Scotland has played international rugby union since 1871, when they beat England in their first Test match. Scotland have competed in every Rugby World Cup. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category.
Team records
Greatest winning marginStatsguru / Ordered by: points difference (descending), Scrum, 30 September 2019. Points margin (score)Opposing team VenueYear 92 (100–8) Japan McDiarmid Park, Perth 2004 89 (89–0) Côte d'Ivoire Olympia Park, Rustenburg 1995 85 (85-0) USA Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2025 84 (84–0) Romania Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille 2023 61 (61–0) Russia Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi 2019 61 (12–73) Canada TD Place Stadium, Ottawa 2024
Greatest losing margin Points margin (score)Opposing teamVenueYear 58 (10–68) South Africa Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 1997 49 (20–69) New Zealand Carisbrook, Dunedin 2000 49 (6–55) South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth 2014 48 (3–51) Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2014 46 (3–49) New Zealand Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2010
Individual records
Most appearances Appearances Player Period 110 Ross Ford 2004–2017 109 Chris Paterson 1999–2011 105 Sean Lamont 2004–2016 100 Stuart Hogg 2012-2023 95 Finn Russell 2014–
Most appearances as captain Appearances Player Period 40 Greig Laidlaw 2013–2019 25 David Sole 1989–1992 22 Stuart Hogg 2020-2022 21 Bryan Redpath 1998–2003 20 Gavin Hastings 1993–1995
Most tries TriesPlayer Period 38 Darcy Graham 2018– 35 Duhan van der Merwe 2020– 27 Stuart Hogg 2012–2023 25 Huw Jones 2016– 24 Ian Smith 1924–1933 24 Tony Stanger 1989–1998
Most points PointsPlayer Period 809 Chris Paterson 1999–2011 714 Greig Laidlaw 2012–2019 667 Gavin Hastings 1986–1995 513 Finn Russell 2014– 269 Andy Irvine 1972–1982
Most points in a match Points Player Opposing team Venue Year 44 Gavin Hastings Côte d'Ivoire Olympia Park, Rustenburg 1995 40 Chris Paterson Japan McDiarmid Park, Perth 2004 33 Gregor Townsend United States Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2000 31 Gavin Hastings Tonga Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 1995 27 Gavin Hastings Romania Carisbrook, Dunedin 1987 27 Ben Healy Romania Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille 2023
Hat-tricks Tries Player Opposing team Venue Year 5 George Lindsay Wales Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 18874 Bill Stewart Ireland Inverleith, Edinburgh 1913 Ian Smith France Inverleith, Edinburgh 1925 Ian Smith Wales St. Helen's, Swansea 1925 Gavin Hastings Côte d'Ivoire Olympia Park, Rustenburg 1995 Kyle Steyn Tonga Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2021 Darcy Graham Romania Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille 2023 Darcy Graham Fiji Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 20243 Robert MacKenzie Ireland Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast 1887 William Wotherspoon Ireland Ballynafeigh, Belfast 1891 James Tennent France Inverleith, Edinburgh 1910 William Stewart France Parc des Princes, Paris 1913 Ian Smith Wales Inverleith, Edinburgh 1924 Johnnie Wallace France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 1926 John Jeffrey Romania Carisbrook, Dunedin 1987 Iwan Tukalo Ireland Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 1989 Tony Stanger Romania Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 1989 Iwan Tukalo Zimbabwe Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 1991 Andrew Craig Fiji Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2002 Chris Paterson Japan McDiarmid Park, Perth 2004 Andrew Henderson Ireland Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2007 Allister Hogg Romania Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2007 George Turner Canada Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton 2018 Tommy Seymour Fiji Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2018 Blair Kinghorn Italy Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2019 George Horne Russia Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi 2019 Darcy Graham Argentina Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2022 Blair Kinghorn Italy Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2023 Duhan van der Merwe England Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2024 Ewan Ashman United States Audi Field, Washington DC 2024 Huw Jones Italy Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2025 Jamie Dobie United States Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2025 Darcy Graham United States Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2025
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