List of rugby union Test caps leaders

This is a list of the all-time leaders for caps in men's rugby union Test matches, with a minimum of 90 confirmed Test caps. Unlike in cricket, where both countries must grant Test status for a match to be considered a Test, rugby union requires only one nation to recognise a match as a Test in order for it to be included in Test statistics for that nation. The British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders do not represent one specific nation, but are also considered Test teams because they are selected by a group of recognised national unions. Some nations have sometimes granted Test caps for matches against teams such as the invitational Barbarians side; these are included only if the player's nation actually granted a Test cap for a particular match.

Players who are still active at international level, or who have not yet announced international retirement, are in bold. Players who are still active at club level but have either retired from international rugby or have not been selected for their national team for a year or more are in italics.

List

Last updated: 21 March 2015

Rank	Caps	Player	International team	First/Latest appearance	Primary position	Source(s)
1	141	Brian O'Driscoll	Ireland (133) British and Irish Lions (8)	1999–2014	Centre	[1][2]
2	139	George Gregan	Australia	1994–2007	Scrum-half	[3][4]
3	138	Richie McCaw	New Zealand	2001–	Flanker	[5]
4	130	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland (128) British and Irish Lions (2)	2000–2013	Fly-half	[6]
5	123	Keven Mealamu	New Zealand	2002–	Hooker	[7]
6	120	Victor Matfield	South Africa	2001–	Lock	[8]
7	119	Gethin Jenkins	Wales (114) British and Irish Lions (5)	2002–2015	Prop	[9]
=	119	Jason Leonard	England (114) British and Irish Lions (5)	1990–2004	Prop	[10]
9	118	Fabien Pelous	France	1995–2007	Lock	[11]
10	116	Nathan Sharpe	Australia	2002–2012	Lock	[12]
11	112	Sergio Parisse	Italy	2002–2015	Number 8	[13]
12	111	Marco Bortolami	Italy	2001–	Lock	[14]
=	111	Philippe Sella	France	1982–1995	Centre	[15]
=	111	John Smit	South Africa	2000–2011	Hooker[16]	[17]
=	111	George Smith	Australia	2000–2013	Flanker	[18][19]
16	110	Martin Castrogiovanni	Italy	2002–	Prop	[20]
=	110	Stephen Jones	Wales (104) British and Irish Lions (6)	1998–2011	Fly-half	[21]
=	110	Tony Woodcock	New Zealand	2002–	Prop	[22]
=	109	Chris Paterson	Scotland	1999–2011	Utility back	[23]
20	108	Paul O'Connell	Ireland (101) British and Irish Lions (7)	2002–2015	Lock	<ref name=O'Connell>"Paul O'Connell". scrum.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06. </ref>
21	107	John Hayes	Ireland (105) British and Irish Lions (2)	2000–2011	Prop	[24][25]
22	106	Jean de Villiers	South Africa	2004–	Centre	[26]
=	106	Bryan Habana	South Africa	2002–	Wing	[27]
24	104	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	2005–	Centre	[28]
=	104	Martyn Williams	Wales (100) British and Irish Lions (4)	1996–2012	Flanker	[29]
26	103	Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina	Italy	2000–2013	Prop	[30]
=	103	Gareth Thomas	Wales (100) British and Irish Lions (3)	1995–2007	Utility back	[31][32]
28	102	Mauro Bergamasco	Italy	1998–2015	Flanker	[33]
=	102	Dan Carter	New Zealand	2003–	Fly-half	[34]
=	102	Stephen Larkham	Australia	1996–2007	Fly-half	[3][35]
=	102	Percy Montgomery	South Africa	1997–2008	Fullback	[36]
32	101	David Campese	Australia	1982–1996	Wing	[37]
=	101	Alessandro Troncon	Italy	1994–2007	Scrum-half	[3][38]
34	100	Adam Jones	Wales (95) British and Irish Lions (5)	2002–2014	Prop	[39]
=	100	Mils Muliaina	New Zealand	2003–2011	Fullback	[40]
36	99	Vasco Uva	Portugal	2003–2015	Flanker	[41]
37	98	Raphaël Ibañez	France	1996–2007	Hooker	[42]
=	98	Donncha O'Callaghan	Ireland (94) British and Irish Lions (4)	2003–2013	Lock	<ref name=O'Callaghan>"Donnacha O'Callaghan". scrum.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10. </ref>
=	98	Mike Phillips	Wales (93) British and Irish Lions (5)	2003–2015	Scrum-half	[43]
=	98	Peter Stringer	Ireland	2000–2011	Scrum-half	[44]
41	97	Jonny Wilkinson	England (91) British and Irish Lions (6)	1998–2011	Fly-half	[45]
42	96	Colin Charvis	Wales (94) British and Irish Lions (2)	1996–2007	Flanker	[46]
43	95	Alun Wyn Jones	Wales (89) British and Irish Lions (6)	2006–2015	Lock	[47]
44	94	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand	2003–	Centre	[48]
45	93	Serge Blanco	France	1980–1991	Fullback	[49]
=	93	Sean Lamont	Scotland	2004–2015	Wing	[50]
47	92	Sean Fitzpatrick	New Zealand	1986–1997	Hooker	[51]
=	92	Matt Giteau	Australia	2002–2011	Fly-half	[52]
=	92	Martin Johnson	England (84) British and Irish Lions (8)	1993–2003	Lock	[53][54]
=	92	Gareth Llewellyn	Wales	1989–2005	Lock	[55]
=	92	Stephen Moore	Australia	2005–	Hooker	[56]
=	92	Malcolm O'Kelly	Ireland	1997–2009	Lock	[51]
=	92	Cristian Petre	Romania	2001–2012	Lock	[57]
54	91	Neil Jenkins	Wales (87) British and Irish Lions (4)	1990–2003	Fly-half	[58]
=	91	Andrea Masi	Italy	1999–2015	Centre
=	91	Rory Underwood	England (85) British Lions (6)	1984–1996	Wing	[59]
=	91	Shane Williams	Wales (87) British and Irish Lions (4)	2000–2011	Wing	[60]

Notes:

• Of the players known to have earned 90 or more caps, only five (Philippe Sella, David Campese, Serge Blanco, Sean Fitzpatrick, and Rory Underwood) were primarily active in the sport's amateur era. (On August 26, 1995 the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board, declared the game "open" to professionalism.^[61]) Only Blanco and Sella played Tests exclusively in the amateur era.

• Although the official site of the French Rugby Federation lists Olivier Magne with 90 caps, this is apparently in error. One of his Test appearances, a 1999 match against Wales, is counted twice in the list.^[62]

See also

• List of leading Rugby union Test try scorers
• List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers
• List of leading Rugby union drop goal scorers
• List of top English points scorers and try scorers

References

External links

• Scrum.com