List of leading rugby union test try scorers
Top try scorers
Updated: 17 March 2019 Players who are still active at international level are in bold. Players who are active in rugby union at club level, but not at international level, are in italics.

List of leading rugby union test try scorers

Section Title: Top try scorers
Table Section Text: Updated: 17 March 2019 Players who are still active at international level are in bold. Players who are active in rugby union at club level, but not at international level, are in italics.

Rank	Caps	Tries	Tries per cap	Player	International team	Position	Ref

1	58	69	1.190	Daisuke Ohata	Japan	Fullback

2	124	67	0.540	Bryan Habana	South Africa	Wing

3	101	64	0.634	David Campese	Australia	Wing

4	91	60	0.659	Shane Williams	Wales (58) British and Irish Lions (2)	Wing

5	81	55	0.679	Hirotoki Onozawa	Japan	Wing

6	91	50	0.549	Rory Underwood	England (49) British and Irish Lions (1)	Wing

7	62	49	0.790	Doug Howlett	New Zealand	Wing

8	141	47	0.333	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (46) British and Irish Lions (1)	Centre

9	58	46	0.793	Christian Cullen	New Zealand	Fullback

=	68	46	0.676	Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand	Wing

=	54	46	0.852	Julian Savea	New Zealand	Wing

12	60	44	0.733	Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	Wing / Fullback

13	103	41	0.398	Gareth Thomas	Wales (40) British and Irish Lions (1)	Utility back

14	78	40	0.513	Chris Latham	Australia	Fullback

15	93	38	0.409	Serge Blanco	France	Fullback

=	86	38	0.442	George North	Wales (36) British and Irish Lions (2)	Wing / Centre

=	89	38	0.427	Joost van der Westhuizen	South Africa	Scrum-half

18	117	37	0.316	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	Centre / Wing

=	73	37	0.507	Israel Folau	Australia	Fullback

=	63	37	0.587	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand	Wing

=	55	37	0.673	DTH van der Merwe	Canada	Wing

22	74	36	0.486	Tana Umaga	New Zealand	Wing / Centre

23	63	35	0.556	John Kirwan	New Zealand	Wing

24	67	34	0.507	Vincent Clerc	France	Wing

=	79	34	0.430	Ieuan Evans	Wales (33) British and Irish Lions (1)	Wing

=	71	34	0.479	Drew Mitchell	Australia	Wing

=	100	34	0.340	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand	Fullback

28	107	33	0.308	Catalin Fercu	Romania	Fullback

=	54	33	0.611	Diego Ormaechea	Uruguay	Number Eight

=	48	33	0.688	Sitiveni Sivivatu	Pacific Islanders (4) New Zealand (29)	Wing

=	76	33	0.434	Ben Smith	New Zealand	Fullback

32	73	32	0.438	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	Fly-half

=	72	32	0.444	Jaque Fourie	South Africa	Centre

=	68	32	0.471	Takashi Kikutani	Japan	Back-Row

=	69	32	0.464	Philippe Saint-André	France	Wing

36	57	31	0.544	Ben Cohen	England	Wing

=	57	31	0.544	Will Greenwood	England (31) British and Irish Lions (0)	Centre

=	73	31	0.425	Jeremy Guscott	England (30) British and Irish Lions (1)	Centre

=	103	31	0.301	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand	Centre

40	83	30	0.361	Vasily Artemyev	Russia	Wing

=	74	30	0.405	Tommy Bowe	Ireland (30) British and Irish Lions (0)	Wing

=	77	30	0.390	Keith Earls	Ireland	Wing

=	103	30	0.291	Matt Giteau	Australia	Centre

=	80	30	0.375	Tim Horan	Australia	Centre

=	56	30	0.536	Jason Robinson	England (28) British and Irish Lions (2)	Wing / Fullback

=	86	30	0.349	Joe Roff	Australia	Wing

=	111	30	0.270	Philippe Sella	France	Centre

=	53	30	0.585	César Sempere	Spain	Fullback

=	67	30	0.448	Lote Tuqiri	Australia	Wing / Centre

Sentence(s)

With 49 tries in 62 tests, Howlett is the seventh-highest try scorer in rugby union.

final_sentence: With 49 tries in 62 tests, Howlett is the seventh-highest try scorer in rugby union.