List of leading rugby union test try scorers

This is a list of the leading try scorers in men's rugby union test matches. It includes players with a minimum of 30 test tries.

• Top left: Angus Buchanan was the first international try-scorer (Scotland).
• Top right: Ian Smith (Scotland) held the try-record for the longest period of time (58 years, 89 days).
• Bottom left: David Campese (Australia) took Ian Smith's try-record of twenty-four and moved the record to sixty-four.
• Bottom right: Daisuke Ohata (Japan) holds the current record (69 tries).

Try scorers

As of 16 March 2025.

Bold	Player is still playing at international level.
Italics	Player is still playing, but not for a national team.
	Indicates the top try-scorer for their national team.

International tries

No.	Player	Team(s)	Tries	Caps	Try ratio	Time	List	Ref.
1	Daisuke Ohata	Japan	69[a]	58	1.19	1996–2006	—	[1][2]
2	Bryan Habana	South Africa	67	124	0.54	2004–2016	List	[3]
3	David Campese	Australia	64	101	0.63	1982–1996	List	[4]
4	Shane Williams	Wales (58)  British and Irish Lions (2)	60	91	0.66	2000–2011	List	[5][6]
5	Hirotoki Onozawa	Japan	55	81	0.68	2001–2013	—	[7]
6	Akaki Tabutsadze	Georgia	50	51	0.98	2020–	—	[8]
	Rory Underwood	England (49)  British and Irish Lions (1)		91	0.55	1984–1996	List	[9]
8	Doug Howlett	New Zealand	49	62	0.79	2000–2007	—	[10]
	George North	Wales (47)  British and Irish Lions (2)		123	0.40	2010–2024	—	[11]
10	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (46)  British and Irish Lions (1)	47	141	0.33	1999–2014	List	[12][13]
11	Julian Savea	New Zealand	46	54	0.85	2012–2017	List	[14]
	Christian Cullen	New Zealand		58	0.79	1996–2002	List	[15]
	Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand		68	0.68	2003–2010	—	[16]
14	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	45	134	0.34	2012–	List	[17]
15	Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	44	60	0.73	1993–2002	—	[18]
16	Gareth Thomas	Wales (40)  British and Irish Lions (1)	41	103	0.40	1995–2007	—	[19][20]
17	Chris Latham	Australia	40	78	0.51	1998–2007	—	[21]
18	Ben Smith	New Zealand	39	84	0.46	2009–2019	List	[22]
	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia		121	0.32	2005–2019	—	[23]
20	Will Jordan	New Zealand	38	41	0.93	2020–	—
	Damian Penaud	France		56	0.68	2017–	List
	D.T.H. van der Merwe	Canada		61	0.62	2006–2019	—	[24]
	Joost van der Westhuizen	South Africa		89	0.43	1993–2003	List	[25]
	Serge Blanco	France		93	0.41	1980–1991	—	[26]
25	Jonah Lomu	New Zealand	37	63	0.59	1994–2002	List	[27]
	Israel Folau	Australia (37)  Tonga		75	0.49	2013–2023	List	[28]
	Rieko Ioane	New Zealand		81	0.46	2016–	List	[29]
28	Tana Umaga	New Zealand	36	74	0.49	1997–2005	—	[30]
	Jonny May	England		78	0.46	2013–2023	List
	Keith Earls	Ireland		101	0.36	2008–2023	List
31	John Kirwan	New Zealand	35	63	0.56	1984–1994	—	[31]
32	Vincent Clerc	France	34	67	0.51	2002–2013	List	[32]
	Drew Mitchell	Australia		71	0.48	2005–2016	—	[33]
	Ieuan Evans	Wales (33)  British and Irish Lions (1)		79	0.43	1987–1998	—	[34]
	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand		100	0.34	2003–2011	—	[35]
36	Rodrigo Marta	Portugal	33	43	0.77	2016–	—
	Sitiveni Sivivatu	New Zealand (29) Pacific Islanders (4)		48	0.69	2005–2011	—	[36][37]
	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland (32)  British and Irish Lions (1)		53	0.62	2020–	List
	Diego Ormaechea	Uruguay		54	0.61	1979–1999	—	[38]
	Cătălin Fercu	Romania		109	0.30	2005–2020	—
41	Makazole Mapimpi	South Africa	32	46	0.70	2018–	List
	Takashi Kikutani	Japan		68	0.47	2005–2014	—	[39]
	Philippe Saint-André	France		69	0.46	1990–1997	—	[40]
	Jaque Fourie	South Africa		72	0.44	2003–2014	List	[41]
45	César Sempere	Spain	31	56	0.55	2004–2014	—	[42]
	Ben Cohen	England		57	0.54	2000–2006	List	[43]
	Will Greenwood	England		57	0.54	1997–2004	List	[44][45]
	Jeremy Guscott	England (30)  British and Irish Lions (1)		73	0.42	1989–1999	—	[46]
	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand		103	0.30	2003–2015	—	[47]
50	Darcy Graham	Scotland	30	46	0.65	2018–	List
	Jason Robinson	England (28)  British and Irish Lions (2)		56	0.54	2001–2007	List	[48]
	Lote Tuqiri	Australia		67	0.45	2003–2009	—	[49]
	Tommy Bowe	Ireland		74	0.41	2004–2017	List	[50]
	Tim Horan	Australia		80	0.38	1989–2000	—	[49][51]
	Joe Roff	Australia		86	0.35	1996–2004	—	[49]
	Matt Giteau	Australia		103	0.29	2002–2016	—	[52]
	Philippe Sella	France		111	0.27	1982–1995	—	[53]

Notes

1. Two of Ohata's tries were scored against Australia A and England A, and three against the Arabian Gulf, which has since been disbanded.