List of Scotland national rugby union team records

Scotland has played international rugby union since 1871, when they beat England in their first Test match. Scotland have competed in every Rugby World Cup. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category.

Team records

Scotland lines up for the anthem before a game.

Greatest winning margin^[1]
Points margin (score)	Opposing team	Venue	Year
92 (100–8)	Japan	McDiarmid Park, Perth	2004
89 (89–0)	Côte d'Ivoire	Olympia Park, Rustenburg	1995
84 (84–0)	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	2023
61 (61–0)	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi	2019
61 (12–73)	Canada	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa	2024
48 (48–0)	Spain	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	1999

Greatest losing margin
Points margin (score)	Opposing team	Venue	Year
58 (10–68)	South Africa	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	1997
49 (20–69)	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	2000
49 (6–55)	South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	2014
48 (3–51)	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	2014
46 (3–49)	New Zealand	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2010

Individual records

Most appearances
Appearances	Player	Period
110	Ross Ford	2004–2017
109	Chris Paterson	1999–2011
105	Sean Lamont	2004–2016
100	Stuart Hogg	2012-2023
87	Scott Murray	1997–2007

Most appearances as captain
Appearances	Player	Period
40	Greig Laidlaw	2013–2019
25	David Sole	1989–1992
22	Stuart Hogg	2020-2022
21	Bryan Redpath	1998–2003
20	Gavin Hastings	1993–1995

Most tries
Tries	Player	Period
30	Duhan van der Merwe	2020–
29	Darcy Graham	2018–
27	Stuart Hogg	2012–2023
24	Ian Smith	1924–1933
24	Tony Stanger	1989–1998

Most points
Points	Player	Period
809	Chris Paterson	1999–2011
714	Greig Laidlaw	2012–2019
667	Gavin Hastings	1986–1995
409	Finn Russell	2014–
269	Andy Irvine	1972–1982

Most points in a match
Points	Player	Opposing team	Venue	Year
44	Gavin Hastings	Côte d'Ivoire	Olympia Park, Rustenburg	1995
40	Chris Paterson	Japan	McDiarmid Park, Perth	2004
33	Gregor Townsend	United States	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2000
31	Gavin Hastings	Tonga	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	1995
27	Gavin Hastings	Romania	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1987
27	Ben Healy	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	2023

Hat-Tricks
Tries	Player	Opposing team	Venue	Year
5	George Lindsay	Wales	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1887
4	Bill Stewart	Ireland	Inverleith, Edinburgh	1913
	Ian Smith	France	Inverleith, Edinburgh	1925
	Ian Smith	Wales	St. Helen's, Swansea	1925
	Gavin Hastings	Côte d'Ivoire	Olympia Park, Rustenburg	1995
	Kyle Steyn	Tonga	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2021
	Darcy Graham	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	2023
	Darcy Graham	Fiji	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2024
3	Robert MacKenzie	Ireland	Ormeau Cricket Ground, Belfast	1887
	William Wotherspoon	Ireland	Ballynafeigh, Belfast	1891
	James Tennent	France	Inverleith, Edinburgh	1910
	William Stewart	France	Parc des Princes, Paris	1913
	Ian Smith	Wales	Inverleith, Edinburgh	1924
	Johnnie Wallace	France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes	1926
	John Jeffrey	Romania	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1987
	Iwan Tukalo	Ireland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	1989
	Tony Stanger	Romania	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	1989
	Iwan Tukalo	Zimbabwe	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	1991
	Andrew Craig	Fiji	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2002
	Chris Paterson	Japan	McDiarmid Park, Perth	2004
	Andrew Henderson	Ireland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2007
	Allister Hogg	Romania	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2007
	George Turner	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	2018
	Tommy Seymour	Fiji	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2018
	Blair Kinghorn	Italy	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2019
	George Horne	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi	2019
	Darcy Graham	Argentina	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2022
	Blair Kinghorn	Italy	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2023
	Duhan van der Merwe	England	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2024
	Ewan Ashman	United States	Audi Field, Washington DC	2024

References

^ Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (descending), Scrum, 30 September 2019.

[1] Statsguru / Ordered by: points difference (descending), Scrum, 30 September 2019.

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