List of rugby union test caps leaders

This is a list of the appearance leaders in men's rugby union test matches, listing the 76 players with over one hundred test caps. Rugby union requires only one nation to recognise a match as a test in order for it to be included in test statistics for that nation. The British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders do not represent a single country, but are recognised as test teams because they are selected by a group of national unions. Some national teams have sometimes granted test caps for matches against teams such as the invitational Barbarians side; these are included only if the union granted test caps for a particular match.

List
As of 19 March 2022[1]
Bold Player is still active at international level.
Italics Player is still active at club level but has either retired from international rugby or has not been selected for their national team over a year.
Player has the record number of caps in the world.
Player has the record number of caps for their respective nation.
RankCapsPlayerInternational teamFirst/Latest
appearance		Primary
position		Ref(s)
1162Alun Wyn Jones Wales (150)
 British and Irish Lions (12)		2006–presentLock[2]
2148Richie McCaw New Zealand2001–2015Flanker[3]
3142Sergio Parisse Italy2002–2019Number 8[4]
4141Brian O'Driscoll Ireland (133)
 British and Irish Lions (8)		1999–2014Centre[5][6]
5139George Gregan Australia1994–2007Scrum-half[7][8]
6134Gethin Jenkins Wales (129)
 British and Irish Lions (5)		2002–2018Prop[9]
7132Keven Mealamu New Zealand2002–2015Hooker[10]
Sam Whitelock New Zealand2010–presentLock
9130Ronan O'Gara Ireland (128)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		2000–2013Fly-half[11]
10129Stephen Moore Australia2005–2017Hooker
11128Florin Vlaicu Romania2006–presentCentre
12127Victor Matfield South Africa2001–2015Lock[12]
Kieran Read New Zealand2008–2019Number 8
14124Rory Best Ireland2005–2019Hooker[13]
Bryan Habana South Africa2004–2016Wing[14]
16122Davit Kacharava Georgia2006–2020Centre
17121Adam Ashley-Cooper Australia2005–2019Centre / Wing[15]
18120Yuri Kushnarev Russia2005–presentFullback
19119Martin Castrogiovanni Italy2002–2016Prop[16]
Jason Leonard England (114)
 British and Irish Lions (5)		1990–2004Prop[17]
Ben Youngs England (117)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		2010–presentScrum-half
Alessandro Zanni Italy2005–2020Flanker[18]
23118Michael Hooper Australia2012–presentFlanker
Fabien Pelous France1995–2007Lock[19]
Tony Woodcock New Zealand2002–2015Prop[20]
26117Tendai Mtawarira South Africa2008–2019Prop
27116Cian Healy Ireland2009–presentProp
Nathan Sharpe Australia2002–2012Lock[21]
29115Merab Kvirikashvili Georgia2003–2018Fullback
Paul O'Connell Ireland (108)
 British and Irish Lions (7)		2002–2015Lock[22]
31114James Slipper Australia2010–presentProp
32112Marco Bortolami Italy2001–2015Lock[23]
Dan Carter New Zealand2003–2015Fly-half[24]
34111Ross Ford Scotland (110)
 British and Irish Lions (1)		2004–2017Hooker[25]
Philippe Sella [lower-alpha 1] France1982–1995Centre[27]
Jonathan Sexton Ireland (105)
 British and Irish Lions (6)		2009–presentFly-half
John Smit South Africa2000–2011Hooker[28][29]
George Smith Australia2000–2013Flanker[30][31]
39110Will Genia Australia2009–2019Scrum-half
Stephen Jones Wales (104)
 British and Irish Lions (6)		1998–2011Fly-half[32]
Sekope Kepu Australia2008–2019Prop
42109Jean de Villiers South Africa2004–2015Centre[33]
Cătălin Fercu Romania2005–2020Fullback
Chris Paterson Scotland1999–2011Fullback[34]
45108Owen Franks New Zealand2009–2019Prop
46107Leonardo Ghiraldini Italy2006–2020Hooker
Victor Gresev Russia2006–presentFlanker
John Hayes Ireland (105)
 British and Irish Lions (2)		2000–2011Prop[35][36]
49106Mauro Bergamasco Italy1998–2015Flanker[37]
Rob Simmons Australia2010–presentLock
51105Sean Lamont Scotland2004–2016Wing[38]
George North Wales (102)
 British and Irish Lions (3)		2010–presentWing
53104Conor Murray Ireland (96)
 British and Irish Lions (8)		2011–presentScrum-half
Martyn Williams Wales (100)
 British and Irish Lions (4)		1996–2012Flanker[39]
55103Dan Biggar Wales (100)
 British and Irish Lions (3)		2008–presentFly-half
Matt Giteau Australia2002–2016Fly-half[40]
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina Italy2000–2013Prop[41]
Ma'a Nonu New Zealand2003–2015Centre[42]
Gareth Thomas Wales (100)
 British and Irish Lions (3)		1995–2007Utility back[43][44]
60102Jonathan Davies Wales (96)
 British and Irish Lions (6)		2009–presentCentre
Stephen Larkham Australia1996–2007Fly-half[7][45]
Percy Montgomery South Africa1997–2008Fullback[46]
Aaron Smith New Zealand2012–presentScrum-half
Alessandro Troncon Italy1994–2007Scrum-half[7][47]
65101Beauden Barrett New Zealand2012–presentFly-half
David Campese [lower-alpha 1] Australia1982–1996Wing[48]
Gonçalo Uva Portugal2004–2018Lock
Vasco Uva Portugal2003–2016Flanker[49]
69100Valentin Calafeteanu Romania2004–2019Scrum-half
Giorgi Chkhaidze Georgia2002–2017Number 8
Owen Farrell England (94)
 British and Irish Lions (6)		2012–presentFly-half
Andrey Garbuzov Russia2005–2020Flanker
Leigh Halfpenny Wales (96)
 British and Irish Lions (4)		2008–presentFullback
Jamie Heaslip Ireland (95)
 British and Irish Lions (5)		2006–2017Number 8
Adam Jones Wales (95)
 British and Irish Lions (5)		2002–2014Prop[50]
Mils Muliaina New Zealand2003–2011Fullback[51]

Notes
  1. Primarily active during rugby's amateur era, before the IRB declared the game "open" to professionalism on 26 August 1995.[26]

See also

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