Premiership Rugby top scorers

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.

Premiership Rugby top scorers
Awarded forThe leading points scorer and try scorer in a given Premiership Rugby season.
CountryEngland
Presented byPremiership Rugby
First awarded1998
Currently held byRhys Priestland (points)
Ben Earl & Ollie Thorley (tries)
Most awardsAndy Goode (points, 4)
Tom Varndell & Christian Wade (tries, 3)

The points award has been won by 16 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


Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season[upper-alpha 1]
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[upper-alpha 2] PPG Ref(s)
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]

By nationality
Nationality Seasons won
 England 10
 New Zealand 8
 Ireland 2
 Australia
 Scotland
 Wales		 1

By club
Club Seasons won
Saracens 5
Leicester Tigers
Wasps		 4
London Irish 3
Bath
Harlequins
Newcastle Falcons		 2
Exeter Chiefs
Sale Sharks		 1

Try Scorers
Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Games The number of Premiership Rugby games played by the winner that season[upper-alpha 3]
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[upper-alpha 4] Rate Ref(s)
1997-98 Dominic Chapman  England Richmond 17 17 1.00 [24]
1998-99 Neil Back  England Leicester Tigers§ 16 23 0.69 [25]
1999-2000 Iain Balshaw  England Bath 15 21 0.71 [26]
2000-01 Paul Sampson  England Wasps 12 15 0.80 [27]
2001-02 Mark Cueto  England Sale Sharks 13 21 0.62 [28]
2002-03 Steve Hanley  England Sale Sharks 14 22 0.63 [29]
2003-04 Steve Hanley (2)  England Sale Sharks 13 20 0.65 [30]
2003-04 Bruce Reihana  New Zealand Northampton Saints 13 22 0.59 [30]
2004-05 Tom Voyce  England Wasps§ 12 24 0.50 [31]
2005-06 Tom Varndell  England Leicester Tigers 14 21 0.66 [32]
2006-07 David Lemi  Samoa Bristol 11 18 0.61 [33]
2007-08 Tom Varndell (2)  England Leicester Tigers 14 22 0.63 [34]
2008-09 Joe Maddock  New Zealand Bath 11 19 0.58 [35]
2009-10 Chris Ashton  England Northampton Saints 16 20 0.80 [36]
2010-11 Alesana Tuilagi  Samoa Leicester Tigers 13 21 0.62 [37]
2011-12 Rob Miller  England Sale Sharks 10 21 0.48 [38]
2012-13 Tom Varndell (3)  England Wasps 13 20 0.65 [39]
2012-13 Christian Wade  England Wasps 13 20 0.65 [39]
2013-14 Vereniki Goneva  Fiji Leicester Tigers 12 18 0.67 [40]
2014-15 Thomas Waldrom  England Exeter Chiefs 16 22 0.72 [41]
2015-16 Thomas Waldrom (2)  England Exeter Chiefs 13 22 0.59 [42]
2016-17 Christian Wade (2)  England Wasps 17 23 0.74 [43]
2017-18 Vereniki Goneva (2)  Fiji Newcastle Falcons 13 19 0.68 [44]
2017-18 Christian Wade (3)  England Wasps 13 21 0.62 [44]
2017-18 Josh Adams  Wales Worcester Warriors 13 21 0.62 [44]
2018-19 Cobus Reinach  South Africa Northampton Saints 12 22 0.54 [45]
2018-19 Denny Solomona  England Sale Sharks 12 21 0.57 [45]
2019-20 Ben Earl  England Saracens/Bristol Bears 11 17 0.65 [46]
2019-20 Ollie Thorley  England Gloucester 11 16 0.69 [46]

By nationality
Nationality Seasons won
 England 21
 Fiji
 New Zealand
 Samoa		 2
 South Africa
 Wales		 1

By club
Club Seasons won
Wasps 6
Leicester Tigers
Sale Sharks		 5
Northampton Saints 3
Bath
Bristol Bears
Exeter Chiefs		 2
Gloucester
Newcastle Falcons
Richmond
Saracens
Worcester Warriors		 1

Notes
  1. This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
  2. For the 1998–99 season, Premiership Rugby consisted of 14 teams (26 games), all other seasons consisted of 12 teams (22 games). From the 2002-03 Premiership Rugby season onward play off games are included in the totals.
  3. This does not necessarily match the total number of games in a season.
  4. For the 1998–99 season, Premiership Rugby consisted of 14 teams (26 games), all other seasons consisted of 12 teams (22 games). From the 2002-03 Premiership Rugby season onward play off games are included in the totals.

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