The New Zealand national rugby union team have competed since 1884, and there are a number of individual records achieved since that time. The team is also known as the All Blacks, and have competed in Test rugby since their match against Australia in 1903. The record for the most Test appearances for the All Blacks is held by Sam Whitelock — who has played 153 Test matches for the team. Richie McCaw was the first All Black to play over 100 Test matches; a record he achieved during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The record for most Test points by an All Black is held by Dan Carter, who scored 1598 points between 2003 and 2015. The record for the number of Test tries in All Blacks history is held by Will Jordan, who has scored 53 tries since his debut in 2020.

Most caps

#PlayerPosSpanMatStartSubWonLostDrawWin % 1 Sam Whitelock Lock 2010–2023 153 127 26 125 22 6 % 2 Richie McCaw Flanker 2001–2015 148 141 7 131 15 2 % 3 Beauden Barrett Fly-half 2012– 145 101 44 115 26 4 % 4 Keven Mealamu Hooker 2002–2015 132 77 55 114 16 2 % 5 Kieran Read Number 8 2008–2019 127 120 7 107 16 4 % 6 Aaron Smith Scrum-half 2012–2023 125 114 11 100 19 6 % 7 Tony Woodcock Prop 2002–2015 118 105 13 102 15 1 %8 Dan Carter Fly-half 2003–2015 112 106 6 99 12 1 % Ardie Savea Flanker 2016– 112 85 27 84 22 3 % Codie Taylor Hooker 2015– 112 80 32 83 23 4 %

Current as South Africa vs New Zealand, 12 September 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Most tries

# PlayerPositionCareer spanMatStartSubPtsTriesTries/match 1 Will Jordan Wing 2020– 61 56 5 270 55 2 Doug Howlett Wing 2000–2007 62 55 7 245 49 3 Beauden Barrett Fly-half 2012– 145 101 44 835 46 Christian Cullen Fullback 1996–2002 58 56 2 236 46 Joe Rokocoko Wing 2003–2010 68 66 2 230 46 Julian Savea Wing 2012–2017 54 51 3 230 46 7 Jeff Wilson Wing 1993–2001 60 60 0 234 44 8 Rieko Ioane Centre 2016– 89 76 13 195 39 Ben Smith Fullback 2009–2019 84 72 12 195 39 10 Jonah Lomu Wing 1994–2002 63 54 9 185 37

Current as South Africa vs New Zealand, 12 September 2026. Statistics include officially capped test matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Most points

#PlayerCareer spanPtsCapsTriesConvPensDropAvg 1 Dan Carter 2003–2015 1,598 112 29 293 281 8 2 Andrew Mehrtens 1995–2004 967 70 7 169 188 10 3 Beauden Barrett 2012– 835 145 46 199 66 3 4 Grant Fox 1985–1993 645 46 1 118 128 7 5 Richie Mo'unga 2017– 466 56 11 144 41 0 6 Damian McKenzie 2016– 400 81 24 84 38 0 7 Aaron Cruden 2010–2017 322 50 5 63 56 1 8 Jordie Barrett 2017– 306 85 26 50 26 0 9 Carlos Spencer 1997–2004 291 35 14 49 41 0 10 Will Jordan 2020– 275 61 55 0 0 0

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 12 September 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Most points in a match

# PlayerPositionPtsTriesConvPensDropResultOppositionDate 1. Simon Culhane Fly-half 45 1 20 0 0 145–17 4 June 1995 2. Tony Brown Fly-half 36 1 11 3 0 101–3 14 October 1999 3. Carlos Spencer Fly-half 33 2 10 1 0 93–8 21 June 1997 Andrew Mehrtens Fly-half 33 1 5 6 0 63–15 15 November 1997 Dan Carter Fly-half 33 2 4 5 0 48–18 British and Irish Lions 2 July 2005 Nick Evans Fly-half 33 1 14 0 0 108–13 15 September 2007 7. Tony Brown Fly-half 32 1 12 1 0 102–0 16 June 2000 8. Marc Ellis Centre 30 6 0 0 0 145–17 4 June 1995 Tony Brown Fly-half 30 3 3 3 0 50–6 16 June 2001 Beauden Barrett Fly-half 30 4 5 0 0 40–12 25 August 2018

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 22 August 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Most tries in a match

# PlayerPositionTriesResultOppositionDate 1. Marc Ellis Centre 6 145–17 4 June 1995 2. Jeff Wilson Wing 5 71–5 14 June 1997 Will Jordan Wing 5 102–0 3 July 2021 4. Duncan McGregor Wing 4 15–0 2 December 1905 John Gallagher Fullback 4 74–13 27 May 1987 Craig Green Wing 4 74–13 27 May 1987 John Kirwan Wing 4 52–3 28 May 1988 Jonah Lomu Wing 4 45–29 18 June 1995 Christian Cullen Fullback 4 62–31 15 June 1996 Jeff Wilson Fullback 4 71–13 18 June 1999 Mils Muliaina Wing 4 68–6 17 October 2003 Sitiveni Sivivatu Wing 4 91–0 10 June 2005 Zac Guildford Wing 4 79–15 2 October 2011 Beauden Barrett Fly-half 4 40–12 25 August 2018 Jordie Barrett Wing 4 66–3 24 November 2018 George Bridge Wing 4 92–7 7 September 2019 Dane Coles Hooker 4 57–23 10 July 2021

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 22 August 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Most matches as captain

# PlayerSpanCapsTotal capsWin % 1. Richie McCaw 2004–2015 110 148 89.09% 2. Kieran Read 2012–2019 52 127 84.31% 3. Sean Fitzpatrick 1992–1997 51 92 77.45% 4. Wilson Whineray 1958–1965 30 32 78.33% 5. Sam Cane 2015–2023 27 104 75% 6. Reuben Thorne 2002–2007 23 50 86.95% 7. Taine Randell 1998–2002 22 51 56.81% 8. Tana Umaga 2004–2005 21 74 85.71%9. Scott Barrett 2024–2025 20 89 70.00% Ardie Savea 2016- 20 112 75.00%

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 05 September 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Youngest players

# PlayerAgeDOBDebutOpposition 1. Jonah Lomu 19 years 45 days 12 May 1975 26 June 1994 2. Edgar Wrigley 19 years 79 days 15 June 1886 2 September 1905 3. Pat Walsh 19 years 106 days 6 May 1936 20 August 1955 4. John Kirwan 19 years 183 days 16 December 1964 16 June 1984 5. George Nēpia 19 years 190 days 25 April 1905 1 November 1924 6. Billy Mitchell 19 years 211 days 28 November 1890 27 June 1910 7. Bill Francis 19 years 221 days 4 February 1894 13 September 1913 8. Rieko Ioane 19 years 239 days 18 March 1997 12 November 2016 9. James Baird 19 years 270 days 17 December 1893 13 September 1913

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 22 August 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

Oldest players

# PlayerAgeDOBLast matchOpposition 1. Ned Hughes 40 years 123 days 26 April 1881 27 August 1921 2. Dane Coles 36 years 308 days 10 December 1986 14 October 2023 3. Brad Thorn 36 years 262 days 3 February 1975 23 October 2011 4. Keven Mealamu 36 years 225 days 20 March 1979 31 October 2015 5. Frank Bunce 35 years 305 days 4 February 1962 6 December 1997 6. John Ashworth 35 years 283 days 15 September 1949 29 June 1985 7. Richard Loe 35 years 226 days 6 April 1960 18 November 1995 8. Codie Taylor 35 years 165 days 31 March 1991 12 September 2026 9. Tane Norton 35 years 136 days 30 March 1942 13 August 1977 British and Irish Lions 10. Andrew Hore 35 years 72 days 13 September 1978 24 November 2013 Colin Meads 35 years 72 days 3 June 1936 14 August 1971 British and Irish Lions

Current as of South Africa vs New Zealand, 12 September 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only. Current All Blacks are indicated in bold type.

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