohen | 31 | 57 | 0.54 | Wing | 2000–2006 |
Will Greenwood | 31 | 55 | 0.56 | Centre | 1997–2004 | |
5 | Jeremy Guscott | 30 | 65 | 0.46 | Centre | 1989–1999 |
6 | Jason Robinson | 28 | 51 | 0.55 | Full-back | 2001–2007 |
7 | Dan Luger | 24 | 38 | 0.63 | Wing | 1998–2003 |
8 | Anthony Watson | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | Wing | 2014– |
9 | Josh Lewsey | 22 | 55 | 0.4 | Wing | 1998–2007 |
10 | Chris Ashton | 20 | 44 | 0.45 | Wing | 2010–2019 |
Mark Cueto | 20 | 55 | 0.36 | Wing | 2004–2011 | |
Manu Tuilagi | 20 | 57 | 0.35 | Centre | 2011– | |
Ben Youngs | 20 | 127 | 0.16 | Scrum-half | 2010–2023 | |
Rank | Name | Tests | Won | Drew | Lost | Win % | Position | Career | Honours as captain |
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1 | Will Carling | 59 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 74.6 | Centre | 1988–1996 | 1991 Grand Slam 1991 RWC Final 1992 Grand Slam 1995 Grand Slam 1996 Five Nations Championship & Triple Crown |
2 | Owen Farrell | 48 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 64.6 | Fly-half/Centre | 2018–2023 | 2019 RWC Final 2020 Six Nations Championship & Triple Crown 2023 Rugby World Cup Third Place |
3 | Chris Robshaw | 42 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 59.5 | Flanker | 2012–2017 | 2014 Triple Crown |
4 | Martin Johnson | 39 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 87.2 | Lock | 1998–2003 | 2001 Six Nations Championship 2002 Triple Crown 2003 Grand Slam 2003 RWC Champions |
5 | Dylan Hartley | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 83.3 | Hooker | 2012–2018 | 2016 Grand Slam 2017 Six Nations Championship |
6 | Lawrence Dallaglio | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 45.5 | Number 8 | 1997–2004 | 1998 Triple Crown |
7 | Bill Beaumont | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 52.4 | Lock | 1978–1982 | 1980 Grand Slam |
Steve Borthwick | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 42.9 | Lock | 2008–2010 | None | |
9 | Martin Corry | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 52.9 | Lock | 2005–2007 | None |
10 | Phil Vickery | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 66.7 | Prop | 2002–2008 | 2007 RWC Final |
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These are men's International Team records in international rugby, updated at the conclusion of the November Internationals window each year.
These are men's player records in international rugby, updated at the conclusion of the Autumn internationals window each year.