List of Super Rugby records

This list of Super Rugby records is a list of records from the Super Rugby rugby union competition, which began in 1996, following a deal with SANZAR and News Limited.

Match records

Most points (team)

Super 12 era: 96, Crusaders
Super 14 era: 92, Bulls
Super Rugby era: 72, Waratahs
Super Rugby era: 94, Lions
Greatest aggregate
Super 12 era: 118, Sharks 75-43 Highlanders
Super 14 era: 137, Lions 65-72 Chiefs
Super Rugby era: 103, Blues 40-63 Sharks
Super Rugby era: 111, Crusaders 85-26 Rebels
Greatest aggregate in a final
Super 12 era: 85, Brumbies 47-38 Crusaders
Super 14 era: 78, Bulls 61-17 Chiefs
Super Rugby era: 65, Waratahs 33-32 Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 42, Crusaders 25-17 Lions
Fewest points conceded in a final
Super 12 era: 6, Brumbies
Super 14 era: 12, Crusaders ,
Super Rugby era: 3, Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 3, Hurricanes
Lowest aggregate
Super 12 era: 11, Reds 11-0 Hurricanes, Sharks 5-6 Reds
Super 14 era: 6, Highlanders 6-0 Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 16, Stormers 16-0 Bulls
Super Rugby era: 18, Sharks 9-9 Rebels
Most points away
Super 12 era: 60, Blues
Super 14 era: 72, Chiefs
Super Rugby era: 72, Waratahs
Super Rugby era: 83, Hurricanes
Largest winning margin
Super 12 era: 77, Crusaders 96-19 Waratahs
Super 14 era: 89, Bulls 92-3 Reds
Super Rugby era: 66, Crusaders 66-0 Rebels
Super Rugby era: 87, Lions 94-7 Sunwolves
Most penalty goals
Super 12 era: 8, Highlanders
Super 14 era: 9, Hurricanes
Super Rugby era: 9, Lions
Super Rugby era: 6, Rebels, Sharks, Sharks, Jaguares, Cheetahs
Largest winning margin in a Final
Super 12 era: 30, Brumbies
Super 14 era: 44, Bulls
Super Rugby era: 31, Chiefs
Most tries (one team)
Super 12 era: 14, Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 14, Cheetahs, Lions
Most tries (both teams combined)
Super 12 era: 17, Crusaders vs Waratahs
Super 14 era: 18, Lions vs Chiefs
Super Rugby era: 14, Cheetahs vs Waratahs
Super Rugby era: 17, Crusaders vs Rebels
Most tries (individual)

4 Tries in a match

Joe Roff, Brumbies
Gavin Lawless,
Stefan Terblanche, Sharks
Joeli Vidiri, Blues
Doug Howlett, Blues
Malili Muliaina, Blues
Caleb Ralph, Crusaders
Sitiveni Sivivatu, Chiefs
Drew Mitchell, Waratahs
Sean Maitland, Crusaders
Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Chiefs
Charlie Ngatai, Chiefs
Huw Jones, Stormers
Courtnall Skosan, Lions
Ben Lam, Hurricanes
Madosh Tambwe, Lions
Ngani Laumape, Hurricanes
Rieko Ioane, Blues
Most points (individual)

Super 12 era: 50, Gavin Lawless
Super 14 era: 35, Morné Steyn
Super Rugby era: 38, Robert du Preez )
Most penalties (individual)
Super 12 era: 8, Jannie Kruger, Willie Walker
Super 14 era: 8, Meyer Bosman, Derick Hougaard
Super Rugby era: 9, Elton Jantjies
Super Rugby era: 6, Jack Debreczeni, Patrick Lambie, Fred Zeilinga, Curwin Bosch
Most conversions (individual)
Super 12 era: 13, Andrew Mehrtens
Super 14 era: 11, Derick Hougaard
Super Rugby era: 9, Beauden Barrett
Super Rugby era: 9, Nicolás Sánchez, Otere Black
Most dropped goals (individual)
Super 12 era: 3, Andrew Mehrtens, Louis Koen
Super 14 era: 4, Morné Steyn
Super Rugby era: 3, Marnitz Boshoff
Season records

N.B.: Team records are for the regular season, individual records include finals.

Most points for (team)

Super 12 era: 469, Crusaders
Super 14 era: 436, Bulls
Super Rugby era: 489, Hurricanes
Super Rugby era: 596, Hurricanes
Most points against (team)
Super 12 era: 500, Bulls
Super 14 era: 585, Lions
Super Rugby era: 570, Rebels
Super Rugby era: 684, Kings
Fewest points for (team)
Super 12 era: 185, Reds
Super 14 era: 175, Lions
Super Rugby era: 245, Force
Super Rugby era: 236, Rebels
Fewest points against (team)
Super 12 era: 170, Reds
Super 14 era: 171, Stormers
Super Rugby era: 252, Waratahs
Super Rugby era: 268, Lions
Best points difference
Super 12 era: 234, Crusaders,
Super 14 era: 202, Crusaders,
Super Rugby era: 209, Waratahs,
Super Rugby era: 324, Hurricanes,
Worst points difference
Super 12 era: -268, Bulls
Super 14 era: -315, Lions
Super Rugby era: -289, Rebels
Super Rugby era: -402, Kings
Most competition points
Super 12 era: 51, Crusaders
Super 14 era: 52, Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 66, Reds*, Stormers*, Chiefs*, Hurricanes
Super Rugby era: 65, Lions

Fewest competition points by a team which qualified for knockout stage

Super 12 era: 30, Sharks
Super 14 era: 38, Bulls
Super Rugby era: 42, Highlanders
Super Rugby era: 34, Brumbies
Fewest competition points (not including byes)
Super 12 era: 0, Bulls
Super 14 era: 1, Lions
Super Rugby era: 16 Rebels, Kings
Super Rugby era: 9, Southern Kings, Sunwolves, Rebels
Fewest competition points (including byes)
Super 12 era: 4, Bulls
Super 14 era: 5, Lions
Super Rugby era: 19, Force
Super Rugby era: 9, Southern Kings, Sunwolves, Rebels
Most tries (team)
Super 12 era: 71, Crusaders
Super 14 era: 53, Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 63, Highlanders
Super Rugby era: 89, Hurricanes
Fewest tries (team)
Super 12 era: 20, Sharks
Super 14 era: 13, Lions
Super Rugby era: 25, Force
Super Rugby era: 23, Rebels
Most wins
Super 12 era: 11, Crusaders
Super 14 era: 11, Crusaders
Super Rugby era: 14, Stormers, Hurricanes
Super Rugby era: 14, Lions, Crusaders
Most defeats
Super 12 era: 11, Bulls
Super 14 era: 13, Lions
Super Rugby era: 13, Rebels and Highlanders
Super Rugby era: 13, Force, Kings, Sunwolves, Rebels
Most points (individual)
Super 12 era: 206, Andrew Mehrtens
Super 14 era: 263, Morné Steyn
Super Rugby era: 257, Bernard Foley
Super Rugby era: 223, Beauden Barrett
Most tries (individual)
Super 12 era: 15, Joe Roff and Rico Gear
Super 14 era: 12, JP Pietersen
Super Rugby era: 13, Waisake Naholo
Super Rugby era: 15, Ngani Laumape
Super Rugby era: 16, Ben Lam
Most conversions (individual)
Super 12 era: 51, Joe Roff
Super 14 era: 38, Dan Carter
Super Rugby era: 45, Bernard Foley
Super Rugby era: 54, Elton Jantjies
Most penalty goals (individual)
Super 12 era: 43, Andrew Mehrtens
Super 14 era: 41, Morné Steyn
Super Rugby era: 58, Christian Lealiifano
Super Rugby era: 32, Curwin Bosch
Most dropped goals (individual)
Super 12 era: 7, Louis Koen
Super 14 era: 11, Morné Steyn
Super Rugby era: 8, Marnitz Boshoff
Super Rugby era: 2, Lima Sopoaga, Elton Jantjies , Curwin Bosch, Lionel Cronjé
Career records

Most games

Bold indicates players taking part in the 2020 Super Rugby season.

Rank	Player	Games	Years	Club
1	Wyatt Crockett	202	2006–2018	Crusaders
2	Liam Messam	179	2006–2015 2017–2018	Chiefs
3	Keven Mealamu	175	2000–2015	Blues Chiefs
3	Stephen Moore	175	2003–2017	Reds Brumbies
5	Ma'a Nonu	174	2003–2015 2019	Hurricanes Blues Highlanders
6	Nathan Sharpe	162	1998–2012	Reds Force
7	Tendai Mtawarira	159	2007–2019	Sharks
8	Tatafu Polota-Nau	158	2006–2017 2019	Waratahs Force
9	Adriaan Strauss	156	2006–2018	Bulls Cheetahs
9	Kurtley Beale	156	2007–2020	Waratahs Rebels