Premiership Rugby top scorers

Award

Premiership Rugby top scorers

Awarded for| The leading points scorer and try scorer in a given Premiership Rugby season.
Country| England
Presented by| Premiership Rugby
First award| 1998
Currently held by| Paddy Jackson (points)
Cadan Murley (tries)
Most wins| Andy Goode (points, 4)
Tom Varndell & Christian Wade (tries, 3)

This is a list of the top points scorers and top try scorers in each season of Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. Formed in 1997 as an independent top division the awards form part of Premiership Rugby's end of season awards show.

The points award has been won by 17 different players, with Andy Goode recording the most wins with 4 at three different clubs. Saracens players have won the award most often with four other winners alongside Goode. The highest points total to win the award was 343 by Barry Everitt in 2001–02.

## Points Scorers

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Key  Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

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Games | The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season[a]
PPG | The winner's points-per-games ratio that season
†  | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§  | Denotes the club were Premiership Rugby champions in the same season
Premiership Rugby leading points scorers  Season  | Player  | Nationality  | Club  | Points  | Games[b] | PPG | Ref(s)

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1997–98 | Michael Lynagh |  Australia | Saracens | 279  | 19  | 14.68  | [1]
1998–99 | John Schuster |  New Zealand | Harlequins | 331  | 22  | 15.05  | [2]
1999–2000 | Jarrod Cunningham |  New Zealand | London Irish | 324  | 22  | 14.72  | [3]
2000–01 | Kenny Logan |  Scotland | Wasps | 282  | 18  | 15.66  | [4]
2001–02 | Barry Everitt |  Ireland | London Irish | 343  | 21  | 16.33  | [5]
2002–03 | Alex King |  England | Wasps§ | 284  | 23  | 12.35  | [6]
2003–04 | Andy Goode |  England | Saracens/Leicester Tigers | 266  | 20  | 13.30  | [7]
2004–05 | Andy Goode (2)  |  England | Leicester Tigers | 268  | 18  | 14.88  | [8]
2005–06 | Charlie Hodgson |  England | Sale Sharks§ | 248  | 16  | 15.5  | [9]
2006–07 | Glen Jackson |  New Zealand | Saracens | 281  | 22  | 12.77  | [10]
2007–08 | Andy Goode (3)  |  England | Leicester Tigers | 207  | 18  | 11.5  | [11]
2008–09 | Glen Jackson (2)  |  New Zealand | Saracens | 239  | 21  | 11.38  | [12]
2009–10 | Jimmy Gopperth |  New Zealand | Newcastle Falcons | 219  | 21  | 10.43  | [13]
2010–11 | Jimmy Gopperth (2)  |  New Zealand | Newcastle Falcons | 230  | 22  | 10.45  | [14]
2011–12 | Tom Homer |  England | London Irish | 278  | 22  | 12.63  | [15]
2012–13 | Nick Evans |  New Zealand | Harlequins | 258  | 20  | 12.90  | [16]
2013–14 | George Ford |  England | Bath | 250  | 21  | 11.90  | [17]
2014–15 | Andy Goode (4)  |  England | Wasps | 240  | 21  | 11.43  | [18]
2015–16 | Gareth Steenson |  Ireland | Exeter Chiefs | 258  | 24  | 10.75  | [19]
2016–17 | Jimmy Gopperth (3)  |  New Zealand | Wasps | 292  | 23  | 12.69  | [20]
2017–18 | Owen Farrell |  England | Saracens§ | 217  | 15  | 14.46  | [21]
2018–19 | George Ford (2)  |  England | Leicester Tigers | 221  | 16  | 13.81  | [22]
2019–20 | Rhys Priestland |  Wales | Bath | 206  | 22  | 9.36  | [23]
2020–21 | Marcus Smith |  England | Harlequins § | 286  | 22  | 13  | [24]
2021–22 | George Ford (3)  |  England | Leicester Tigers § | 220  | 20  | 11  | [25]
2022–23 | Paddy Jackson |  Ireland | London Irish | 205  | 20  | 10.25  | [26]
Season  | Player  | Nationality  | Club  | Points  | Games[b] | PPG | Ref(s)

### By nationality

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Nationality  | Seasons won

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England | 12
New Zealand | 8
Ireland | 3
Australia
Scotland
Wales | 1

### By club

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Club  | Seasons won

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Saracens
Leicester Tigers | 5
Wasps
London Irish | 4
Harlequins | 3
Bath
Newcastle Falcons
Exeter Chiefs | 2
Sale Sharks | 1

## Try Scorers

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Key  Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

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Games | The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season[a]
Rate | The winner's try scoring to games ratio that season
†  | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
§  | Denotes the club were Premiership Rugby champions in the same season
Premiership Rugby leading try scorers  Season  | Player  | Nationality  | Club  | Tries  | Games[b] | Rate  | Ref(s)

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1997–98 | Dominic Chapman |  England | Richmond | 17  | 17  | 1.00  | [27]
1998–99 | Neil Back |  England | Leicester Tigers§ | 16  | 23  | 0.69  | [28]
1999–2000 | Iain Balshaw |  England | Bath | 15  | 21  | 0.71  | [29]
2000–01 | Paul Sampson |  England | Wasps | 12  | 15  | 0.80  | [30]
2001–02 | Mark Cueto |  England | Sale Sharks | 13  | 21  | 0.62  | [31]
2002–03 | Steve Hanley |  England | Sale Sharks | 14  | 22  | 0.63  | [32]
2003–04† | Steve Hanley (2)  |  England | Sale Sharks | 13  | 20  | 0.65  | [33]
2003–04† | Bruce Reihana |  New Zealand | Northampton Saints | 13  | 22  | 0.59  | [33]
2004–05 | Tom Voyce |  England | Wasps§ | 12  | 24  | 0.50  | [34]
2005–06 | Tom Varndell |  England | Leicester Tigers | 14  | 21  | 0.66  | [35]
2006–07 | David Lemi |  Samoa | Bristol | 11  | 18  | 0.61  | [36]
2007–08 | Tom Varndell (2)  |  England | Leicester Tigers | 14  | 22  | 0.63  | [37]
2008–09 | Joe Maddock |  New Zealand | Bath | 11  | 19  | 0.58  | [38]
2009–10 | Chris Ashton |  England | Northampton Saints | 16  | 20  | 0.80  | [39]
2010–11 | Alesana Tuilagi |  Samoa | Leicester Tigers | 13  | 21  | 0.62  | [40]
2011–12 | Rob Miller |  England | Sale Sharks | 10  | 21  | 0.48  | [41]
2012–13† | Tom Varndell (3)  |  England | Wasps | 13  | 20  | 0.65  | [42]
2012–13† | Christian Wade |  England | Wasps | 13  | 20  | 0.65  | [42]
2013–14 | Vereniki Goneva |  Fiji | Leicester Tigers | 12  | 18  | 0.67  | [43]
2014–15 | Thomas Waldrom |  England | Exeter Chiefs | 16  | 22  | 0.72  | [44]
2015–16 | Thomas Waldrom (2)  |  England | Exeter Chiefs | 13  | 22  | 0.59  | [45]
2016–17 | Christian Wade (2)  |  England | Wasps | 17  | 23  | 0.74  | [46]
2017–18† | Vereniki Goneva (2)  |  Fiji | Newcastle Falcons | 13  | 19  | 0.68  | [47]
2017–18† | Christian Wade (3)  |  England | Wasps | 13  | 21  | 0.62  | [47]
2017–18† | Josh Adams |  Wales | Worcester Warriors | 13  | 21  | 0.62  | [47]
2018–19† | Cobus Reinach |  South Africa | Northampton Saints | 12  | 22  | 0.54  | [48]
2018–19† | Denny Solomona |  England | Sale Sharks | 12  | 21  | 0.57  | [48]
2019–20† | Ben Earl |  England | Saracens/Bristol Bears | 11  | 17  | 0.65  | [49]
2019–20† | Ollie Thorley |  England | Gloucester | 11  | 16  | 0.69  | [49]
2020–21 | Sam Simmonds |  England | Exeter Chiefs | 21  | 23  | 0.91  | [50]
2021–22 | Max Malins |  England | Saracens | 16  | 14  | 1.14  | [51]
2022–23 | Cadan Murley |  England | Harlequins | 15  | 18  | 0.80  | [52]
Season  | Player  | Nationality  | Club  | Tries  | Games[b] | Rate  | Ref(s)

### By nationality

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Nationality  | Seasons won

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England | 24
Fiji
New Zealand
Samoa | 2
South Africa
Wales | 1

### By club

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Club  | Seasons won

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Wasps | 6
Leicester Tigers
Sale Sharks | 5
Northampton Saints
Exeter Chiefs | 3
Bath
Bristol Bears
Saracens | 2
Gloucester
Harlequins
Newcastle Falcons
Richmond
Worcester Warriors | 1

## Notes

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1. ^ a b This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
2. ^ a b c d For the 1998–99 season, Premiership Rugby consisted of 14 teams (26 games). In all other seasons, there were 12 teams (22 games) until the 2021–22 season, which had 13 teams (24 games). The 2022–23 season had 11 teams (20 games). From the 2023–24 season, there were 10 teams (20 games). From the 2002–03 Premiership Rugby season onward, playoff games are included in the totals.

## References

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*[PPG]: Points per game