List of Wales national rugby union team records explained

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
1	98	26 November 2004		98 – 0
2	91	17 May 1994		102 – 11
3	74	4 June 2005		77 – 3	Rentschler Field, Hartford, United States
4	74	26 September 2011		81 – 7
5	72	19 September 2001		81 – 9		2001 Autumn Internationals

Greatest losing margin

	Margin	Date	Opposing Team	Result	Venue	Competition
1	83	27 June 1998		13 – 96
2	57	22 July 1991		6 – 63		1991 Summer Tour
3	57	4 June 2007		5 – 62
4	52	21 June 2003		3 – 55		2003 Summer Tour
5	51	5 April 1998		0 – 51		1998 Five Nations Championship

Individual career records

Most caps

		Player		Period	Caps	Starts	Subs	Position
1		2006–2023	158	143	15	Lock
2	Gethin Jenkins	2002–2016	129	93	36	Prop
3	George North	2010–2024	121	116	5	Wing/Centre
4	Dan Biggar	2008–2023	112	92	20	Fly-half
5	Taulupe Faletau	2011–	104	94	10	Number 8
		1998–2011		86	18	Fly-half
7	Leigh Halfpenny	2008–2023	101	95	6	Fullback
8		1995–2007	100	94	6	Wing
		1996–2012	100	87	13	Flanker
10	Jonathan Davies	2009–2022	96	91	5	Centre

Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.^[1]

Most points

	Player	Period	Points	Caps	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	PPG
1		1991–2002	1049	87	11	130	248	10
2		1998–2011	917	104	7	153	186	6
3		2008–2023	801	101	15	81	188	0
4		2008–2023	631	112	8	102	120	9
5		2006–2015	352	81	13	46	61	4
6		1985–1991	304	37	2	43	70	0
7		2000–2011	290	87	58	0	0	0
8		2010–2024	235	121	47	0	0	0
9		1996–2000	211	23	11	30	32	0
10		1995–2007	200	100	40	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 March 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.^[2]

Most tries

		Player		Period	Tries	Caps	Ave.	Position
1		2000–2011	58	87		Wing
2		2010–2024	47	121		Wing/Centre
3		1995–2007	40	100		Wing
4		1987–1998	33	72		Wing
5		1996–2007	22	94		Flanker
6	Josh Adams	2018–	21	58		Wing
	Liam Williams	2012–	21	92		Fullback
7		1966–1978	20	46		Wing
		1967–1978	20	53		Scrum-half
		2001–2011	20	70		Centre

Last updated: 13 July 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.^[3]

Most appearances as captain

	Player		Period	Caps	Win %	Position
1	Sam Warburton	2011–2016	49		Flanker
2	Alun Wyn Jones	2009–2021	48		Lock
3	Ryan Jones	2008–2013	33		Flanker
4	Ieuan Evans	1991–1995	28		Wing
5		2002–2004	22		Flanker
		1998–1999	22		Scrum-half
7	Gareth Thomas	2003–2007	21		Wing
8	Jonathan Humphreys	1995–2003	19		Hooker
9		1889–1897	18		Hooker
10	Clive Rowlands	1963–1965	14		Scrum-half

Match records

Most points in a match

		Player	Pts	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Opposition	Venue	Date
1		30	1	5	5	0			20 March 1999
2		29	0	1	9	0			28 August 1999
3		28	1	1	7	0			21 August 1999
		28	1	4	5	0				17 March 2001
		28	0	14	0	0			26 November 2004
6		27	0	3	7	0			19 February 2000
7		26	0	10	2	0			19 September 2001
8		24	0	0	8	0			10 November 1993
		24	0	0	7	1			12 October 1994
		24	0	6	4	0			27 August 2003
		24	2	4	2	0			4 February 2018

Most tries in a match

		Player	Tries	Opposing team	Venue	Competition	Date
1		4				7 January 1899
		4			Test Match	2 March 1908
		4				12 April 1969
		4				3 June 1987
		4			Test Match	18 May 1995
		4			Test Match	20 March 1999
		4			Test Match	10 June 2001
		4				15 November 2004
		4				26 November 2004

Rugby World Cup records

See also: Wales at the Rugby World Cup.

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Player Records.
2. Web site: Wales - Wales News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More - ESPN.
3. Web site: Player Records.
4. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2019.
5. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2019.
6. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2019.
7. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2019.
8. Web site: Dan Biggar inspires Wales to dramatic late victory over England | Rugby World Cup.
9. Web site: World Rugby.