List of Wales national rugby union team records

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Wales have competed in the sport of rugby union since their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup.

The records listed below only include performances in test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Greatest winning margin

#MarginDateOpposing TeamResultVenueCompetition
19826 November 2004 Japan98 – 0Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales2004 Autumn Internationals
29117 May 1994 Portugal102 – 11Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal1995 Rugby World Cup qualifier
3744 June 2005 United States77 – 3Rentschler Field, Hartford, United States2005 Summer Internationals
47426 September 2011 Namibia81 – 7Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand2011 Rugby World Cup
57219 September 2001 Romania81 – 9Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales2001 Autumn Internationals

Greatest losing margin

#MarginDateOpposing TeamResultVenueCompetition
18327 June 1998 South Africa13 – 96Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa1998 Summer Tour
27329 November 2025 South Africa0 – 73Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales2025 end-of-year rugby union internationals
35722 July 1991 Australia6 – 63Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Australia1991 Summer Tour
4574 June 2007 England5 – 62Twickenham Stadium, London, England2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
55415 March 2025 England14 – 68Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales2025 Six Nations Championship

Individual career records

Most caps

# Player Period Caps Starts Subs Position
1 Alun Wyn Jones 2006–2023 158 143 15 Lock
2 Gethin Jenkins 2002–2016 129 93 36 Prop
3 George North 2010–2024 121 116 5 Wing/Centre
4 Dan Biggar 2008–2023 112 92 20 Fly-half
5 Taulupe Faletau 2011– 109 99 10 Number 8
6 Stephen Jones 1998–2011 104 86 18 Fly-half
7 Leigh Halfpenny 2008–2023 101 95 6 Fullback
8 Gareth Thomas 1995–2007 100 94 6 Wing
Martyn Williams 1996–2012 100 87 13 Flanker
10 Jonathan Davies 2009–2022 96 91 5 Centre

Last updated: 5 July 2025. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]

Most points

# Player Period Points Caps Tries Con Pen DG PPG
1Neil Jenkins1991–2002104987111302481012.06
2Stephen Jones1998–2011917104715318668.82
3Leigh Halfpenny2008–2023801101158118807.93
4Dan Biggar2008–2023631112810212095.63
5James Hook2006–20153528113466144.35
6Paul Thorburn1985–1991304372437008.22
7Shane Williams2000–201129087580003.33
8George North2010–2024235121470001.96
9Arwel Thomas1996–20002112311303209.17
10Gareth Thomas1995–2007200100400002

Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[2]

Most tries

# Player Period Tries Caps Ave. Position
1Shane Williams2000–201158870.67Wing
2George North2010–2024471210.39Wing/Centre
3Gareth Thomas1995–2007401000.4Wing
4Ieuan Evans1987–199833720.46Wing
5Josh Adams2018–24710.34Wing
6Colin Charvis1996–200722940.23Flanker
7Liam Williams2012–202521930.23Fullback
8Gerald Davies1966–197820460.43Wing
Gareth Edwards1967–197820530.38Scrum-half
Tom Shanklin2001–201120700.29Centre

Last updated: 14 March 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[3]

Most appearances as captain

# Player Period Caps Win % Position
1 Sam Warburton 2011–2016 49 0.47 Flanker
2 Alun Wyn Jones 2009–2021 48 0.58 Lock
3 Ryan Jones 2008–2013 33 0.58 Flanker
4 Ieuan Evans 1991–1995 28 0.46 Wing
5 Colin Charvis 2002–2004 22 0.5 Flanker
Rob Howley 1998–1999 22 0.68 Scrum-half
7 Gareth Thomas 2003–2007 21 0.43 Wing
8 Jonathan Humphreys 1995–2003 19 0.32 Hooker
9 Arthur Gould 1889–1897 18 0.44 Fly half
10 Dewi Lake 2023– 17 0.24 Hooker

Match records

Rugby World Cup records

References

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