United States national rugby union team player statistics

The following is a list of selected United States national rugby union team player statistics. For additional statistics, see the United States national rugby union team main page.

Most caps

Rank	Player	Pos	Span	Caps	Starts
1	Todd Clever	Flanker	2003–2017	76	73
2	Mike MacDonald	Prop	2000–2012	67	56
3	Cam Dolan	Number 8	2013–	67	58
4	Luke Gross	Lock	1996–2003	62	61
5	Alec Parker	Lock	1996–2009	58	51
6	Mike Petri	Scrum-half	2007–2015	57	40
7	Louis Stanfill	Lock	2005–2015	56	45
8	Blaine Scully	Wing	2011–2019	54	50
	Chris Wyles	Fullback	2007–2015	54	51
10	Paul Emerick	Center	2003–2012	53	49
	Dave Hodges	Flanker	1996–2004	53	48

Last updated: November 19, 2023. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

Rank	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Tries
1	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	1992–2000	46	26
2	Joe Taufete'e	Hooker	2015–	36	23
3	Cam Dolan	Number 8	2013–	67	21
4	Paul Emerick	Center	2003–2012	53	17
5	Todd Clever	Flanker	2003–2017	76	16
	Mike Te'o	Fullback	2016–2021	30	16
	Chris Wyles	Fullback	2007–2015	54	16
8	Blaine Scully	FB / Wing	2011–2019	54	15
9	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	2016–2022	29	14
10	Takudzwa Ngwenya	Wing	2007–2016	36	13

Last updated: November 19, 2023. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

Rank	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Points
1	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	2002–2009	48	465
2	AJ MacGinty	Fly-half	2015–	35	354
3	Matt Alexander	Fly-half	1995–1998	24	286
4	Chris Wyles	Fullback	2007–2015	54	222
5	Chris O'Brien	Fly-half	1988–1994	20	144
6	Mark Williams	Center	1987–1999	37	143
7	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	1992–2000	46	130
8	Joe Taufete'e	Hooker	2015–	36	115
9	Kevin Dalzell	Scrumhalf	1996–2003	42	109
10	Cam Dolan	Number 8	2013–	67	105

Last updated: November 19, 2023. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

Rank	Player	Position	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1	Todd Clever	Flanker	2008-2017	51	20	29	2	41.17
2	Dave Hodges	Flanker	2000-2003	28	9	19	0	32.14
3	Dan Lyle	Number 8	1996-2003	24	11	13	0	45.83
4	Blaine Scully	Full Back	2016-2019	23	14	9	0	60.86
5	Kort Schubert	Number 8	2003-2006	17	4	13	0	23.52
6	Tom Billups	Hooker	1998	12	4	8	0	33.33
7	Ed Burlingham	Lock	1983-1987	9	3	5	1	38.88
8	Kevin Swords	Lock	1991-1994	8	1	7	0	12.50
	Brian Vizard	Number 8	1990-1991	8	3	5	0	38
	Chris Wyles	Full Back	2015	8	3	5	0	37.50

Last updated: USA vs Portugal, 13 August 2023. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Titi Lamositele	Prop	18 years and 187 days	Canada	Charleston	17/08/2013
2	David Ainu'u	Prop	18 years and 355 days	Samoa	San Sebastian	10/11/2018
3	Thretton Palamo	Wing	19 years and 8 days	South Africa	Montpellier	30/09/2007
4	Lorenzo Thomas	Centre	19 years and 29 days	Chile	Fort Lauderdale	20/02/2016
5	Deion Mikesell	Wing	19 years and 58 days	Uruguay	Montevideo	05/03/2016
6	Ruben de Haas	Scrum-half	19 years and 131 days	Chile	Fullerton	17/02/2018
7	Kapeli Pifeleti	Prop	19 years and 175 days	Brazil	Austin	23/02/2019
8	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	19 years and 187 days	Brazil	Sao Paulo	27/02/2016
9	Mike MacDonald	Prop	19 years and 216 days	Fiji	Apia	30/06/2000
10	Nic Johnson	Number 8	19 years and 239 days	Ireland	Santa Clara	31/05/2009

Last updated: USA vs Portugal, 18 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Oldest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Mark Williams	Fly-half	38 years and 98 days	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	02/10/1999
2.	Bill LeClerc	(Prop)	37 years and 279 days	Samoa	Apia	26/06/1999
3.	Fred Paoli	Prop	37 years and 229 days	Italy	Otley	05/10/1991
4.	Mate Moeakiola	(Prop)	37 years and 144 days	South Africa	London	07/10/2015
5.	Lance Manga	Prop	35 years and 329 days	Canada	Denver	13/06/1992
6.	Dave Hodges	Lock	35 years and 292 days	France	Hartford	03/07/2004
7.	Mose Timoteo	(Scrum-half)	35 years and 290 days	Italy	Houston	23/06/2012
8.	Graham Downes	Prop	35 years and 276 days	Hong Kong	San Francisco	18/04/1992
9.	Lin Walton	Wing	35 years and 254 days	South Africa	Glenville	25/09/1981
10.	Ed Burlingham	Lock	35 years and 232 days	England	Sydney	03/07/1987

Last updated: USA vs Portugal, 18 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Most points in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Chris O'Brien	Fly-half	26	3	7	0	0	Uruguay	Montevideo	05/11/1989
	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	26	1	3	4	1	Russia	Tokyo	30/05/2004
	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	26	0	13	0	0	Barbados	Santa Clara	01/07/2006
4.	Chris O'Brien	Fly-half	25	2	6	1	0	Bermuda	Hamilton	12/03/1994
	AJ MacGinty	Fly-half	25	3	5	0	0	Chile	Maipù	02/02/2019
6.	Matt Alexander	Fly-half	24	1	8	1	0	Japan	San Francisco	06/07/1996
7.	Chris Wyles	Fullback	23	1	3	4	0	Canada	Sacramento	21/06/2014
8.	Matt Alexander	Fly-half	22	1	4	3	0	Hong Kong	San Francisco	29/06/1996
	Mike Hercus	Fly-half	22	0	5	4	0	Spain	Madrid	12/04/2003
10.	AJ MacGinty	Fly-half	21	1	5	2	0	Germany	Wiesbaden	18/11/2017

Last updated: USA vs Portugal, 18 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Source: ESPN Scrum

Most tries in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Richard Hyland	Wing	12	4	0	0	0	Romania	Colombes	11/05/1924
	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Japan	San Francisco	06/07/1996
	Brian Hightower	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Japan	San Francisco	07/06/1997
	Vaea Anitoni	Wing	20	4	0	0	0	Portugal	Lisbon	08/04/1998
5.	15 players on 3 tries

Last updated: USA vs Portugal, 18 November 2022. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

External links

Source: ESPN Scrum