Rugby League World Cup records

Rugby League World Cup records have been accumulating since the first Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in 1954.

Team Records

All-time record

This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the Rugby League World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc.

This table also shows accumulated points, which treats each match as a group stage match (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) and accumulates them together.

Top four finishes

Tournaments between 1954Ã¢ÂÂ1992 did not feature semi-final and quarter-final rounds.

Title win rate

Biggest wins

Individual records

Most appearances

Top try scorers

Top points scorers

Most tries in a single tournament

Valentine Holmes Ã¢ÂÂ 12 (, 2017)
Josh Addo-Carr Ã¢ÂÂ 12 (, 2022)

Most tries in a match

Valentine Holmes Ã¢ÂÂ 6 (for vs. , 24 November 2017)

Most points in a single tournament

Michael O'Connor Ã¢ÂÂ 100 (, 1985Ã¢ÂÂ1988)

Most points in a match

Ryan Girdler Ã¢ÂÂ 46 (for vs. , 4 November 2000)

Miscellaneous

Winning captains and coaches

A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup-winning team.

Attendance Records

The 2013 Rugby League World Cup final at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, drew a world record international rugby league attendance of 74,468.