List of rugby union test caps leaders

Alun Wyn Jones of Wales has the most international appearances for any male rugby player.

This is a list of the players who have made the most appearances in men's rugby union test matches, listing the players with 110 or more caps.

The British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders are recognised as test teams, although they represent a group of national unions. Some national teams have granted test caps for some matches against teams such as the Barbarians, an invitational club team; these are included only if the union granted test caps for a particular match.

List

As of 13 September 2025 ^[1]

Bold	Player is still active at international level.
Italics	Player is still active at club level but has either retired from international rugby or has not been selected for their national team over a year.
	Player has the record number of caps for their national team.

Rank	Caps	Player	International team	First/Latest appearance	Primary position	Ref(s)
1	170	Alun Wyn Jones	Wales (158) British and Irish Lions (12)	2006–2023	Lock	[2]
2	153	Sam Whitelock	New Zealand	2010–2023	Lock	[3]
3	149	James Slipper	Australia	2010–present	Prop	[4]
4	148	Richie McCaw	New Zealand	2001–2015	Flanker	[3]
5	142	Sergio Parisse	Italy	2002–2019	Number 8	[3]
6	141	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (133) British and Irish Lions (8)	1999–2014	Centre	[5] [6]
7	140	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	2012–present	Fly-half / Fullback	[7]
8	139	George Gregan	Australia	1994–2007	Scrum-half	[8] [9]
9	137	Cian Healy	Ireland	2009–2025	Prop	[10]
10	136	Eben Etzebeth	South Africa	2012–present	Lock	[11]
11	134	Gethin Jenkins	Wales (129) British and Irish Lions (5)	2002–2018	Prop	[12]
12	133	Conor Murray	Ireland (125) British and Irish Lions (8)	2011–2025	Scrum-half	[13] [14]
13	132	Keven Mealamu	New Zealand	2002–2015	Hooker	[15]
14	130	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland (128) British and Irish Lions (2)	2000–2013	Fly-half	[16]
15	129	Stephen Moore	Australia	2005–2017	Hooker	[17]
		Florin Vlaicu	Romania	2006–2022	Centre	[18]
		Ben Youngs	England (127) British and Irish Lions (2)	2010–2023	Scrum-half	[19] [20]
18	127	Victor Matfield	South Africa	2001–2015	Lock	[21]
		Kieran Read	New Zealand	2008–2019	Number 8	[22]
20	125	Michael Hooper	Australia	2012–2023	Flanker	[23]
		Aaron Smith	New Zealand	2012–2023	Scrum-half	[24]
22	124	Rory Best	Ireland	2005–2019	Hooker	[25]
		Bryan Habana	South Africa	2004–2016	Wing	[26]
		George North	Wales (121) British and Irish Lions (3)	2010–2024	Wing	[27] [28]
		Johnny Sexton	Ireland (118) British and Irish Lions (6)	2009–2023	Fly-half	[29] [30]
26	122	Davit Kacharava	Georgia	2006–2020	Centre	[31]
		Alexander Todua	Georgia	2008–present	Wing
28	121	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	2005–2019	Centre / Wing	[32]
		Dan Cole	England (118) British and Irish Lions (3)	2010–2024	Prop
30	120	Owen Farrell	England (112) British and Irish Lions (8)	2012–present	Fly-half	[33] [34]
		Yuri Kushnarev	Russia	2005–2021	Fly-half / Fullback
32	119	Martin Castrogiovanni	Italy	2002–2016	Prop	[35]
		Jason Leonard	England (114) British and Irish Lions (5)	1990–2004	Prop	[36]
		Alessandro Zanni	Italy	2005–2020	Flanker	[37]
35	118	Fabien Pelous	France	1995–2007	Lock	[38]
		Tony Woodcock	New Zealand	2002–2015	Prop	[39]
37	117	Tendai Mtawarira	South Africa	2008–2019	Prop	[40]
38	116	Pablo Matera	Argentina	2013–present	Flanker
		Nathan Sharpe	Australia	2002–2012	Lock	[41]
40	115	Dan Biggar	Wales (112) British and Irish Lions (3)	2008–2023	Fly-half	[42] [43]
		Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	2003–2018	Fullback	[44]
		Paul O'Connell	Ireland (108) British and Irish Lions (7)	2002–2015	Lock	[45]
		Peter O'Mahony	Ireland (114) British and Irish Lions (1)	2012–2025	Flanker
44	114	Taulupe Faletau	Wales (109) British and Irish Lions (5)	2011–present	Number 8	[46] [47]
45	112	Marco Bortolami	Italy	2001–2015	Lock	[48]
		Dan Carter	New Zealand	2003–2015	Fly-half	[49]
		Julian Montoya	Argentina	2014–present	Hooker
48	111	Ross Ford	Scotland (110) British and Irish Lions (1)	2004–2017	Hooker	[50]
		Philippe Sella [a]	France	1982–1995	Centre	[52]
		John Smit	South Africa	2000–2011	Hooker [53]	[54]
		George Smith	Australia	2000–2013	Flanker	[55] [56]
52	110	Agustin Creevy	Argentina	2005–2024	Hooker	[57]
		Will Genia	Australia	2009–2019	Scrum-half	[58]
		Stephen Jones	Wales (104) British and Irish Lions (6)	1998–2011	Fly-half	[59]
		Sekope Kepu	Australia	2008–2019	Prop	[60]
		Courtney Lawes	England (105) British and Irish Lions (5)	2009–2023	Lock

Notes

1. Primarily active during rugby's amateur era, before the IRB declared the game "open" to professionalism on 26 August 1995. ^[51]

See also

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

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External links

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