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 7 September 2019:

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

RankDrop
goals		PlayerInternational teamCapsYearsRef
136Jonny Wilkinson England971998 – 2011[1]
228Hugo Porta Argentina (26)
South American Jaguars (2)		661971 – 1990[2][3]
323Rob Andrew England (21)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		761985 – 1997
420Diego Dominguez Italy761989 – 2003
518Naas Botha South Africa281980 – 1992[4]
617Stefano Bettarello Italy551979 – 1988
Dan Parks Scotland672004 – 2012
815Jean-Patrick Lescarboura France281982 – 1990[5]
Ronan O'Gara Ireland1302000 – 2013[6]
1013Jonathan Davies Wales321985 – 1997[7]
1112Pierre Albaladejo France301954 – 1964[8]
John Rutherford Scotland441979 – 1987
Nicolás Sánchez Argentina792010 – 2019
1411Lisandro Arbizu Argentina861990 – 2005
Didier Camberabero France361982 – 1993[9]
Guy Camberabero France141961 – 1968[10]
1710Craig Chalmers Scotland (9)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		611989 – 1999
Neil Jenkins Wales911991 –2002[11]
Barry John Wales (8)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		301966 – 1972[12][13]
Andrew Mehrtens New Zealand701995 – 2004[14]
Neculai Nichitean Romania281990 – 1997
Bobby Ross Canada581989 – 2003
Morne Steyn South Africa662009 – 2016
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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