World Club Challenge records and statistics

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Notable achievements, records, and statistics of the World Club Challenge are listed below:

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Records and statistics

NOTE: The below statistics reflect records from all World Club Challenge matches from 1976 to present. They only include the finals of World Club Series 2015 and 2017 and of the 1997 World Club Championship.

Match records

Biggest win

YearWinnerScoreLoser
2015 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 39 – 0 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2000 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 44 – 6 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
2003 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 38 – 0 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens

Highest scoring game

YearWinnerScoreLoser
2005 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 39 – 32 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs RLFC

Lowest scoring game

YearWinnerScoreLoser
1987 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 8 – 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Individual records

Top try scorers

TriesName (club/s)
5 Brett Morris (Sydney Roosters / St George Illawarra)

Ryan Hall (Leeds)

4 Joe Burgess (Wigan)
3 Marcus Bai (Melbourne / Bradford)
Michael Hancock (Brisbane)
Michael Jennings (Sydney)
Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Leeds)
Danny McGuire (Leeds)
Darren Smith (Brisbane)
Brett Stewart (Manly-Warringah)
2 Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne)
George Carmont (Wigan)
Josh Charnley (Wigan)
Hazem El Masri (Canterbury-Bankstown)
Stuart Fielden (Bradford)
Ade Gardner (St Helens)
Scott Hill (Melbourne)
Andrew Johns (Newcastle)
Jamahl Lolesi (Canterbury-Bankstown, Wests Tigers)
Martin Offiah (Widnes)
Julian O'Neill (Brisbane)
Justin O'Neill (North Queensland)
Robbie Paul (Bradford)
Joel Reddy (South Sydney)
Robbie Ross (Melbourne)
Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens)
Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford)
Anthony Watmough (Manly-Warringah)
Michael Withers (Bradford)
Nick Zisti (Hunter)

Most tries in a game

TriesName (club/s)OpponentDate
3 Michael Jennings (Sydney)Wigan22 February 2014
3 Joe Burgess (Wigan)Cronulla19 February 2017
3Brett Morris (Sydney)Wigan17 February 2019

Most points in a game

PointsName (club/s)TriesGoalsOpponentDate
22 Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney)19St. Helens14 February 2003

Most goals

GoalsName (club/s)
17 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds)
12 Frano Botica (Wigan)
Cameron Smith (Melbourne)
11 Paul Deacon (Bradford / Wigan)
9 Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney)

Drop goals

GoalsName (club/s)
2 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds)
1 Paul Deacon (Bradford)
Sean Long (St Helens)
Joe Lydon (Wigan)
Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens)
Jamie Soward (St George Illawarra)
Sam Tomkins (Wigan)
Declan Patton (Warrington)
Adam Reynolds(South Sydney)
Lewis Dodd (St Helens)

Attendance

Top 5 Attendances

YearHomeAwayCity, CountryStadiumAttendance
1994 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wigancolours.svg Wigan Brisbane, Australia ANZ Stadium 54,220 [1]
2005 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs RLFC Leeds, England Elland Road 37,028 [2]
1987 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Wigan, England Central Park 36,895 [3]
2008 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Leeds, England Elland Road 33,204 [4]
2009 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Leeds, England Elland Road 32,569 [5]

World Club Series only

The World Club Series was the temporary name of the tournament following its temporary restructure between 2015 and 2017.

Biggest win

YearWinnerScoreLoser
2015 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 39 – 0 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens

Highest scoring game

YearWinnerScoreLoser
2016 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 42 – 12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors

Lowest scoring game

YearWinnerScoreLoser
2015 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 14 – 12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors

Individual

Top try scorers

  • List of players who have scored 2 or more tries.
TriesName (Club(s))
3 Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors)
2 Joel Reddy (South Sydney)
Dominique Peyroux (St. Helens)
Aidan Guerra (Sydney)
Corey Oates (Brisbane)
Kodi Nikorima (Brisbane)
Ryan Atkins (Warrington Wolves)

Top goal scorers

GoalsName (Club(s))
12 Adam Reynolds (South Sydney)
Corey Parker (Brisbane)
10 Jackson Hastings (Sydney)
6 Gareth Widdop (St George Illawarra)

See also

References