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 top 15 players with the most appearances in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.[1] (Updated 19 March 2023)

Player name Caps Starts Nation Time span
Sergio Parisse6969 Italy20042019
Alun Wyn Jones6765 Wales20072023
Brian O'Driscoll6565 Ireland20002014
Rory Best6455 Ireland20062019
Ronan O'Gara6341 Ireland20002013
Martin Castrogiovanni6044 Italy20032016
Cian Healy6044 Ireland20102023
Johnny Sexton6056 Ireland20102023
Mike Gibson5656 Ireland19641979
Gethin Jenkins5638 Wales20032016
Stuart Hogg5554 Scotland20122023
Ross Ford5542 Scotland20062017
John Hayes5454 Ireland20002010
Jason Leonard5449 England19912004
Alessandro Zanni5445 Italy20062020

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 19 March 2023)

No. Player name Points Nation
1Johnny Sexton566 Ireland
2Ronan O'Gara557 Ireland
3Jonny Wilkinson546 England
4Owen Farrell528 England
5Stephen Jones467 Wales
6Leigh Halfpenny424 Wales
7Neil Jenkins406 Wales
8Chris Paterson403 Scotland
9Gavin Hastings288 Scotland
10David Humphreys270 Ireland

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. Player name Tries Nation
1Brian O'Driscoll26 Ireland
2Ian Smith24 Scotland
3George North23 Wales
4Shane Williams22 Wales
5Gareth Edwards18 Wales
6Cyril Lowe18 England
7Rory Underwood18 England

Scoring

Match Season Career
Points 35 EnglandJonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001)[4] 89 EnglandJonny Wilkinson — 2001[5] 566 IrelandJohnny Sexton — 2009–2023[6]
Tries 5 ScotlandGeorge Lindsay — Scotland v Wales (1887)[7] 8 EnglandCyril Lowe — 1914,
ScotlandIan Smith — 1925[8]
26 IrelandBrian O'Driscoll — 2000–2014[9]
Conver­sions 9

EnglandJonny Wilkinson — England v Italy (2001),
IrelandPaddy Jackson — Ireland v Italy (2017) [10]

24EnglandJonny Wilkinson — 2001[11] 102IrelandJohnny Sexton — 2009–2023[12]
Penalties 7

EnglandSimon Hodgkinson — England v Wales (1991),
EnglandRob Andrew — England v Scotland (1995),
EnglandJonny Wilkinson — England v France (1999),
WalesNeil Jenkins — Wales v Italy (2000),
FranceGérald Merceron — France v Italy (2002),
ScotlandChris Paterson — Scotland v Wales (2007),
WalesLeigh Halfpenny — Wales v Scotland (2013),
FranceMaxime Machenaud - France v England (2016)[13]

19

WalesLeigh Halfpenny — 2013[14]

109 IrelandRonan O'Gara — 2000–2013[15]
Drop Goals 3

FrancePierre Albaladejo — France v Ireland (1960),
FranceJean-Patrick Lescarboura — France v England (1985),
ItalyDiego Dominguez — Italy v Scotland (2000),
WalesNeil Jenkins — Wales v Scotland (2001)[16]

5

FranceGuy Camberabero — 1967,
ItalyDiego Dominguez — 2000,
WalesNeil Jenkins — 2001,
EnglandJonny Wilkinson — 2003,
ScotlandDan Parks — 2010[17]

11

EnglandJonny Wilkinson — 1998–2011[18]

Team

Match

  • Most points by one team
  • Most points by a losing team
  • Most points in one match
  • Most points in a drawn match
  • Most tries by one team
  • Most tries in one match
  • Biggest winning margin
  • Biggest away winning margin

Season

  • Most points scored in a Season
  • Most points conceded in a Season
  • Fewest points scored in a Six Nations Season
  • Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations Season
  • Most tries scored in a Season
  • Most tries conceded in a Season
  • Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations Season
  • Fewest tries conceded in a Six Nations Season
  • Most tries in a Season
  • 2019 84 tries (5.6 per match)
  • Biggest points difference in a Season
  • Weakest points difference in a Season

See also

References

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