This article documents the statistics of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November.
Russia's Kirill Golosnitsky scored the first try of the tournament and Kotaro Matsushima of Japan scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. Camille Lopez of France scored the first drop goal of the tournament. Dan Biggar of Wales scored the fastest drop goal in Rugby World Cup history, after only 35 seconds in a pool match, Cobus Reinach of South Africa scored the fastest hat-trick ever, scoring his 3rd try after only 20 minutes in the pool stage.
Team statistics The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.
+Team statisticsTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPointsforPointsagainstPointsTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goals76012626719533231611065011907511522161600065012507217836284030750218914742221911230540111888301310110005302152108442113703043019871271210510153021357362201510114202106911514124001320198782014920014202119556416132100410311010821773030410365122−57972010410358128−70834061410367105−38982000410360140−80666011300314177−163220011300334175−141325020400419160−141113130400452156−104743001 Source: ESPNscrum.com
Try scorers 7 tries
Josh Adams
6 tries
Makazole Mapimpi
5 tries
Kotaro Matsushima
4 tries
Julián Montoya Kenki Fukuoka Ben Smith
3 tries
Dane Haylett-Petty Marika Koroibete Luke Cowan-Dickie Jonny May Manu Tuilagi Andrew Conway Beauden Barrett Jordie Barrett George Horne Cheslin Kolbe Bongi Mbonambi Cobus Reinach Telusa Veainu
2 tries
Juan Cruz Mallia Joaquín Tuculet Will Genia Michael Hooper Tevita Kuridrani Tolu Latu Joe Cokanasiga George Ford Niko Matawalu Waisea Nayacalevu Semi Radradra Api Ratuniyarawa Josua Tuisova Gaël Fickou Alivereti Raka Virimi Vakatawa Levan Chilachava Alexander Todua Rory Best Tadhg Furlong Rob Kearney Garry Ringrose Johnny Sexton Mattia Bellini Matteo Minozzi Scott Barrett George Bridge Anton Lienert-Brown Joe Moody Sevu Reece Aaron Smith Brad Weber Ed Fidow Alapati Leiua Adam Hastings Lukhanyo Am Schalk Brits Damian de Allende Warrick Gelant Mali Hingano Blaine Scully Mike Te'o Manuel Diana Gareth Davies Liam Williams Tomos Williams
1 try
Gonzalo Bertranou Santiago Carreras Jerónimo de la Fuente Matías Moroni Guido Petti Nicolás Sánchez Adam Ashley-Cooper Jack Dempsey Reece Hodge Samu Kerevi Jordan Petaia James Slipper Nic White Andrew Coe Matt Heaton Elliot Daly Jamie George Lewis Ludlam Ruaridh McConnochie Jack Nowell Kyle Sinckler Billy Vunipola Ben Youngs Anthony Watson Mesu Dolokoto Semi Kunatani Frank Lomani Eroni Mawi Kini Murimurivalu Peceli Yato Antoine Dupont Yoann Huget Charles Ollivon Jefferson Poirot Baptiste Serin Sébastien Vahaamahina Jaba Bregvadze Otar Giorgadze Mamuka Gorgodze Giorgi Kveseladze Shalva Mamukashvili Robbie Henshaw Jordan Larmour Peter O'Mahony Rhys Ruddock James Ryan CJ Stander Tommaso Allan Dean Budd Carlo Canna Sebastian Negri Jake Polledri Braam Steyn Tito Tebaldi Federico Zani Keita Inagaki Pieter Labuschagne Kazuki Himeno Timothy Lafaele JC Greyling Chad Plato Damian Stevens Ryan Crotty Shannon Frizell Rieko Ioane Richie Mo'unga TJ Perenara Ardie Savea Angus Ta'avao Codie Taylor Matt Todd Sam Whitelock Sonny Bill Williams Kirill Golosnitsky Afa Amosa Jack Lam Rey Lee-Lo Henry Taefu John Barclay Zander Fagerson Greig Laidlaw Sean Maitland Stuart McInally Finn Russell Tommy Seymour George Turner WP Nel Faf de Klerk Frans Malherbe Pieter-Steph du Toit Siya Kolisi Francois Louw Frans Malherbe Malcolm Marx S'busiso Nkosi RG Snyman François Steyn Damian Willemse Siegfried Fisiihoi Zane Kapeli Siale Piutau Sonatane Takulua Bryce Campbell Tony Lamborn Paul Lasike Santiago Arata Germán Kessler Juan Manuel Cat Andrés Vilaseca Hallam Amos Jonathan Davies Ross Moriarty George North Hadleigh Parkes Nicky Smith Justin Tipuric Aaron Wainwright
Conversion scorers 20 conversions
Richie Mo'unga
14 conversions
Elton Jantjies
11 conversions
Owen Farrell
10 conversions
Dan Biggar
9 conversions
Yu Tamura Handré Pollard
8 conversions
Johnny Sexton Jordie Barrett Adam Hastings
7 conversions
Christian Lealiifano
6 conversions
Nicolás Sánchez Matt To'omua Ben Volavola Romain Ntamack Tedo Abzhandadze Tommaso Allan Felipe Berchesi Leigh Halfpenny
5 conversions
Benjamín Urdapilleta George Ford Sonatane Takulua
4 conversions
Greig Laidlaw AJ MacGinty
3 conversions
Camille Lopez Joey Carbery Jack Carty Carlo Canna Rhys Patchell
2 conversions
Peter Nelson Cliven Loubser Tusi Pisi
1 conversion
Emiliano Boffelli Josh Matavesi Thomas Ramos Soso Matiashvili Conor Murray Rikiya Matsuda Yuri Kushnarev Henry Taefu Finn Russell James Faiva Latiume Fosita Siale Piutau
Penalty goal scorers 16 penalties
Handré Pollard
12 penalties
Owen Farrell
11 penalties
Yu Tamura
6 penalties
Felipe Berchesi Dan Biggar
5 penalties
Romain Ntamack Rhys Patchell
4 penalties
George Ford Henry Taefu
3 penalties
Benjamín Urdapilleta Christian Lealiifano Ben Volavola Damian Stevens Richie Mo'unga Yuri Kushnarev AJ MacGinty
2 penalties
Matt To'omua Soso Matiashvili Tommaso Allan Cliven Loubser Greig Laidlaw Sonatane Takulua
1 penalty
Nicolás Sánchez Bernard Foley Reece Hodge Jack Carty Beauden Barrett
Drop goal scorers 1 drop goal
Camille Lopez Yuri Kushnarev Stuart Hogg Handré Pollard Dan Biggar Rhys Patchell
Point scorers Overall points scorersPlayerTeamTotalDetailsTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsHandré Pollard6909161Owen Farrell58011120Richie Mo'unga5412030Yu Tamura5109110Dan Biggar4101061Josh Adams357000George Ford322540Jordie Barrett313800Makazole Mapimpi306000Felipe Berchesi300660Elton Jantjies2801400Romain Ntamack270650Johnny Sexton262800Adam Hastings262800Kotaro Matsushima255000Rhys Patchell240351Christian Lealiifano230730Tommaso Allan231620Ben Volavola210630Sonatane Takulua211520Julián Montoya204000Nicolás Sánchez201610Kenki Fukuoka204000Ben Smith204000Benjamín Urdapilleta190530Henry Taefu191140Greig Laidlaw191420Matt To'omua180620Beauden Barrett183010AJ MacGinty170430Dane Haylett-Petty153000Marika Koroibete153000Luke Cowan-Dickie153000Jonny May153000Manu Tuilagi153000Andrew Conway153000George Horne153000Cheslin Kolbe153000Bongi Mbonambi153000Cobus Reinach153000Telusa Veainu153000Damian Stevens141030Yuri Kushnarev140131Tedo Abzhandadze120600Carlo Canna111300Joaquín Tuculet102000Juan Cruz Mallia102000Will Genia102000Michael Hooper102000Tolu Latu102000Tevita Kuridrani102000Joe Cokanasiga102000Niko Matawalu102000Waisea Nayacalevu102000Semi Radradra102000Api Ratuniyarawa102000Josua Tuisova102000Gaël Fickou102000Alivereti Raka102000Virimi Vakatawa105000Levan Chilachava102000Alexander Todua102000Rory Best102000Tadhg Furlong102000Rob Kearney102000Garry Ringrose102000Mattia Bellini102000Matteo Minozzi102000Cliven Loubser100220Scott Barrett102000George Bridge102000Anton Lienert-Brown102000Joe Moody102000Sevu Reece102000Aaton Smith102000Brad Weber102000Ed Fidow102000Alapati Leiua102000Lukhanyo Am102000Schalk Brits102000Damian de Allende102000Warrick Gelant102000Mali Hingano102000Blaine Scully102000Mike Te'o102000Manuel Diana102000Gareth Davies102000Leigh Halfpenny100500Liam Williams102000Tomos Williams102000Camille Lopez90301Jack Carty90310Reece Hodge81010Soso Matiashvili80120Finn Russell71100Siale Piutau71100Gonzalo Bertranou51000Santiago Carreras51000Jerónimo de la Fuente51000Matías Moroni51000Guido Petti51000Adam Ashley-Cooper51000Jack Dempsey51000Samu Kerevi51000Jordan Petaia51000James Slipper51000Nic White51000Andrew Coe51000Matt Heaton51000Elliot Daly51000Jamie George51000Lewis Ludlam51000Jack Nowell51000Ruaridh McConnochie51000Kyle Sinckler51000Billy Vunipola51000Anthony Watson51000Ben Youngs51000Mesu Dolokoto51000Semi Kunatani51000Frank Lomani51000Eroni Mawi51000Kini Murimurivalu51000Peceli Yato51000Antoine Dupont51000Yoann Huget51000Charles Ollivon51000Jefferson Poirot51000Baptiste Serin51000Sébastien Vahaamahina51000Jaba Bregvadze51000Otar Giorgadze51000Mamuka Gorgodze51000Giorgi Kveseladze51000Shalva Mamukashvili51000Robbie Henshaw51000Jordan Larmour51000Peter O'Mahony51000Rhys Ruddock51000James Ryan51000CJ Stander51000Dean Budd51000Sebastian Negri51000Jake Polledri51000Braam Steyn51000Tito Tebaldi51000Federico Zani51000Kazuki Himeno51000Keita Inagaki51000Lappies Labuschagné51000Timothy Lafaele51000JC Greyling51000Chad Plato51000Ryan Crotty51000Shannon Frizell51000Rieko Ioane51000TJ Perenara51000Ardie Savea51000Angus Ta'avao51000Codie Taylor51000Matt Todd51000Sonny Bill Williams51000Sam Whitelock51000Kirill Golosnitsky51000Afa Amosa51000Jack Lam51000Rey Lee-Lo51000John Barclay51000Zander Fagerson51000Sean Maitland51000Stuart McInally51000WP Nel51000Tommy Seymour51000George Turner51000Faf de Klerk51000Pieter-Steph du Toit51000Siya Kolisi51000Francois Louw51000Frans Malherbe51000Malcolm Marx51000S'busiso Nkosi51000RG Snyman51000François Steyn51000Damian Willemse51000Siegfried Fisiihoi51000Zane Kapeli51000Bryce Campbell51000Tony Lamborn51000Paul Lasike51000Santiago Arata51000Juan Manuel Cat51000Germán Kessler51000Andrés Vilaseca51000Hallam Amos51000Jonathan Davies51000Ross Moriarty51000George North51000Hadleigh Parkes51000Nicky Smith51000Justin Tipuric51000Aaron Wainwright51000Joey Carbery40200Peter Nelson40200Tusi Pisi40200Bernard Foley30010Stuart Hogg30001Emiliano Boffelli20100Josh Matavesi20100Thomas Ramos20100Conor Murray20100Rikiya Matsuda20100James Faiva20100Latiume Fosita20100
Kicking accuracy Kicking accuracyPlayerTeamPercentage Felipe Berchesi 85.71% (12/14)
Scoring Overall Total number of points scored: 2,195 Average points per match: 48.8 Total number of tries scored: 285 (including 8 penalty tries) Average tries per match: 6.3 Total number of braces: 28 Total number of hat-tricks: 5 Total number of conversions missed: 277 Total number of conversions scored: 69 Conversion success rate: ??% Total number of penalty goals missed: ?? Total number of penalty goals scored: 107 Penalty goal success rate: ??% Total number of drop goals scored: 6
Timing First try of the tournament: Kirill Golosnitsky for Russia against Japan First brace of the tournament: Kotaro Matsushima for Japan against Russia First hat-trick of the tournament: Kotaro Matsushima for Japan against Russia Last try of the tournament: Cheslin Kolbe for South Africa against England Last brace of the tournament: Ben Smith for New Zealand against Wales Last hat-trick of the tournament: Josh Adams for Wales against Fiji Fastest try in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:29), Rob Kearney for Ireland against Russia Fastest try in a match from a restart-kick: 19 seconds after a restart, Gareth Davies for Wales against Australia Latest try in a match: 80+5th minute (84:26), Kotaro Matsushima for Japan against Samoa Fastest Bonus Point try: 18th minute (17:21), Cobus Reinach for South Africa against Canada Latest Bonus Point try: 80+5th minute (84:26), Kotaro Matsushima for Japan against Samoa Fastest point scored in a match: 1st minute (00:36), Dan Biggar's drop-goal for Wales against Australia
Teams Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 185 by South Africa Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 14 by Canada Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 177 by Canada Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 27 by Ireland Best point difference by a team in the pool stage: +149 by South Africa Worst point difference by a team in the pool stage: −163 by Canada Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 93 by New Zealand Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 3 by Japan Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 78 by wales Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 20 by France