2015 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents the statistics of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which took place in England from 18 September to 31 October.

Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Try scorers

 * 8 tries


 * 🇳🇿 Julian Savea


 * 6 tries


 * 🇳🇿 Nehe Milner-Skudder


 * 5 tries


 * 🇦🇷 Juan Imhoff
 * Bryan Habana
 * JP Pietersen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gareth Davies


 * 4 tries


 * 🇦🇺 Adam Ashley-Cooper
 * 🇦🇺 Drew Mitchell
 * 🇨🇦 D. T. H. van der Merwe
 * Tommy Seymour


 * 3 tries


 * 🇦🇷 Santiago Cordero
 * 🇦🇺 Tevita Kuridrani
 * 🇦🇺 David Pocock
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Easter
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Nowell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Watson
 * Keith Earls
 * Rob Kearney
 * 🇳🇿 Beauden Barrett
 * Mark Bennett
 * Francois Louw
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cory Allen


 * 2 tries


 * 🇦🇷 Tomás Cubelli
 * 🇦🇷 Julián Montoya
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Moroni
 * 🇦🇷 Joaquín Tuculet
 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Foley
 * 🇦🇺 Ben McCalman
 * 🇦🇺 Sean McMahon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Brown
 * Nemani Nadolo
 * 🇫🇷 Wesley Fofana
 * 🇫🇷 Sofiane Guitoune
 * 🇫🇷 Rabah Slimani
 * Mamuka Gorgodze
 * Tommy Bowe
 * 🇯🇵 Amanaki Mafi
 * 🇳🇦 Jacques Burger
 * 🇳🇦 Johann Tromp
 * 🇳🇿 Sam Cane
 * 🇳🇿 Malakai Fekitoa
 * 🇳🇿 Jerome Kaino
 * 🇳🇿 Tawera Kerr-Barlow
 * 🇳🇿 Ma'a Nonu
 * 🇳🇿 Kieran Read
 * 🇳🇿 Ben Smith
 * Adrian Apostol
 * Mihai Macovei
 * John Hardie
 * Bismarck du Plessis
 * Schalk Burger
 * 🇹🇴 Jack Ram
 * 🇹🇴 Telusa Veainu
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Wyles


 * 1 try


 * 🇦🇷 Horacio Agulla
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Alemanno
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín Hernández
 * 🇦🇷 Facundo Isa
 * 🇦🇷 Martín Landajo
 * 🇦🇷 Tomás Lavanini
 * 🇦🇷 Lucas Noguera Paz
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Orlandi
 * 🇦🇷 Guido Petti
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Sánchez
 * 🇦🇷 Leonardo Senatore
 * 🇦🇺 Matt Giteau
 * 🇦🇺 Michael Hooper
 * 🇦🇺 Sekope Kepu
 * 🇦🇺 Dean Mumm
 * 🇦🇺 Rob Simmons
 * 🇦🇺 Henry Speight
 * 🇦🇺 Joe Tomane
 * 🇦🇺 Matt To'omua
 * 🇨🇦 Aaron Carpenter
 * 🇨🇦 Matt Evans
 * 🇨🇦 Jeff Hassler
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonny May
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Henry Slade
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Vunipola
 * Tevita Cavubati
 * Vereniki Goneva
 * Nemia Kenatale
 * Kini Murimurivalu
 * Leone Nakarawa
 * Ben Volavola
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Fickou
 * 🇫🇷 Rémy Grosso
 * 🇫🇷 Guilhem Guirado
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mas
 * 🇫🇷 Yannick Nyanga
 * 🇫🇷 Pascal Papé
 * 🇫🇷 Louis Picamoles
 * Lasha Malaghuradze
 * Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
 * Beka Tsiklauri
 * Seán Cronin
 * Luke Fitzgerald
 * Iain Henderson
 * Chris Henry
 * David Kearney
 * Jordi Murphy
 * Conor Murray
 * Seán O'Brien
 * Jared Payne
 * Johnny Sexton
 * 🇮🇹 Tommaso Allan
 * 🇮🇹 Gonzalo Garcia
 * 🇮🇹 Edoardo Gori
 * 🇮🇹 Michele Rizzo
 * 🇮🇹 Leonardo Sarto
 * 🇮🇹 Giovanbattista Venditti
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Zanni
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshikazu Fujita
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumu Goromaru
 * 🇯🇵 Karne Hesketh
 * 🇯🇵 Michael Leitch
 * 🇯🇵 Kotaro Matsushima
 * 🇯🇵 Akihito Yamada
 * 🇳🇦 Johan Deysel
 * 🇳🇦 JC Greyling
 * 🇳🇦 Eugene Jantjies
 * 🇳🇦 Theuns Kotzé
 * 🇳🇿 Dane Coles
 * 🇳🇿 Waisake Naholo
 * 🇳🇿 Brodie Retallick
 * 🇳🇿 Aaron Smith
 * 🇳🇿 Codie Taylor
 * 🇳🇿 Victor Vito
 * 🇳🇿 Sonny Bill Williams
 * 🇳🇿 Tony Woodcock
 * Valentin Popârlan
 * Ovidiu Tonița
 * Valentin Ursache
 * Rey Lee-Lo
 * Manu Leiataua
 * Motu Matu'u
 * Tim Nanai-Williams
 * Tusi Pisi
 * Paul Perez
 * Ofisa Treviranus
 * Peter Horne
 * Greig Laidlaw
 * Sean Maitland
 * WP Nel
 * Finn Russell
 * Matt Scott
 * Tim Visser
 * Duncan Weir
 * Schalk Brits
 * Damian de Allende
 * Lood de Jager
 * Fourie du Preez
 * Eben Etzebeth
 * Jesse Kriel
 * Lwazi Mvovo
 * Adriaan Strauss
 * 🇹🇴 Latiume Fosita
 * 🇹🇴 Kurt Morath
 * 🇹🇴 Soane Tongaʻuiha
 * 🇹🇴 Fetuʻu Vainikolo
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Baumann
 * 🇺🇸 Titi Lamositele
 * 🇺🇸 Takudzwa Ngwenya
 * Carlos Arboleya
 * Agustín Ormaechea
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Hallam Amos
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scott Baldwin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Samson Lee
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Justin Tipuric

Conversion scorers

 * 23 conversions


 * 🇳🇿 Dan Carter


 * 13 conversions


 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Sánchez
 * Greig Laidlaw


 * 12 conversions


 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Foley


 * 10 conversions


 * Ian Madigan


 * 9 conversions


 * Handré Pollard


 * 8 conversions


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Farrell


 * 7 conversions


 * Nemani Nadolo
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumu Goromaru
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rhys Priestland


 * 6 conversions


 * 🇫🇷 Frédéric Michalak
 * 🇮🇹 Tommaso Allan
 * 🇳🇦 Theuns Kotzé


 * 5 conversions


 * 🇦🇺 Quade Cooper
 * 🇫🇷 Morgan Parra
 * Florin Vlaicu


 * 4 conversions


 * 🇦🇷 Santiago González Iglesias
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Socino
 * 🇨🇦 Nathan Hirayama
 * Merab Kvirikashvili
 * Johnny Sexton
 * 🇳🇿 Beauden Barrett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Biggar


 * 3 conversions


 * Pat Lambie
 * Morné Steyn


 * 2 conversions


 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Bosch
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Ford
 * 🇫🇷 Rory Kockott
 * 🇹🇴 Vunga Lilo
 * 🇺🇸 AJ MacGinty


 * 1 conversion


 * Ben Volavola
 * Lasha Malaghuradze
 * 🇳🇿 Colin Slade
 * Patrick Fa'apale
 * Tusi Pisi
 * Finn Russell
 * 🇹🇴 Kurt Morath
 * Agustín Ormaechea

Penalty goal scorers

 * 23 penalties


 * Handré Pollard


 * 20 penalties


 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Sánchez


 * 16 penalties


 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Foley
 * Greig Laidlaw


 * 15 penalties


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Biggar


 * 13 penalties


 * 🇯🇵 Ayumu Goromaru
 * 🇳🇿 Dan Carter


 * 9 penalties


 * 🇮🇹 Tommaso Allan


 * 8 penalties


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Farrell


 * 7 penalties


 * 🇫🇷 Frédéric Michalak
 * Tusi Pisi
 * 🇹🇴 Kurt Morath
 * 🇺🇸 AJ MacGinty


 * 6 penalties


 * Ian Madigan
 * Johnny Sexton
 * 🇳🇦 Theuns Kotzé


 * 5 penalties


 * Merab Kvirikashvili
 * Felipe Berchesi


 * 4 penalties


 * 🇨🇦 Nathan Hirayama
 * 🇫🇷 Scott Spedding
 * Florin Vlaicu


 * 3 penalties


 * Nemani Nadolo
 * Ben Volavola
 * 🇫🇷 Morgan Parra
 * Michael Stanley


 * 2 penalties


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Ford
 * Pat Lambie


 * 1 penalty


 * 🇦🇷 Santiago González Iglesias
 * 🇨🇦 Gordon McRorie
 * Lasha Malaghuradze
 * 🇳🇿 Beauden Barrett
 * Valentin Calafeteanu
 * Stuart Hogg
 * Finn Russell
 * Duncan Weir
 * 🇹🇴 Vunga Lilo
 * Alejo Durán

Drop goal scorers

 * 2 drop goals


 * 🇳🇿 Dan Carter
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Sánchez
 * Handré Pollard


 * 1 drop goal


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Farrell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Biggar

Overall

 * Total number of points scored: 2439
 * Average points per match: 50.81
 * Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries)
 * Average tries per match: 5.65
 * Total number of braces: 26
 * Total number of hat-tricks: 8
 * Total number of conversions missed: 77
 * Total number of conversions scored: 194
 * Conversion success rate: 71.59%
 * Total number of penalty goals missed: 64
 * Total number of penalty goals scored: 227
 * Penalty goal success rate: 78.01%
 * Total number of drop goals scored: 8
 * Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6

Timing

 * First try of the tournament: Penalty try for England against Fiji
 * First brace of the tournament: Mike Brown for England against Fiji
 * First hat-trick of the tournament: Cory Allen for Wales against Uruguay
 * Last try of the tournament: Beauden Barrett for New Zealand against Australia
 * Last brace of the tournament: Drew Mitchell for Australia against Scotland
 * Last hat-trick of the tournament: Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia against Argentina
 * Fastest try in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:08), Rob Simmons for Australia against Argentina
 * Latest try in a match: 80+4th minute (83:55), Karne Hesketh for Japan against South Africa

Teams

 * Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 179 by Argentina
 * Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 30 by Uruguay
 * Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 226 by Uruguay
 * Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 35 by Australia and Ireland
 * Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 116 by New Zealand
 * Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 13 by France
 * Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 84 by Australia
 * Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 23 by Wales
 * Most points scored by a team: 290 by New Zealand
 * Best point difference: +176 by New Zealand
 * Worst point difference: −196 by Uruguay
 * Most points scored in a match by both teams: 83 points, Argentina 64–19 Namibia
 * Most points scored in a match by one team: 65 by Australia
 * Most points scored in a match by the losing team: 34 by Scotland
 * Biggest margin of victory: 64 by South Africa
 * Most tries scored by a team in the pool stage: 25 by New Zealand
 * Most tries scored by a team in the knockout stage: 14 by New Zealand
 * Fewest tries scored by a team: 2 by Uruguay
 * Most tries scored in a match: 12 tries, Argentina (9) vs Namibia (3)
 * Most tries scored in a match by one team: 11 by Australia
 * Most wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand
 * Fewest wins achieved by a team: 0 by
 * Canada
 * Namibia
 * United States
 * Uruguay
 * Most losses achieved by a team: 4 by
 * Canada
 * Namibia
 * United States
 * Uruguay
 * Fewest losses achieved by a team: 0 by New Zealand
 * Most consecutive wins achieved by a team: 7 by New Zealand
 * Most consecutive losses achieved by a team: 4 by
 * Canada
 * Namibia
 * United States
 * Uruguay
 * Most pool points: 19 by New Zealand
 * Fewest pool points: 0 by United States and Uruguay
 * Most bonus points: 4 by South Africa
 * Fewest bonus points: 0 by Georgia, Japan, Romania, United States and Uruguay
 * Largest ranking difference win by a lower ranked team: 10 places – Japan (13th) vs South Africa (3rd)
 * Largest ranking difference win by a higher ranked team: 19 places – New Zealand (1st) vs Namibia (20th)

Individual

 * Most points scored by an individual: 97 - Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
 * Most tries scored by an individual: 8 – Julian Savea (New Zealand)
 * Most conversions scored by an individual: 23 – Dan Carter (New Zealand)
 * Most penalty goals scored by an individual: 23 – Handré Pollard (South Africa)
 * Most drop goals scored by an individual: 2 –
 * Daniel Carter (New Zealand)
 * Handré Pollard (South Africa)
 * Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
 * Most tackles made by an individual: 77 –
 * Lood de Jager (South Africa)
 * Francois Louw (South Africa)
 * Most lineouts won by an individual: 57 – Dane Coles (New Zealand)
 * Most lineouts stolen by an individual: 6 –
 * Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)
 * Kieran Read (New Zealand)
 * Most clean breaks made by an individual: 15 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
 * Most offloads made by an individual: 13 – Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
 * Most metres made by an individual: 561 – Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
 * Most carries made by an individual: 96 – Schalk Burger (South Africa)
 * Most carries over gain line made by an individual: 38 – Schalk Burger (South Africa)
 * Most turnovers won by an individual: 17 – David Pocock (Australia)
 * Most points scored by one player in a match: 28 – Bernard Foley for Australia vs England
 * Most tries scored by one player in a match: 3
 * Cory Allen for Wales vs Uruguay
 * Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia vs Argentina
 * Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay
 * Bryan Habana for South Africa vs United States
 * Jack Nowell for England vs Uruguay
 * JP Pietersen for South Africa vs Samoa
 * Julian Savea for New Zealand vs Georgia and vs France
 * Most conversions scored by one player in a match: 7
 * Dan Carter for New Zealand vs France
 * Rhys Priestland for Wales vs Uruguay
 * Most penalty goals scored by one player in a match: 7 – Dan Biggar for Wales vs England
 * Most drop goals scored by one player in a match: 1
 * Dan Biggar for Wales vs South Africa
 * Dan Carter for New Zealand vs South Africa and vs Australia
 * Owen Farrell for England vs Wales
 * Handré Pollard for South Africa vs Scotland and vs Wales
 * Nicolás Sánchez for Argentina vs Georgia and vs South Africa
 * Highest kicking accuracy by an individual: 100%
 * Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania)
 * Alejo Durán (Uruguay)
 * Patrick Fa'apale (Samoa)
 * Rory Kockott (France)
 * Colin Slade (New Zealand)
 * Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina)
 * Duncan Weir (Scotland)
 * Highest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 92% - Theuns Kotzé for Namibia
 * Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual: 0%
 * Carlo Canna (Italy)
 * Matt Giteau (Australia)
 * Niku Kruger (United States)
 * Folau Niua (United States)
 * Johnny Redelinghuys (Namibia)
 * Lowest kicking accuracy by an individual (minimum 10 attempts): 45% - Quade Cooper for Australia
 * Oldest scorer: Nick Easter for England vs Uruguay (37 years, 56 days)
 * Youngest scorer: Titi Lamositele for United States vs Scotland (20 years, 228 days)

Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

Yellow cards

 * 2 yellow cards


 * 🇫🇯 Campese Ma'afu (vs Australia & vs Uruguay)
 * Agustín Ormaechea (both vs Fiji)


 * 1 yellow card


 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Bosch (vs Namibia)
 * 🇦🇷 Tomás Cubelli (vs South Africa)
 * 🇦🇷 Ramiro Herrera (vs Ireland)
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Matera (vs New Zealand)
 * 🇦🇷 Tomás Lavanini (vs Australia)
 * 🇦🇺 Quade Cooper (vs Uruguay)
 * 🇦🇺 Will Genia (vs Wales)
 * 🇦🇺 Tevita Kuridrani (vs Fiji)
 * 🇦🇺 Dean Mumm (vs Wales)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Farrell (vs Australia)
 * 🇨🇦 Jamie Cudmore (vs Ireland)
 * 🇨🇦 Nanyak Dala (vs France)
 * 🇨🇦 Jebb Sinclair (vs Romania)
 * 🇫🇯 Nikola Matawalu (vs England)
 * 🇫🇷 Louis Picamoles (vs New Zealand)
 * Mamuka Gorgodze (vs Argentina)
 * Jaba Bregvadze (vs Namibia)
 * Merab Kvirikashvili (vs Tonga)
 * Paul O'Connell (vs Canada)
 * Peter O'Mahony (vs Italy)
 * 🇯🇵 Kotaro Matsushima (vs Scotland)
 * 🇳🇦 Renaldo Bothma (vs Georgia)
 * 🇳🇦 Aranos Coetzee (vs Georgia)
 * 🇳🇦 Tinus du Plessis (vs Argentina)
 * 🇳🇦 Jaco Engels (vs New Zealand)
 * 🇳🇦 JC Greyling (vs Argentina)
 * 🇳🇦 Raoul Larson (vs Georgia)
 * 🇳🇿 Jerome Kaino (vs South Africa)
 * 🇳🇿 Richie McCaw (vs Argentina)
 * 🇳🇿 Kieran Read (vs Tonga)
 * 🇳🇿 Ben Smith (vs Australia)
 * 🇳🇿 Conrad Smith (vs Argentina)
 * Cătălin Fercu (vs Canada)
 * Csaba Gál (vs Ireland)
 * Paulică Ion (vs France)
 * Johan van Heerden (vs Italy)
 * Faifili Levave (vs Japan)
 * Filo Paulo (vs Japan)
 * Sakaria Taulafo (vs Japan)
 * Greig Laidlaw (vs South Africa)
 * Sean Maitland (vs Australia)
 * Ryan Wilson (vs Samoa)
 * Jannie du Plessis (vs Scotland)
 * Bryan Habana (vs New Zealand)
 * Coenie Oosthuizen (vs Japan)
 * 🇹🇴 Paul Ngauamo (vs New Zealand)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Alex Cuthbert (vs Australia)
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Fry (vs Japan)
 * Santiago Vilaseca (vs England)

Red cards

 * 1 red card


 * Agustín Ormaechea (vs Fiji)

Penalty tries

 * 2 penalty tries


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 * 1 penalty try


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Citing/bans
For the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.

Attendances

 * 1) 89,267 – Ireland vs Romania, Wembley Stadium
 * 2) 89,019 – New Zealand vs Argentina, Wembley Stadium
 * 3) 81,129 – England vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
 * 4) 81,010 – England vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
 * 5) 80,863 – Australia vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
 * 6) 80,125 – New Zealand vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
 * 7) 80,090 – New Zealand vs South Africa, Twickenham Stadium
 * 8) 80,025 – Argentina vs Australia, Twickenham Stadium
 * 9) 80,015 – England vs Fiji, Twickenham Stadium
 * 10) 79,572 – South Africa vs Wales, Twickenham Stadium
 * 11) 77,110 – Australia vs Scotland, Twickenham Stadium
 * 12) 76,232 – France vs Italy, Twickenham Stadium
 * 13) 72,163 – Ireland vs Argentina, Millennium Stadium
 * 14) 72,163 – France vs Ireland, Millennium Stadium
 * 15) 71,887 – Wales vs Uruguay, Millennium Stadium
 * 16) 71,887 – New Zealand vs France, Millennium Stadium
 * 17) 71,576 – Wales vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium
 * 18) 69,187 – New Zealand vs Georgia, Millennium Stadium
 * 19) 68,523 – Ireland vs Canada, Millennium Stadium
 * 20) 67,253 – Australia vs Fiji, Millennium Stadium


 * Lowest attendance: 10,103 – Tonga vs Namibia, Sandy Park