List of leading international rugby union drop goal scorers

This is a list of the leading drop goal scorers in rugby union test matches, with a minimum of ten test drop goals. Test caps are awarded by a player's national union, regardless of whether the opposition recognise it as such. Note, however, that if one nation grants a match test status and the opponents do not then only the statistics for the nation granting test status are counted in test totals. Composite teams made up of players selected from multiple unions—for example the British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders—are also considered test teams because they are selected by a group of recognised national governing bodies.

Only teams for which a player has scored a test drop goal are included in the table; players may have played for other test sides. Table including matches played 17 June 2017:

Players who are still active at international level are in bold.

RankCapsDrop
goals		PlayerInternational teamRef
19736Jonny Wilkinson England[1]
26828Hugo Porta Argentina (26)
South American Jaguars (2)		[2][3]
37623Rob Andrew England (21)
British and Irish Lions (2)
47620Diego Dominguez Italy
52818Naas Botha South Africa[4]
65517Stefano Bettarello Italy
=6717Dan Parks Scotland
82815Jean-Patrick Lescarboura France[5]
=13015Ronan O'Gara Ireland[6]
103213Jonathan Davies Wales[7]
113012Pierre Albaladejo France[8]
=4112Gonçalo Malheiro Portugal
=4312John Rutherford Scotland
=6712Nicolás Sánchez Argentina
158611Lisandro Arbizu Argentina
=3611Didier Camberabero France[9]
=1411Guy Camberabero France[10]
186110Craig Chalmers Scotland (9)
British and Irish Lions (1)
=9110Neil Jenkins  Wales[11]
=3010Barry John Wales (8)
British and Irish Lions (2)		[12][13]
=7010Andrew Mehrtens New Zealand[14]
=2810Neculai Nichitean Romania
=4410Konstantin Rachkov Russia
=5810Bobby Ross Canada
=6610Morne Steyn South Africa
Sources other than those already cited: .

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jonny Wilkinson OBE England Profile". Rugby Football Union. 2008-10-22. Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Argentina / Players & Officials / Hugh Porta". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  3. ↑ Griffiths, John (2009-11-23). "Ask John: The O'Donnells, the Springboks' Test record and England's worst run against the Tri-Nations". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2009-11-29. The South American Jaguars were a side selected mainly by the Argentine Rugby Union to play South Africa during that country's period of sporting isolation due to apartheid. Effectively, they were the Argentina national team, but could not travel as "Argentina" for political reasons. Many sources, including the IRB, now recognise the Jaguars as a Test team and include their statistics in official player totals; Scrum.com decided to follow suit in November 2009 because, as the cited piece states, "the Jaguar side was raised by a recognised Union".
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Naas Botha". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "LESCARBOURA - Jean-patrick" (in French). French Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  6. ↑ "Ronan O'Gara". Irish Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  7. ↑ "Jonathan Davies". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  8. ↑ "ALBALADEJO Pierre" (in French). French Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  9. ↑ "CAMBERABERO - Didier" (in French). French Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  10. ↑ "CAMBERABERO - Didier" (in French). French Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  11. ↑ "Neil Jenkins". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  12. ↑ "Barry John". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  13. ↑ "Barry John". British & Irish Lions. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  14. ↑ "Andrew Mehrtens". AllBlacks.com. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
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