List_of_leading_rugby_union_test_try_scorers

List of leading rugby union test try scorers

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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.

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).

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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.

No.	Player	Team(s)	Tries	Caps	Try ratio	Time	List	Ref.
1	Daisuke Ohata^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Japan	69	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	Rory Underwood	England (49) British and Irish Lions (1)	50	91	0.55	1984–1996	—	^[8]
7	Doug Howlett	New Zealand	49	62	0.79	2000–2007	—	^[9]
7	George North	Wales (47) British and Irish Lions (2)	49	123	0.40	2010–2024	—	^[10]
9	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (46) British and Irish Lions (1)	47	141	0.33	1999–2014	List	^[11]^[12]
10	Julian Savea	New Zealand	46	54	0.85	2012–2017	—	^[13]
	Christian Cullen	New Zealand		58	0.79	1996–2002	List	^[14]
	Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand		68	0.68	2003–2010	—	^[15]
13	Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	44	60	0.73	1993–2002	—	^[16]
14	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	43	123	0.35	2012–	—	^[17]
15	Gareth Thomas	Wales (40) British and Irish Lions (1)	41	103	0.40	1995–2007	—	^[18]^[19]
16	Chris Latham	Australia	40	78	0.51	1998–2007	—	^[20]
17	Ben Smith	New Zealand	39	84	0.46	2009–2019	—	^[21]
17	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	39	121	0.32	2005–2019	—	^[22]
19	D.T.H. van der Merwe	Canada	38	61	0.62	2006–2019	—	^[23]
	Joost van der Westhuizen	South Africa		89	0.43	1993–2003	—	^[24]
	Serge Blanco	France		93	0.41	1980–1991	—	^[25]
22	Akaki Tabutsadze	Georgia	37	40	0.93	2020-	—
	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand		63	0.59	1994–2002	List	^[26]
	Israel Folau	Australia (37) Tonga		75	0.49	2013–	List	^[27]
25	Damian Penaud	France	36	53	0.68	2017-	—
	Rieko Ioane	New Zealand		69	0.52	2016–	—	^[28]
	Tana Umaga	New Zealand		74	0.49	1997–2005	—	^[29]
	Jonny May	England		78	0.46	2013–2023	—
	Keith Earls	Ireland		101	0.36	2008–2023	—
30	John Kirwan	New Zealand	35	63	0.56	1984–1994	—	^[30]
31	Vincent Clerc	France	34	67	0.51	2002–2013	—	^[31]
	Drew Mitchell	Australia		71	0.48	2005–2016	—	^[32]
	Ieuan Evans	Wales (33) British and Irish Lions (1)		79	0.43	1987–1998	—	^[33]
	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand		100	0.34	2003–2011	—	^[34]
35	Sitiveni Sivivatu	New Zealand (29) Pacific Islanders (4)	33	48	0.69	2005–2011	—	^[35]^[36]
	Diego Ormaechea	Uruguay		54	0.61	1979–1999	—	^[37]
	Cătălin Fercu	Romania		109	0.30	2005–2020	—
38	Takashi Kikutani	Japan	32	68	0.47	2005–2014	—	^[38]
	Philippe Saint-André	France		69	0.46	1990–1997	—	^[39]
	Jaque Fourie	South Africa		72	0.44	2003–2014	—	^[40]
41	Will Jordan	New Zealand	31	31	1.00	2020-	—
	César Sempere	Spain		56	0.55	2004–2014	—	^[41]
	Ben Cohen	England		57	0.54	2000–2006	—	^[42]
	Will Greenwood	England		57	0.54	1997–2004	—	^[43]^[44]
	Jeremy Guscott	England (30) British and Irish Lions (1)		73	0.42	1989–1999	—	^[45]
	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand		103	0.30	2003–2015	—	^[46]
47	Jason Robinson	England (28) British and Irish Lions (2)	30	56	0.54	2001-2007	—	^[47]
	Lote Tuqiri	Australia		67	0.45	2003–2009	—	^[48]
	Tommy Bowe	Ireland		74	0.41	2004–2017	—	^[49]
	Tim Horan	Australia		80	0.38	1989–2000	—	^[48]^[50]
	Joe Roff	Australia		86	0.35	1996–2004	—	^[48]
	Matt Giteau	Australia		103	0.29	2002–2016	—	^[51]
	Philippe Sella	France		111	0.27	1982–1995	—	^[52]

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List of leading rugby union test try scorers

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