List of rugby union players with the most international attempts

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The following list shows the rugby union players with the most attempts at international matches. This includes games for the respective national team as well as for the selection team of the British and Irish Lions . Players who are still actively playing for their country are marked in bold .

As of July 31, 2020

# Attempts (games) Surname team Years
01. 69 (58) Daisuke Ohata JapanJapan Japan 1996-2007
02. 67 (124) Bryan Habana South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 2004-2016
03. 64 (101) David Campese AustraliaAustralia Australia 1982-1996
04th 60 (91) Shane Williams Wales Wales (58) British and Irish Lions (2)
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2000–2011
2005, 2009
05. 55 (81) Hirotoki Onozawa JapanJapan Japan 2001-2013
06th 50 (91) Rory Underwood EnglandEngland England (49) British and Irish Lions (1)
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1984-1996
1989, 1993
07th 49 (62) Doug Howlett New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2000-2007
08th. 47 (141) Brian O'Driscoll IrelandIreland Ireland (46) British and Irish Lions (1)
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1999–2014
2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
09. 46 (58) Christian Cullen New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1996-2003
46 (68) Joe Rocococo New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2003-2010
46 (54) Julian Savea New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2012-2017
12. 44 (60) Jeff Wilson New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1993-2002
13. 42 (98) George North Wales Wales (38) British and Irish Lions (2)
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2010–
2013, 2017
14th 41 (103) Gareth Thomas Wales Wales (40) British and Irish Lions (1)
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1995-2007
2005
15th 40 (78) Chris Latham AustraliaAustralia Australia 1998-2007
16. 39 (121) Adam Ashley-Cooper AustraliaAustralia Australia 2005–
39 (84) Ben Smith New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2009-2019
18th 38 (93) Serge Blanco FranceFrance France 1980-1991
38 (61) DTH van der Merwe CanadaCanada Canada 2006–
38 (61) Joost van der Westhuizen South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1993-2003
19th 37 (73) Israel Folau AustraliaAustralia Australia 2013-2018
37 (63) Jonah Lomu New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1994-2002
21st 36 (83) Beauden Barrett New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2012–
36 (74) Tana Umaga New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1997-2005
23. 35 (63) John Kirwan New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1984-1994
24. 34 (67) Vincent Clerc FranceFrance France 2002-2013
34 (79) Ieuan Evans Wales Wales (33) British and Irish Lions (1)
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1987-1998
1989, 1993, 1997
34 (71) Drew Mitchell AustraliaAustralia Australia 2005-2016
34 (100) Mils Muliaina New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2003-2011
28. 33 (109) Cătălin Fercu RomaniaRomania Romania 2005–
33 (54) Diego Ormaechea UruguayUruguay Uruguay 1979-1999
33 (48) Sitiveni Sivivatu New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand (29) Pacific Islanders (4)
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2004–2011
2004

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