2023 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents the statistics of the 2023 Rugby World Cup that was held in France from 8 September to 28 October.

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

Last updated: 28 October 2023

Try scorers

 * 8 tries


 * Will Jordan


 * 6 tries


 * Damian Penaud


 * 5 tries


 * Henry Arundell
 * Bundee Aki
 * Leicester Fainga'anuku
 * Damian McKenzie
 * Darcy Graham
 * Louis Rees-Zammit


 * 4 tries


 * Louis Bielle-Biarrey
 * Aaron Smith
 * Cobus Reinach


 * 3 tries


 * Mateo Carreras
 * Theo Dan
 * Peato Mauvaka
 * Tadhg Beirne
 * Hugo Keenan
 * Johnny Sexton
 * Amato Fakatava
 * Cam Roigard
 * Ardie Savea
 * Mark Telea
 * Sama Malolo
 * Makazole Mapimpi
 * Solomone Kata
 * Baltazar Amaya


 * 2 tries


 * Emiliano Boffelli
 * Santiago Carreras
 * Juan Martín González
 * Nicolás Sánchez
 * Ben Donaldson
 * Mark Nawaqanitawase
 * Joe Marchant
 * Marcus Smith
 * Mesake Doge
 * Waisea Nayacalevu
 * Josua Tuisova
 * Cyril Baille
 * Jonathan Danty
 * Melvyn Jaminet
 * Yoram Moefana
 * Charles Ollivon
 * Jamison Gibson-Park
 * Mack Hansen
 * Rob Herring
 * James Lowe
 * Peter O'Mahony
 * Lorenzo Cannone
 * Ange Capuozzo
 * Monty Ioane
 * Manuel Zuliani
 * Michael Leitch
 * Jone Naikabula
 * Gerswin Mouton
 * Dane Coles
 * Shannon Frizell
 * Anton Lienert-Brown
 * Dalton Papalii
 * Raffaele Storti
 * Nigel Ah Wong
 * Duncan Paia'aua
 * Rory Darge
 * Ali Price
 * Kurt-Lee Arendse
 * Deon Fourie
 * Cheslin Kolbe
 * Willie le Roux
 * Grant Williams
 * Ben Tameifuna
 * Nicolás Freitas
 * Jac Morgan
 * George North


 * 1 try


 * Martín Bogado
 * Rodrigo Bruni
 * Santiago Chocobares
 * Agustín Creevy
 * Tomás Cubelli
 * Rodrigo Isgro
 * Ignacio Ruiz
 * Joel Sclavi
 * Richie Arnold
 * Angus Bell
 * Marika Koroibete
 * Fraser McReight
 * Jordan Petaia
 * Dave Porecki
 * Suliasi Vunivalu
 * Matías Dittus
 * Tomás Dussaillant
 * Alfonso Escobar
 * Rodrigo Fernández
 * Danny Care
 * Ollie Chessum
 * Ben Earl
 * Courtney Lawes
 * Lewis Ludlam
 * Bevan Rodd
 * Freddie Steward
 * Manu Tuilagi
 * Jack Willis
 * Vilimoni Botitu
 * Vinaya Habosi
 * Viliame Mata
 * Peni Ravai
 * Lekima Tagitagivalu
 * Baptiste Couilloud
 * Antoine Dupont
 * Thibaud Flament
 * Antoine Hastoy
 * Matthieu Jalibert
 * Thomas Ramos
 * Beka Gigashvili
 * Luka Ivanishvili
 * Vano Karkadze
 * Davit Niniashvili
 * Merab Sharikadze
 * Akaki Tabutsadze
 * Tengiz Zamtaradze
 * Caelan Doris
 * Iain Henderson
 * Joe McCarthy
 * Garry Ringrose
 * Dan Sheehan
 * Juan Ignacio Brex
 * Hame Faiva
 * Paolo Garbisi
 * Michele Lamaro
 * Dino Lamb
 * Paolo Odogwu
 * Lorenzo Pani
 * Warner Dearns
 * Kazuki Himeno
 * Lappies Labuschagné
 * Ryōto Nakamura
 * Naoto Saitō
 * J. C. Greyling
 * Beauden Barrett
 * Jordie Barrett
 * Caleb Clarke
 * Ethan de Groot
 * David Havili
 * Rieko Ioane
 * Richie Mo'unga
 * Fletcher Newell
 * Brodie Retallick
 * Tamaiti Williams
 * Pedro Bettencourt
 * Nicolas Martins
 * Rafael Simões
 * Cristi Boboc
 * Gabriel Rupanu
 * Marius Simionescu
 * Florin Surugiu
 * Seilala Lam
 * Christian Leali'ifano
 * Fritz Lee
 * Jonathan Taumateine
 * Ewan Ashman
 * Matt Fagerson
 * Chris Harris
 * Ben Healy
 * George Horne
 * Blair Kinghorn
 * Johnny Matthews
 * Ollie Smith
 * Kyle Steyn
 * George Turner
 * Duhan van der Merwe
 * Hamish Watson
 * Damian de Allende
 * Pieter-Steph du Toit
 * Eben Etzebeth
 * Jesse Kriel
 * Canan Moodie
 * Kwagga Smith
 * RG Snyman
 * Marco van Staden
 * Damian Willemse
 * Pita Ahki
 * Vaea Fifita
 * Fine Inisi
 * George Moala
 * Patrick Pellegrini
 * Kyren Taumoefolau
 * Afusipa Taumoepeau
 * Sione Vailanu
 * Santiago Arata
 * Bautista Basso
 * Germán Kessler
 * Josh Adams
 * Dan Biggar
 * Gareth Davies
 * Elliot Dee
 * Taulupe Faletau
 * Tomas Francis
 * Dewi Lake
 * Nick Tompkins
 * Liam Williams
 * Tomos Williams

Conversion scorers

 * 21 conversions


 * Thomas Ramos


 * 18 conversions


 * Richie Mo'unga


 * 17 conversions
 * Johnny Sexton


 * 14 conversions


 * Tommaso Allan
 * Damian McKenzie


 * 12 conversions


 * Owen Farrell


 * 11 conversions


 * Rikiya Matsuda
 * Ben Healy


 * 9 conversions


 * Emiliano Boffelli


 * 8 conversions


 * William Havili


 * 7 conversions


 * Nicolás Sánchez
 * Ben Donaldson
 * Finn Russell


 * 6 conversions


 * Handré Pollard
 * Sam Costelow


 * 5 conversions


 * Frank Lomani
 * Manie Libbok
 * Damian Willemse
 * Felipe Etcheverry


 * 4 conversions


 * George Ford
 * Melvyn Jaminet
 * Ross Byrne
 * Jack Crowley
 * Christian Leali'ifano
 * Dan Biggar


 * 3 conversions


 * Simione Kuruvoli
 * Samuel Marques
 * Alin Conache
 * Lima Sopoaga
 * Faf de Klerk
 * Leigh Halfpenny


 * 2 conversions


 * Santiago Carreras
 * Santiago Videla
 * Tedo Abzhandadze
 * Luka Matkava
 * Tiaan Swanepoel
 * Beauden Barrett


 * 1 conversion


 * Teti Tela
 * Paolo Garbisi
 * Jordie Barrett
 * D'Angelo Leuila
 * George Horne
 * Felipe Berchesi
 * Gareth Anscombe

Penalty goal scorers

 * 15 penalties


 * Owen Farrell


 * 13 penalties


 * Emiliano Boffelli


 * 9 penalties


 * Thomas Ramos


 * 8 penalties


 * George Ford
 * Rikiya Matsuda


 * 7 penalties


 * Ben Donaldson
 * Handré Pollard


 * 6 penalties


 * Tiaan Swanepoel
 * Gareth Anscombe


 * 5 penalties


 * Richie Mo'unga
 * Christian Leali'ifano
 * William Havili


 * 4 penalties


 * Nicolás Sánchez
 * Simione Kuruvoli
 * Manie Libbok


 * 3 penalties


 * Melvyn Jaminet
 * Frank Lomani
 * Luka Matkava
 * Johnny Sexton
 * Samuel Marques


 * 2 penalties


 * Tedo Abzhandadze
 * Davit Niniashvili
 * Tommaso Allan
 * Jordie Barrett
 * Dan Biggar


 * 1 penalty


 * Matías Garafulic
 * Jack Crowley
 * Paolo Garbisi
 * Alin Conache
 * Gabriel Rupanu
 * D'Angelo Leuila
 * Lima Sopoaga
 * Finn Russell
 * Felipe Berchesi
 * Sam Costelow

Drop goal scorers

 * 3 drop goals


 * George Ford


 * 2 drop goals


 * Owen Farrell


 * 1 drop goal


 * Lomano Lemeki
 * Felipe Etcheverry
 * Gareth Anscombe

Timing

 * First try of the tournament: Mark Telea for New Zealand against France
 * First brace of the tournament: Tadhg Beirne for Ireland against Romania
 * First hat-trick of the tournament (drop goals) : George Ford for England against Argentina
 * First hat-trick of the tournament (tries) : Cobus Reinach for South Africa against Romania

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

Squads
Each team named a squad made up of 33 players, two more than the previous World Cup.

Coaches

 * Oldest coach: Eddie Jones of Australia - ( vs Portugal)
 * Youngest coach: Steve Borthwick of England - (22 years, 207 days vs Argentina)
 * Country with most coaches: New Zealand (4)
 * Kieran Crowley of Italy
 * Jamie Joseph of Japan
 * Ian Foster of New Zealand
 * Warren Gatland of Wales
 * Teams with foreign coaches: 10
 * Argentina
 * Chile
 * Ireland
 * Italy
 * Japan
 * Namibia
 * Portugal
 * Tonga
 * Uruguay
 * Wales
 * Coaches who were former players: 11
 * Steve Borthwick of England (2007 with England)
 * Kieran Crowley of Italy (1987 & 1991 with New Zealand)
 * Andy Farrell of Ireland (2007 with England)
 * Fabien Galthié of France (1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 with France)
 * Jamie Joseph of Japan (1995 with New Zealand and 1999 with Japan)
 * Toutai Kefu of Tonga (1999 with Australia)
 * Patrice Lagisquet of Portugal (1987 and 1991 with France)
 * Pablo Lemoine of Chile (1999 and 2003 with Uruguay)
 * Seilala Mapusua of Samoa (2007 and 2011 with Samoa)
 * Simon Raiwalui of Fiji (1999 with Fiji)
 * Gregor Townsend of Scotland (1999 and 2003 with Scotland)
 * Coaches with previous World Cup head-coaching experience: 9
 * Michael Cheika of Argentina (head coach of Australia in 2015 & 2019)
 * Kieran Crowley of Italy (head coach of Canada in 2011 & 2015)
 * Warren Gatland of Wales (head coach of Ireland in 1999 & Wales in 2011, 2015 & 2019)
 * Eddie Jones of Australia (head coach of Australia in 2003, Japan in 2015 & England in 2019)
 * Jamie Joseph of Japan (head coach of Japan in 2019)
 * Toutai Kefu of Tonga (head coach of Tonga in 2019)
 * Pablo Lemoine of Chile (head coach of Uruguay in 2015)
 * Esteban Meneses of Uruguay (head coach of Uruguay in 2019)
 * Gregor Townsend of Scotland (head coach of Scotland in 2019)
 * Appearance record: Warren Gatland of Wales participated in the Rugby World Cup for the fifth time as head coach.

Players

 * Four squads had no players based outside their respective home countries:
 * France
 * Ireland
 * Japan
 * New Zealand
 * Squad having the fewest players playing domestically: Tonga (0)
 * The most players (152) are active in clubs based in France, 106 of them in the Top 14, 32 in Pro D2, and 14 in Championnat Fédéral Nationale, Fédérale 1, 2, 3.
 * Oldest player: P. J. van Lill of Namibia - (23 years, 69 days - vs Uruguay)
 * Youngest player: Tornike Kakhoidze of Georgia - ( - vs Fiji)

Yellow cards

 * 2 yellow cards


 * Matías Dittus (vs Japan & England)
 * Marius Simionescu (vs Ireland & Scotland)


 * 1 yellow card


 * Santiago Carreras (vs England)
 * Rodrigo Isgro (vs Chile)
 * Matt Faessler (vs Portugal)
 * Samu Kerevi (vs Portugal)
 * Alfonso Escobar (vs Samoa)
 * Esteban Inostroza (vs Samoa)
 * Martín Sigren (vs Japan)
 * Levani Botia (vs Portugal)
 * Vinaya Habosi (vs England)
 * Semi Radradra (vs Georgia)
 * Lekima Tagitagivalu (vs Wales)
 * Josua Tuisova (vs Georgia)
 * Romain Taofifénua (vs Uruguay)
 * Mirian Modebadze (vs Australia)
 * Davit Niniashvili (vs Wales)
 * Peter O'Mahony (vs Tonga)
 * Lorenzo Cannone (vs Uruguay)
 * Danilo Fischetti (vs Uruguay)
 * Shota Horie (vs Samoa)
 * Lappies Labuschagné (vs Argentina)
 * Dylan Riley (vs Chile)
 * Jason Benade (vs France)
 * Aranos Coetzee (vs Uruguay)
 * Tjiuee Uanivi (vs Uruguay)
 * Torsten van Jaarsveld (vs Italy)
 * Scott Barrett (vs Argentina)
 * Shannon Frizell (vs South Africa)
 * Will Jordan (vs France)
 * Aaron Smith (vs Ireland)
 * Codie Taylor (vs Ireland)
 * Pedro Bettencourt (vs Australia)
 * Francisco Fernandes (vs Georgia)
 * Alin Conache (vs Tonga)
 * Robert Irimescu (vs Scotland)
 * Florian Roșu (vs Scotland)
 * Ere Enari (vs Chile)
 * Tumua Manu (vs England)
 * Duncan Paia'aua (vs Argentina)
 * UJ Seuteni (vs Chile)
 * Jonathan Taumateine (vs Japan)
 * Ollie Smith (vs Ireland)
 * Eben Etzebeth (vs France)
 * Cheslin Kolbe (vs New Zealand)
 * Siya Kolisi (vs New Zealand)
 * Leva Fifita (vs Romania)
 * Afusipa Taumoepeau (vs Scotland)
 * Eric Dosantos (vs Namibia)
 * Andres Vilaseca (vs Italy)
 * Taine Basham (vs Georgia)
 * Corey Domachowski (vs Fiji)
 * Johnny Williams (vs Portugal)

Red cards
A record equaling eight red cards for a Rugby World Cup was issued, same as in 2019.


 * 1 red card


 * Tom Curry (vs Argentina)
 * Johan Deysel (vs France)
 * Desiderius Sethie (vs Uruguay)
 * Sam Cane (vs South Africa)
 * Ethan de Groot (vs Namibia)
 * Vincent Pinto (vs Wales)
 * Ben Lam (vs Japan)
 * Vaea Fifita (vs Scotland)

Penalty tries

 * 1 penalty try


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Attendances
Top 10 highest attendances. All Top 10 games were played in Stade de France, Saint-Denis.


 * Lowest attendance: 28,627 – vs  PM