Premiership Rugby top scorers

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Premiership Rugby top scorers
Awarded forThe leading points scorer and try scorer in a given Premiership Rugby season.
CountryEngland
Presented byPremiership Rugby
First awarded1998
Currently held by Paddy Jackson (points)
Cadan Murley (tries)
Most awards Andy Goode (points, 4)
Tom Varndell & Christian Wade (tries, 3)

This is a list of the top points scorers and top try scorers in each season of Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. Formed in 1997 as an independent top division the awards form part of Premiership Rugby's end of season awards show.

Contents

The points award has been won by 17 different players, with Andy Goode recording the most wins with 4 at three different clubs. Saracens players have won the award most often with four other winners alongside Goode. The highest points total to win the award was 343 by Barry Everitt in 2001–02.

Points Scorers


Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
GamesThe number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season [lower-alpha 1]
PPGThe winner's points-per-games ratio that season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§Denotes the club were Premiership Rugby champions in the same season
Premiership Rugby leading points scorers
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubPointsGames [lower-alpha 2] PPGRef(s)
1997–98 Michael Lynagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Saracens 2791914.68 [1]
1998–99 John Schuster Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Harlequins 3312215.05 [2]
1999–2000 Jarrod Cunningham Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand London Irish 3242214.72 [3]
2000–01 Kenny Logan Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Wasps 2821815.66 [4]
2001–02 Barry Everitt IRFU flag.svg Ireland London Irish 3432116.33 [5]
2002–03 Alex King Flag of England.svg England Wasps §2842312.35 [6]
2003–04 Andy Goode Flag of England.svg England Saracens/Leicester Tigers 2662013.30 [7]
2004–05 Andy Goode (2) Flag of England.svg England Leicester Tigers 2681814.88 [8]
2005–06 Charlie Hodgson Flag of England.svg England Sale Sharks §2481615.5 [9]
2006–07 Glen Jackson Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Saracens 2812212.77 [10]
2007–08 Andy Goode (3) Flag of England.svg England Leicester Tigers 2071811.5 [11]
2008–09 Glen Jackson (2) Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Saracens 2392111.38 [12]
2009–10 Jimmy Gopperth Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Newcastle Falcons 2192110.43 [13]
2010–11 Jimmy Gopperth (2) Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Newcastle Falcons 2302210.45 [14]
2011–12 Tom Homer Flag of England.svg England London Irish 2782212.63 [15]
2012–13 Nick Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Harlequins 2582012.90 [16]
2013–14 George Ford Flag of England.svg England Bath 2502111.90 [17]
2014–15 Andy Goode (4) Flag of England.svg England Wasps 2402111.43 [18]
2015–16 Gareth Steenson IRFU flag.svg Ireland Exeter Chiefs 2582410.75 [19]
2016–17 Jimmy Gopperth (3) Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wasps 2922312.69 [20]
2017–18 Owen Farrell Flag of England.svg England Saracens §2171514.46 [21]
2018–19 George Ford (2) Flag of England.svg England Leicester Tigers 2211613.81 [22]
2019–20 Rhys Priestland Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Bath 206229.36 [23]
2020–21 Marcus Smith Flag of England.svg  England Harlequins §2862213 [24]
2021–22 George Ford (3) Flag of England.svg England Leicester Tigers §2202011 [25]
2022–23 Paddy Jackson IRFU flag.svg Ireland London Irish 2052010.25 [26]
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubPointsGames [lower-alpha 2] PPGRef(s)

By nationality

NationalitySeasons won
Flag of England.svg  England 12
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
1

By club

ClubSeasons won
Saracens
Leicester Tigers
5
Wasps
London Irish
4
Harlequins 3
Bath
Newcastle Falcons
Exeter Chiefs
2
Sale Sharks 1

Try Scorers

Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
GamesThe number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season [lower-alpha 1]
RateThe winner's try scoring to games ratio that season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§Denotes the club were Premiership Rugby champions in the same season
Premiership Rugby leading try scorers
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubTriesGames [lower-alpha 2] RateRef(s)
1997–98 Dominic Chapman Flag of England.svg  England Richmond 17171.00 [27]
1998–99 Neil Back Flag of England.svg  England Leicester Tigers §16230.69 [28]
1999–2000 Iain Balshaw Flag of England.svg  England Bath 15210.71 [29]
2000–01 Paul Sampson Flag of England.svg  England Wasps 12150.80 [30]
2001–02 Mark Cueto Flag of England.svg  England Sale Sharks 13210.62 [31]
2002–03 Steve Hanley Flag of England.svg  England Sale Sharks 14220.63 [32]
2003–04 Steve Hanley (2)Flag of England.svg  England Sale Sharks 13200.65 [33]
2003–04 Bruce Reihana Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Northampton Saints 13220.59 [33]
2004–05 Tom Voyce Flag of England.svg  England Wasps §12240.50 [34]
2005–06 Tom Varndell Flag of England.svg  England Leicester Tigers 14210.66 [35]
2006–07 David Lemi Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Bristol 11180.61 [36]
2007–08 Tom Varndell (2)Flag of England.svg  England Leicester Tigers 14220.63 [37]
2008–09 Joe Maddock Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bath 11190.58 [38]
2009–10 Chris Ashton Flag of England.svg  England Northampton Saints 16200.80 [39]
2010–11 Alesana Tuilagi Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Leicester Tigers 13210.62 [40]
2011–12 Rob Miller Flag of England.svg  England Sale Sharks 10210.48 [41]
2012–13 Tom Varndell (3)Flag of England.svg  England Wasps 13200.65 [42]
2012–13 Christian Wade Flag of England.svg  England Wasps 13200.65 [42]
2013–14 Vereniki Goneva Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Leicester Tigers 12180.67 [43]
2014–15 Thomas Waldrom Flag of England.svg  England Exeter Chiefs 16220.72 [44]
2015–16 Thomas Waldrom (2)Flag of England.svg  England Exeter Chiefs 13220.59 [45]
2016–17 Christian Wade (2)Flag of England.svg  England Wasps 17230.74 [46]
2017–18 Vereniki Goneva (2)Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Newcastle Falcons 13190.68 [47]
2017–18 Christian Wade (3)Flag of England.svg  England Wasps 13210.62 [47]
2017–18 Josh Adams Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Worcester Warriors 13210.62 [47]
2018–19 Cobus Reinach Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Northampton Saints 12220.54 [48]
2018–19 Denny Solomona Flag of England.svg  England Sale Sharks 12210.57 [48]
2019–20 Ben Earl Flag of England.svg  England Saracens/Bristol Bears 11170.65 [49]
2019–20 Ollie Thorley Flag of England.svg  England Gloucester 11160.69 [49]
2020–21 Sam Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England Exeter Chiefs 21230.91 [50]
2021–22 Max Malins Flag of England.svg  England Saracens 16141.14 [51]
2022–23 Cadan Murley Flag of England.svg  England Harlequins 15180.80 [52]
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubTriesGames [lower-alpha 2] RateRef(s)

By nationality

NationalitySeasons won
Flag of England.svg  England 24
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
2
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
1

By club

ClubSeasons won
Wasps 6
Leicester Tigers
Sale Sharks
5
Northampton Saints
Exeter Chiefs
3
Bath
Bristol Bears
Saracens
2
Gloucester
Harlequins
Newcastle Falcons
Richmond
Worcester Warriors
1

Notes

  1. 1 2 This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
  2. 1 2 3 4 For the 1998–99 season, Premiership Rugby consisted of 14 teams (26 games). In all other seasons, there were 12 teams (22 games) until the 2021–22 season, which had 13 teams (24 games). The 2022–23 season had 11 teams (20 games). From the 2023–24 season, there were 10 teams (20 games). From the 2002–03 Premiership Rugby season onward, playoff games are included in the totals.

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