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The England national rugby union team competed in the first international rugby match in 1871 against Scotland. Since then they have played in 746 matches[1]. The record for most Test appearances, or caps, is held by Jason Leonard who appeared in 114 games. Leonard was also the first man to play over 100 Test matches for England; a record he achieved in the 2003 Six Nations opener against France. The record for most Test points by an Englishman is held by Jonny Wilkinson, who scored 1179 points between 1998 and 2011. The record for the number of Test tries is held by Rory Underwood, who scored 49 tries in 85 matches between 1984 and 1996.

Currently active players at Test level are listed in bold; those available for national selection but not currently in the national team setup are listed in italics. This list includes only points and tries scored playing for England, and does not include those scored for the British and Irish Lions.

Team records

Greatest winning margin

As of October 2020[2]
Margin Date Opposing Team Result Ground Competition
134 17 November 2001  Romania 134 – 0 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2001 Romania Tour
110 14 November 1998  Netherlands 110 – 0 Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
98 21 August 1999  United States 106 – 8 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 1999 USA Tour
98 2 November 2003  Uruguay 111 – 13 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia 2003 Rugby World Cup
91 15 October 1999  Tonga 101 – 10 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 1999 Rugby World Cup
78 12 October 2003  Georgia 84 – 6 Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia 2003 Rugby World Cup
70 13 November 2004  Canada 70 – 0 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2004 Canada Tour
64 24 September 2011  Romania 67 – 3 Otago Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup
60 2 October 1999  Italy 67 – 7 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 1999 Rugby World Cup
57 17 February 2001  Italy 80 – 23 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2001 Six Nations Championship
57 4 August 2007  Wales 62 – 5 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
57 10 October 2015  Uruguay 60 – 3 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England 2015 Rugby World Cup

Greatest losing margin

As of October 2020[3]
Margin Date Opposing Team Result Ground Competition
76 6 June 1998  Australia 0 – 76 Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia 1998 England Tour
48 26 May 2007  South Africa 10 – 58 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 2007 England Tour
42 20 June 1998  New Zealand 22 – 64 Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand 1998 England Tour
36 26 June 2004  Australia 15 – 51 Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia 2004 England Tour
36 14 September 2007  South Africa 0 – 36 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 2007 Rugby World Cup
36 22 November 2008  South Africa 6 – 42 Twickenham Stadium, London, England 2008 South Africa Tour
33 12 June 2004  New Zealand 3 – 36 Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand 2004 England Tour
33 2 June 2007  South Africa 22 – 55 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 2007 England Tour
32 21 June 2008  New Zealand 12 – 44 Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand 2008 England Tour
31 11 June 2006  Australia 3 – 34 Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia 2006 England Tour
30 27 June 1998  New Zealand 10 – 40 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 1998 England Tour
30 24 February 2007  Ireland 13 – 43 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland 2007 Six Nations Championship

Individual career records

Most capped players

As of 31 October 2020[4]
Rank Name Career Caps Position
1 Jason Leonard 1990–2004 114 Prop
2 Ben Youngs 2010– 100 Scrum-half
3 Dylan Hartley 2008–2018 97 Hooker
4 Dan Cole 2010–2019 95 Prop
5 Jonny Wilkinson 1998–2011 91 Fly-half
6 Lawrence Dallaglio 1995–2007 85 Number 8
Courtney Lawes 2009– Lock
Rory Underwood 1984–1996 Wing
9 Danny Care 2008–2018 84 Scrum-half
Owen Farrell 2012– Fly-half
Martin Johnson 1993–2003 Lock
12 Joe Worsley 1999–2011 78 Flanker
13 Matt Dawson 1995–2006 77 Scrum-half
James Haskell 2007–2018 Back-row
15 Mike Catt 1994–2007 75 Centre
Mike Tindall 2001–2011 Centre
17 Steve Thompson 2002–2011 73 Hooker
Phil Vickery 1998–2009 Prop
19 Mike Brown 2007–2018 72 Fullback
Will Carling 1988–1997 Centre

Top point scorers

As of 31 October 2020[5]
Rank Name Career Points Tries Conversions Penalties Drop Goals Caps Points per cap ratio Position
1 Jonny Wilkinson 1998–2011 1179 6 162 239 36 91 12.96 Fly-half
2 Owen Farrell 2012– 923 10 153 186 3 84 11.01 Fly-half/Centre
3 Paul Grayson 1995–2004 400 2 78 72 6 32 12.50 Fly-half
4 Rob Andrew 1985–1997 396 2 33 86 21 71 5.58 Fly-half
5 George Ford 2014– 308 10 54 48 2 69 4.46 Fly-half
6 Toby Flood 2006–2013 301 4 40 66 1 60 5.02 Fly-half
7 Jonathan Webb 1987–1993 296 4 41 66 0 33 8.97 Full-back
8 Charlie Hodgson 2001–2012 269 8 44 44 3 38 7.08 Fly-half
9 Dusty Hare 1974–1984 240 2 14 67 1 25 9.60 Full-back
10 Rory Underwood 1984–1996 210 49 0 0 0 85 2.47 Wing

Top try scorers

As of 31 October 2020[6]
Rank Name Career Tries Caps Tries per cap ratio Position
1 Rory Underwood 1984–1996 49 85 0.58 Wing
2 Will Greenwood 1997–2004 31 55 0.56 Centre
Ben Cohen 2000–2006 31 57 0.54 Wing
4 Jeremy Guscott 1989–1999 30 65 0.46 Centre
5 Jonny May 2013– 29 57 0.52 Wing
6 Jason Robinson 2001–2007 28 51 0.55 Full-back
7 Dan Luger 1998–2003 24 38 0.63 Wing
8 Josh Lewsey 1998–2007 22 55 0.40 Wing
9 Chris Ashton 2010–2019 20 44 0.45 Wing
Mark Cueto 2004–2011 20 55 0.36 Wing

Most matches as captain

As of 31 October 2020[7]
Rank Name Career Tests Won Drew Lost Win
percent 		Position Honours as captain
1 Will Carling 1988–1996 59 44 1 14 074.6 Centre 1991 Grand Slam
1991 Rugby World Cup Final
1992 Grand Slam
1995 Grand Slam
1996 Five Nations Championship
2 Chris Robshaw 2012–2017 42 25 0 17 059.5 Flanker 2014 Triple Crown
3 Martin Johnson 1998–2003 39 34 0 5 087.2 Lock 2001 Six Nations Championship
2002 Triple Crown
2003 Grand Slam
2003 Rugby World Cup
4 Dylan Hartley 2012–2018 30 25 1 4 083.3 Hooker 2016 Grand Slam
2017 Six Nations Championship
5 Owen Farrell 2018– 24 16 1 7 066.7 Fly-half/Centre 2019 Rugby World Cup Final
2020 Six Nations Championship
2020 Triple Crown
6 Lawrence Dallaglio 1997–2004 22 10 2 10 045.5 Number 8 1998 Triple Crown
7 Bill Beaumont 1978–1982 21 11 2 8 052.4 Lock 1980 Grand Slam
Steve Borthwick 2008–2010 21 9 1 11 042.9 Lock None
9 Martin Corry 2005–2007 17 9 0 8 052.9 Lock None
10 Phil Vickery 2002–2008 15 10 0 5 066.7 Prop 2007 Rugby World Cup Final

Individual match records

Most points in a match

As of October 2020[8]
# Player Position Pts Tries Con Pen DG Result Opposition Date
1 Charlie Hodgson Fly-half 44 2 14 2 0 134–0  Romania 17 November 2001
2 Paul Grayson Fly-half 36 0 12 4 0 101–10  Tonga 15 October 1999
3 Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 35 1 9 4 0 80–23  Italy 17 February 2001
4 Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 32 1 6 5 0 67–7  Italy 2 October 1999
5 Rob Andrew Fly-half 30 0 6 6 0 60–19  Canada 10 December 1994
Paul Grayson Fly-half 0 15 0 0 110–0  Netherlands 14 November 1998
Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 1 5 4 1 50–10  Wales 23 March 2002
8 Dave Walder Fly-half 29 2 5 3 0 59–20  Canada 9 June 2001
9 Rob Andrew Fly-half 27 1 2 5 1 32–15  South Africa 9 June 1994
Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 0 0 8 1 27–22  South Africa 24 June 2000
Charlie Hodgson Fly-half 1 2 5 1 32–16  South Africa 20 November 2004
Jonny Wilkinson Fly-half 1 2 5 1 42–20  Scotland 3 February 2007

Most tries in a match

As of October 2020[9]
Tries Player Position Result Opposition Date
5 Douglas Lambert Wing 41–13  France 5 January 1907
Rory Underwood Wing 58-23  Fiji 4 November 1989
Josh Lewsey Fullback 111-13  Uruguay 2 November 2003
4 George Burton Forward 8G-0G  Wales 19 February 1881
Arthur Hudson Wing 35-8  France 22 March 1906
Ronald Poulton Centre 39-13  France 13 April 1914
Chris Oti Wing 58-3  Romania 13 May 1989
Neil Back Flanker 110-0  Netherlands 14 November 1998
Jeremy Guscott Centre 110-0  Netherlands 14 November 1998
Jeremy Guscott Centre 106-8  United States 21 August 1999
Jason Robinson Fullback 134-0  Romania 17 November 2001
Nick Easter Number 8 65-5  Wales 4 August 2007
Chris Ashton Wing 59-13  Italy 12 February 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ "Overall England Figures". ESPNScrum.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Records". ESPNScrum.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Records". ESPNScrum.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "England Player Records: total matches played (ordered by matches)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ^ "England Player Records: total points scored (ordered by points)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ "England Player Records: total tries scored (ordered by tries)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ^ "England Player Records: total matches played as captain (ordered by matches)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Player Match Records". ESPNScrum.com. ESPN.
  9. ^ "Player Records". ESPNScrum.com. ESPN.
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