Premiership Rugby top scorers | |
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Awarded for | The leading points scorer and try scorer in a given Premiership Rugby season. |
Country | England |
Presented by | Premiership Rugby |
First awarded | 1998 |
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.
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.
Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
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Games | The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season [lower-alpha 1] |
PPG | The 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 |
Nationality | Seasons won |
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England | 12 |
New Zealand | 8 |
Ireland | 3 |
Australia Scotland Wales | 1 |
Club | Seasons won |
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Saracens Leicester Tigers | 5 |
Wasps London Irish | 4 |
Harlequins | 3 |
Bath Newcastle Falcons Exeter Chiefs | 2 |
Sale Sharks | 1 |
Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
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Games | The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season [lower-alpha 1] |
Rate | The 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 |
Nationality | Seasons won |
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England | 24 |
Fiji New Zealand Samoa | 2 |
South Africa Wales | 1 |
Club | Seasons won |
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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 |
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