• Source: 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 (11), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (14). 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

Premiership
Champions (11): 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2022
Runners-up (7): 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
European Cup
Champions (2): 2001, 2002
Runners-up (3): 1997, 2007, 2009
RFU Knockout Cup
Champions (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997
Runners-up (5): 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Champions (3): 2007, 2012, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2008
European Challenge Cup
Runners-up (1) 2020-21
Midland Counties Cup
Champions (12) 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Runners-up (3) 1889, 1891, 1894
Leicester A

Leicestershire County Cup
Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902
Premiership A League
Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011
Runners-up (1) 2007




Player records






= Appearances

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Most appearances

All-time most appearances
Current players in bold.

Most appearances: 502 – David Matthews (29 April 1955 – 23 August 1974)
Most league appearances: 239 – Graham Rowntree (12 January 1991 – 27 May 2006)
Most cup appearances: 51 – Paul Dodge (14 November 1975 – 26 January 1991)
Most European appearances: 81 – Ben Youngs (17 November 2007 – 10 December 2023)
Most appearances in a single season: 45 – Teddy Haselmere in 1922/23
Most successive appearances: 109 – David Matthews (14 January 1961 – 7 December 1963)
Most appearances in cup finals: 13 – Geordan Murphy
Most appearances as captain:

Youngest and oldest appearances

Longest spell at club: 27 years 169 days – Graham Willars (17 October 1959 – 4 April 1987)
Youngest first-team player: 16 years 52 days – Martinus Swain (v Harlequins, 28 December 1895)
Youngest player in competitive game: 16 years 237 days – George Ford (v Leeds in Anglo-Welsh Cup, 8 November 2009)
Oldest first-team player: 47 years 135 days – Graham Willars (v Waterloo RFC, 4 April 1987)
Oldest player in competitive game: 40 years 109 days – Brad Thorn (v Bath in Premiership Rugby, 23 May 2015)
Oldest debutant: 39 years 243 days – Brad Thorn (v Gloucester, 4 October 2014)




= Try and points scorers

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Top try scorers

Top 10 all-time top tryscorers Current players in bold.

Most tries: 206 – Percy Lawrie
Most league tries: 75 – Neil Back
Most cup tries: 31 – Harry Wilkinson
Most European tries: 25 – Geordan Murphy
Most tries in a game by a player: 7 – Alastair Smallwood (versus Manchester R.F.C. on 30 December 1922)
Most tries scored in a single season: 59 – Teddy Haselmere in 1919–20
Most tries scored in a season of Premiership Rugby or National League Division 1: 16 – Neil Back (1998–99)
Most tries scored in a calendar year: 46 – Teddy Haselmere in 1920
Most tries scored on debut: 3 – 7 players, most recently Marika Vunibaka (versus Loughborough Students, on 14 November 1997)
Other try-scoring records

Most consecutive games with a try scored: 8 – Percy Lawrie (19 November 1911 – 28 December 1911)
Most hat-tricks (or better): 17 – Teddy Haselmere
Youngest try-scorer: 17 years, 1 month – Charles Wynne (v Birkenhead, 26 December 1913)
Youngest try-scorer in a competitive match: 18 years, 89 days – Ollie 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)
Oldest try-scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days – Brad Thorn (v Toulon in 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014)
Quickest try: 14 seconds – John Duggan (v Moseley, 22 April 1978)
Quickest hat-trick: 8 minutes – Peter Sandford (v Nuneaton, 20 February 1993)
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 Current players in bold.

Most points: 4,507 – Dusty Hare
Most league points: 1,180 – Tim Stimpson
Most cup points: 531 – Dusty Hare
Most European points: 406 – Andy Goode
Most points in a game by a player: 43 – Dusty Hare (v Birmingham on 17 September 1986
Most points in a Premiership Rugby game: 32 – Tim Stimpson (v Newcastle on 21 September 2001)
Most points scored in a single season: 486 (9t, 57c, 109p) – Tim Stimpson in 2000–01
Most points scored in a season of Premiership Rugby or National League Division 1: 321 – Tim Stimpson (1999–2000)
Most points scored in a calendar year: 451 – Tim Stimpson in 2001
Most points scored on debut: 27 – Rob Liley (v Boroughmuir on 25 August 1996)
Other point-scoring records

Youngest points scorer: 16 years, 237 days – George Ford (v Leeds, Anglo-Welsh Cup, 8 November 2009)
Oldest points scorer: 46 years + – Jesse Ball (v Belgrave St Peters, 11 March 1899)
Oldest points scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days – Brad Thorn (v Toulon, 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014)
Quickest points scorer: 12 seconds – Jez Harris (drop goal, v Northampton, 1993–94 Courage League, 8 January 1994)
Most times scoring all of Leicester's points: 41 games – Dusty Hare
Most successive points scoring games: 118 games – Dusty Hare (17 December 1983 – 4 August 1987)




= Internationals

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Italics denotes also national record.

Most international caps won while at Leicester: 129 – Ben Youngs (127 England, 2 Lions)
Most England international caps won while at Leicester: 127 – Ben Youngs
Most Scotland international caps won while at Leicester: 16 – Jim Hamilton
Most Wales international caps won while at Leicester: 20 – Tommy Reffell
Most Ireland international caps won while at Leicester: 72 – Geordan Murphy
Most British and Irish Lions international caps won while at Leicester: 8 – Martin Johnson
Most international caps won while at Leicester for a non-British or Irish nation: 63 – Martin Castrogiovanni for Italy
Most international tries scored while at Leicester: 50 – Rory Underwood (49 for England, 1 for Lions)




= Awards

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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

George Ford – 2011



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

Martin Johnson – 1996–97, 1998–99
Neil Back – 1997–98
Austin Healey – 1999–2000
Pat Howard – 2000–01
Martin Corry – 2004–05
Martin Castrogiovanni – 2006–07
Tom Youngs – 2012–13
Discovery of the Season
Awarded to those players under 23 years old

Lewis Moody – 2001–02
Ollie Smith – 2004–05
Tom Varndell – 2005–06
Ben Youngs – 2009–10
Manu Tuilagi – 2010–11
Ellis Genge – 2016–17
Director of Rugby of the Season

Dean Richards – 2000–01
John Wells – 2004–05
Pat Howard – 2006–07
Richard Cockerill – 2008–09
Steve Borthwick — 2021–22



Rugby Players' Association Awards

Players' Player of the Season

Neil Back – 1998–99
Martin Corry – 2004–05
Thomas Waldrom – 2010–11
Vereniki Goneva – 2013–14
Telusa Veainu – 2017–18
Jasper Wiese – 2022–23
Players' Young Player of the Season

Harry Ellis – 2004–05
Tom Varndell – 2005–06
Ben Youngs – 2009–10
Manu Tuilagi – 2010–11
Freddie Steward – 2021–22




Team records






= Matches

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First match: Leicester 0–0 Moseley, Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground, 28 October 1880
First competitive match: Edgbaston Crusaders 1 goal, 2 tries to 0 Leicester, Edgbaston, 22 October 1881 in the Midlands Counties Cup
First RFU Knock-out Cup match: Nottingham 10–3 Leicester, Ireland Avenue, 21 November 1971
First Courage League match: Leicester 24–13 Bath, Welford Road, 12 September 1987
First European Cup match: Leinster 10–27 Leicester, Donnybrook, 16 October 1996



Record wins

Biggest win: 100–0 (v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992)
Biggest league win: 83–10 (v Newcastle, 19 February 2005)
Biggest cup win: 76–0 (v Exeter, 1992–93 Pilkington Cup quarter-final, 27 February 1993)
Biggest European Cup win: 90–19 (v Glasgow, 1997–98 Heineken Cup quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997)



Record defeats

Biggest defeat: 10–85 (v Barbarians, 4 June 2000)
Biggest league defeat: 0–45 (v Bath, 20 September 2014)
Biggest cup defeat: 7–47 (v London Irish, 1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup Round 5, 29 January 2000)
Biggest European Cup defeat: 0–43 (v Glasgow, 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, 21 January 2017)



Other match records

Highest scoring draw: 41–41 (v Gloucester, 2010–11 Premiership, 16 April 2011)
Highest scoring European Cup draw: 32–32 (v Ospreys, 2009–10 Heineken Cup pool stage, 11 October 2009)
Highest scoring cup draw: 28–28 (v Sale, 2003-04 Powergen Cup round 6, 15 November 2003, lost 28-43 in extra time)
High scores and bonus points

Most points scored
In a win: 100 (v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992)
In a defeat: 42 (v Barbarians, 17 March 2006)
Most points conceded
In a win: 37 ( v West Hartlepool, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999)
In a defeat: 85 (v Barbarians, 4 June 2000)
Highest combined points: 109 (72–37 win v West Hartlepool, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999; and 90–19 v Glasgow in 1997–98 Heineken Cup quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997)
Most tries scored: 19 (v Bedford, 15 February 1919 and v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992)
Most tries conceded: 13 (v Barbarians, 4 June 2000)
Quickest bonus point try scored: 15 minutes 54 seconds by Harry Simmons (v Ampthill, Welford Road, 24 September 2023)



Sequences

Longest unbeaten run

Overall: 22 (all wins, 17 November 1995 to 17 April 1996)
Home: 42 (all wins, 22 January 2000 to 15 May 2002)
Away: 10 (all wins, 17 February 1995 to 11 November 1995)
Longest losing run

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

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




= Individual Seasons

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Most games played in a season: 46 (in 1923–24, 1966–67, 1972–73 and 1996–97)
Most wins in a season: 35 (in 46 games, 1996–97 season)
Most league wins in a season: 22 (in 26 games, 1998–99 season)
Fewest wins in a season: 5 (in 27 games, 1889–90 season)
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)




= Opponents and Familiarity

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All stats correct up to 1 November 2024

Club played most often: 255 v Northampton Saints (won 143, drawn 19, lost 93)
Club played most often in the league: 73 v Bath
Club played most often in domestic cup: 15 v Bath
Club played most often in European Cup: 15 v Leinster
Non-home ground Leicester have played on most often: 121 at Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Player who has played the most games against one opponent for Leicester: 31 by Sid Penny against Coventry
Player who has played the most games against Leicester: 38 by Simon Shaw for Bristol, Wasps and Barbarians




= Home attendances

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Note: Records relate to Welford Road unless otherwise stated

Highest home attendance: 35,000 v the All Blacks on 4 October 1924
Highest home league attendance: 25,849 (first occasion v Northampton Saints, 9 January 2016)
Highest home European Cup attendance: 32,500 v Bath (at Walkers Stadium, 2005–06 Heineken Cup quarter-final, 1 April 2006)
Highest home cup attendance: 25,849 v Northampton Saints (2016–17 Anglo-Welsh Cup pool stage, 28 January 2017)
Highest average attendance for a league season: 22,889 (2016–17 Premiership)




Notes and references

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