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Top 10 Test points scorers of 2025: Sacha just fell short at the death
By Josh Raisey
The 2025 Test calendar is officially in the books, and the final leaderboard of global point scorers paints a fascinating picture.
Sitting at the very top—by the slimmest of margins—is Japan’s Seungsin Lee, who finishes the year with 122 points. It was the Kobelco Steelers’ fly-half’s right boot that came to the fore in the Brave Blossoms’ final, and most crucial, match of the year, kicking 20 points in Japan’s 25-23 win over Georgia in Tbilisi to move into the top 12 in the world and earn a Band 2 seeding at the 2027 World Cup.
Breathing down his neck was Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who ended 2025 on 120 points after a breakout run with South Africa. The Rassie Erasmus decision to trust him as a frontline playmaker has paid off handsomely; he only had 10 points to his name in 2025 before his South African record haul of 37 points against Argentina at the end of September. He did not look back from there, rounding the year off with 28 points against Wales. His missed conversion from an Eben Etzebeth try in the final minutes of the 73-0 win in Cardiff deprived him of levelling Lee’s total.
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Santiago Carreras finished third with 111 points, doing enough in November to overtake France’s Thomas Ramos. Behind him sits one of the more intriguing storylines of the year: Spain’s Gonzalo López finishing level with Ramos on 110.
Further down the list, Santiago Videla (88) kept Chile competitive in tight matches, while Ireland’s Sam Prendergast (75) and Romania’s Alin Conache (73) both enjoyed breakthrough years as frontline decision-makers.
The top ten is completed by All Black Damian McKenzie (69) and Canada’s Peter Nelson (67), each the heartbeat of their national sides.
With the dust settled on 2025, the spread of nations represented in the top scorers list tells its own story: elite goal-kickers are no longer confined to traditional powerhouses—and the global game is all the better for it.
Top 10 Test points scorers for 2025
1. Seungsin Lee (Japan) – 122
2. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (South Africa) – 120
3. Santiago Carreras (Argentina) – 111
4. Gonzalo Lopez (Spain) – 110
5. Thomas Ramos (France) – 110
6. Santiago Videla (Chile) – 88
7. Sam Prendergast (Ireland) – 75
8. Alin Conache (Romania) – 73
9. Damian McKenzie (New Zealand) – 69
10. Peter Nelson (Canada) – 67
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