List of rugby union test caps leaders a list of the appearance leaders in men's rugby union test matches , with a minimum of 90 confirmed test caps. Unlike in cricket , where both countries must grant test status for a match to be considered a test, rugby union requires only one nation to recognise a match as a test in order for it to be included in test statistics for that nation. The British and Irish Lions and Pacific Islanders do not represent one specific nation, but are also considered test teams because they are selected by a group of recognised national unions. Some nations have sometimes granted test caps for matches against teams such as the invitational Barbarians side; these are included only if the player's nation actually granted a test cap for a particular match.active at international level, or who have not yet announced international retirement, are in bold . Players who are still active at club level but have either retired from international rugby or have not been selected for their national team for a year or more are in italics .List Rank Caps Player International team First/Latest Primary 1 148 Richie McCaw 2001–2015 Flanker 2 147 Alun Wyn Jones 2006– Lock 3 142 Sergio Parisse 2002–2019 Number 8 4 141 Brian O'Driscoll 1999–2014 Centre 5 139 George Gregan 1994–2007 Scrum-half 6 134 Gethin Jenkins 2002–2018 Prop 7 132 Keven Mealamu 2002–2015 Hooker 8 130 Ronan O'Gara 2000–2013 Fly-half 9 129 Stephen Moore 2005–2017 Hooker 10 127 Victor Matfield 2001–2015 Lock 10 127 Kieran Read 2008–2019 Number 8 12 124 Rory Best 2005–2019 Hooker 12 124 Bryan Habana 2004–2016 Wing 12 124 Florin Vlaicu 2006– Centre 15 122 Davit Kacharava 2006– Centre 16 121 Adam Ashley-Cooper 2005–2019 Centre / Wing 17 119 Martin Castrogiovanni 2002–2016 Prop 17 119 Jason Leonard 1990–2004 Prop 17 119 Alessandro Zanni 2005–2020 Flanker 19 118 Fabien Pelous 1995–2007 Lock 19 118 Tony Woodcock 2002–2015 Prop 22 117 Tendai Mtawarira 2008–2019 Prop 22 117 Sam Whitelock 2010–2019 Lock 24 116 Nathan Sharpe 2002–2012 Lock 25 115 Yuri Kushnarev 2005– Fullback 25 115 Merab Kvirikashvili 2003–2018 Fullback 25 115 Paul O'Connell 2002–2015 Lock 28 112 Marco Bortolami 2001–2015 Lock 28 112 Dan Carter 2003–2015 Fly-half 30 111 Ross Ford 2004–2017 Hooker 30 111 Philippe Sella 1982–1995 Centre 30 111 John Smit 2000–2011 Hooker 30 111 George Smith 2000–2013 Flanker 34 110 Will Genia 2009–2019 Scrum-half 34 110 Stephen Jones 1998–2011 Fly-half 34 110 Sekope Kepu 2008–2019 Prop 37 109 Jean de Villiers 2004–2015 Centre 37 109 Cătălin Fercu 2005– Fullback 37 109 Chris Paterson 1999–2011 Full-back 40 108 Owen Franks 2009–2019 Prop 41 107 John Hayes 2000–2011 Prop 42 106 Mauro Bergamasco1998–2015 Flanker 43 105 Sean Lamont 2004–2016 Wing 44 104 Leonardo Ghiraldini 2006–2019 Hooker 44 104 Martyn Williams 1996–2012 Flanker 46 103 Matt Giteau 2002–2016 Fly-half 46 103 Victor Gresev 2006– Flanker 46 103 Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina2000–2013 Prop 46 103 Ma'a Nonu 2003–2015 Centre 46 103 Gareth Thomas 1995–2007 Utility back 51 102 Stephen Larkham 1996–2007 Fly-half 51 102 Percy Montgomery 1997–2008 Fullback 53 101 David Campese 1982–1996 Wing 53 101 Alessandro Troncon 1994–2007 Scrum-half 53 101 Gonçalo Uva 2004–2018 Lock 53 101 Vasco Uva 2003–2016 Flanker 53 101 Ben Youngs 2010- Scrum-half 57 100 Valentin Calafeteanu 2004– Scrum-half 57 100 Giorgi Chkhaidze 2002–2017 Number 8 57 100 Andrey Garbuzov 2005– Flanker 57 100 Jamie Heaslip 2006–2017 Number 8 57 100 Adam Jones 2002–2014 Prop 57 100 Mils Muliaina 2003–2011 Fullback 57 100 Rob Simmons 2010- Lock 65 99 Michael Hooper 2012– Flanker 65 99 Lasha Malaguradze 2008– Fly-half 65 99 Mike Phillips 2003–2015 Scrum-half 68 98 Dan Cole 2010-2019 Prop 68 98 Cian Healy 2009- Prop 68 98 Raphaël Ibañez 1996–2007 Hooker 68 98 Rob Kearney 2007-2019 Fullback 68 98 George North 2010- Wing 68 98 Donncha O'Callaghan 2003–2013 Lock 68 98 Hitoshi Ono 2004-2016 Lock 68 98 Peter Stringer 2000–2011 Scrum-half 76 97 Dylan Hartley 2008–2018 Hooker 76 97 Jamie Roberts 2008–2017 Centre 76 97 Jonathan Sexton 2009- Fly-half 76 97 Jonny Wilkinson 1998–2011 Fly-half 80 96 Colin Charvis 1996–2007 Flanker 80 96 James Slipper 2010- Prop 82 95 Andrea Masi 1999–2015 Centre 82 95 Giorgi Nemsadze 2005–2019 Lock 84 94 Conrad Smith 2004–2015 Centre 85 93 Vasily Artemyev 2009- Fullback 85 93 Serge Blanco 1980–1991 Fullback 85 93 Leigh Halfpenny 2008- Fullback 88 92 Kurtley Beale 2009- Fullback 88 92 Sean Fitzpatrick 1986–1997 Hooker 88 92 Martin Johnson 1993–2003 Lock 88 92 Gareth Llewellyn 1989–2005 Lock 88 92 Diego Magno 2008– Lock 88 92 Malcolm O'Kelly 1997–2009 Lock 88 92 Cristian Petre 2001–2012 Lock 88 92 Aaron Smith 2012- Scrum-half 88 92 Rory Underwood 1984–1996 Wing 97 91 Neil Jenkins 1990–2003 Fly-half 97 91 Shane Williams 2000–2011 Wing 99 90 Tatafu Polota-Nau 2005-2019 Hooker
Notes: Of the players known to have earned 90 or more caps, only five were primarily active in the sport's amateur era. Only Blanco and Sella played Tests exclusively in the amateur era.
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