Six Nations Statistics: Leading Scorers

We bring you the official 2008 RBS Six Nations statistics, supplied by SAS Software, after the first four rounds of matches.

TOP SCORERS’ LISTS – 2008 SIX NATIONS:

After the first four rounds (February 2-March 9)

POINTS SCORERS:

50 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
43 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
35 James Hook (Wales), Chris Paterson (Scotland)
34 Stephen Jones (Wales)
25 Vincent Clerc (France), Shane Williams (Wales)
20 David Bortolussi (Italy)
15 Lee Byrne (Wales), Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
13 Dimitri Yachvili (France)
11 Andrea Marcato (Italy)
10 Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France), Toby Flood (England), Paul Sackey (England), David Wallace (Ireland)
9 Dan Parks (Scotland)
8 Damien Traille (France)
5 Girvan Dempsey (Ireland), Anthony Floch (France), Cedric Heymans (France), Marcus Horan (Ireland), Yannick Jauzion (France), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Julien Malzieu (France), Lionel Nallet (France), Mike Phillips (Wales), Simon Picone (Italy), Aurelien Rougerie (France), Tom Shanklin (Wales), Simon Webster (Scotland), Richard Wigglesworth (England)
3 Morgan Parra (France)
2 David Skrela (France)

TRY SCORERS:

5 Vincent Clerc (France), Shane Williams (Wales)
3 Lee Byrne (Wales), Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
2 Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Toby Flood (England), Paul Sackey (England), David Wallace (Ireland)
1 Girvan Dempsey (Ireland), Anthony Floch (France), Cedric Heymans (France), James Hook (Wales), Marcus Horan (Ireland), Yannick Jauzion (France), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Julien Malzieu (France), Lionel Nallet (France), Mike Phillips (Wales), Simon Picone (Italy), Aurelien Rougerie (France), Tom Shanklin (Wales), Simon Webster (Scotland), Richard Wigglesworth (England)

GOAL KICKERS:

16 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland), Jonny Wilkinson (England)
13 Stephen Jones (Wales)
12 James Hook (Wales), Chris Paterson (Scotland)
7 David Bortolussi (Italy)
5 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France), Dimitri Yachvili (France)
4 Andrea Marcato (Italy)
3 Damien Traille (France)
2 Dan Parks (Scotland)
1 Morgan Parra (France), David Skrela (France)

PLACE-KICKING STATISTICS:

100% James Hook (Wales) (12 out of 12), Chris Paterson (Scotland) (12 out of 12), Morgan Parra (France) (1 out of 1), David Skrela (France) (1 out of 1)
86% Stephen Jones (Wales) (13 out of 15)
84% Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) (16 out of 19)
83% Dimitri Yachvili (France) (5 out of 6)
77% David Bortolussi (Italy) (7 out of 9)
72% Jonny Wilkinson (England) (16 out of 22)
66% Andrea Marcato (Italy) (4 out of 6), Dan Parks (Scotland) (2 out of 3)
60% Damien Traille (France) (3 out of 5)
55% Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France) (5 out of 9)