List of Six Nations Championship records explained

This is a list of individual and team records for the Six Nations Championship and its predecessors the Five Nations and Home Nations Championships.

Individual

Appearances

The players with the most appearances in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.^[1] (Updated 16 March 2024)

width=150	Player name	width=60 align=center	Caps	width=60 align=center	Starts	width=100 align=center	Nation	width=100 align=center	Time span
	69	69		2004–2019
	67	65		2007–2023
	65	65		2000–2014
	64	55		2006–2019
Cian Healy	64	44		2010–2024
	63	41		2000–2013
	60	44		2003–2016
	60	56		2010–2023
Conor Murray	57	47
	56	56		1964–1979
	56	38		2003–2016
Dan Cole	55	45		2010–2024
	55	42		2006–2017
	55	54		2012–2023
	54	54		2000–2010
	54	49		1991–2004
	54	45		2006–2020
	53	47		2007–2019
	53	53		1962–1975
	53	49		2000–2011
	53	40		2010–2023

Points

All players with at least 250 points in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.^[2] (Updated 9 March 2024)

No.	width=140px	Player name	Points	Nation
1		566
2		557
align=center	3		546
align=center	4	Owen Farrell	528
align=center	5		467
align=center	6		424
align=center	7		406
align=center	8		403
align=center	9		288
align=center	10		270

Tries

All players with at least 18 tries in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.^[3]

No.	width=150	Player name	Tries	Nation
align=center	1		26
align=center	2		24
align=center	3		23
align=center	4		22
align=center	5		18
align=center	6		18
align=center	7		18

Scoring

	Match		Season		Career
Points	35	 Jonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001)^[4]	89	 Jonny Wilkinson — 2001^[5]	566	 Johnny Sexton — 2009–2023^[6]
Tries	5	 George Lindsay — Scotland v Wales (1887)^[7]	8	 Cyril Lowe — 1914,  Ian Smith — 1925^[8]	26	 Brian O'Driscoll — 2000–2014^[9]
Conversions	9	 Jonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001),  Paddy Jackson — Ireland v Italy (2017) ^[10]	24	 Jonny Wilkinson — 2001^[11]	102	 Johnny Sexton — 2009–2023^[12]
Penalties	7	 Simon Hodgkinson — England v Wales (1991),  Rob Andrew — England v Scotland (1995),  Jonny Wilkinson — England v France (1999),  Neil Jenkins — Wales v Italy (2000),  Gérald Merceron — France v Italy (2002),  Chris Paterson — Scotland v Wales (2007),  Leigh Halfpenny — Wales v Scotland (2013),  Maxime Machenaud - France v England (2016)^[13]	19	 Leigh Halfpenny — 2013^[14]	109	 Ronan O'Gara — 2000–2013^[15]
Drop Goals	3	 Pierre Albaladejo — France v Ireland (1960),  Jean-Patrick Lescarboura — France v England (1985),  Diego Dominguez — Italy v Scotland (2000),  Neil Jenkins — Wales v Scotland (2001)^[16]	5	 Guy Camberabero — 1967,  Diego Dominguez — 2000,  Neil Jenkins — 2001,  Jonny Wilkinson — 2003,  Dan Parks — 2010^[17]	11	 Jonny Wilkinson — 1998–2011^[18]

Team

Match

• Most points by one team

• v 2001 80 points^[19]
• Most points by a losing team

• v Wales 2001 35 points

• v England 2015 35 points
• Most points in one match

• - 2001 103 points 80-23
• Most points in a drawn match

• - 2019 38-38
• Most tries by one team

• v Wales 1887 12 tries
• Most tries in one match

• - 1887 12 tries 12-0

• - 2001 12 tries 10-2

• - 2015 12 tries 7-5
• Biggest winning margin

• v Italy 2001 57 points 80-23^[20]
• Biggest away winning margin

• v Italy 2017 53 points 63-10^[21]

Season

• Most points scored in a Season

• 2001 229 points^[22]
• Most points conceded in a Season

• 2021 239 points^[23]
• Fewest points scored in a Six Nations Season

• 2004 42 points^[24]
• Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations Season

• 2003 46 points^[25]
• Most tries scored in a Season

• 2001 29 tries^[26]
• Most tries conceded in a Season

• 2021 34 tries ^[27]
• Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations Season

• 2004 2 tries

• 2009 2 tries ^[28]
• Fewest tries conceded in a Six Nations Season

• 2008 2 tries
• Most tries in a Season

• 2023 91 tries (6.1 per match)
• Biggest points difference in a Season

• 2001 +149
• Weakest points difference in a Season

• 2021 -184

See also

• Six Nations Championship
• List of Six Nations Championship hat-tricks
• List of Six Nations Championship Player of the Championship winners

External links

• Six Nations official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total matches played, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 10 March 2019.
2. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 10 March 2019.
3. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 10 March 2019.
4. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, match by match list, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
5. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, tournament/tour totals, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
6. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
7. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, match by match list, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
8. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, tournament/tour totals, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
9. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
10. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, match by match list, total conversions scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
11. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, tournament/tour totals, total conversions scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
12. Web site: www.sixnationsrugby.com/statistics/records/ . 19 March 2023.
13. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, match by match list, total penalty goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 16 March 2016.
14. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, tournament/tour totals, total penalty goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
15. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total penalty goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
16. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, match by match list, total drop goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
17. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, tournament/tour totals, total drop goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
18. Web site: Statsguru: Player data, total drop goals scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
19. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, match by match list, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
20. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, match by match list, points difference, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
21. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, match by match list, points difference, away win Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 23 March 2014.
22. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
23. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points conceded, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
24. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points scored, reverse order, Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
25. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total points conceded, reverse order, Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
26. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries scored, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.
27. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries conceded, Five/Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 19 March 2016.
28. Web site: Statsguru: Team records, tournament/tour totals, total tries scored, reverse order, Six Nations . ESPN Scrum . SFMS Limited . 15 March 2014.