List of leading rugby union test try scorers

• Top left: Angus Buchanan was the first international try-scorer (Scotland).
• Top right: Ian Smith (Scotland) held the try-record for the longest period of time (58 years, 89 days).
• Bottom left: David Campese (Australia) took Ian Smith's try-record of twenty-four and moved the record to sixty-four.
• Bottom right: Daisuke Ohata (Japan) holds the current record (69 tries).

This is a list of the leading try scorers in men's rugby union test matches. It includes players with a minimum of 30 test tries.

Try scorers

As of 1 November 2025.

Bold	Player is still playing at international level.
Italics	Player is still playing, but not for a national team.
	Indicates the top try-scorer for their national team.

International tries

No.	Player	Team(s)	Tries	Caps	Try ratio	Time	List	Ref.
1	Daisuke Ohata	Japan	69 [a]	58	1.19	1996–2006	—	[1] [2]
2	Bryan Habana	South Africa	67	124	0.54	2004–2016	List	[3]
3	David Campese	Australia	64	101	0.63	1982–1996	List	[4]
4	Shane Williams	Wales (58) British and Irish Lions (2)	60	91	0.66	2000–2011	List	[5] [6]
5	Hirotoki Onozawa	Japan	55	81	0.68	2001–2013	—	[7]
6	Akaki Tabutsadze	Georgia	50	53	0.94	2020–	—	[8]
	Rory Underwood	England (49) British and Irish Lions (1)		91	0.55	1984–1996	List	[9]
8	Doug Howlett	New Zealand	49	62	0.79	2000–2007	—	[10]
	George North	Wales (47) British and Irish Lions (2)		123	0.40	2010–2024	—	[11]
10	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (46) British and Irish Lions (1)	47	141	0.33	1999–2014	List	[12] [13]
11	Julian Savea	New Zealand	46	54	0.85	2012–2017	List	[14]
	Christian Cullen	New Zealand		58	0.79	1996–2002	List	[15]
	Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand		68	0.68	2003–2010	—	[16]
14	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	45	142	0.32	2012–	List	[17]
15	Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	44	60	0.73	1993–2002	—	[18]
16	Will Jordan	New Zealand	43	51	0.84	2020–	List	[19]
17	Gareth Thomas	Wales (40) British and Irish Lions (1)	41	103	0.40	1995–2007	—	[20] [21]
18	Chris Latham	Australia	40	78	0.51	1998–2007	—	[22]
19	Ben Smith	New Zealand	39	84	0.46	2009–2019	List	[23]
	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia		121	0.32	2005–2019	—	[24]
21	Damian Penaud	France	38	56	0.68	2017–	List
	D.T.H. van der Merwe	Canada		61	0.62	2006–2019	—	[25]
	Rieko Ioane	New Zealand		87	0.44	2016–	List	[26]
	Joost van der Westhuizen	South Africa		89	0.43	1993–2003	List	[27]
	Serge Blanco	France		93	0.41	1980–1991	—	[28]
26	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand	37	63	0.59	1994–2002	List	[29]
	Israel Folau	Australia (37)   Tonga		75	0.49	2013–2023	List	[30]
28	Tana Umaga	New Zealand	36	74	0.49	1997–2005	—	[31]
	Jonny May	England		78	0.46	2013–2023	List
	Keith Earls	Ireland		101	0.36	2008–2023	List
31	John Kirwan	New Zealand	35	63	0.56	1984–1994	List	[32]
32	Darcy Graham	Scotland	34	48	0.71	2018–	List
	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland		52	0.62	2020–	List
	Vincent Clerc	France		67	0.51	2002–2013	List	[33]
	Drew Mitchell	Australia		71	0.48	2005–2016	—	[34]
	Ieuan Evans	Wales (33) British and Irish Lions (1)		79	0.43	1987–1998	—	[35]
	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand		100	0.34	2003–2011	—	[36]
38	Rodrigo Marta	Portugal	33	43	0.77	2016–	—
	Makazole Mapimpi	South Africa		47	0.70	2018–	List
	Sitiveni Sivivatu	New Zealand (29) Pacific Islanders (4)		48	0.69	2005–2011	—	[37] [38]
	Diego Ormaechea	Uruguay		54	0.61	1979–1999	—	[39]
	Cătălin Fercu	Romania		109	0.30	2005–2020	—
43	Takashi Kikutani	Japan	32	68	0.47	2005–2014	—	[40]
	Philippe Saint-André	France		69	0.46	1990–1997	—	[41]
	Jaque Fourie	South Africa		72	0.44	2003–2014	List	[42]
	Ardie Savea	New Zealand		104	0.31	2016–	—	[43]
47	César Sempere	Spain	31	56	0.55	2004–2014	—	[44]
	Ben Cohen	England		57	0.54	2000–2006	List	[45]
	Will Greenwood	England		57	0.54	1997–2004	List	[46] [47]
	Jeremy Guscott	England (30) British and Irish Lions (1)		73	0.42	1989–1999	—	[48]
	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand		103	0.30	2003–2015	—	[49]
52	Jason Robinson	England (28) British and Irish Lions (2)	30	56	0.54	2001–2007	List	[50]
	Lote Tuqiri	Australia		67	0.45	2003–2009	—	[51]
	Tommy Bowe	Ireland		74	0.41	2004–2017	List	[52]
	Tim Horan	Australia		80	0.38	1989–2000	—	[51] [53]
	Joe Roff	Australia		86	0.35	1996–2004	—	[51]
	Matt Giteau	Australia		103	0.29	2002–2016	—	[54]
	Philippe Sella	France		111	0.27	1982–1995	—	[55]

Notes

1. Two of Ohata's tries were scored against Australia A and England A, and three against the Arabian Gulf, which has since been disbanded.

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See also

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

External links

• Scrum.com