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This article collates key records and statistics relating to Leicester Tigers, including information on honours, player appearances, points and tries, matches, sequences, internationals, season records, opponents and attendances.

Honours

Tigers first silverware was the Midlands Counties Cup, Tigers entered this competition from 1881 to 1914. There were then no competitions until 1971 when the RFU Knockout Cup started. Tigers won this for the first time in 1979, the competition continued until 2005 when it was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup which Tigers have won three times, a record since the re-launch and addition of Welsh sides. The league started in 1987 and Tigers were the inaugural champions of England, a play off for the title was introduced in 2003. Leicester hold the record for most Premiership titles (10), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (12). On 18 May 2008 against Gloucester at Kingsholm they were the first team to achieve an away semi-final victory in the Premiership play-offs. They were the first side to retain the Heineken Cup after winning the competition in 2001 and 2002.

1st XV

Champions (10) 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013
Runners-up (7) 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
Champions (2) 2001, 2002
Runners-up (3)1997, 2007, 2009
Champions (5) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997
Runners-up (5) 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996
Champions (3) 2007, 2012, 2017
Runners-up (1) 2008
  • Midlands Counties Cup
Champions (12) 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Runners-up (3) 1889, 1891, 1894

Leicester A

Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902
Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011
Runners-up (1) 2007

Player Records

Appearances

Most appearances

  • All-time most appearances

Current players in bold.[1]

# Nat. Pos. Name Period Appearances
1 England FL David Matthews 1955–1974 502
2 England HK Sid Penny 1895–1910 491
3 England SH John Allen 1961–1975 457
4 England HK Doug Norman 1919–1933 453
5 England CE Paul Dodge 1975–1993 437
6 England PR Graham Rowntree 1990–2007 398
7 England FB Dusty Hare 1976–1989 394
8 England SH Pedlar Wood 1906–1923 388
9 England N8 Garry Adey 1966–1981 381
10 England FL John Wells 1982–1998 367
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Appearances Wins Win %
1 England LK Martin Johnson 1995-2005 202 146 72.3
2 England WG Percy Lawrie 1911-1923 165 107 64.8
3 England FB Arthur Jones 1896-1904 131 99 75.6
England HK Peter Wheeler 1973-1981 131 90 68.7
5 England FH Les Cusworth 1985-1990 130 101 77.7

Youngest and oldest appearances

Try and points scorers

Top try scorers

  • Top 10 all-time top tryscorers [1] Current players in bold.
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Tries Apps Try Ratio
1 England WG Percy Lawrie 1907–1924 206 318 0.648
2 England WG Barry Evans 1981–1996 170 273 0.623
3 Ireland WG John Duggan 1969-1980 158 302 0.523
England WG Bob Barker 1968-1980 158 320 0.494
5 England WG Harry Wilkinson 1895–1905 153 233 0.657
6 England WG Teddy Haselmere 1918–1924 136 180 0.756
7 England WG Rory Underwood 1983–1997 134 236 0.568
8 England FL Neil Back 1990–2005 125 339 0.369
9 England FL David Matthews 1955–1974 119 502 0.237
10 England CE Ralph Buckingham 1924–1935 117 325 0.360

Other try-scoring records

Top points scorers

Note: Points recorded at contemporary values. See History of rugby union#Method of scoring and points for history of how points values have changed.

  • Top 10 all-time points scorers
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Apps. Tries Convs. Pens Drop
Goals 		Marks Total
Points
1 England FB Dusty Hare 1976-1989 394 87 779 820 47 0 4,507
2 England FB John Liley 1988-1997 230 74 417 449 2 0 2,518
3 England FH Andy Goode 1998-2008 200 29 275 335 33 0 1,799
4 England FB Tim Stimpson 1998-2004 151 29 223 372 2 0 1,713
5 England FH Toby Flood 2008-2014 119 25 199 270 1 0 1,336
6 England FH Jez Harris 1984-1996 225 23 165 178 70 0 1,171
7 England CE Harold Day 1918-1929 212 108 281 81 4 2 1,151
8 England WG Bob Barker 1968-1980 320 158 92 107 2 0 1,117
9 England FH Les Cusworth 1978-1990 365 66 100 65 96 0 947
10 South Africa FH Joel Stransky 1996-1999 73 23 146 157 6 0 896

Other point-scoring records

Internationals

Italics denotes also national record.

Awards

World Rugby Hall of Fame

The following people associated with club have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year

Premiership Rugby Awards

The following players and coaches have received awards at the end of the Premiership Rugby season, or its predecessor.

Player of the Season

Discovery of the Season Awarded to those players under 23 years old

Director of Rugby of the Season

Rugby Players' Association Awards

Players' Player of the Season

Players' Young Player of the Season

Team Records

Matches

Record Wins

Record Defeats

Other match records

High scores and bonus points

  • Most points scored -
  • Most points conceded -

Sequences

Longest Undefeated Run

  • Overall - 22 (all wins, 17 November 1995 to 17 April 1996)[1]
  • at home - 42 (all wins, 22 January 2000 to 15 May 2002)[1]
  • away - 10 (all wins, 17 February 1995 to 11 November 1995)

Longest Losing Run

  • Overall - 9 (27 September 1947 to 15 November 1947)[1]
  • at home - 6 (28 January 1937 to 6 March 1937)[1]
  • away - 13 (27 October 1926 to 16 April 1927) and (3 October 1970 to 10 April 1971)[1]

Longest Winless Run

  • Overall - 13 (6 October 1888 to 22 December 1888)[1]
  • at home - 7 (24 December 1892 to 11 February 1893)[1]
  • away - 15 (14 January 1928 to 8 December 1928)[1]

Individual Seasons

  • Most games played in a season - 46 (in 1923-24, 1966–67, 1972–73 and 1996–97)[1]
  • Most wins in a season - 35 (in 46 games, 1996-97 season)[1]
  • Most league wins in a season - 22 (in 26 game 1998-99 season)[27]
  • Fewest wins in a season - 5 (in 27 games, 1889-90 season)[1]
  • Fewest league wins in a season - 11 (in 22 games 2003-04 season)
  • Most defeats in a season - 23 (in 39 games, 1936–37 and 1949-50 seasons)[1]
  • Most league defeats in a season - 10 (in 22 games 2002-03 season)[28]

Opponents and Familiarity

All stats correct up to 14 April 2018

Home Attendances

Note:Records relate to Welford Road unless otherwise stated

References and Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. pp. 440–516. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  2. ^ "Most Tries by player by season". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Most points by player by game". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Most points by player by season". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Tony O'Reilly Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Martin Johnson Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Clive Woodward Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Bob Dwyer Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Waisale Serevi Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Wavell Wakefield Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  11. ^ Foy, Chris (20 October 2011). "Ford Win IRB Junior Player". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Rugby Union: Leicester's Johnson is player of season". 19 May 1999. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Healey grabs Allied Dunbar award". BBC. 24 May 2000. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Howard claims top prize". BBC. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  15. ^ a b c "Leicester clean up at premiership awards ceremony". ESPNscrum. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Castrogiovanni wins player award". BBC. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Leicester's Tom Youngs named Premiership player of the season". BBC. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Varndell Wins Second Award" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 24 May 2006.
  19. ^ "Leicester Tigers' Ben Youngs nets top award". Leicester Mercury. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Manu Tuilagi picks up Discovery of the Season award". Leicester Mercury. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Leicester Tigers' Ellis Genge takes Discovery of the Year crown at Aviva Premiership Awards". Leicester Mercury. 18 May 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Tiger Corry picks up second award". BBC. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  23. ^ a b "Leicester Tiger Thomas Waldrom wins Rugby Players' award". BBC. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Goneva crowned Computacenter Players' Player of the Year" (Press release). RPA. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Telusa Veainu wins RPA POTY, Marcus Smith and Sir Clive Woodward also honoured". ESPN. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  26. ^ "Youngs wins RPA award". Sky Sports. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  27. ^ "League matches won by season". ESPNscum. 21 May 2017.
  28. ^ "League matches lost by season". ESPNscrum. 21 May 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Welford Road sets post-War record attendance" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 9 January 2016.
  30. ^ a b "Welford Road welcomes record support" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 5 May 2017.
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