This article documents the statistics of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which took place in England from 18 September to 31 October.
Team statistics The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.
+Team statisticsTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPointsforPointsagainstPointsdifferenceTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goals7700290971933928112507601222118104281716040750224110813326152523074032501431072723212505401154787618141202053021331258131314010430198100−297130105302170128421714190305302130854512111511042021337558161010110420253123−7055603042027488−14769000410384101−171086030410360129−69755040410369124−557210030410370130−60838010400458131−73745030400470174−104866060400450156−106527010400430226−196216021 Source: ESPNscrum.com
Try scorers 8 tries
Julian Savea
6 tries
Nehe Milner-Skudder
5 tries
Juan Imhoff Bryan Habana JP Pietersen Gareth Davies
4 tries
Adam Ashley-Cooper Drew Mitchell D. T. H. van der Merwe Tommy Seymour
3 tries
Santiago Cordero Tevita Kuridrani David Pocock Nick Easter Jack Nowell Anthony Watson Keith Earls Rob Kearney Beauden Barrett Mark Bennett Francois Louw Cory Allen
2 tries
Tomás Cubelli Julián Montoya Matías Moroni Joaquín Tuculet Bernard Foley Ben McCalman Sean McMahon Mike Brown Nemani Nadolo Wesley Fofana Sofiane Guitoune Rabah Slimani Mamuka Gorgodze Tommy Bowe Amanaki Mafi Jacques Burger Johann Tromp Sam Cane Malakai Fekitoa Jerome Kaino Tawera Kerr-Barlow Ma'a Nonu Kieran Read Ben Smith Adrian Apostol Mihai Macovei John Hardie Bismarck du Plessis Schalk Burger Jack Ram Telusa Veainu Chris Wyles
1 try
Horacio Agulla Matías Alemanno Juan Martín Hernández Facundo Isa Martín Landajo Tomás Lavanini Lucas Noguera Paz Juan Pablo Orlandi Guido Petti Nicolás Sánchez Leonardo Senatore Matt Giteau Michael Hooper Sekope Kepu Dean Mumm Rob Simmons Henry Speight Joe Tomane Matt To'omua Aaron Carpenter Matt Evans Jeff Hassler Jonny May Henry Slade Billy Vunipola Tevita Cavubati Vereniki Goneva Nemia Kenatale Kini Murimurivalu Leone Nakarawa Ben Volavola Gaël Fickou Rémy Grosso Guilhem Guirado Nicolas Mas Yannick Nyanga Pascal Papé Louis Picamoles Lasha Malaghuradze Giorgi Tkhilaishvili Beka Tsiklauri Seán Cronin Luke Fitzgerald Iain Henderson Chris Henry David Kearney Jordi Murphy Conor Murray Seán O'Brien Jared Payne Johnny Sexton Tommaso Allan Gonzalo Garcia Edoardo Gori Michele Rizzo Leonardo Sarto Giovanbattista Venditti Alessandro Zanni Yoshikazu Fujita Ayumu Goromaru Karne Hesketh Michael Leitch Kotaro Matsushima Akihito Yamada Johan Deysel JC Greyling Eugene Jantjies Theuns Kotzé Dane Coles Waisake Naholo Brodie Retallick Aaron Smith Codie Taylor Victor Vito Sonny Bill Williams Tony Woodcock Valentin Popârlan Ovidiu Tonița Valentin Ursache Rey Lee-Lo Manu Leiataua Motu Matu'u Tim Nanai-Williams Tusi Pisi Paul Perez Ofisa Treviranus Peter Horne Greig Laidlaw Sean Maitland WP Nel Finn Russell Matt Scott Tim Visser Duncan Weir Schalk Brits Damian de Allende Lood de Jager Fourie du Preez Eben Etzebeth Jesse Kriel Lwazi Mvovo Adriaan Strauss Latiume Fosita Kurt Morath Soane Tongaʻuiha Fetuʻu Vainikolo Chris Baumann Titi Lamositele Takudzwa Ngwenya Carlos Arboleya Agustín Ormaechea Hallam Amos Scott Baldwin Samson Lee Justin Tipuric
Conversion scorers 23 conversions
Dan Carter
13 conversions
Nicolás Sánchez Greig Laidlaw
12 conversions
Bernard Foley
10 conversions
Ian Madigan
9 conversions
Handré Pollard
8 conversions
Owen Farrell
7 conversions
Nemani Nadolo Ayumu Goromaru Rhys Priestland
6 conversions
Frédéric Michalak Tommaso Allan Theuns Kotzé
5 conversions
Quade Cooper Morgan Parra Florin Vlaicu
4 conversions
Santiago González Iglesias Juan Pablo Socino Nathan Hirayama Merab Kvirikashvili Johnny Sexton Beauden Barrett Dan Biggar
3 conversions
Pat Lambie Morné Steyn
2 conversions
Marcelo Bosch George Ford Rory Kockott Vunga Lilo AJ MacGinty
1 conversion
Ben Volavola Lasha Malaghuradze Colin Slade Patrick Fa'apale Tusi Pisi Finn Russell Kurt Morath Agustín Ormaechea
Penalty goal scorers 23 penalties
Handré Pollard
20 penalties
Nicolás Sánchez
16 penalties
Bernard Foley Greig Laidlaw
15 penalties
Dan Biggar
13 penalties
Ayumu Goromaru Dan Carter
9 penalties
Tommaso Allan
8 penalties
Owen Farrell
7 penalties
Frédéric Michalak Tusi Pisi Kurt Morath AJ MacGinty
6 penalties
Ian Madigan Johnny Sexton Theuns Kotzé
5 penalties
Merab Kvirikashvili Felipe Berchesi
4 penalties
Nathan Hirayama Scott Spedding Florin Vlaicu
3 penalties
Nemani Nadolo Ben Volavola Morgan Parra Michael Stanley
2 penalties
George Ford Pat Lambie
1 penalty
Santiago González Iglesias Gordon McRorie Lasha Malaghuradze Beauden Barrett Valentin Calafeteanu Stuart Hogg Finn Russell Duncan Weir Vunga Lilo Alejo Durán
Drop goal scorers 2 drop goals
Dan Carter Nicolás Sánchez Handré Pollard
1 drop goal
Owen Farrell Dan Biggar
Point scorers Overall points scorersPlayerTeamTotalDetailsTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsNicolás Sánchez97113202Handré Pollard9309232Bernard Foley82212160Dan Carter82023102Greig Laidlaw79113160Ayumu Goromaru5817130Dan Biggar5604151Tommaso Allan441690Julian Savea408000Ian Madigan3801060Owen Farrell350481Theuns Kotzé351660Nemani Nadolo332730Frédéric Michalak330670Johnny Sexton311460Nehe Milner-Skudder306000Tusi Pisi281170Kurt Morath281170Beauden Barrett263410Juan Imhoff255000Bryan Habana255000JP Pietersen255000AJ MacGinty250270Gareth Davies255000Merab Kvirikashvili230450Florin Vlaicu220540Adam Ashley-Cooper204000Drew Mitchell204000Nathan Hirayama200440D. T. H. van der Merwe204000Tommy Seymour204000Morgan Parra190530Ben Volavola161130Santiago Cordero153000Tevita Kuridrani153000David Pocock153000Nick Easter153000Jack Nowell153000Anthony Watson153000Keith Earls153000Rob Kearney153000Mark Bennett153000Francois Louw153000Felipe Berchesi150050Cory Allen153000Rhys Priestland140700Scott Spedding120040Pat Lambie120410Santiago González Iglesias110410Tomás Cubelli102000Julián Montoya102000Matías Moroni102000Joaquín Tuculet102000Quade Cooper100500Ben McCalman102000Sean McMahon102000Mike Brown102000George Ford100220Wesley Fofana102000Sofiane Guitoune102000Rabah Slimani102000Mamuka Gorgodze102000Lasha Malaghuradze101110Tommy Bowe102000Amanaki Mafi102000Jacques Burger102000Johann Tromp102000Sam Cane102000Malakai Fekitoa102000Jerome Kaino102000Tawera Kerr-Barlow102000Ma'a Nonu102000Kieran Read102000Ben Smith102000Adrian Apostol102000Mihai Macovei102000John Hardie102000Finn Russell101110Schalk Burger102000Jack Ram102000Telusa Veainu102000Chris Wyles102000Michael Stanley90030Juan Pablo Socino80400Duncan Weir81010Vunga Lilo70210Agustín Ormaechea71100Morné Steyn60300Horacio Agulla51000Matías Alemanno51000Juan Martín Hernández51000Facundo Isa51000Martín Landajo51000Tomás Lavanini51000Lucas Noguera Paz51000Juan Pablo Orlandi51000Guido Petti51000Leonardo Senatore51000Matt Giteau51000Michael Hooper51000Sekope Kepu51000Dean Mumm51000Rob Simmons51000Henry Speight51000Joe Tomane51000Matt To'omua51000Aaron Carpenter51000Matt Evans51000Jeff Hassler51000Jonny May51000Henry Slade51000Billy Vunipola51000Vereniki Goneva51000Tevita Cavubati51000Nemia Kenatale51000Kini Murimurivalu51000Leone Nakarawa51000Gaël Fickou51000Rémy Grosso51000Guilhem Guirado51000Nicolas Mas51000Yannick Nyanga51000Pascal Papé51000Louis Picamoles51000Giorgi Tkhilaishvili51000Beka Tsiklauri51000Seán Cronin51000Luke Fitzgerald51000Iain Henderson51000Chris Henry51000David Kearney51000Jordi Murphy51000Conor Murray51000Seán O'Brien51000Jared Payne51000Gonzalo Garcia51000Edoardo Gori51000Michele Rizzo51000Leonardo Sarto51000Giovanbattista Venditti51000Alessandro Zanni51000Yoshikazu Fujita51000Karne Hesketh51000Michael Leitch51000Kotaro Matsushima51000Akihito Yamada51000Johan Deysel51000JC Greyling51000Eugene Jantjies51000Dane Coles51000Waisake Naholo51000Brodie Retallick51000Aaron Smith51000Codie Taylor51000Victor Vito51000Sonny Bill Williams51000Tony Woodcock51000Valentin Popârlan51000Ovidiu Tonița51000Valentin Ursache51000Rey Lee-Lo51000Manu Leiataua51000Motu Matu'u51000Tim Nanai-Williams51000Paul Perez51000Ofisa Treviranus51000Peter Horne51000Sean Maitland51000WP Nel51000Matt Scott51000Tim Visser51000Schalk Brits51000Damian de Allende51000Lood de Jager51000Fourie du Preez51000Bismarck du Plessis51000Eben Etzebeth51000Jesse Kriel51000Lwazi Mvovo51000Adriaan Strauss51000Latiume Fosita51000Soane Tongaʻuiha51000Fetuʻu Vainikolo51000Chris Baumann51000Titi Lamositele51000Takudzwa Ngwenya51000Carlos Arboleya51000Hallam Amos51000Scott Baldwin51000Samson Lee51000Justin Tipuric51000Marcelo Bosch40200Rory Kockott40200Gordon McRorie30010Stuart Hogg30010Valentin Calafeteanu30010Alejo Durán30010Patrick Fa'apale20100Colin Slade20100
Kicking accuracy Kicking accuracyPlayerTeamPercentageJuan Pablo Socino100% (4/4)Rory Kockott100% (2/2)Colin Slade100% (1/1)Valentin Calafeteanu 100% (1/1)Patrick Fa'apale 100% (1/1)Duncan Weir 100% (1/1)Alejo Durán 100% (1/1)Theuns Kotzé92% (12/13)Dan Biggar90% (19/21)Nicolás Sánchez89% (33/37)Owen Farrell 89% (16/18)Morgan Parra89% (8/9)Tommaso Allan 88% (15/17)Rhys Priestland 88% (7/8)Greig Laidlaw 83% (29/35)Felipe Berchesi83% (5/6)Merab Kvirikashvili 82% (9/11)Frédéric Michalak81% (13/16)Bernard Foley 80% (28/35)Scott Spedding80% (4/5)Dan Carter 80% (32/40)Nemani Nadolo 77% (10/13)Johnny Sexton 77% (10/13)Ian Madigan 76% (16/21)Handré Pollard76% (32/42)AJ MacGinty 75% (9/12)Ayumu Goromaru74% (20/27)Santiago González Iglesias71% (5/7)Pat Lambie71% (5/7)Florin Vlaicu 69% (9/13)Marcelo Bosch 67% (2/3)Nathan Hirayama 67% (8/12)Lasha Malaghuradze 67% (2/3)Kurt Morath 67% (8/12)Beauden Barrett 60% (6/10)Morné Steyn 60% (3/5)Tusi Pisi 57% (8/14)Ben Volavola 50% (4/8)Michael Stanley 50% (3/6)Stuart Hogg 50% (1/2)Finn Russell 50% (2/4)Quade Cooper 45% (5/11)George Ford 44% (4/9)Vunga Lilo 43% (3/7)Agustín Ormaechea 33% (1/3)Gordon McRorie 17% (1/6)Matt Giteau 0% (0/1)Carlo Canna 0% (0/2)Johnny Redelinghuys 0% (0/1)Niku Kruger 0% (0/1)Folau Niua 0% (0/1)
Scoring Overall Total number of points scored: 2439 Average points per match: 50.81 Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries) Average tries per match: 5.65 Total number of braces: 26 Total number of hat-tricks: 8 Total number of conversions missed: 77 Total number of conversions scored: 194 Conversion success rate: 71.59% Total number of penalty goals missed: 64 Total number of penalty goals scored: 227 Penalty goal success rate: 78.01% Total number of drop goals scored: 8 Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6
Timing First try of the tournament: Penalty try for England against Fiji First brace of the tournament: Mike Brown for England against Fiji First hat-trick of the tournament: Cory Allen for Wales against Uruguay Last try of the tournament: Beauden Barrett for New Zealand against Australia Last brace of the tournament: Drew Mitchell for Australia against Scotland Last hat-trick of the tournament: Adam Ashley-Cooper for Australia against Argentina Fastest try in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:08), Rob Simmons for Australia against Argentina Latest try in a match: 80+4th minute (83:55), Karne Hesketh for Japan against South Africa
Teams Most points scored by a team in the pool stage: 179 by Argentina Fewest points scored by a team in the pool stage: 30 by Uruguay Most points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 226 by Uruguay Fewest points conceded by a team in the pool stage: 35 by Australia and Ireland Most points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 116 by New Zealand Fewest points scored by a team in the knockout stage: 13 by France Most points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 84 by Australia Fewest points conceded by a team in the knockout stage: 23 by Wales