2023 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents the statistics of the 2023 Rugby World Cup holding in France from 8 September to 28 October.[1][2]

Team statistics

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

Team statistics
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
for
Points
against
Points
diff
Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals Log Points
 Argentina 6402162130+3217161502018
 Australia 42029091−1117703011
 Chile 400427215−1884210500
 England 650119579+11619141950123
 Fiji 5203112113−112111105012
 France 540123861+17730251201019
 Georgia 401364113−497470203
 Ireland 540121474+1403025401020
 Italy 4202114181−671515302010
 Japan 4202109107+2121181309
 Namibia 400437255−2183260420
 New Zealand 650132577+2484835503119
 Portugal 411264103−398640216
 Romania 400432287−2554320500
 Samoa 41039275+1711870517
 Scotland 420214671+752119101010
 South Africa 650119677+1192719701024
 Tonga 410396177−8113850215
 Uruguay 410365164−999611205
 Wales 540116088+7219161013019

Last updated: 21 October 2023

Try scorers

8 tries
6 tries
5 tries
4 tries
3 tries
2 tries
1 try

Conversion scorers

21 conversions
18 conversions
17 conversions
14 conversions
12 conversions
11 conversions
9 conversions
8 conversions
7 conversions
6 conversions
5 conversions
4 conversions
3 conversions
2 conversions
1 conversion

Penalty goal scorers

13 penalties
11 penalties
9 penalties
8 penalties
7 penalties
6 penalties
5 penalties
4 penalties
3 penalties
2 penalties
1 penalty

Drop goal scorers

3 drop goals
2 drop goals
1 drop goal

Top point scorers

Top 10 points scorers
Player Team Total Details
Tries Conv­ersions Penalties Drop goals
Owen Farrell  England 75012142
Thomas Ramos  France 7412190
Emiliano Boffelli  Argentina 6729130
Johnny Sexton  Ireland 5831730
Damian McKenzie  New Zealand 5351400
Richie Mo'unga  New Zealand 5011830
Rikiya Matsuda  Japan 4601180
Ben Donaldson  Australia 452770
George Ford  England 410483
Will Jordan  New Zealand 408000

Scoring

Timing

Hat-tricks

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

Rank Player Team Opponent Stage Result Venue Date
1 George FordD3  England  Argentina Pool 27–10 Stade Vélodrome 9 September 2023
2 Cobus Reinach  South Africa  Romania Pool 76–0 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux 17 September 2023
3 Makazole Mapimpi  South Africa  Romania Pool 76–0 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux 17 September 2023
4 Damian Penaud  France  Namibia Pool 96–0 Stade Vélodrome 21 September 2023
5 Henry ArundellT5  England  Chile Pool 71–0 Stade Pierre-Mauroy 23 September 2023
6 Aaron Smith  New Zealand  Italy Pool 96–17 Parc Olympique Lyonnais 29 September 2023
7 Darcy GrahamT4  Scotland  Romania Pool 84–0 Stade Pierre-Mauroy 30 September 2023
8 Leicester Fainga'anuku  New Zealand  Uruguay Pool 73–0 Parc Olympique Lyonnais 5 October 2023
9 Louis Rees-Zammit  Wales  Georgia Pool 43–19 Stade de la Beaujoire 7 October 2023
10 Mateo Carreras  Argentina  Japan Pool 39–27 Stade de la Beaujoire 8 October 2023
11 Will Jordan  New Zealand  Argentina Semi Final 44–6 Stade de France 20 October 2023
Key
D3 Scored hat-trick of drop goals
T4 Scored 4 tries
T5 Scored 5 tries

Player of the match awards

Awards Player Team Opponent Ref
2 Emiliano Boffelli  Argentina SamoaPM, WalesQF [3][4]
George Ford  England ArgentinaPM, JapanPM [5][6]
Grégory Alldritt  France New ZealandPM, ItalyPM [7][8]
Bundee Aki  Ireland TongaPM, South AfricaPM [9][10]
Ardie Savea  New Zealand ItalyPM, IrelandQF [11][12]
1 Mateo Carreras  Argentina JapanPM [13]
Nicolás Sánchez  Argentina ChilePM [14]
Ben Donaldson  Australia GeorgiaPM [15]
Rob Valetini  Australia PortugalPM [16]
Henry Arundell  England ChilePM [17]
Owen Farrell  England FijiQF [18]
Sam Underhill  England ArgentinaBF [19]
Levani Botia  Fiji GeorgiaPM [20]
Josua Tuisova  Fiji AustraliaPM [21]
Maxime Lucu  France UruguayPM [22]
Damian Penaud  France NamibiaPM [23]
Peter O'Mahony  Ireland RomaniaPM [24]
Jamison Gibson-Park  Ireland ScotlandPM [25]
Lorenzo Cannone  Italy NamibiaPM [26]
Michele Lamaro  Italy UruguayPM [27]
Amato Fakatava  Japan ChilePM [28]
Lomano Lemeki  Japan SamoaPM [29]
Jordie Barrett  New Zealand ArgentinaSF [30]
Damian McKenzie  New Zealand UruguayPM [31]
Cam Roigard  New Zealand NamibiaPM [32]
Nicolas Martins  Portugal FijiPM [33]
Jerónimo Portela  Portugal GeorgiaPM [34]
Theo McFarland  Samoa ChilePM [35]
Lima Sopoaga  Samoa EnglandPM [36]
Deon Fourie  South Africa TongaPM [37]
Manie Libbok  South Africa ScotlandPM [38]
Makazole Mapimpi  South Africa RomaniaPM [39]
Bongi Mbonambi  South Africa FranceQF [40]
Handré Pollard  South Africa EnglandSF [41]
Darcy Graham  Scotland RomaniaPM [42]
Duhan van der Merwe  Scotland TongaPM [43]
George Moala  Tonga RomaniaPM [44]
Santiago Arata  Uruguay NamibiaPM [45]
Gareth Anscombe  Wales AustraliaPM [46]
Dan Biggar  Wales FijiPM [47]
Jac Morgan  Wales PortugalPM [48]
Tommy Reffell  Wales GeorgiaPM [49]
Key
PM Pool match
QF Quarter-final
SF Semi-final
BF Bronze final
F Final

Squads

Each team named a squad made up of 33 players, two more than the previous World Cup.[50][51]

Coaches

Players

Discipline

Yellow cards

2 yellow cards
1 yellow card

Red cards

1 red card

Penalty tries

1 penalty try

Citing/bans

Player Opposition Cite date Law breached Result Note Ref
England Tom Curry  Argentina 9 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card
3-match ban [74]
New Zealand Ethan de Groot  Namibia 15 September 2023 9.16 – Charging without attempting to grasp the opponent
Red card
3-match ban [75]
Portugal Vincent Pinto  Wales 16 September 2023 9.11 – Players must not do anything reckless to others
Red card
3-match ban [76]
Portugal Rafael Simões  Wales 16 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle Citing not upheld [77]
Namibia Johan Deysel  France 21 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card
6-match ban [78]
Tonga Vaea Fifita  Scotland 24 September 2023 9.20 – Dangerous charging into ruck or maul
Red card
4-match ban [79]
Namibia Desiderius Sethie  Uruguay 27 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card
3-match ban [80]
Uruguay Eric Dosantos  Namibia 27 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle 3-match ban [81]
Samoa Ben Lam  Japan 28 September 2023 9.13 – Dangerous tackle
Red card
3-match ban [82]

Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity Matches played Overall

attendance

Average

attendance per match

Average

attendance as % of capacity

Tries scored Avg. tries

scored / match

Overall

points scored

Avg. points

scored / match

Stade de France Saint-Denis 80,698 6 469,782 78,297 97.02% 33 5.5 220 36.67
Stade de Marseille Marseille 67,394 6 374,629 62,438 92.64% 33 5.5 312 52
OL Stadium Lyon 59,186 5 277,495 55,499 93.77% 46 9.2 361 72.2
Stade Pierre-Mauroy Lille 50,186 5 232,585 46,517 92.69% 42 8.4 295 59
Stade de Bordeaux Bordeaux 42,115 5 200,386 40,077 95.16% 41 8.2 306 61.2
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 41,965 4 157,132 39,283 93.61% 20 5 174 43.5
Allianz Riviera Nice 35,624 4 121,016 30,254 84.92% 25 6.25 199 49.75
Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 35,322 4 132,840 33,210 94.02% 35 8.75 167 41.75
Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse 33,150 5 158,089 31,618 95.38% 30 6 261 61.25
Total 2,263,381 44 2,123,954 48,271 93.84% 305 6.93 2,295 52.19

Attendances

Top 10 highest attendances.

RankAttendanceMatchStage
1 79,486  France vs  South Africa QF
2 78,845  Ireland vs  New Zealand QF
3 78,680  France vs  New Zealand PM
4 78,542  South Africa vs  Ireland PM
5 78,459  Ireland vs  Scotland PM
6 78,098  England vs  South Africa SF
7 77,653  New Zealand vs  Argentina SF
8 77,604  England vs  Argentina BF
9 75,770  Australia vs  Georgia PM
10 63,586  South Africa vs  Scotland PM
Key
PM Pool match
QF Quarter-final
SF Semi-final
BF Bronze final
F Final

See also

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