List of Leicester Tigers records and statistics

This article collates key records and statistics relating to Leicester Tigers, including information on honours, player appearances, points and tries, matches, sequences, internationals, season records, opponents and attendances.

Honours

Tigers first silverware was the Midlands Counties Cup, Tigers entered this competition from 1881 to 1914. There were then no competitions until 1971 when the RFU Knockout Cup started. Tigers won this for the first time in 1979, the competition continued until 2005 when it was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup which Tigers have won three times, a record since the re-launch and addition of Welsh sides. The league started in 1987 and Tigers were the inaugural champions of England, a play off for the title was introduced in 2003. Leicester hold the record for most Premiership titles (10), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (12). On 18 May 2008 against Gloucester at Kingsholm they were the first team to achieve an away semi-final victory in the Premiership play-offs. They were the first side to retain the Heineken Cup after winning the competition in 2001 and 2002.

1st XV

Champions (10): 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013
Runners-up (7): 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
Champions (2): 2001, 2002
Runners-up (3): 1997, 2007, 2009
Champions (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997
Runners-up (5): 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996
Champions (3): 2007, 2012, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2008
Champions (12) 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Runners-up (3) 1889, 1891, 1894

Leicester A

Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902
Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011
Runners-up (1) 2007

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

  • All-time most appearances

Current players in bold.[1]

# Nat. Pos. Name Period Appearances
1FLDavid Matthews1955–1974502
2HKSid Penny1895–1910491
3SHJohn Allen1961–1975457
4HKDoug Norman1919–1933453
5CEPaul Dodge1975–1993437
6PRGraham Rowntree1990–2007398
7FBDusty Hare1976–1989394
8SHPedlar Wood1906–1923388
9N8Garry Adey1966–1981381
10FLJohn Wells1982–1998367
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Appearances Wins Win %
1LKMartin Johnson1995–200520214672.3
2WGPercy Lawrie1911–192316510764.8
3FBArthur Jones1896–19041319975.6
HKPeter Wheeler1973–19811319068.7
5FHLes Cusworth1985–199013010177.7

Youngest and oldest appearances

Try and points scorers

Top try scorers

  • Top 10 all-time top tryscorers [1] Current players in bold.
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Tries Apps Try Ratio
1WGPercy Lawrie1907–19242063180.648
2WGBarry Evans1981–19961702730.623
3WGJohn Duggan1969–19801583020.523
WGBob Barker1968–19801583200.494
5WGHarry Wilkinson1895–19051532330.657
6WGTeddy Haselmere1918–19241361800.756
7WGRory Underwood1983–19971342360.568
8FLNeil Back1990–20051253390.369
9FLDavid Matthews1955–19741195020.237
10CERalph Buckingham1924–19351173250.360

Other try-scoring records

  • Most consecutive games with a try scored: 8Percy Lawrie (19 November 1911 – 28 December 1911)[1]
  • Most hat-tricks (or better): 17Teddy Haselmere [1]
  • Youngest try-scorer: 17 years, 1 month – Charles Wynne (v Birkenhead, 26 December 1913)[1]
  • Youngest try-scorer in a competitive match: 18 years, 89 daysOllie Smith (v Gloucester in 2000–01 Tetley's Bitter Cup, 11 November 2000)
  • Oldest try-scorer: 42 years + – Jesse Ball (v Wortley, 4 April 1896)[1]
  • Oldest try-scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 daysBrad Thorn (v Toulon in 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014)
  • Quickest try: 14 secondsJohn Duggan (v Moseley, 22 April 1978)[1]
  • Quickest hat-trick: 8 minutes – Peter Sandford (v Nuneaton, 20 February 1993)[1]

Top points scorers

Note: Points recorded at contemporary values. See History of rugby union#Method of scoring and points for history of how points values have changed.

  • Top 10 all-time points scorers
# Nat. Pos. Name Period Apps. Tries Cons. Pens Drop
goals
Marks Total
points
1FBDusty Hare1976–1989394877798204704,507
2FBJohn Liley1988–199723074417449202,518
3FHAndy Goode1998–2008200292753353301,799
4FBTim Stimpson1998–200415129223372201,713
5FHToby Flood2008–201411925199270101,336
6FHJez Harris1984–1996225231651787001,171
7CEHarold Day1918–192921210828181421,151
8WGBob Barker1968–198032015892107201,117
9FHLes Cusworth1978–19903656610065960947
10FHJoel Stransky1996–1999732314615760896

Other point-scoring records

Internationals

Italics denotes also national record.

Awards

World Rugby Hall of Fame

The following people associated with club have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year

Premiership Rugby Awards

The following players and coaches have received awards at the end of the Premiership Rugby season, or its predecessor.

Player of the Season

Discovery of the Season Awarded to those players under 23 years old

Director of Rugby of the Season

Rugby Players' Association Awards

Players' Player of the Season

Players' Young Player of the Season

Team records

Matches

Record wins

Record defeats

Other match records

High scores and bonus points

Sequences

Longest unbeaten run

  • Overall: 22 (all wins, 17 November 1995 to 17 April 1996)[1]
    • Home: 42 (all wins, 22 January 2000 to 15 May 2002)[1]
    • Away: 10 (all wins, 17 February 1995 to 11 November 1995)

Longest losing run

  • Overall: 9 (27 September 1947 to 15 November 1947)[1]
    • Home: 6 (28 January 1937 to 6 March 1937)[1]
    • Away: 13 (27 October 1926 to 16 April 1927) and (3 October 1970 to 10 April 1971)[1]

Longest winless run

  • Overall: 13 (6 October 1888 to 22 December 1888)[1]
    • Home: 7 (24 December 1892 to 11 February 1893)[1]
    • Away: 15 (14 January 1928 to 8 December 1928)[1]

Individual Seasons

  • Most games played in a season: 46 (in 1923–24, 1966–67, 1972–73 and 1996–97)[1]
  • Most wins in a season: 35 (in 46 games, 1996–97 season)[1]
  • Most league wins in a season: 22 (in 26 games, 1998–99 season)[27]
  • Fewest wins in a season: 5 (in 27 games, 1889–90 season)[1]
  • Fewest league wins in a season: 7 (in 22 games, 2018–19 season)
  • Most defeats in a season: 24 (in 32 games, 2018–19 season)
  • Most league defeats in a season: 15 (in 22 games, 2018–19 season)[28]

Opponents and Familiarity

All stats correct up to 3 January 2021

Home attendances

Note: Records relate to Welford Road unless otherwise stated

Notes and references

  1. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. pp. 440–516. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  2. "Most Tries by player by season". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. "Most points by player by game". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. "Most points by player by season". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. "Tony O'Reilly Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. "Martin Johnson Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. "Clive Woodward Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. "Bob Dwyer Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  9. "Waisale Serevi Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  10. "Wavell Wakefield Hall of Fame profile". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  11. World, Rugby (24 October 2011). "George Ford named IRB Young Player of the Year". Rugby World. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  12. "Rugby Union: Leicester's Johnson is player of season". 19 May 1999. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  13. "Healey grabs Allied Dunbar award". BBC. 24 May 2000. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  14. "Howard claims top prize". BBC. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  15. "Leicester clean up at premiership awards ceremony". ESPNscrum. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. "Castrogiovanni wins player award". BBC. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. "Leicester's Tom Youngs named Premiership player of the season". BBC. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  18. "Varndell Wins Second Award" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 24 May 2006.
  19. "Leicester Tigers' Ben Youngs nets top award". Leicester Mercury. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  20. "Manu Tuilagi picks up Discovery of the Season award". Leicester Mercury. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  21. "Leicester Tigers' Ellis Genge takes Discovery of the Year crown at Aviva Premiership Awards". Leicester Mercury. 18 May 2017.
  22. "Tiger Corry picks up second award". BBC. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  23. "Leicester Tiger Thomas Waldrom wins Rugby Players' award". BBC. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  24. "Goneva crowned Computacenter Players' Player of the Year" (Press release). RPA. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  25. "Telusa Veainu wins RPA POTY, Marcus Smith and Sir Clive Woodward also honoured". ESPN. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  26. "Youngs wins RPA award". Sky Sports. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  27. "League matches won by season". ESPNscum. 21 May 2017.
  28. "League matches lost by season". ESPNscrum. 19 May 2019.
  29. "Welford Road sets post-War record attendance" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 9 January 2016.
  30. "Welford Road welcomes record support" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 5 May 2017.
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