Most penalties

Penalty goals.

caps tries points conversions penalties drop goals Active players only

Most penalties
#	Player	Nation	Years	penalties
1	Daniel Carter	New Zealand	2003–2015	277
2	Owen Farrell	England	2012–2025	268
3	Jonny Wilkinson	England	1998–2011	255
4	Neil Jenkins	Wales	1991–2002	248
5	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	2009–2023	214
6	Diego Dominguez	Italy	1988–2003	204
7	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales	2008–2023	201
8	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland	2000–2013	200
9	Stephen Jones	Wales	1998–2012	198
10	Andrew Mehrtens	New Zealand	1995–2004	188
11	Florin Vlaicu	Romania	2006–2022	183
12	Nicolas Sanchez	Argentina	2010–2023	177
13	Michael Lynagh	Australia	1983–1995	177
14	Handre Pollard	South Africa	2014–2026	175
15	Matt Burke	Australia	1993–2004	174
16	Chris Paterson	Scotland	1999–2011	169
17	Gavin Hastings	Scotland	1986–1995	165
18	Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	2010–2019	159
19	Morne Steyn	South Africa	2009–2021	156
20	Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	2002–2018	144
21	Nicky Little	Fiji	1996–2011	140
22	Felipe Contepomi	Argentina	1998–2013	139
23	Percy Montgomery	South Africa	1997–2008	136
24	Dan Biggar	Wales	2008–2023	127
25	Grant Fox	New Zealand	1985–1993	126
26	Yury Kushnarev	Russia	2005–2021	124
27	David Humphreys	Ireland	1996–2006	110
28	Gareth Rees	Canada	1986–1999	110
29	Bernard Foley	Australia	2013–2022	107
30	Matt Giteau	Australia	2002–2016	104
31	Gonzalo Quesada	Argentina	1996–2003	103
32	Hugo Porta	Argentina	1971–1990	101
33	Stefano Bettarello	Italy	1979–1988	100
34	James Pritchard	Canada	2003–2015	99
35	Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	2005–2015	99
36	Alan Williams	Belgium	2004–2023	97
37	Tommaso Allan	Italy	2013–2026	93
38	Thierry Lacroix	France	1989–1997	89
39	Rob Andrew	England	1984–1997	87
40	Morgan Parra	France	2008–2019	86
41	Dimitri Yachvili	France	2002–2012	85
42	Bobby Ross	Canada	1989–2003	83
43	George Ford	England	2014–2026	79
44	Frederic Michalak	France	2001–2016	79
45	Thomas Ramos	France	2019–2026	79
46	Dusty Hare	England	1974–1984	79
47	Michael Kiernan	Ireland	1981–1991	78
48	Christophe Lamaison	France	1995–2001	78
49	Kurt Morath	Tonga	2009–2021	78
50	Keiji Hirose	Japan	1994–2005	78
51	Stirling Mortlock	Australia	2000–2009	74
52	Finn Russell	Scotland	2014–2026	72
53	Mike Hercus	USA	2002–2009	72
54	Paul Grayson	England	1995–2004	72
55	Andy Irvine	Scotland	1972–1984	68
56	Eric Elwood	Ireland	1993–2000	68
57	Felipe Berchesi	Uruguay	2011–2023	67
58	Simon Perrod	Switzerland	2011–2025	67
59	Maximilian Navas	Austria	2008–2019	67
60	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	2012–2026	66
61	Toby Flood	England	2006–2013	66
62	Jonathan Webb	England	1987–1993	66
63	Paul Thorburn	Wales	1985–1991	65
64	AJ MacGinty	USA	2015–2025	64
65	Ollie Campbell	Ireland	1976–1984	64
66	Mark Wyatt	Canada	1982–1991	64
67	Joao Queimado	Portugal	1984–1994	63
68	Santiago Meson	Argentina	1987–1997	63
69	Didier Camberabero	France	1982–1993	62
70	Elton Jantjies	South Africa	2012–2022	62
71	Paul McLean	Australia	1974–1982	62
72	Peter Dods	Scotland	1981–1992	61
73	Paolo Garbisi	Italy	2020–2026	61
74	Danut Dumbrava	Romania	2002–2015	60
75	Emiliano Boffelli	Argentina	2017–2023	60
76	Federico Todeschini	Argentina	1998–2008	60
77	James Hook	Wales	2006–2015	58
78	Luigi Troiani	Italy	1985–1995	57
79	Lemalu Tusiata Pisi	Samoa	2011–2019	57
80	Santiago Videla	Chile	2017–2026	57
81	Gérald Merceron	France	1999–2003	57
82	Jean-Pierre Romeu	France	1972–1977	57
83	Aaron Cruden	New Zealand	2010–2017	56
84	Theuns Kotze	Namibia	2011–2017	56
85	Dan Parks	Scotland	2004–2012	55
86	Phil Bennett	Wales	1968–1978	55
87	Seremaia Baikeinuku	Fiji	2000–2016	55
88	Braam van Straaten	South Africa	1998–2001	55
89	Jared Barker	Canada	2000–2004	55
90	Tedo Abzhandadze	Georgia	2018–2026	54
91	Gordon McRorie	Canada	2014–2019	54
92	Petre Mitu	Romania	1996–2009	53
93	Neculai Nichitean	Romania	1990–1997	53
94	Matt Alexander	USA	1995–1998	53
95	Ramiro Pez	Italy	2000–2007	52
96	Wojciech Piotrowicz	Poland	2010–2026	52
97	Andrey Kovalenco	Spain	1990–2006	51
98	Gonçalo Malheiro	Portugal	1998–2007	51
99	Petar Nikolov	Bulgaria	2010–2026	51
100	Javier Valderrama	Chile	2008–2015	51