Most matches won by an individual at the Rugby Union World Cup

Most matches won by an individual at the Rugby Union World Cup
纪录保持者
Sam Whitelock
纪录成绩
23 total number
地点
France (Paris)
打破时间
20 October 2023

The most matches won by an individual player at the Rugby World Cup is 23, achieved by Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) between 2011 and 2023.

Whitelock played in a record 26 Rugby World Cup matches between 2011 and 2023, winning his first 18 games and lifting the trophy in 2011 and 2015. He first tasted defeat in the 2019 semi-final, when New Zealand lost to England, and lost two further times in 2023, against France in the pool stages and South Africa in the final.