2015 Rugby World Cup statistics

Conversion scorers

23 conversions

13 conversions

12 conversions

10 conversions

9 conversions

8 conversions

7 conversions

6 conversions

5 conversions

4 conversions

3 conversions

2 conversions

1 conversion

Penalty goal scorers

23 penalties

20 penalties

16 penalties

15 penalties

13 penalties

9 penalties

8 penalties

7 penalties

6 penalties

5 penalties

4 penalties

3 penalties

2 penalties

1 penalty

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: 2,439

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)

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)

Ion Paulică (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

Awarded for  Fiji, vs  Uruguay

1 penalty try

Awarded for  England, vs  Fiji

Awarded for  England, vs  Uruguay

Awarded for  Japan, vs  Samoa

Awarded for  South Africa, vs  United States

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. 80,090 – 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