List of leading rugby union test point scorers

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

Male 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: 23 August 2025

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	[1]
2	2	1271	Owen Farrell	Fly-half; Centre	England (1237) British and Irish Lions (34)	2012–	120	10	201	268	5	10.59	[2] [3]
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	4	1113	Johnny Sexton	Fly-half	Ireland (1108) British and Irish Lions (5)	2009–2023	124	19	182	214	4	8.98	[5] [6]
5	5	1090	Neil Jenkins	Fly-half	Wales (1049) British and Irish Lions (41)	1990–2003	87	11	131	248	10	12.53	[7]
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]
8	7	1010	Diego Dominguez	Fly-half	Italy (983)   Argentina (27)	1991–2003 1989	76	9	133	213	20	13.29	[9]
9	8	970	Stephen Jones	Fly-half	Wales (917) British and Irish Lions (53)	1998–2011	110	7	160	198	7	8.82	[10]
10	9	967	Andrew Mehrtens	Fly-half	New Zealand	1995–2004	70	7	169	186	12	13.81	[11]
11	10	911	Michael Lynagh	Fly-half	Australia	1984–1995	72	17	140	177	9	12.65	[12]
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	[13]
14	13	878	Matt Burke	Fullback	Australia	1993–2004	81	29	104	174	1	10.84	[14]
15	14	850	Leigh Halfpenny	Fullback	Wales (801) British and Irish Lions (49)	2008–2023	105	15	86	201	0	8.1	[15]
17	15	812	Handré Pollard	Fly-half	South Africa	2014–	83	8	122	171	5	9.78	[16]
18	16	809	Chris Paterson	Fullback	Scotland	1999–2011	109	22	90	170	3	7.42	[17]
19	17	805	Beauden Barrett	Fly-half; Fullback	New Zealand	2012–	137	45	191	63	3	5.88	[18]
21	18	742	Morné Steyn	Fly-half	South Africa	2009–2021	68	8	102	156	10	10.91	[19]
22	19	736	Gavin Hastings	Fullback	Scotland (667) British and Irish Lions (69)	1986–1995	68	18	87	161	0	10.82	[20]
23	20	714	Greig Laidlaw	Scrum-half	Scotland	2010–2019	76	5	106	159	0	9.39
25	21	698	Matt Giteau	Centre	Australia	2002–2016	103	30	106	108	4	6.78	[21]
26	22	673	Bernard Foley	Fly-half	Australia	2013–2022	76	16	133	107	1	8.82
28	23	656	Dan Biggar	Fly-half	Wales (633) British and Irish Lions (23)	2008-2023	115	8	104	127	9	5.7	[22] [23]
28	23	656	Hugo Porta	Fly-half	Argentina (590) South American Jaguars (66)	1971–1990	66	12	91	115	28	9.94	[24]
30	25	651	Felipe Contepomi	Fly-half	Argentina	1998–2013	85	16	74	139	2	7.66	[25]

Top ten scoring international players (Tier 2)

^[26] There are eight 'Tier 2' countries: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Georgia, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA.

Updated: 20 July 2024

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	[27]
16	2	840	Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	2003–2018	115	17	148	150	3	7.3	[28]
24	3	711	Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	2005–2015	57	18	162	99	0	12.47	[29]
27	4	670	Nicky Little	Fiji	1996–2011	71	2	117	140	2	9.44	[30]
32	5	607	James Pritchard	Canada	2003–2015	62	18	104	103	0	9.79	[31]
35	6	491	Gareth Rees	Canada	1986–1999	55	7	51	110	9	8.93	[32]
39	7	465	Mike Hercus	United States	2002–2009	48	9	90	76	4	9.69	[33]
42	8	422	Keiji Hirose	Japan	1994–2005	40	5	77	79	2	10.55	[34]
43	9	419	Bobby Ross	Canada	1989–2003	58	7	51	84	10	7.22	[35]
47	10	389	Dănuț Dumbravă	Romania	2002–2015	73	3	73	74	2	5.33	[36]

Top five scoring international players (Tier 3)

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Updated: 16 August 2025

World Rank	Tier Rank	Points	Player	International team(s)	Years active	Caps	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Avg. PTS (per game)	Source(s)
20	1	797	Yuri Kushnarev	Russia	2005–2021	120	11	155	142	2	6.64	[38]
41	2	430	Theuns Kotzé	Namibia	2011–2017	40	6	110	55	5	10.75	[39]
48	3	381	Felipe Berchesi	Uruguay	2011–2023	49	3	57	83	1	7.78
59	4	337	Raynor Parkinson	Germany	2011–2024	43	6	89	41	2	7.84
60	5	335	Jaco Coetzee	Namibia	1990–1996	28	6	81	45	3	11.96	[40]

See also

• List of leading rugby union test try scorers
• List of leading international rugby union drop goal scorers
• List of rugby union test caps leaders
• International rugby union player records

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External links

• Scrum.com
• BBC Sport