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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.

Try scorers

As of 29 August 2026.

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.
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International tries
No. Player Team(s) Tries Caps Try ratio Time List Ref.
1 Daisuke Ohata  Japan 69[a] 58 1.19 1996–2006 N/a [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 N/a [7]
6 Will Jordan  New Zealand 53 59 0.90 2020– List [8]
7 Akaki Tabutsadze  Georgia 52 63 0.83 2020– N/a [9]
8 Rory Underwood  England (49)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 50 91 0.55 1984–1996 List [10]
9 Doug Howlett  New Zealand 49 62 0.79 2000–2007 N/a [11]
George North  Wales (47)
British and Irish Lions (2)		 123 0.40 2010–2024 N/a [12]
11 Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland (46)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 47 141 0.33 1999–2014 List [13][14]
12 Julian Savea  New Zealand 46 54 0.85 2012–2017 List [15]
Christian Cullen  New Zealand 58 0.79 1996–2002 List [16]
Joe Rokocoko  New Zealand 68 0.68 2003–2010 N/a [17]
15 Beauden Barrett  New Zealand 45 144 0.31 2012– List [18]
16 Jeff Wilson  New Zealand 44 60 0.73 1993–2002 N/a [19]
17 Rodrigo Marta  Portugal 42 51 0.82 2018– N/a
18 Damian Penaud  France 41 60 0.68 2017– List
Gareth Thomas  Wales (40)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 103 0.40 1995–2007 N/a [20][21]
19 Chris Latham  Australia 40 78 0.51 1998–2007 N/a [22]
21 Ben Smith  New Zealand 39 84 0.46 2009–2019 List [23]
Rieko Ioane  New Zealand 88 0.44 2016– List [24]
Adam Ashley-Cooper  Australia 121 0.32 2005–2019 N/a [25]
24 Darcy Graham  Scotland 38 57 0.67 2018– List
D.T.H. van der Merwe  Canada 61 0.62 2006–2019 N/a [26]
Joost van der Westhuizen  South Africa 89 0.43 1993–2003 List [27]
Serge Blanco  France 93 0.41 1980–1991 N/a [28]
28 Jonah Lomu  New Zealand 37 63 0.59 1994–2002 List [29]
Israel Folau  Australia (37)
 Tonga		 75 0.49 2013–2023 List [30]
Tana Umaga  New Zealand 74 0.49 1997–2005 N/a [31]
Jonny May  England 78 0.46 2013–2023 List
Keith Earls  Ireland 101 0.36 2008–2023 List
33 Duhan van der Merwe  Scotland (34)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 35 56 0.63 2020– List
John Kirwan  New Zealand 63 0.56 1984–1994 List [32]
35 Vincent Clerc  France 34 67 0.51 2002–2013 List [33]
Drew Mitchell  Australia 71 0.48 2005–2016 N/a [34]
Ieuan Evans  Wales (33)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 79 0.43 1987–1998 N/a [35]
Mils Muliaina  New Zealand 100 0.34 2003–2011 N/a [36]
39 Makazole Mapimpi  South Africa 33 47 0.70 2018– List
Sitiveni Sivivatu  New Zealand (29)
Pacific Islanders (4)		 48 0.69 2005–2011 N/a [37][38]
Diego Ormaechea  Uruguay 54 0.61 1979–1999 N/a [39]
Cătălin Fercu  Romania 109 0.30 2005–2020 N/a
Ardie Savea  New Zealand 111 0.30 2016– N/a [40]
44 Takashi Kikutani  Japan 32 68 0.47 2005–2014 N/a [41]
Philippe Saint-André  France 69 0.46 1990–1997 N/a [42]
Jaque Fourie  South Africa 72 0.44 2003–2014 List [43]
47 César Sempere  Spain 31 56 0.55 2004–2014 N/a [44]
Ben Cohen  England 57 0.54 2000–2006 List [45]
Will Greenwood  England 57 0.54 1997–2004 List [46][47]
Jeremy Guscott  England (30)
British and Irish Lions (1)		 73 0.42 1989–1999 N/a [48]
Ma'a Nonu  New Zealand 103 0.30 2003–2015 N/a [49]
52 Jason Robinson  England (28)
British and Irish Lions (2)		 30 56 0.54 2001–2007 List [50]
Lote Tuqiri  Australia 67 0.45 2003–2009 N/a [51]
Tommy Bowe  Ireland 74 0.41 2004–2017 List [52]
Tim Horan  Australia 80 0.38 1989–2000 N/a [51][53]
Joe Roff  Australia 86 0.35 1996–2004 N/a [51]
Matt Giteau  Australia 103 0.29 2002–2016 N/a [54]
Philippe Sella  France 111 0.27 1982–1995 N/a [55]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Two of Ohata's tries were scored against Australia A and England A, and three against the Arabian Gulf, which has since been disbanded.

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