This article collates key records and statistics relating to Leicester Tigers, including information on honours, player appearances, points and tries, matches, sequences, internationals, season records, opponents and attendances.

Honours Tigers first silverware was the Midlands Counties Cup, Tigers entered this competition from 1881 to 1914. There were then no competitions until 1971 when the RFU Knockout Cup started. Tigers won this for the first time in 1979, the competition continued until 2005 when it was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup which Tigers have won three times, a record since the re-launch and addition of Welsh sides. The league started in 1987 and Tigers were the inaugural champions of England, a play off for the title was introduced in 2003. Leicester hold the record for most Premiership titles (11), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (14). On 18 May 2008 against Gloucester at Kingsholm they were the first team to achieve an away semi-final victory in the Premiership play-offs. They were the first side to retain the Heineken Cup after winning the competition in 2001 and 2002.

1st XV Premiership Champions (11): 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2022 Runners-up (8): 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2025 European Cup Champions (2): 2001, 2002 Runners-up (3): 1997, 2007, 2009 RFU Knockout Cup Champions (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997 Runners-up (5): 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996 Anglo-Welsh Cup Champions (3): 2007, 2012, 2017 Runners-up (1): 2008 European Challenge Cup Runners-up (1) 2020-21 Midland Counties Cup Champions (12) 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913 Runners-up (3) 1889, 1891, 1894

Leicester A Leicestershire County Cup Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902 Premiership A League Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 Runners-up (1) 2007

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances All-time most appearances Current players in bold. #Nat.Pos.NamePeriodAppearances1FLDavid Matthews 1955–1974 5022HKSid Penny 1895–1910 4913SHJohn Allen 1961–1975 4574HKDoug Norman 1919–1933 4535CEPaul Dodge 1975–1993 4376PRGraham Rowntree 1990–2007 3987FBDusty Hare 1976–1989 3948SHPedlar Wood 1906–1923 3889N8Garry Adey 1966–1981 38110FLJohn Wells 1982–1998 367

Most appearances: 502 – David Matthews (29 April 1955 – 23 August 1974) Most league appearances: 254 – Dan Cole (13 September 2008 – 14 June 2025) Most cup appearances: 51 – Paul Dodge (14 November 1975 – 26 January 1991) Most European appearances: 87 – Ben Youngs (17 November 2007 – 5 April 2025) Most appearances in a single season: 45 – Teddy Haselmere in 1922/23 Most successive appearances: 109 – David Matthews (14 January 1961 – 7 December 1963) Most appearances in cup finals: 13 – Geordan Murphy Most appearances as captain: #Nat.Pos.NamePeriodAppearancesWinsWin % 1 LK Martin Johnson 1995–2005 202 146 72.3 2 WG Percy Lawrie 1911–1923 165 107 64.8 3 FB Arthur Jones 1896–1904 131 99 75.6 HK Peter Wheeler 1973–1981 131 90 68.7 5 FH Les Cusworth 1985–1990 130 101 77.7

Youngest and oldest appearances Longest spell at club: 27 years 169 days – Graham Willars (17 October 1959 – 4 April 1987) Youngest first-team player: 16 years 52 days – Martinus Swain (v Harlequins, 28 December 1895) Youngest player in competitive game: 16 years 237 days – George Ford (v Leeds in Anglo-Welsh Cup, 8 November 2009) Oldest first-team player: 47 years 135 days – Graham Willars (v Waterloo RFC, 4 April 1987) Oldest player in competitive game: 40 years 109 days – Brad Thorn (v Bath in Premiership Rugby, 23 May 2015) Oldest debutant: 39 years 243 days – Brad Thorn (v Gloucester, 4 October 2014)

Try and points scorers

Top try scorers Top 10 all-time top tryscorers Current players in bold. #Nat.Pos.NamePeriodTriesAppsTry Ratio 1 WG Percy Lawrie 1907–1924 206 318 0.648 2 WG Barry Evans 1981–1996 170 273 0.623 3 WG John Duggan 1969–1980 158 302 0.523 WG Bob Barker 1968–1980 158 320 0.494 5 WG Harry Wilkinson 1895–1905 153 233 0.657 6 WG Teddy Haselmere 1918–1924 136 180 0.756 7 WG Rory Underwood 1983–1997 134 236 0.568 8 FL Neil Back 1990–2005 125 339 0.369 9 FL David Matthews 1955–1974 119 502 0.237 10 CE Ralph Buckingham 1924–1935 117 325 0.360

Most tries: 206 – Percy Lawrie Most league tries: 75 – Neil Back Most cup tries: 31 – Harry Wilkinson Most European tries: 25 – Geordan Murphy Most tries in a game by a player: 7 – Alastair Smallwood (versus Manchester R.F.C. on 30 December 1922) Most tries scored in a single season: 59 – Teddy Haselmere in 1919–20 Most tries scored in a season of Premiership Rugby or National League Division 1: 16 – Neil Back (1998–99) Most tries scored in a calendar year: 46 – Teddy Haselmere in 1920 Most tries scored on debut: 3 – 7 players, most recently Marika Vunibaka (versus Loughborough Students, on 14 November 1997)

Other try-scoring records Most consecutive games with a try scored: 8 – Percy Lawrie (19 November 1911 – 28 December 1911) Most hat-tricks (or better): 17 – Teddy Haselmere Youngest try-scorer: 17 years, 1 month – Charles Wynne (v Birkenhead, 26 December 1913) Youngest try-scorer in a competitive match: 18 years, 89 days – Ollie Smith (v Gloucester in 2000–01 Tetley's Bitter Cup, 11 November 2000) Oldest try-scorer: 42 years + – Jesse Ball (v Wortley, 4 April 1896) Oldest try-scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days – Brad Thorn (v Toulon in 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014) Quickest try: 14 seconds – John Duggan (v Moseley, 22 April 1978) Quickest hat-trick: 8 minutes – Peter Sandford (v Nuneaton, 20 February 1993)

Top points scorers

Note: Points recorded at contemporary values. See History of rugby union#Method of scoring and points for history of how points values have changed.

Top 10 all-time points scorers Current players in bold.

#Nat.Pos.NamePeriodApps.TriesCons.PensDrop goalsMarksTotalpoints 1 FB Dusty Hare 1976–1989 394 87 779 820 47 0 4,507 2 FB John Liley 1988–1997 230 74 417 449 2 0 2,518 3 FH Andy Goode 1998–2008 200 29 275 335 33 0 1,799 4 FB Tim Stimpson 1998–2004 151 29 223 372 2 0 1,713 5 FH Toby Flood 2008–2014 119 25 199 270 1 0 1,336 6 FH George Ford 2009–2022 128 10 198 257 9 0 1,244 7 FH Jez Harris 1984–1996 225 23 165 178 70 0 1,171 8 CE Harold Day 1918–1929 212 108 281 81 4 2 1,151 9 WG Bob Barker 1968–1980 320 158 92 107 2 0 1,117 10 FH Les Cusworth 1978–1990 365 66 100 65 96 0 947

Most points: 4,507 – Dusty Hare Most league points: 1,180 – Tim Stimpson Most cup points: 531 – Dusty Hare Most European points: 406 – Andy Goode Most points in a game by a player: 43 – Dusty Hare (v Birmingham on 17 September 1986 Most points in a Premiership Rugby game: 32 – Tim Stimpson (v Newcastle on 21 September 2001) Most points scored in a single season: 486 (9t, 57c, 109p) – Tim Stimpson in 2000–01 Most points scored in a season of Premiership Rugby or National League Division 1: 321 – Tim Stimpson (1999–2000) Most points scored in a calendar year: 451 – Tim Stimpson in 2001 Most points scored on debut: 27 – Rob Liley (v Boroughmuir on 25 August 1996)

Other point-scoring records Youngest points scorer: 16 years, 237 days – George Ford (v Leeds, Anglo-Welsh Cup, 8 November 2009) Oldest points scorer: 46 years + – Jesse Ball (v Belgrave St Peters, 11 March 1899) Oldest points scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days – Brad Thorn (v Toulon, 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014) Quickest points scorer: 12 seconds – Jez Harris (drop goal, v Northampton, 1993–94 Courage League, 8 January 1994) Most times scoring all of Leicester's points: 41 games – Dusty Hare Most successive points scoring games: 118 games – Dusty Hare (17 December 1983 – 4 August 1987)

Internationals Italics denotes also national record.

Most international caps won while at Leicester: 129 – Ben Youngs (127 , 2 Lions) Most international caps won while at Leicester: 127 – Ben Youngs Most international caps won while at Leicester: 16 – Jim Hamilton Most international caps won while at Leicester: 27 – Tommy Reffell Most international caps won while at Leicester: 72 – Geordan Murphy Most British and Irish Lions international caps won while at Leicester: 8 – Martin Johnson Most international caps won while at Leicester for a non-British or Irish nation: 63 – Martin Castrogiovanni for Most international tries scored while at Leicester: 50 – Rory Underwood (49 for , 1 for Lions)

Awards

World Rugby Hall of Fame

The following people associated with club have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

Tony O'Reilly – inducted in 2009 Martin Johnson – inducted in 2011 Clive Woodward – inducted in 2011 Bob Dwyer – inducted in 2011 Waisale Serevi – inducted in 2013 Wavell Wakefield – inducted in 2015

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year

George Ford – 2011

Premiership Rugby Awards

The following players and coaches have received awards at the end of the Premiership Rugby season, or its predecessor.

Player of the Season Martin Johnson – 1996–97, 1998–99 Neil Back – 1997–98 Austin Healey – 1999–2000 Pat Howard – 2000–01 Martin Corry – 2004–05 Martin Castrogiovanni – 2006–07 Tom Youngs – 2012–13

Discovery of the Season Awarded to those players under 23 years old Lewis Moody – 2001–02 Ollie Smith – 2004–05 Tom Varndell – 2005–06 Ben Youngs – 2009–10 Manu Tuilagi – 2010–11 Ellis Genge – 2016–17

Director of Rugby of the Season Dean Richards – 2000–01 John Wells – 2004–05 Pat Howard – 2006–07 Richard Cockerill – 2008–09 Steve Borthwick — 2021–22

Rugby Players' Association Awards Players' Player of the Season Neil Back – 1998–99 Martin Corry – 2004–05 Thomas Waldrom – 2010–11 Vereniki Goneva – 2013–14 Telusa Veainu – 2017–18 Jasper Wiese – 2022–23

Players' Young Player of the Season Harry Ellis – 2004–05 Tom Varndell – 2005–06 Ben Youngs – 2009–10 Manu Tuilagi – 2010–11 Freddie Steward – 2021–22

Team records

Matches

First match: Leicester 0–0 Moseley, Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground, 28 October 1880 First competitive match: Edgbaston Crusaders 1 goal, 2 tries to 0 Leicester, Edgbaston, 22 October 1881 in the Midlands Counties Cup First RFU Knock-out Cup match: Nottingham 10–3 Leicester, Ireland Avenue, 21 November 1971 First Courage League match: Leicester 24–13 Bath, Welford Road, 12 September 1987 First European Cup match: Leinster 10–27 Leicester, Donnybrook, 16 October 1996

Record wins Biggest win: 100–0 (v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992) Biggest league win: 83–10 (v Newcastle, 19 February 2005) Biggest cup win: 76–0 (v Exeter, 1992–93 Pilkington Cup quarter-final, 27 February 1993) Biggest European Cup win: 90–19 (v Glasgow, 1997–98 Heineken Cup quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997)

Record defeats Biggest defeat: 10–85 (v Barbarians, 4 June 2000) Biggest league defeat: 0–45 (v Bath, 20 September 2014) Biggest cup defeat: 7–47 (v London Irish, 1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup Round 5, 29 January 2000) Biggest European Cup defeat: 12–80 (v Toulouse, 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, 19 January 2025)

Other match records Highest scoring draw: 41–41 (v Gloucester, 2010–11 Premiership, 16 April 2011) Highest scoring European Cup draw: 32–32 (v Ospreys, 2009–10 Heineken Cup pool stage, 11 October 2009) Highest scoring cup draw: 28–28 (v Sale, 2003-04 Powergen Cup round 6, 15 November 2003, lost 28-43 in extra time)

High scores and bonus points Most points scored In a win: 100 (v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992) In a defeat: 42 (v Barbarians, 17 March 2006) Most points conceded In a win: 37 ( v West Hartlepool, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999) In a defeat: 85 (v Barbarians, 4 June 2000) Highest combined points: 109 (72–37 win v West Hartlepool, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999; and 90–19 v Glasgow in 1997–98 Heineken Cup quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997)