Wales have competed in the sport of rugby union since their first international in 1881. They take part in the annual Six Nations Championship and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup.
The records listed below only include performances in test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
Team records
Greatest winning margin
Margin | Date | Opposing Team | Result | Venue | Competition |
98 | 26 November 2004 | Japan | 98 – 0 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | 2004 Autumn Internationals |
91 | 17 May 1994 | Portugal | 102 – 11 | Universitario Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal | 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifier |
74 | 4 June 2005 | United States | 77 – 3 | Rentschler Field, Hartford, United States | 2005 Summer Internationals |
74 | 26 September 2011 | Namibia | 81 – 7 | Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand | 2011 Rugby World Cup |
72 | 19 September 2001 | Romania | 81 – 9 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | 2001 Autumn Internationals |
Greatest losing margin
Margin | Date | Opposing Team | Result | Venue | Competition |
83 | 27 June 1998 | South Africa | 13 – 96 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa | 1998 Summer Tour |
57 | 22 July 1991 | Australia | 6 – 63 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | 1991 Summer Tour |
57 | 4 June 2007 | England | 5 – 62 | Twickenham Stadium, London, England | 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches |
52 | 21 June 2003 | New Zealand | 3 – 55 | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand | 2003 Summer Tour |
51 | 5 April 1998 | France | 0 – 51 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | 1998 Five Nations Championship |
Individual career records
Most caps
Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[1]
Most points
# | Player | Period | Points | Caps | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | PPG |
1 | Neil Jenkins | 1991–2002 | 1049 | 87 | 11 | 130 | 248 | 10 | 12.06 |
2 | Stephen Jones | 1998–2011 | 917 | 104 | 7 | 153 | 186 | 6 | 8.82 |
3 | Leigh Halfpenny | 2008–2023 | 801 | 101 | 15 | 81 | 188 | 0 | 7.93 |
4 | Dan Biggar | 2008–2023 | 631 | 112 | 8 | 102 | 120 | 9 | 5.63 |
5 | James Hook | 2006–2015 | 352 | 81 | 13 | 46 | 61 | 4 | 4.35 |
6 | Paul Thorburn | 1985–1991 | 304 | 37 | 2 | 43 | 70 | 0 | 8.22 |
7 | Shane Williams | 2000–2011 | 290 | 87 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 |
8 | George North | 2010–2024 | 235 | 121 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 |
9 | Arwel Thomas | 1996–2000 | 211 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 9.17 |
10 | Gareth Thomas | 1995–2007 | 200 | 100 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[2]
Most tries
# | Player | Period | Tries | Caps | Ave. | Position |
1 | Shane Williams | 2000–2011 | 58 | 87 | 0.67 | Wing |
2 | George North | 2010–2024 | 47 | 121 | 0.39 | Wing/Centre |
3 | Gareth Thomas | 1995–2007 | 40 | 100 | 0.4 | Wing |
4 | Ieuan Evans | 1987–1998 | 33 | 72 | 0.46 | Wing |
5 | Colin Charvis | 1996–2007 | 22 | 94 | 0.23 | Flanker |
6 | Josh Adams | 2018– | 21 | 58 | 0.36 | Wing |
7 | Gerald Davies | 1966–1978 | 20 | 46 | 0.43 | Wing |
Gareth Edwards | 1967–1978 | 20 | 53 | 0.38 | Scrum-half |
Tom Shanklin | 2001–2011 | 20 | 70 | 0.29 | Centre |
Liam Williams | 2012– | 20 | 90 | 0.22 | Fullback |
Last updated: 22 June 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[3]
Most appearances as captain
Match records
Most points in a match
# | Player | Pts | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Opposition | Venue | Date |
1 | Neil Jenkins | 30 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Italy | Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso | 20 March 1999 |
2 | Neil Jenkins | 29 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | France | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 28 August 1999 |
3 | Neil Jenkins | 28 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Canada | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 21 August 1999 |
Neil Jenkins | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | France | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 17 March 2001 |
Gavin Henson | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Japan | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 26 November 2004 |
6 | Neil Jenkins | 27 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | Italy | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 19 February 2000 |
7 | Stephen Jones | 26 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Romania | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 19 September 2001 |
8 | Neil Jenkins | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Canada | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 10 November 1993 |
Neil Jenkins | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | Italy | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 12 October 1994 |
Gavin Henson | 24 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Romania | The Racecourse, Wrexham | 27 August 2003 |
Leigh Halfpenny | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Scotland | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 4 February 2018 |
Most tries in a match
Rugby World Cup records
Career
- Most appearances at Rugby World Cup
- 21 – Alun Wyn Jones (2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) [4]
- Most Rugby World Cup tournaments
- 4 – Gareth Thomas, Stephen Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Alun Wyn Jones, George North
- Most points at Rugby World Cup
- 123 – Dan Biggar (2015, 2019, 2023)
- Most tries at Rugby World Cup
- 10 – Shane Williams (2003, 2007, 2011)[5]
Tournament
- Most points at a tournament
- 57 – Neil Jenkins (1999) [6]
- Most tries at a tournament
- 7 – Josh Adams (2019) [7]
Match
- Most points in a game
- 23 – Dan Biggar vs England (2015),[8] Gareth Anscombe vs Australia (2023)
- Most tries in a game
- 4 – Ieuan Evans vs Canada (1987) [9]
- Fastest score at Rugby World Cup
- 36 seconds – Dan Biggar vs Australia (2019)
- Fastest try at Rugby World Cup
- 2 minutes 8 seconds – Jonathan Davies vs Georgia (2019)
References
- ^ "Player Records".
- ^ "Wales - Wales News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More - ESPN".
- ^ "Player Records".
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2019".
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2019".
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2019".
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2019".
- ^ "Dan Biggar inspires Wales to dramatic late victory over England | Rugby World Cup".
- ^ "World Rugby".
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