List of rugby union test caps leaders
List
Notes: Of the players known to have earned 90 or more caps, only five (Philippe Sella, David Campese, Serge Blanco, Sean Fitzpatrick, and Rory Underwood) were primarily active in the sport's amateur era.

List of rugby union test caps leaders

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Notes: Of the players known to have earned 90 or more caps, only five (Philippe Sella, David Campese, Serge Blanco, Sean Fitzpatrick, and Rory Underwood) were primarily active in the sport's amateur era.

Rank	Caps	Player	International team	First/Latest appearance	Primary position	Ref(s).

1	148	Richie McCaw	New Zealand	2001–2015	Flanker

2	141	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (133) British and Irish Lions (8)	1999–2014	Centre

3	139	George Gregan	Australia	1994–2007	Scrum-half

4	138	Sergio Parisse	Italy	2002–	Number 8

5	134	Gethin Jenkins	Wales (129) British and Irish Lions (5)	2002–2018	Prop

Alun Wyn Jones	Wales (125) British and Irish Lions (9)	2006–	Lock

7	132	Keven Mealamu	New Zealand	2002–2015	Hooker

8	130	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland (128) British and Irish Lions (2)	2000–2013	Fly-half

9	129	Stephen Moore	Australia	2005–2017	Hooker

10	127	Victor Matfield	South Africa	2001–2015	Lock

11	124	Bryan Habana	South Africa	2004–2016	Wing

12	119	Martin Castrogiovanni	Italy	2002–2016	Prop

Jason Leonard	England (114) British and Irish Lions (5)	1990–2004	Prop

14	118	Fabien Pelous	France	1995–2007	Lock

Kieran Read	New Zealand	2008–	Number 8

Florin Vlaicu	Romania	2006–	Centre

Tony Woodcock	New Zealand	2002–2015	Prop

18	117	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	2005–	Centre / Wing

Rory Best	Ireland	2005–	Hooker

20	116	Nathan Sharpe	Australia	2002–2012	Lock

21	115	Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	2003–	Fullback

Paul O'Connell	Ireland (108) British and Irish Lions (7)	2002–2015	Lock

23	114	Davit Kacharava	Georgia	2006–	Centre

24	112	Marco Bortolami	Italy	2001–2015	Lock

Dan Carter	New Zealand	2003–2015	Fly-half

26	111	Ross Ford	Scotland (110) British and Irish Lions (1)	2004–	Hooker

Philippe Sella	France	1982–1995	Centre

John Smit	South Africa	2000–2011	Hooker

George Smith	Australia	2000–2013	Flanker

Alessandro Zanni	Italy	2005–	Flanker

31	110	Stephen Jones	Wales (104) British and Irish Lions (6)	1998–2011	Fly-half

32	109	Jean de Villiers	South Africa	2004–2015	Centre

Chris Paterson	Scotland	1999–2011	Full-back

34	108	Sam Whitelock	New Zealand	2010–	Lock

35	107	Cătălin Fercu	Romania	2005–	Fullback

John Hayes	Ireland (105) British and Irish Lions (2)	2000–2011	Prop

Tendai Mtawarira	South Africa	2008–	Prop

37	106	Mauro Bergamasco	Italy	1998–2015	Flanker

Owen Franks	New Zealand	2009–	Prop

Yuri Kushnarev	Russia	2005–	Fullback

41	105	Sean Lamont	Scotland	2004–2016	Wing

42	104	Leonardo Ghiraldini	Italy	2006–	Hooker

Martyn Williams	Wales (100) British and Irish Lions (4)	1996–2012	Flanker

44	103	Matt Giteau	Australia	2002–2016	Fly-half

Sekope Kepu	Australia	2008–	Prop

Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina	Italy	2000–2013	Prop

Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand	2003–2015	Centre

Gareth Thomas	Wales (100) British and Irish Lions (3)	1995–2007	Utility back

49	102	Stephen Larkham	Australia	1996–2007	Fly-half

Percy Montgomery	South Africa	1997–2008	Fullback

51	101	David Campese	Australia	1982–1996	Wing

Alessandro Troncon	Italy	1994–2007	Scrum-half

Gonçalo Uva	Portugal	2004–	Lock

Vasco Uva	Portugal	2003–2016	Flanker

54	100	Valentin Calafeteanu	Romania	2004–	Scrum-half

Giorgi Chkhaidze	Georgia	2002–	Number 8

Will Genia	Australia	2009–	Scrum-half

Jamie Heaslip	Ireland (95) British and Irish Lions (5)	2006–2017	Number 8

Adam Jones	Wales (95) British and Irish Lions (5)	2002–2014	Prop

Mils Muliaina	New Zealand	2003–2011	Fullback

61	99	Mike Phillips	Wales (94) British and Irish Lions (5)	2003–2015	Scrum-half

62	98	Raphaël Ibañez	France	1996–2007	Hooker

Donncha O'Callaghan	Ireland (94) British and Irish Lions (4)	2003–2013	Lock

Hitoshi Ono	Japan	2004-2016	Lock

Peter Stringer	Ireland	2000–2011	Scrum-half

66	97	Victor Gresev	Russia	2006–	Flanker

Dylan Hartley	England	2008–	Hooker

Jamie Roberts	Wales (94) British and Irish Lions (3)	2008–	Centre

Jonny Wilkinson	England (91) British and Irish Lions (6)	1998–2011	Fly-half

70	96	Colin Charvis	Wales (94) British and Irish Lions (2)	1996–2007	Flanker

71	95	Andrea Masi	Italy	1999–2015	Centre

72	94	Rob Simmons	Australia	2010-	Lock

Conrad Smith	New Zealand	2004–2015	Centre

74	93	Serge Blanco	France	1980–1991	Fullback

Rob Kearney	Ireland (90) British and Irish Lions (3)	2007-	Fullback

76	92	Sean Fitzpatrick	New Zealand	1986–1997	Hooker

Andrey Garbuzov	Russia	2005–	Flanker

Martin Johnson	England (84) British and Irish Lions (8)	1993–2003	Lock

Gareth Llewellyn	Wales	1989–2005	Lock

Malcolm O'Kelly	Ireland	1997–2009	Lock

Cristian Petre	Romania	2001–2012	Lock

82	91	Michael Hooper	Australia	2012–	Flanker

Neil Jenkins	Wales (87) British and Irish Lions (4)	1990–2003	Fly-half

Lasha Malaguradze	Georgia	2008–	Fly-half

Rory Underwood	England (85) British and Irish Lions (6)	1984–1996	Wing

Shane Williams	Wales (87) British and Irish Lions (4)	2000–2011	Wing

87	90	Giorgi Nemsadze	Georgia	2005–	Lock

Sentence(s)

Paul O'Connell was Ireland's third most-capped player (108).

final_sentence: Paul O'Connell was Ireland's third most-capped player (108).