All Blacks’ all-time top try scorers: Beauden Barrett and Will Jordan close in on Doug Howlett’s record

The All Blacks have had numerous outstanding attacking players in their ranks over the years, and Doug Howlett is currently their leading try-scorer at Test level.

However, Howlett’s feat is under threat with Beauden Barrett and Will Jordan closing in on him, and it’s only a matter of time before the record is broken.

Howlett played on the wing for New Zealand and scored 49 tries in 63 Tests between 2000 and 2007, which gives him a strike rate of 0.79 five-pointers scored per Test.

Meanwhile, utility backs Barrett and Jordan are not far behind with the former just four tries adrift of Howlett’s record after crossing the whitewash on 45 occasions in 135 Tests while Jordan has scored 42 tries in just 44 Tests to date.

Equally at home at fly-half or full-back, Barrett’s strike rate stands at 0.33 while Jordan’s is just under a try per game at an amazing 0.95 five-pointers per Test.

Another current All Blacks star, Rieko Ioane, who was recently moved back to his original position on the left wing from outside centre, is not far behind as he has scored 38 tries in 83 Tests, which gives him a strike rate of 0.46 tries per match.

Apart from Howlett, Barrett, Jordan and Ioane, the top 10 All Blacks try-scorers list also includes Christian Cullen, Joe Rokocoko, Julian Savea, Jeff Wilson, Ben Smith and Jonah Lomu.

Ardie Savea, who is the All Blacks’ stand-in captain for their current two-Test series against France, is his country’s leading try-scoring forward with 29 five-pointers scored.

In numbers: The All Blacks’ INSANE 50 game unbeaten run at Eden Park since 1994

All Blacks all-time leading try-scorers

(Tries, name, caps)

*Indicates current active players

49 – Doug Howlett (62)
46 – Christian Cullen (58)
46 – Joe Rokocoko (68)
46 – Julian Savea (54)
45 – Beauden Barrett (135)*
44 – Jeff Wilson (60)
42 – Will Jordan (44)*
39 – Ben Smith (84)
38 – Rieko Ioane (82)*
37 – Jonah Lomu (63)
36 – Tana Umaga (74)
35 – John Kirwan (63)
34 – Mils Muliaina (100)
31 – Ma’a Nonu (103)
29 – Sitiveni Sivivatu (45)
29 – Dan Carter (112)
29 – Ardie Savea (97)*

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