List of Six Nations Championship records


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

Scoring

Appearances

All players with at least 50 appearances in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.
Player NameCapsStartsNationTime span
Sergio Parisse69692004–2019
Brian O'Driscoll65652000–2014
Rory Best64552006–2019
Ronan O'Gara63412000–2013
Martin Castrogiovanni60442003–2016
Alun Wyn Jones57552007–2020
Mike Gibson56561964–1979
Gethin Jenkins56382003–2016
Ross Ford55422006–2017
John Hayes54542000–2010
Jason Leonard54491991–2004
Alessandro Zanni54452006–2020
Leonardo Ghiraldini53472007–2019
Willie John McBride53531962–1975
Chris Paterson53492000–2011
Marco Bortolami51442002–2015
Paul O'Connell51472002–2015
Martyn Williams51481998–2010
Stephen Jones50432000–2011
Philippe Sella50501983–1995
Rory Underwood50501984–1996

Points

All players with at least 250 points in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.
Player NamePointsNation
Ronan O'Gara557
Jonny Wilkinson546
Stephen Jones467
Owen Farrell441
Neil Jenkins406
Chris Paterson403
Jonathan Sexton403
Leigh Halfpenny400
Greig Laidlaw290
Gavin Hastings288
David Humphreys270

Tries

All players with at least 18 tries in the championship are listed. Those still playing at international level appear in bold type.
Player NameTriesNation
Brian O'Driscoll26
Ian Smith24
Shane Williams22
George North20
Gareth Edwards18
Cyril Lowe18
Rory Underwood18

Team

Match

1. Biggest margin 2. Most points scored 3. Oldest year

Overall

Modern Championship Six Nations (since 2000)

Best and worst Season for a team

1. Position
2. Number of won matches
3. Number of drawn matches
4. Points difference
5. Points scored
6. Oldest year