List of leading rugby union test point scorers
Top twenty scoring international players (Tier 1)
Updated: 16 March 2019

List of leading rugby union test point scorers

Section Title: Top twenty scoring international players (Tier 1)
Table Section Text: Updated: 16 March 2019

World Rank	Tier Rank	Points	Player	International team(s)	Years active	Caps	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Avg. PTS (per game)	Ref

1	1	1598	Dan Carter	New Zealand	2003–2015	112	29	293	281	8	14.26

2	2	1246	Jonny Wilkinson	England (1179) British and Irish Lions (67)	1998–2011	97	7	169	255	36	12.84

3	3	1090	Neil Jenkins	Wales (1049) British and Irish Lions (41)	1990–2003	87	11	131	248	10	12.53

4	4	1083	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland (1083) British and Irish Lions (0)	2000–2013	130	16	176	202	15	8.33

5	5	1010	Diego Dominguez	Italy (983) Argentina (27)	1991–2003 1989	76	9	133	209	20	13.29

6	6	970	Stephen Jones	Wales (917) British and Irish Lions (53)	1998–2011	110	7	160	198	7	8.82

7	7	967	Andrew Mehrtens	New Zealand	1995–2004	70	7	169	186	12	13.81

9	8	911	Michael Lynagh	Australia	1984–1995	72	17	140	177	9	12.65

10	9	893	Percy Montgomery	South Africa	1997–2008	102	25	153	148	6	8.75

11	10	878	Matt Burke	Australia	1993–2004	81	29	104	174	1	10.84

13	11	816	Owen Farrell	England (785) British and Irish Lions (31)	2012-	74	10	122	171	3	11.03

14	12	809	Chris Paterson	Scotland	1999–2011	109	22	90	170	3	7.42

15	13	766	Jonathan Sexton	Ireland (761) British and Irish Lions (5)	2009-	89	11	99	167	4	8.61

16	14	762	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales (713) British and Irish Lions (49)	2008-	84	14	67	186	0	9.07

18	15	736	Morne Steyn	South Africa	2009–2016	66	8	102	154	10	11.15

19	16	733	Gavin Hastings	Scotland (667) British Lions (66)	1986–1995	67	18	87	160	0	10.94

20	17	709	Nicolas Sanchez	Argentina	2010-	74	11	99	140	12	9.58

22	18	698	Matt Giteau	Australia	2002-16	103	30	106	108	4	6.78

23	19	673	Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	2010-	71	4	97	153	0	9.48

25	20	656	Hugo Porta	Argentina (590) South American Jaguars (66)	1971-90	66	12	91	115	28	9.57

26	21	651	Felipe Contepomi	Argentina	1998-2013	85	16	74	139	2	7.66

27	22	645	Grant Fox	New Zealand	1985–1993	46	1	118	128	7	14.02

29	23	603	Bernard Foley	Australia	2013-	68	15	120	95	1	8.87

Sentence(s)

O'Gara holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,083, placing him fourth in international rugby.
O'Gara holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,083, placing him fourth all-time in international rugby.
O'Gara scored 1,083 test points for Ireland, placing him fourth in international rugby.

final_sentence: O'Gara holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,083, placing him fourth in international rugby.
final_sentence: O'Gara holds the Ireland record for test points with 1,083, placing him fourth all-time in international rugby.
final_sentence: O'Gara scored 1,083 test points for Ireland, placing him fourth in international rugby.