World Club Challenge records and statistics explained

Notable achievements, records, and statistics of the World Club Challenge are listed below:

Records and statistics

NOTE: The below statistics reflect records from all World Club Challenge matches from 1976 to present. They only include the finals of World Club Series 2015 and 2017 and of the 1997 World Club Championship.

Match records

Biggest win

Year Winner Score Loser
2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs39 – 0 St. Helens
2000 Melbourne Storm44 – 6 St. Helens
38 – 0 St. Helens

Lowest scoring game

Individual records

Top try scorers

Tries Name (club/s)
5 Brett Morris (Sydney Roosters / St George Illawarra) Ryan Hall (Leeds)
4 Joe Burgess (Wigan)
3 Marcus Bai (Melbourne / Bradford)
Michael Hancock (Brisbane)
Michael Jennings (Sydney)
Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Leeds)
Danny McGuire (Leeds)
Darren Smith (Brisbane)
Brett Stewart (Manly-Warringah)
2 Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne)
George Carmont (Wigan)
Josh Charnley (Wigan)
Hazem El Masri (Canterbury-Bankstown)
Stuart Fielden (Bradford)
Ade Gardner (St Helens)
Scott Hill (Melbourne)
Andrew Johns (Newcastle)
Jamahl Lolesi (Canterbury-Bankstown, Wests Tigers)
Martin Offiah (Widnes)
Julian O'Neill (Brisbane)
Justin O'Neill (North Queensland)
Robbie Paul (Bradford)
Joel Reddy (South Sydney)
Robbie Ross (Melbourne)
Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens)
Lesley Vainikolo (Bradford)
Anthony Watmough (Manly-Warringah)
Michael Withers (Bradford)
Nick Zisti (Hunter)

Most tries in a game

Tries Name (club/s) OpponentDate
3 Michael Jennings (Sydney) Wigan 22 February 2014
3 Joe Burgess (Wigan) Cronulla 19 February 2017
3Brett Morris (Sydney)Wigan17 February 2019

Most points in a game

Most goals

Goals Name (club/s)
17 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds)
12 Frano Botica (Wigan)
Cameron Smith (Melbourne)
11 Paul Deacon (Bradford / Wigan)
9 Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney)

Drop goals

Goals Name (club/s)
2 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds)
1 Paul Deacon (Bradford)
Sean Long (St Helens)
Joe Lydon (Wigan)
Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens)
Jamie Soward (St George Illawarra)
Sam Tomkins (Wigan)
Declan Patton (Warrington)
Adam Reynolds(South Sydney)

Attendance

Top 5 Attendances

Year Home Away City, Country Stadium Attendance
54,220 [1]
37,028 [2]
36,895 [3]
33,204 [4]
32,569 [5]

World Club Series only

The World Club Series was the temporary name of the tournament following its temporary restructure between 2015 and 2017.

Individual

Top try scorers

Tries Name (Club(s))
3 Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors)
2 Joel Reddy (South Sydney)
Dominique Peyroux (St. Helens)
Aidan Guerra (Sydney)
Corey Oates (Brisbane)
Kodi Nikorima (Brisbane)
Ryan Atkins (Warrington Wolves)

Top goal scorers

Goals Name (Club(s))
12Adam Reynolds (South Sydney)
Corey Parker (Brisbane)
10Jackson Hastings (Sydney)
6Gareth Widdop (St George Illawarra)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-1994/brisbane-vs-wigan.html 1994 World Club Challenge
  2. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-2005/leeds-vs-bulldogs.html 2005 World Club Challenge
  3. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-1987/wigan-vs-manly-warringah.html 1987 World Club Challenge
  4. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-2008/leeds-vs-melbourne.html 2008 World Club Challenge
  5. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-club-challenge-2009/leeds-vs-manly-warringah.html 2009 World Club Challenge